| A | B |
|---|
| ossian | son of finn |
| cairbre | high king who breaks up fianna |
| finegas | druid who instruscts finn |
| poynings law | prohibited irish from having a parliment w/o permission from england |
| king william | english protestant king who defeated james II at battle of boyne |
| fintan | slamon of knowledege |
| book of kells | illuminated manuscript |
| sive | the ture love of finn |
| cormac mac airt | the great high king; finn marries his daughter |
| dermont of the love spot | fianna member who runs off with finns wife |
| brian boru | high king who drives vikings from ireland |
| grania | daighter of cormac who marries finn |
| clontarf | battle that ended viking conquest in irelenad |
| macha | fairy who gave ulstermen the pangs |
| ross the red | founded of the red branch of kings |
| deiredre | beauty proved fatal to the sons of unsanch |
| setanta | boyhood name of cuchlain |
| skya | woman warrior who train cuchlain and ferdia |
| fergus mac roy | gave up king for wife's son; trained warriors |
| naisoi | ill-fated lover of deirdre |
| maeve | war-like queen of connaught |
| tuatha de danaan | race of gods defeated by milesians |
| aoife | skya's enemy, cuchlain's lover |
| cathbad | druid in the red branch cycle |
| conor | treacherous red branch king; son of nessa |
| dectera | mother of cuchulain |
| conlaoch | only son of aoife |
| emer | true wife of cuchulain |
| daniel o'connel | catholic association |
| issac butt | home rule |
| emmett | irish patriot whose dubiln rebellion ended with his execution |
| padraic pearse | leader of easter rising |
| de Valera | rebel leader who became irish pres. |
| griffeth | sinn fein |
| nat'l land league | irish land in irish hands |
| young irelnad | rebellion failed in 1848 |
| IRB | formed in 1858, precursor to IRA |
