Really Rotten Rhymes

He is Ireland's most famous warrior, a legendary figure who has enchanted children for millennia. But who really was Fionn Mac Cumhaill? And what was he like when he was a child? Find out in this wonderful, modern retelling of an ancient tale, which includes well-known myths like the Salmon of Knowledge and the Dragon of Tara.

Ta puifin beag fiosrach ina conai ar Sceilg Mhichil. Ach nil a tuismitheoiri in ann teacht uirthi ina bpoll. Ca bhfuil si? Is maith an rud e go bhfuil ainmhithe agus eanlaithe na Sceilge reidh chun cabhru. An Irish translation of Where Are You, Puffling?

Patricia Forde lives in Galway, in the west of Ireland. She has published five books for children, and written two plays, as well as several television drama series for children and teenagers. She has worked as a writer on both English and Irish language soap operas. In another life, she was a primary school teacher and the artistic director of Galway Arts Festival. Her novel The Wordsmith (published in the USA as The List) was awarded a White Raven award by the International Youth Library. An epic tale of love, loss, reunion and adventure on the high seas told through the friendship of a girl and her dog, Fidget.