IRISH LEGENDS - Cycle 4

LEGENDS OF THE

DOORS OF DUBLIN

EMERALD ISLE

MOLLY MALONE

SAINT PATRICK

THE SECRET OF KELLS

THE GIANT'S CAUSEWAY

THE SECRET OF KELLS

The Secret of Kells

Once upon a time, there was a little boy called Brendan. He lived with monks in a monastery in Iona. Iona was threatened by the Vikings. Brendan's tutor built walls but other monks wrote an illuminated book to protect their culture.

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The legend of Molly Malone

MOLLY MALONE

Once upon a time, there was a beautiful woman. She lived in Dublin. She was a fishmonger and so was her father. She pushed her wheelbarrow and sold cockles and mussels in the streets. She died of a fever and it is said that her ghost still walks in Dublin.

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The legend of Saint Patrick

SAINT PATRICK

Once upon a time, there was a British man. At 16, he was captured by pirates and sold as a slave in Ireland. After 6 years, he fled back to England and became a priest. He went back to Ireland where he chased the snakes and converted its inhabitants to Catholicism.

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The legend of the 2 Giants

THE GIANT'S CAUSEWAY

NOUNS Giant(s) Causeway Sea Island Stones

VERBS FIGHT THROW CROSS SHOUT ATTACK

The legend behind the colourful doors

DOORS OF DUBLIN

Why are these doors so colourful ? Ireland was colonized by England. When Queen Victoria, nicknamed the “famine queen" in Ireland, died. The Irish were told to paint their doors black in mourning. In rebellion, they painted them in bright colours.

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WRITING PROJECT

Your favourite Irish legend !

Après avoir fait quelques recherches internet sur les légendes irlandaises, choisis celle que tu préféres. Ecris ensuite cette histoire sur une feuille que tu pourras décorer comme un manuscrit, ou avec des illustrations et des enluminures.

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