[17] In the county of Limerick.
[18] Spancelled—fettered.
[19] “The neighbouring inhabitants,” says Dr. Smith, in his History of Kerry, speaking of Ballyheigh, “show some rocks visible in this bay only at low tides, which, they say, are the remains of an island, that was formerly the burial-place of the family of Cantillon, the ancient proprietors of Ballyheigh.” p. 210.
[20] The remains of Dunkerron Caslle are distant about a mile from the village of Kenmare, in the county of Kerry. It is recorded to have been built in 1596, by Owen O’Sullivan More.—[More, is merely an epithet signifying the Great.]
[21] This is almost a literal translation of a Rann in the well-known song of Deardra.
[22] My little girl.
[23] A monotonous song; a drowsy humming noise.
[24] Give me a kiss, my young girl.
[25] Faced, so written by the Chantrey of Kilcrea, for “fecit.”
[26] A splinter, or slip of bog-deal, which, being dipped in tallow, is used as a candle.