THE END.
FOOTNOTES:
[1] It is necessary to know the substance of this first sketch in order to understand the rest of the book.
[2] Inisfail, one of the old names of Ireland.
[3] Miled, pronounced Mee-lĕ (two syllables).
[4] The Anglo-Norman Invasion will be found described at page [175].
[5] Demons of the air were evil spirits who were supposed to live, not in underground places like fairies, but in the air. They were very much dreaded and hated.
[6] Among the ancient Irish Romantic Tales, three are specially known as "The Three Sorrowful Stories of Erin," viz. "The Fate of the Children of Lir," "The Fate of the Sons of Turenn," both of which relate to the Dedannans; and "The Fate of the Sons of Usna," referring to the Milesian people. The greater part of the "Children of Lir" and the whole of the "Sons of Usna" are given in this book, translated from the Gaelic. "The Fate of the Sons of Turenn" is translated in full in "Old Celtic Romances."
[7] Lake Darvra, now Lough Derravaragh, in Westmeath.