collection entitled 'Twenty One Poems by Katharine Tynan: Selected by WB Yeats'. T.W. Rolleston (1857-1920) included the tale in his Myths and Legends of the Celtic Race, London: Harrap, 1911 The story was retold as The Four White Swans in a 1916 publication. Walter C. Hackett wrote a modern retelling of the tale of the Children of Lir in The Swans of Ballycastle, illustrated by Bettina, published by Ariel Books, Farrar, Straus & Young Inc., New York, 1954. Deirdre Sullivan wrote Savage Her Reply, a version of the fable from the perspective of the stepmother, illustrated by Karen Vaughan, published by Little Island, Poland, 2020. See also Nine Daughters of Ægir and Rán, children of two parents who personify the sea in North Germanic sources Tullynally Castle, suggested as the location of Lir's castle because of its proximity to Lough Derravaragh Natalia O'Shea, vocalist and harpist, lead of the Russian Celtic-folk band named Clann Lir (the Family of Lir) Notes Sources Translations , revision of Online HTML e-text edition via CELT : gaelic, english References External links Early Irish literature Mythological cycle Ireland in fiction Fiction about shapeshifting Irish texts Witchcraft in folklore and mythology