Legends of Ireland

Level 1

Orla lives in London and she is taking the plane to Ireland to see her grandparents. She loves walking along the sea near the lovely village of Ballycotton. One day she sees a seal swimming alone in the sea. Is it the Black Selkie of Ballycotton, a legendary creature, half-human, half-seal? She decides to make friends with the seal and climbs down the rocks close to the water, exactly where Granny says she must NEVER go…

Word list


Author : Karen Domanski
Illustrator : Helen Stanton

Chapter 1
Summer holidays


Chapter 2
Ireland


Chapter 3
Kissing the Blarney Stone


Chapter 4
The legend of the selkie


Chapter 5
A picnic by the sea


Chapter 6
High tide


Chapter 7
Murray


Chapter 8
Goodbye