Martin Shaw
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He spoke a strange antlered language.
But after a while, he learned Irish and Finn managed to find out the story.
And he said, well, you know, how did you even get there?
And he said, well, my mum...
All I know is I was born in the land of the fairy, but my mum always said my dad was from this world, but we were always being pursued by the dark man of the she.
And she said to me, if ever he touches me with a hazel wand and I become a deer again, you were to get to the hazy place of Ben Bolbin and you will find your father.
Just trust me, you will find your father.
And that is what happened.
And I find myself with you now, dad.
And so Finn held his boy's hands and he gave him a beautiful name.
He gave him the name Oisin, which means little deer.
Now, Oisin turned out to be an even greater poet than his father.
There are different endings to this story.
Some people say that Sive and Finn were never reunited, but I find that a little harsh.
I have heard other versions where at some point towards the end actually of Finn's life, towards the twilight time,
He met her again.
He met her and they were reunited.
But what I can tell you is the only reason we know this story is Ashene, at the very end of the age of myth and the very beginning of the age of Christianity, he met St.
Patrick on a beach.
And even St.