Coloring Pages & Books: Ireland

Everyone's at least a little bit Irish on March 17, St. Patrick's Day. He's Ireland's patron saint. Legend claims he drove the snakes out of Ireland, but in reality there weren't any to begin with. Irish immigrants to North America are largely responsible for making St. Patrick's Day a celebration of Irish heritage with parades in large cities, the wearin' o' the green, the celebration of Irish music and of course green beer.

Shamrock with face - Happy St. Patrick's Day
Singing shamrock - Happy St. Patrick's Day
Irish harper
Irishman with St. Patrick's Day banner
Happy St. Patrick's Day

Leprechauns are a type of the little people in Irish mythology. They're generally depicted as male, although this collection includes a leprechaun lass. They're known for their pots of gold which they find at the end of the rainbow.

Leprechaun Girl
Leprechaun with a pot of gold
Fiddling Leprechaun
Dancing Leprechaun
Leprechaun sliding down a rainbow to a pot of gold
Leprechaun tips hat to a butterfly
Leprechaun playing a squeezebox
Leprechaun sitting on gold in a pot
Leprechaun, pot of gold & rainbow
Leprechaun riding a leaping frog
Leprechaun mouse

Ireland is a country rich in folklore and mythology with many stories of ancient warriors going back even before the arrival of the Celts. There are many tales of faeries and other enchanted creatures, some nice and helpful to humans while some are only too happy to cause mischief or outright trouble.

Balor of the Evil Eye - Sorcerer who led the ancient Fomorians, enemies of the Tuatha de Danann
Banshee -Bean Sidhe (Irish Gaelic for "woman of the faerie race") would wail when someone was about to die
Fir Darrig - Gaelic for "man in red" otherwise similar to a leprechaun - playing a fiddle
Fir Darrig playing a squeezebox
Fir Darrig dancing
Lianhan Sidhe - Love faerie
Merrow - Gaelic for mermaid
Waving merrow
Merrow with strings of bubbles
Merrow riding a dolphin
Merrow under water
Pooka - a scary shapeshifter who often takes the form of a goat
Pooka in the form a a horse with horns
Pooka as an angry goat
Selkie - a seal-like creature who could take the form of a beautiful woman
Sidhe (pronounced "shee") - Faerie riding a butterfly
Tuatha de Danann Warrior tribe of the goddess Dana who ruled ancient Ireland

Celtic knots from Marcel's Kid Crafts:

Celtic knot 1
Celtic knot 2
Celtic knot 3
Celtic knot 4
Celtic knot 5
Celtic knot 6
Celtic knot 7
Celtic knot 8
Celtic knot 9
Celtic knot 10
Celtic knot 11
Celtic knot 12

The full page of Celtic knots at Marcel's Kid Crafts

Celtic knots, geometric-animal combinations, decorative initials, illustrations from the Book of Kells and more. 37 illustrations to color.









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43 Celtic-style illustrations of mythological creatures, fish, birds, serptents and more.











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A good introduction to the major figures of Celtic myth and legend. Included are Cathbad the Druid seer; Cuchulainn, the champion of Ireland; and the goddess Brigit, still revered as a saint in modern Ireland.







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This classic pack comes with a built-in crayon sharpener on the back of the pack, plus a Try This feature that suggests fun projects. Also included are instructions with example drawings on how to create a flip book.

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