The Stolen Child by Lisa Carey

Life on the small island of St. Brigid is brutal and raw as the landscape but for a small number of families that have clung to its rocky cliffs, the island and its power is timeless and secret. Stories say that there is magic on the island and women have come to a secret well to ask Saint Brigid to give them a child. One day an American appears and moves into the dilapidated cottage that has been in her family and slowly works her way into the island community. Brigid has her own secrets and reasons for coming to the island. Not all warm up to Brigid and some, like Emer, do not trust her reasons for being on the island sensing that there is more to the story. The island and its people believe in the old ways, have been given special gifts from the fairies and know that someday the fairies will collect. Beautifully written - you can almost feel the spray from the sea and the cold wind or smell the peat.