Note 22 — THE CHILDREN OF LIR

‘They met a young man of good family whose name was Aibhric, and his attention was often attracted to the birds, and their singing was sweet to him, so that he came to love them greatly, and that they loved him; and it was this young man that afterwards arranged in order and narrated all their adventures.’—The Fate of the Children of Lir, prose version by Professor O’Curry.