2. Ossian is buried in Ossian's Grave, Cushendall in Co. Antrim

3. Daniel O'Connell died in Paris

4. Aoife has been Anglicised to Eva or Eve

5. 'The lake isle of Innisfree' may be found on Lough Gill in Co. Sligo

6. Cormac MacCarthy the Strong built Blarney Castle

7. 'Ban' means 'white', 'bean' means 'woman'

8. The Tain Bo Cualigne is the tale of 'The Cattle Raid of Cooley