Oisín in Tír na n-Óg

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One day Oisín was out hunting with the Fianna when he saw a cloud of mist over the sea. And out of it came a beautiful woman on a snow-white horse. He asked her what her name was. "It is Niamh," she replied, "and I am from Tír na nÓg. I have come to bring Oisín to the land of youth."

Fionn Mac Cumhail, Oisín's father,didn't want Oisín to go but he could se that Oisín had fallen in love with Niamh so he let him go with Niamh to the land of youth. So Oisín went to the land of Tír na n-Óg with Niamh. They had a banquet. And after a while they got married and they lived a happy life until Oisín got a little home sick and wanted to go back to Ireland to see his father and the Fianna but Niamh didn't like the idea of that. After a while of begging Niamh let him go. Niamh said "Take my white horse and visit Ireland." But she warned him not to put his foot on the soil of Ireland because if he did he would he would turn old and he would never be able to return to Tír na n-Óg. So he went with Niamh's horse and he was delighted. When he arived in Ireland he thought thet he would see the Fiannas' castle but he didn't see it. He didn't know that the last of the Fianna died over 300 years before this. He asked a man did he know where they were and the man replied "Do you not know that they all died over 300 years ago?"

He saw some men trying to shift a rock the men asked if you could help them so he leaned over to help them and the saddle girth broke, so therefore he fell off and put his foot on the soil of Ireland. And straight away he turned old and weak and he fell to the ground and died.