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    Daughter of Ireland

    By Juilene Osborne-McKnight

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    I am the wind which breathes on the water.
    I am the swell of the sea.
    I am the light of the sun.
    I am the point of the battle spear.
    I am the God who gives fires to the mind.
    Who announces the ages of the moon?
    Who speaks to the setting of the sun?
    I, only I.

    Aislinn ni Sorar, druid priestess of ancient Ireland, is a visionary. Raised according to the ancient ways and seeking to use her gifts to keep the old magic strong, she has the power to part the mists of time and see events that might shape a nation.

    But Aislinn's own past is shrouded in mystery, and her quest to discover that past will bring her pain, as well as true love, and will set in motion a chain of events that will alter both her own future and that of her beloved Ireland.

    For there is a new spirit upon the land whose presence heralds a rendering--and a remaking--of this world. His way had been foretold long ago and threatens to change everything. And Aislinn is at the heart of that change.

    Will she give up everything that she loves to help her people find the true God, or will she turn to the dark forces that threaten to keep the old ways at any cost?

    Daughter of Ireland continues Juilene Osborne-McKnight's exploration of Irish history, combining fine historical research with skillful storytelling. Her focus this time is none other than Cormac mac Art, ancient and venerated King of Ireland, and the path the Irish people follow to find the one true God. Osborne-McKnight has crafted an engaging young heroine who chronicles both Celtic mythology and early pagan/Christian theology through her travels, and re-creates a world whose conflicts over power, religion, and law are as immediate and far-reaching as those same conflicts in our own time.



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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateMar 14, 2003
    ISBN9781466823518
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    • 5/5
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      Bob Farrell
      4.0 out of 5 stars It Left Me Wanting More
      Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2017
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      This is an interesting story in a time I haven't heard much about: 250 A.D.-ish Ireland; 200 years before St. Patrick. Clearly well researched and it sounds like what I think druid life would be like. Story is about love and finding God among the many gods. Writing style is a bit different than usual and made for a refreshing read. I liked it but I was expecting more Druid magic and so it left me a little flat. Saying more than that would give too much away, other than to say that it's not fantasy, it's historical fiction. A nice story, lots of suspense, lots of love. So it was magical even though there was no magic.


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    • 3/5
      This is a decently good book set during the reign of Cormac Mac Art, the Irish King credited with bringing Christianity to Ireland. It is told from the point of view of an orphaned young woman raised in the Druid tradition and her role during these transitional years.She rescues a young girl who was taken as "booty" during a cattle raid out of her abusive situation, and while she battles the girl's captor she meets another traveller who is the ollamh, the master poet of the King. He also happens to be someone from her past and a trained Fenian warrior. Aislinn brings the girl to safety with the help of this Fenian and poet, Eoghan, who for mysterious reasons does not take his father's name as his surname. And when she is safely with the Deisi tribe, they will not tell her the truth of her own parentage. These mysteries grow and cause problems between Aislinn and her beloved, which are all brought to light in the court of Cormac Mac Art at the height of the Court of Tara.There were some elements of this book I did not like: Aislinn alternates between wishy-washy and a ferocious Irish woman in a way that seems more necessary to move the plot forward than one that serves good characterization. In addition, the triumph of one religion over another within a few years is always problematic, and I definitely did not like the portrayal of the Druids once Cormac mac Art took up the mantle of Christianity.Still, it presents the introduction of writing into Ireland and other historical turning points in its history to the general public, as well as the way of life of the peoples of Ireland in this time.
    • 1/5
      It's rare to find a book I can find nothing positive about, but I'm afraid that this is one of them. Normally, I would have quit reading after the prologue, but my mother-in-law gave me the book, so I read it in case she asked me about it. The biggest reason I disliked this book was because I thought the dialogue to be laughably awful. The writing in general was poor, I thought. Having read plenty of Irish fairy and folk tales myself, I could see how the author had tried to reflect that ancient Irish style in her work, but I don't think it was done well. In addition to all this, I found the plot mundane. Suffice it to say that I didn't care for this book. It's not one I'd recommend.

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