Bresal,
the high king of the world who built the wooden fortress, Barc Bresail, in Leinster. It was destroyed in the reign of King Eochu by the Ulstermen, who were supporting Tuathal Techtmar.

Puck Fair,
a festival held in the village of Killorglin in County Kerry. A buck goat (in Irish poc, pronounced 'puck'), white if possible and with decorated horns, is made king and driven around in triumph on the first day. On the third day he is released. The well-known song An poc ar buile, 'The Mad Goat', is associated with the festival, which, tradition has it, was imported into Killorglin from Kilgobnet. The festival was connected with Lughnasadh and dates at least from the seventeenth century. The whole business smacks of paganism and one thinks of rituals involving temporary kings and the Hebrew 'scapegoat', but the Kerry people tell the following legend about its origin. A young goatherd overheard Cromwellian soldiers plotting to destroy Killorglin. Not believed, he released the goats, led by the he-goat, into the soldiers' camp as they slept. As a result, the people of Killorglin have commemorated their hircine deliverer by holding the fair.

Witch-Hare,
a hare which is in reality a witch who has transformed herself. Witch-hares were said to steal milk from cattle.

Wren,
a bird called in Irish dreolin, much despised by the Irish for wrens perched on Irish drums when Irish soldiers were about to attack the Cromwellians. Such was the noise they made, says the legend, that the Cromwellians were roused, fell upon the Irish and slaughtered them. On Saint Stephen's Day (December 26th) sometimes called 'Boxing Day', bands of wren boys hunt the wren in retaliation for its betrayal of the Irish. An Irish folktale says that the wren became the king of the birds by flying higher than any other. It achieved this by perching on an eagle and, when the eagle had flown as high as it could, the wren flew a little higher.