S Farrell - Holder of Lightning

and then Teador Mac Ard, mother of Bryth Mac Ard,

Holder of Lamh Shabhala from 612-622

Bryth's brother, and the ancestor of Padraic Mac Ard

Tiarna from Tuath Infochla, at the RB Gabair's Keep

One of Nevan O Liathain's men, a tiarna

The widow woman from whom O’Deoradhain rents a

room in Lar Bhaile

One of Cianna's gardai

Commander of the RB Gabair's forces

The chief god of the blue seals

The blue seal who rescues Jenna from an attack by an underwater creature A sailor from the village of Banshaigh Head of the Order of Inishfeirm

A friend of Ennis O’Deoradhain and a Brathair of the Order of Inishfeirm

Founder of the Order of Inishfeirm, and da to Severii, the Last cloudm Before

Librarian of the Order of Inishfeirm

Keeper of the Order of Inishfeirm, killed when the White Keep was invaded Banrion of Inish Thuaidh

RB of Inish Thuaidh

A blue seal on Inishfeirm, the First of the Saimhoir

A tiarna of Inish Thuaidh from the townland of Rubha na Scarbh, Heat

Cormorants

A tiarna of Inish Thuaidh from the townland of Be an Mhuilinn, Bay of A bantiarna of Inish Thuaidh from the townland of An Cnocan, the Hill

A Holder of Lamh Shabhala, from whom the cloch passed to Tadhg O'Coulghan A page from the Keep at Dun Kiil

"The Guide," one of the Creneach An infant of the Creneach

The Creneach name for the Mother-Creator

Literally, "Spouse," the companion Anchead made for Itself, and from whose body came the All-Heart, perhaps analogous to the Daoine "Seed-Daughter"

Anchead

Ceile

Loman

Keira

Greatness

Toryn

An Phionos

Dwaine

Alby

Keira

Mahon

MacBreen

Deelan MacBreen Tiarna O Beollain

Places:

An Cnocan

An Deann Ramhar

Ath lseal

Bacathair Ballintubber Banshaigh Be An Mhuillian Bethiochnead

Cat's Alley Ceile Mhor

Croc a Scroilm Doire Coill Duan Mouth

Dubh Bhaile Dun Kiil Dun Laoghaire Falcarragh Foraois Coill

The Bunus Muintir who is the Protector of Thall Coill

Seancoim's pledge-daughter in Doire Coill

The Bunus Muintir term for the Mother-Creator

Loman's pledge-son in Thall Coill

"The Punishment," the statue-creature in Thall Coill

A young child on the island of Inishfeirm

Tiarna MacEagan's attendant

Jenna's attendant in Tiarna MacEagan's household

A child whose father Deelan was killed at the Battle of Dun Kiil

Killed in the Battle of Dun Kiil

A tiarna of Baile Nua, killed in the assault on Dun Kiil Keep

A townland in Inish Thuaidh A townland in Inish Thuaidh

A village on River Duan, where the High Road crosses the river

Capital city of Tuath Locha Lein, on the west coast of the peninsula The village where Jenna was born A village on Lough Glas in Tuath Connachta A townland in Inish Thuaidh

The "Beast-Nest," the location in Thall Coill where the Scrudu takes pl A back street in Lar Bhaile

The far larger peninsula to which Talamh an Ghlas is connected by the of mountainous land

The "Hill of Screaming," the mountain that faces Dun Kiil Bay The "Forest of Oaks"

The mountain-girdled and long end of the River Duan,which ends in an bay

A city in Tuath Gabair, south of Lar Gabair on the Lough Dubh Seat of Inish Thuaidh

Main city of the peninsula, seat of the High King

Capital city of Tuath Infochla

Another old growth forest, in Tuath Infochla

A fortress mansion in Rubha na Scarbh (Inish Thuaidh)

