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G-I's

Gaedhal - styled 'of the Shining Armour' and 'the Very Gentle'. The sons of Gaedhal were also called the Sons of the Gael (q.v.) (71)

Gael - see Sons of the Gael (71)

Gaible - son of Nuada of the Silver Hand, he stole a vat from Ainge and hurled it away (81)

Gaible's Wood - the beautiful wood that sprang up on the spot where Ainge's vat was hurled by Gaible (81)

Gaileoin - a race of Ireland that had a reputation for lies, big talk, injustice, and good fighters (Ferdiad was one of them), but the Druids drove them out of Ireland (76)

Gairech - one of two hills (the other being Ilgairech) that Lugh passed on his way to do battle with Bres (45)

Gamal - son of Figal, he was one of the two door-keepers at Teamhair when Lugh first arrived (37)

Garbhan - he and Imheall were the Dagda's two builders, and they built the rath around the grave of Aedh, called the Hill of Aileac (82)

Garden in the East of the World - three golden apples from this garden were among the payments that Lugh demanded from the sons of Tuireann for the death of Cian (48)

Gebann - the son of Treon (13th9) and a chief Druid in Manannan's country, his daughter was Cliodna (13th2)

Glas Gaibhnenn - (Glos Gov-nan) belonging to Cian, she was a wonderful cow whose milk never failed (39)

Goll - son of Dalbh and a brother's son of Eochaid, he got Fiachna's captured wife after Eochaid died (121) but was killed in battle by Laegaire (122)

Gnathach - one of the three Druids of the Firbolgs who broke the enchantment laid upon them by Badb, Macha, and Morrigu (30)

Goibniu - styled 'the Smith' (27), the son of Tuirbe (81),and brother of Cian and Samthainn (39), he was a chief among the Tuatha de Danaan (27), and lived at Druim na Teine (39). His ale kept whoever tasted it from age and from sickness and from death (77).

Goitne Gorm-Shuileach - styled 'the Blue-eyed Spear', he was one of the sons of Manannan. His brothers included Sgoith Gleigeil, Sine Sindearg, and Donall Donn-Ruadh. His foster brother was Lugh (41).

Goll - one of the Fomor who took part in the Second Battle of Magh Tuireadh (61)

Gorias - styled 'shining', one of the four cities of the Tuatha de Danaan before they came to Ireland. Its teacher was Urias, and its treasure was the Sword (27)

Grave End - place at Indeoin na Dese where Len Linfiaclach would cast his anvil (81)

Great House of a Thousand Soldiers - in Teamhair, north of the little Hill of the Women Soldiers (31)

Great Strand - see Traig Mor (13th4)

Green of Berbhe - a plain in Lochlann (42)

Green of Teamhair - in Teamhair, it lay to the west of the Hill of Hostages (31)

Grellach Dollaid - also called 'the Whisper of the Men of Dea', it is the place where Lugh, Nuada, the Dagda, Ogma, and Diancecht made their secret plans to rise against the Fomor (40)

Grian - the sun (28), and a fairy queen in County Tipperary (DIM)

Hall of the Morrigu - in the house of the Dagda at the Brugh na Boinne (80)

Happy Plain - see Magh Mell

hazels of wisdom, nine - hazel-trees of inspiration and the knowledge of poetry of the Tuatha de Danaan. They grew by a well below the sea, out of which the seven streams of wisdom spring and return. In the well are the five salmon of knowledge who eat the nuts that fall from the hazel trees. If anyone eats one of the salmon, all wisdom and all poetry would be theirs (28).

Heber - one of the sons of Miled (q.v.), he was one of only three who survived when the Sons of the Gael attempted their second landing in Ireland (73). He was awarded the two provinces of Munster (less theshare he gave to Amergin) after the Battle of Tailltin (75).

Heremon - one of the sons of Miled (q.v.), his ship was wrecked as the Sons of the Gael attempted their second landing in Ireland, but he got safely to land at Inver Colpa (73) He was awarded Leinster and Connacht after the Battle of Tailltin (75).

