![]() ![]() Under the Hawthorn Tree is a story set during one of the most painful periods of Irish history – the Great Famine, which raged from 1845 to the early 1850s. ![]() Under the Hawthorn Tree, Marita Conlon-McKenna ![]() Madcap, fast-paced, hilarious, and at times deeply, thrillingly, satisfyingly frightening, it’s a book I treasure and return to over and over again. It tells the story of Pidge and his sister Brigit, who must stop an ancient goddess from recovering her lost power. The Hounds of the Morrigan is gloriously, joyfully Irish, from the speech patterns to the landscape to the mythology. ![]() I couldn’t kick off my favourite Irish children’s books without her. Irish authors are producing some of the best work in children’s fiction at the moment, from the glorious Tin by Pádraig Kenny to Dave Rudden’s Knights of the Borrowed Dark trilogy.īut I think all of us Irish authors who write for children owe a debt of gratitude to writers like Pat O’Shea, who showed us, 30 years ago, what a children’s book set in Ireland could do. Looking for children's books set in Ireland to share with your family? Author Sinead O'Hart gives us some of her childhood favourites, plus a few recent gems. 8 of the best Irish children's books as chosen by author Sinead O'Hart ![]()
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