[LXVIII.] Hill of Usna. ([See note, page 37.])
[LXIX.] This is an expansion, rather than a translation, of the original, which is very short, and in some places very obscure.
[LXX.] There were several tribes named Owenaght in the south of Ireland. This particular tribe were called, as in the text, the Owenaght of Ninus, and also, according to an interlined gloss in the "Book of the Dun Cow," the Owenaght of the Aras, i.e. of the Aran Islands. Their territory was situated in the north-west of the county Clare, opposite the Islands of Aran.
[LXXI.] Corcomroe, an ancient territory, now a barony in the north-west of the county Clare. (For the meaning and history of this name, see the author's "Origin and History of Irish Names of Places," Series I. Part i. Chapter ii.)
[LXXII.] [See note, page 128.]
[LXXIII.] The verse in the original is quite serious; but I could not resist the temptation to give it a humorous turn. The same observation applies to the verse at [page 122].
[LXXIV.] The incident of the big miller occurs in the Voyage of the Sons of O'Corra, as well as in the Voyage of Maildun. The two accounts are somewhat different; and I have combined both here.
[LXXV.] Encos means "one foot."
[LXXVI.] Tory Island, off the coast of Donegal, where there was a monastery dedicated to St. Columkille.
[LXXVII.] The quicken tree, or quickbeam, or mountain ash, or roan-tree; Gaelic, caerthainn. Many mystic virtues were anciently attributed to this tree.