High Seat - of Teamhair, it lay to the south-west of the Hill of Hostages (31) Hill of Aileac - 'the Hill of Sighs and of a Stone', it was the rath built over the burial site of Aedh (82)

Hill of Dabilla - a hill near the house of the Dagda at Brugh na Boinne (80)

Hill of Hostages - a hill in Teamhair, north-east of the High Seat (31)

Hill of Miochaoin - in the north of Lochlann, three shouts given on this hill were among the payments that Lugh demanded from the sons of Tuireann for the death of Cian (49)

Hill of Sighs and of a Stone - see Hill of Aileac (82)

Hill of the Axe - see Tulach na Bela (81)

Hill of the Sidhe - a hill in the north-east of Teamhair, where the well Nemnach was located (31)

Hill of the White Field - see Sidhe Fionnachaidh

Hill of the Women Soldiers - styled 'little', it lay to the south of the Great House of a Thousand Soldiers, in Teamhair (31)

Hill of Uisnech - on the west side of Teamhair, where Nuada held an assembly of his people (40)

House of the Women - in Teamhair, it is where the great feasts were held. It had seven doors to the east and seven doors to the west (31).

Ilbrech - of Ess Ruadh, he was considered for kingship of the Tuatha de Danaan after their defeat (77)

Ilgairech - one of two hills (the other being Gairech) that Lugh passed on his way to do battle with Bres (45)

Imheall - he and Garbhan were the Dagda's two builders, and they built the rath around the grave of Aedh, called the Hill of Aileac (82)

Indech - son of De Domnann and father of Octriallach, he was a king of the Fomor who fell and was crushed in the Second Battle of Magh Tuireadh (61)

Indeoin na Dese - 'the Anvil of the Dese', where Len Linfiaclach would cast his anvil every night after work (81)

Ingnathach - one of the three Druids of the Firbolgs who broke the enchantment laid upon them by Badb, Macha, and Morrigu (30)

Ingol - one of the Fomor who took part in the Second Battle of Magh Tuireadh (61)

Inis Cenn-fhinne - called the Island of the Fair-Haired Women (59) and the Island of Caer of the Fair Hair, the women of this island had a cooking-spit that was among the payments that Lugh demanded from the sons of Tuireann for the death of Cian (49)

Inis Daleb - one of the four paradises of the world, the others being Inislocha to the west, Inis Ercandra to the north and Adam's Paradise to the east (13th8)

Inis Ercandra - one of the four paradises of the world, the others being Inislocha to the west, Inis Daleb to the south and Adam's Paradise to the east (13th8)

Inislocha - Lake Island, seen by Tadg on his voyages, and ruled by two kings, Rudrach and Dergcroche, sons of Bodb (13th7). It is the fourth paradise of the world, the others being Inis Daleb to the South, Inis Ercandra to the north, and Adam's Paradise to the East (13th8)

Inver Cechmaine - home of Etar, where the reborn Etain first met Midhir while she was bathing (89)

Inver Colpa - in Leinster (75), the place got its name because Colpa, one of the sons of Miled, was drowned there, although his brother Heremon came safely to shore there (73)

Inver Sceine - in the west of Munster, it is where the race of the Sons of the Gael first landed in Ireland (71)

Inver Slane - to the north of Leinster, it is where the race of the Sons of the Gael made their first attempt to land in Ireland (71)

Ioruaidh - see Fail-Inis (49)

Ir - father of Eimher (75) and one of the sons of Miled (q.v.), he was known for his bravery in battle but he died when his ship was wrecked as the Sons of the Gael attempted their second landing in Ireland, and he was buried on Sceilg Michill (73)

Irish - the language of both the Firbolgs and the Tuatha de Danaan (29)

Island of Falga - original dwelling place of Culain, the Smith (97)

Island of Joy - Bran left some of his men ashore there on his way to Emhain

(105) Island of the Fair-Haired Women - see Inis Cenn-fhinne (59)

Island of the Tower of Glass - Balor lived there in the days the Fomor visited Ireland often. From this island, the Fomor would capture ships that passed near. They thus defeated the ships of the sons of Nemed in a time before the Firbolgs were in Ireland. (38)

Islands of Mod - islands from which Ogma was ordered by Bres to bring firing every day (32)

Ith - one of the race of the Sons of the Gael, he was killed by treachery while in Ireland, and it was to avenge his death that the race of the Sons of the Gael invaded Ireland (72). From his line was descended Fathadh Canaan (76).

Iuchar - along with Iucharba and Brian, he is one of the three sons of Tuireann (47) and his sister, the daughter of Tuireann, was Ethne (50)

Iucharba - along with Iuchar and Brian, he is one of the three sons of Tuireann (47) and his sister, the daughter of Tuireann, was Ethne (50)

Iuchnu - he played music to Cliodna in the curragh until she fell asleep and was drowned (13th2)

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