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— 53 to Nollaig the One-Handed (M). Nollaig, like Breck, stole -42 the cloch from RBata's tomb but held it for years, until he was caught pilfering other items from the chieftain Lobharan's clannog. The cloch and other items once belonging to RBata as well as from the other tombs there were found among Nollaig's belongings. Some of the treasure was returned to the tombs, but Lobharan kept the stone. Nollaig lost his hand.
— 42 to Lobharan (M)
— 27
— 27 Ailbhe (F) Lobharan's daughter. to-15
— 15 to Struan (M) Ailbhe's son, father of Cealaigh.
11
11 to Cealaigh (M) First war chief of the Bunus, who were now 37 actively fighting the Daoine in the north of Talamn an
Ghlas. He would wear the cloch in battle under his armor, and was never defeated on the field — he died of an illness.
37 to Mhaolain (M) Mhaolain was Cealaigh's successor as war 42 chief, who (like Cealaigh) wore the cloch as a talisman for victory. When he was finally defeated by Dyved of the North Holdings' army, the cloch passed from Bunus Muintir hands to those of the Daoine.
The Daoine Holders
42 to Dyved of the North Holdings (M)
57
57 to Salmhor O-Dyved (M) Dyved’s son, killed in battle 59 against the Bunus Muintir. The cloch was among his effects, but none of Salmhor’s heirs seems to have inherited the cloch. From here, it passes out of history for nearly two centuries until the magelights come again in 232.
49 to The Lost Years. Sometime during this period, the cloch 232 was moved from the North Holdings (a small kingdom in what would later be part of Tuath Infochla) to Inish Thuaidh. No one knows for certain who held the stone during this time, though several people in later years would claim that their ancestors had been among them. Since none of the Daoine had seen the mage-lights, it’s doubtful that they understood the significance of the stone beyond its recent history as a talisman of the Bunus war chiefs. There is a legend that the Bunus Muintir recovered the cloch after Salmhor’s death on the battlefield, and that the Bunus themselves took the cloch to Inish Thuaidh to hide it. Anotherlegend claims that the cloch was thrown into the sea, and that a blue seal brought the cloch to Inish Thuaidh. The truth of any of these claims can’t be verified.
232 to Caenneth Mac Noll (M) The first Daoine cloudmage, and 241 the return of the mage-lights in the skies. Caenneth was not of royal lineage, but a simple fisherman of Inish Thuaidh, yet he would come to understand the sky-magic, and would reactivate the other cloch na thrintri. Caenneth would die in Thall Coill, attempting the Scrudu.
241 to Gael O Laighin (M)
263
263 to Fearghus O Laighin (M)
279
279 to Heremon O Laighin (M) — died testing himself against the
280 Scrudu.
280 to Maitlas O Ciardha (M)
301
301 to Aithne Lochlain (F)
317
317 to Nuala Mag Aodha (F)
329
329 to Ioseph MacCana (M) Died testing himself against the 333 Scrudu.
333 to Lucan O Loingsigh (M)
379
379 to Naomhan McKenna (M)
382
382 to Kieran MacGairbhith (M)
392
392 to Eilis MacGairbhith (F) Killed in the Battle of Lough Lar
401 by Aod hfin " Liathain, and the control of the cloch moves south from Inish Thuaidh to the mainland of Talamn an Ghlas.
401 to Aodhfin O Liathain (M) RB of the small kingdom of
403 Bhaile.
403 to Dougal Woulfe (M)
416
416 to Fagan McCabe (M)
432
432 to Eoin O hAonghusa (M)
459
459 to Eimile O hAonghusa (F)
463
463 to Donal O hAonghusa (M)
480
480 to Maclean O hAonghusa (M)
487
487 to Brianna O hAonghusa (F)
499
499 to Lochlainn O'Doelan (M)
515
515 to Maitiu O'Doelan (M) Perhaps the only Daoine from
517 Talamh An Ghlas to attempt the Scrudu. He came to Thall Coill stealthily via ship in company with his good friend Keefe Mas Sithig. He did not survive the attempt.
517 to Keefe Mas Sithig (M)
529
529 to Conn DeBarra (M)
541
541 to Barra O Beoillain (M)
577
577 to Uscias Aheron (M)
591
591 to Afrika MacMuthuna (F)
597
597 to Ailen O'Curragh (M)
612
612 to Sinna Mac Ard (F) The young lover of Ailen O'Curragh,
622 who after O'Curragh's early death married Teador Mac Ard, then the RB of a fiefdom within what is now Tuath Gabair.
622 to Bryth Beirne (nee Mac Ard) (F) Daughter of Sinna and 648 Teador Mac Ard. It is during Bryth’s holding that the
Inish cloudmages began to secretly plot to bring the cloch back to the island. Negotiations were begun with Bryth, including possible ar-rangements of marriage to the RB of Inish Thuaidh, but she refused despite RB Mac Ard’s interest in that political union, and eventually married Anrai Beirne, a tiarna of Tuath Infochla.
