Footnotes

[70] Printed first in the Cambrian Journal, 1855; reprinted and re-edited in the Folk-Lore Record, vol. ii.

[71] Innis Fodhla—Island of Destiny, an old name for Ireland.

[72] The Firbolgs believed their elysium to be under water. The peasantry still believe many lakes to be peopled.—See section on T'yeer na n-Oge.

[73] Draoidheacht, i.e., the Druidic worship; magic, sorcery, divination.