The sea to the north of the peninsula A townland in Inish Thuaidh

Glen Aill Ice Sea

Ingean na nUan Inishcoill

Inishfeirm

Knobtop

Lar Bhaile

Lough

Crithlaigh

Lough Dhub

Lough Glas Lough Lar

Maoil na nDreas Nealmhar Ford

Rubha na Scarbh

Sliabh

Bacaghorth

Sliabh Collain Sliabh

Michinniuint

Talamh an Ghlas Thall Coill

Thall Mor-roinn

The Black Gull Thiar

Tuath Airgialla

Tuath

Connachta

Tuath

Eoganacht

Tuath Gabair Tuath Infochla Tuath Locha Lein Valleylair

A large island off the coast of Tuath Airgialla, entirely covered in old gi

A small island off Inish Thuaidh, home of the Order of Inishfeirm and o great-mam and great-da

A small mountain outside Ballintubber, on whose flanks sheep are often grazed

A city on Lough Lar, the seat of Tuath Gabair A lake on the northwest border of Tuath Gabair

A lake on River Duan, scene of one of the final battles between the Bun Daoine

A lake on the coastline of Tuath Connachta

"Center Lake," a large lake nearly in the center of the peninsula, very: Ballintubber

A townland in Inish Thuaidh

The crossing of the River Nealmhar, the Gloomy River, in Inish Thuaid

A townland in Inish Thuaidh, home of Aron O Dochartaigh and Banrion MacBradaigh

A mountain in Tuath Infochla near Falcarragh, where Rowan Beirne lo Shabhala

A mountain in a southern county of the peninsula, also the title of a son

The battle at the end of the previous incarnation of the mage-lights wl of Infochla were defeated by the Inishlanders

"The Green Land," the peninsula on which the events of the novel take The "Far Forest"

The "Far Continent," the distant mainland, of which Ta-lamh an Ghlas of yet another larger penin-sula, Ceile Mhor

The only inn on Inishfeirm

A city on the west coast, the seat of Tuath Connachta

The Tuath in the northeast corner of the peninsula The Tuath to the immediate west of Tuath Gabair

The Tuath in the south of the peninsula

The Tuath in which Jenna was born

The Tuath in the northwestern corner of the peninsula

The Tuath in the southwestern corner of the peninsula

A location in Tuath Connachta, famous for its ironworks

The "Eldest," a title of respect for the local repository of history

A plant from which an addictive narcotic can be obtained

Terms:

Ald

Anduilleaf

Banrion

Bantiarna

Before, the Black haunts

Blue seals

Bradan an Chumhacht

Brathair Bunus Muintir

By the

Mother-Creator

Caointeoireacht na cogadh

Ceil giallnai

Cinniuint

Cloca

Cloch Mor Cloch na thrintri

Clochmion

Clock-candle

Cloudmages

The feminine form of RB: "Queen"

The feminine form of tiarna: "Lady"

The time of myths, when magic ruled

The spirits of the dead who come and take the soul of the living when i die

Intelligent seals, black, but with a sheen of electric blue in their fur

"Salmon of Power," the blue seals' analogue to the clochs na thrintri, eating one of the Bradan an Chumhacht that a blue seal can tap the mage-lights

The title for those who have dedicated themselves to the Order of Inis

The "Original People," the tribes who first came to Ta-lamh an Ghlas, remnants still can be found in the hidden places

A familiar mild curse, as we would say "By God…"

The war-keening; the ululating and terrifying war cry of the Inishland charge their foes; the cry in con-junction with their ferocious aspect ha sent foes retreating in panic

The lower grade vassals of the RB Mael Armagh's ship

A long cloak worn by the RBocha over their clothing, usu-ally in the col Tuath

The major clochs na thrintri, the ones with large abilities

Literally, "stone of lightning," the stones that gather the power of the mage-lights

The minor clochs na thrintri with small powers

Device used to keep time: a candle of standard diameter with colored 1intervals; one "stripe" equals roughly one hour

Sorcerers of old who took power from the heavens to create their spell

The various Tuatha have colors that show allegiance: