The Children of Lir Haunting
Children of Lir site, Allihies
The Children of Lir site in Allihies, Ireland, holds a poignant and haunting legend. This spot is where the four children of King Lir, turned into swans by their jealous stepmother Eva, spent 900 years before being transformed back into humans by the power of Christianity. The story goes that Eva, wanting her husband's attention all to herself, cast a spell on her stepchildren, condemning them to spend nine centuries as swans on a lake in Allihies. It's said that when they finally returned to their human form, they were incredibly aged and died soon after, their bodies buried on this very site.