Shared Stories: The World of Irish Myths and Legends

Name: Shared Stories: The World of Irish Myths and Legends
Start: 2026-11-14T12:00:00+00:00
Location: Whale Theatre

About the event

All ages audience from age 9+
Followed by a signing, pop up bookshop supplied by Halfway up the Stairs Children’s Bookshop, Greystones
A family event featuring two multi award-winning Wicklow authors: Eilish Fisher and Ellen Ryan. Eilish and Ellen will talk about their love of Irish myths and legends and share some remarkable stories from Ireland's rich treasury, from tales of Irish faeries to the gods and goddesses of Ireland, using both words and images. This event will also feature traditional Irish music played by local musicians. And watch out for the interactive ‘Which Irish God Are You?’ quiz! Come along and find out more about Ireland’s remarkable myths and legends!
Eilish Fisher grew up in a 200 year old haunted farmhouse in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont and now lives in the mountains of County Wicklow with her partner and son. She has a master’s degree in early medieval Irish history and literature and a doctorate in medieval English literature from Maynooth University. Eilish’s debut novel, Fia and the Last Snow Deer has been awarded and shortlisted for multiple literary prizes, including the An Post Children’s Book of the year, Senior Category 2024, the Eilís Dillon Award and the overall KPMG Book of the Year awards at the 2025 KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Awards. Her latest book is The Waters and the Wild (age 10+).
Ellen Ryan is a journalist and bestselling author from Wicklow. Her debut book, Girls Who Slay Monsters, sold circa. 10,000 copies in its first six months and made the Irish bestseller list for Christmas. It won Children’s Book of the Year: Senior’ at the An Post Irish Book Awards 2022 and was shortlisted for overall book of the year. It went on to win Children’s Books Ireland KPMG Book of the Year Award and Children’s Books Ireland KPMG Junior Juries Award, 2023, as voted for by thousands of young readers across Ireland. Her latest book is They Called Us Witch (age 15+).