2. Francis O'Neill, born in Tralibane in West Cork in 1849, became Chief Superintendent of Chicago police in 1901, and was a great collector of Irish dancing music.

3. 11 George's Street South, Dublin is the address of the first Bewley's Tea Merchants commercial premises - the coffee houses developed later.

4. Nial Glán Dubh, or Nial of the Black Knee, was a King of Ireland from 890 until he was killed in 919.

5. The grogoch race of half-human, half-fairy beings is supposed to have migrated from Kintyre in Scotland to live in seclusion in Ireland.

6. 'Iora rua' is Irish for 'red squirrel.

7. 'Cot' in Irish is 'small boat', the root of some Irish placenames.

8. The hare's long ears might be described as 'horns', but no cow has ever looked like that.