The Secret of Roan Inish

The story

Ten-year-old Fiona is sent to live with her grandparents in a small fishing village in Donegal, Ireland. She soon learns the local legend that an ancestor of hers married a Selkie – a seal who can turn into a human. Years earlier, her baby brother was washed out to sea and never seen again, so when Fiona spies a naked little boy on the abandoned Isle of Roan Inish, she is compelled to investigate.

• #irish folklore
• #animals & nature
• #lost son
• #legend
• #human becoming an animal
• #seal (animal)
• #seaweed
• #gaelic
• #talking to animals
• #storytelling
• #animal behaviour
• #isolated