Some books.....
The People of the Sea
by David Thomson.
Basic Books. Imagine a place where "the people of the sea" are torn between land and their ocean kingdom. There's love, loss, rescue, return, and more... The legends of the selchies come to life with these colorful tales.
Irish Myths and Stories
by Benedict Flynn (Editor). Naxos Audiobooks Ltd.
Listen to the tales of heroes, gods and other cunning characters. This audiobook includes: "The Tale of Cu Chulainn," "The Children of Lir," and "The Tale of Finn Mac Cool."
Irish Myths & Legends
by Lady Gregory. Running Press Book Publishers.
This book starts with "The Gods," and goes through "The Coming of Tuantha de Danaan," "Lugh of the Long Hand," "The Coming of the Gael," "The Ever-Living Living Ones," "Huntings and Enchantments," and more.
Treasury of Irish Myth, Legend & Folklore
by William Butler Yeats. Random House.
This book brings together Yeats's collection of more than 60 Irish tales, "Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry," with Lady Gregory's work, "Cuchulain of Muirthemne."
Traditional Irish Fairy Tales
by James Stephens and Arthur Rakham (Illustrator). Dover.
Stephens collects "time-honored tales," including: "The Story of Tuan mac Cairill," "The Boyhood of Fionn," "The Birth of Bran," "Oisin's Mother," "The Enchanted Cave of Cesh Corran," and more.
Fairy and Folk Tales of Irish Peasantry
by William Butler Yeats (Editor).
From the publisher: "Treasury of 64 tales invites readers into the shadowy, twilight world of Celtic myth and legend. Mischievous fairy people, murderous giants, priests, devils, druidic spells and more. Stories include 'The Soul Cages,' 'The Kildare Pooka,' 'The Black Lamb,' 'The Horned Women,' 'The Phantom Isle,' 'King O'Toole and His Goose,' many more."
Irish Tales of Fairies & the Ghost World
by Jeremiah Curtin. Dover.
This book collects 30 stories of ghosts, wraiths, and more. Stories include "Tom Connors and the Dead Girl," "Maurice Griffin and the Fairy Doctor," "The Ghost of Sneem," "Tom Moore and the Seal Woman," "The Blood-Drawing Ghost," and more.
Murder Most Celtic: Tall Tales of Irish Mayheim
by Martin H. Greenberg. Cumberland House Publishing.
The stories collected in this anthology include: "A book of Kells," "Celtic Noir," "The Wearing of Green," "Stealing the Dark," "Murder in Kilcurry," and more.
Definately some idears and inspiration in some of these books. Just adding to the limitless possibilities for adventure in the Land of the Young!