[VIII.] The numbers refer to the notes at the end of the book.
[IX.] At the end of the book will be found an alphabetical list of all the names of persons and places mentioned through the volume, with their Gaelic forms, and, in many cases, their meanings.
[X.] Shee Finnaha, Lir's residence, is thought to have been situated near the boundary of Armagh and Monaghan, not far from Newtown Hamilton.
[XI.] Ara, the islands of Aran, in Galway Bay.
[XII.] The Great Lake, i.e. Lough Derg, on the Shannon, above Killaloe.
[XIII.] The word "fratricide" is the nearest English equivalent to the original word, fionghal, which means the murder of a relative.
[XIV.] Lake Darvra, now Lough Derravaragh, in Westmeath.
[XV.] The sea between Erin and Alban (Ireland and Scotland) was anciently called the Sea of Moyle, from the Moyle, or Mull, of Cantire.
[XVI.] Irros Domnann; Erris, in the county Mayo. Inis Glora; a small island about five miles west from Belmullet, in the same county, still known by the same name.
[XVII.] Taillkenn, a name given by the druids to St. Patrick.