middle of a lake.
CURRAGH — cur-ah — a small boat, like a canoe.
DOLMENS — dole-mens — tombs made of three upright stones, set in a pyramid-type shape,
capped by a flat stone. Normally, one person would be buried beneath them or their ashes might be left in them.
FOMORII — Fuh-more-ee — an ancient tribe, reputed to be part demons.
GEIS — gesh (rhymes with mesh) — a curse.
HURLING — her-ling — a traditional Irish sport, the fastest team game in the world. It’s played on a rugby-sized pitch, fifteen players per side. Each player has a stick which ends in a curved, flat head. They use it to hit a small, hard leather ball about, and score goals and points by hitting it into their opponent’s goal or over the bar.
LEPRECHAUNS — Lep-reh-cawns — the Little People of Irish legends.
MACHA — Mack-ah — a war goddess.
MORRIGAN — More-ee-gan — a war goddess.
NEIT — Net — a god of war.
NUADA — Noo-dah — a war goddess.
OGHAM STONES — Owe-am stones — stones with lines cut into them — an early form of writing.
PICT — Pick-t — an ancient tribe from Britain.
QUERN — kern — a bowl.
RATH — raff — a round fort, surrounded by a wooden fence.
SEANACHAIDH — shan-ah-key — a storyteller or poet.
SIONAN’S RIVER — Sun-un’s river — River Shannon.
SOUTERRAIN — soo-tur-ane — an underground tunnel, often used to store food and drink or as an escape route.
TIR NA N’OG — Teer na nogue (rhymes with rogue) — a mystical land where people never got sick or grew old.
TUATH — chew-ah — a county.
TELATHA — chew-ah — counties.
WEDGE TOMBS — tombs in which lots of stones are stacked side by side in the shape of a then topped with large flat stones.
