GCML07 Oisin

Oisín (pronounced ush-een or oh-sheen) is a traditional Irish male given name that means "little deer" or "fawn". It comes from the Old Irish word os (meaning "deer") combined with -ín. In Irish mythology, Oisín's parents are the legendary hero Fionn mac Cumhaill (leader of the Fianna) and Sadhbh (daughter of Bodb Dearg), who was famously transformed into a deer by an evil druid. In some alternative variants of the legend, his mother is named as Blaí Dherg.Oisín was a legendary warrior-poet and leader of the Fianna, a band of heroic hunters and protectors in Irish mythology. One day he was resting by the shores of Lough Leane in County Kerry, when he saw a stunning maiden named Niamh Chinn Óir rode toward them on a magical, snow-white horse. She told Oisín she loved him and invited him to Tír na nÓg, a paradise free of sickness, pain, and death, Oisín fell in love, as he mounted the white horse behind her, and they galloped across the sea to the otherworld.In Tír na nÓg, Oisín and Niamh lived in joy and married, having three children, and their days were filled with feasts, music, and hunting, and no one grew old or sick, and Oisín felt no passing time. Though happy, Oisín grew homesick for his father, Finn, and his warrior companions. Niamh warned him that time moved differently, and 300 years had fled while he thought only three years had gone by. She lent him her magical white horse, strictly warning him never to let his feet touch the soil of Ireland, and when he touched the ground, he instantly aged into a frail old man.