A beautiful hand crafted piece inspired by the love story of �isin and Niamh. This piece is accompanied by a printed story please find below a synopsis of this story. Approximately 36cm in height by 20cm witdh. Please note that as each piece is handmade your piece will be unique and as such there may be small variations in size and colour as per any special hand crafted item.This piece has been Raku fired the highly specialised Japanese technique to learn more about the amazing Raku firing click on Raku firing on the home page.
�isin and Niamh
This story tells of �isin, son of Finn Mc Cumaille of the Fianna, and his epic love affair with Niamh a fairy Queen from Tir na Nog. Niamh is said to have arrived on a beautiful white horse and told Finn that she was in love with his son �isin and she wanted him to come back to Tir na Nog and sit by her side as King. �isin went with the beautiful Niamh where he lived happily for what seemed like a couple of years but was in fact many life times back home. �isin now yearned to see Erin and his people again. He left on the same white steed he had arrived on with a warning not to put a foot on the land or he would be unable to return again. When �isin got back to Erin everything was changed utterly. The people were smaller and his own kind were only kept alive in story. He leaned down to help one of these struggling men, with his great strength, and the strap of his saddle broke. �isin fell to the ground where all the years he had been away came on him and he died.