648 to Rowan Beirne (M) Bryth’s son Rowan foolishly allowed 651 himself to be drawn north out of Falcarragh to a
supposed parley with the Inishlanders, where he was ambushed and murdered by assas-sins in the employ of the Inish cloudmage Garad Mhullien. Lamh Shabhala was taken from Rowan’s body and brought to the island. 651 to Garad Mhullien (M) The cloch returns to Inish Thuaidh.
662 Garad would die testing himself against the Scrudu.
663 to Rolan Cileachair (M)
669
669 to Peria O RBain (F) Mother of Severii, lover to Tadhg 671 O’Coulghan. She died in Thall Coill testing herself against the limits of the cloch with the Scrudu. Tadhg would take the cloch from her body and become Holder himself.
671 to Tadhg O’Coulghan (M) Founder of the Order of 701 Inishfeirm based on the tiny island of the same name just off the coast of Inish Thuaidh. Tadhg was the da of Severii, the Last Holder. It was Tadhg who began the process of codifying and bringing together all the lore of the clochs na thrintri, as well as Lamh Shabhala.
701 to Severii O’Coulghan (M) The last person to hold an active 730 Lamh Shabhala until the mage-lights returned in 1129. The mage-lights had ebbed to nothing by 726.
730 to Loman Blake (M) Lover of Severii, and a wastrel who
731 sold Lamh Shabhala to pay off gambling debts.
731 to Donnan McEvoy (M) Kept Lamh Shabhala, hoping that 741 the mage-lights would return. They didn’t. Donnan, a gambler, was killed in a tavern brawl in Dun Kiil, after which the stone passed into the possession of Kmnat Morain, who owned the tavern and confiscated the dead McEvoy’s belongings.
741 to Kinnat Morain (F)
753
753 to Edana O Broin (F) The daughter of Kinnat Morain, who 779 found the stone in her mam’s jewelry chest after her death due to the Bloody Flux. Edana and her husband took over the tavern. She had no idea that the stone was Lamh Shabhala; she kept it only because it had been her mam’s. She happened to be wearing it on the day Doyle Baroid came to Dun Kiil on business and stopped in the tavern for a drink and a meal.
779 to Doyle Baroid (M) A Brathair of the Order of Inishfeirm, 831 who recognized that the unprepossessing stone around Edana's neck was similar to the description of Lamh Shabhala in the Order's library. He purchased it from Edana, and brought it back to Inishfeirm. He would eventually become Maister of the Order. On his death, the cloch was put in the collection of the Order.
831 to During these two and a half centuries, there was no single 1075 Holder of the stone. The stone resided in the Order of Inishfeirm's collection of clochs na thrintri.
1075 Kerys Aoire (F) Kerys fell in love with a man named to Niall, on
e of the Brathairs of the Inishfeirm Order. Niall, 1093 as a pledge of his love, stole the cloch and gave it to
Kerys. Because the Brathairs were contracted by their families to the Order and were forbidden to marry,
Kerys and Niall fled Inishfeirm. Their small currach foundered in a storm; Niall drowned, but Kerys, pregnant, survived. She would give the cloch to her son, also named Niall.
1093 Niall Aoire (M) In traveling, he came to Tuath Gabair to and the village of Ballintubber, where he fell in love with 1113 and married a woman named Maeve Oldspring. Niall would lose the stone (or perhaps the stone lost him) while walking on Knob top, a hill near Ballintubber.
The Known Clochs Mor, Their Current Man]
Stormbringer(color: smoky-gray) Inish ? Captain of Uaigneas? Maister Cleurach Ability to control and lightning. Th will strike random
Blaze (color: bright red) Inish ? Padraic Mac Ard? Ennis O’Deoradhain? Padraic Mac Ard A fireball/lightni
Snarl (color: blue-green) Inish ? Damhlaic Gairbith? Ennis O’Deoradhain? Mundy Kirwan of the Order Capable of puttin unaided human c
Firerock (color: ruddy) Inish ? Tiarna, ally of Aron O Dochartaigh? Kyle MacEagan Creates a creatur
Scail (color: opaque silver) Inish ? Aithne MacBradaigh Can mirror the e
Demon-Caller Tuatha ? Nevan O Liathain Creates a wingec
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Acknowledgments
My appreciation to Padraic Lavin, Treasa Lavin, Daragh O'Reilly and Johnny Towey, who comprise the musical group OSNA, whose self-titled CD Osna (Celtic Note, CNCD 1002) I purchased while in Ireland. When-ever I wanted some special inspiration or needed to fall into the mood of the novel, I put their CD in the player. I've been unable to find any other recordings by this group in the U.S., but this is one fine effort. Thank you for the sonic inspiration! You can find Celtic Note at http://www.celticnote.ie on the internet.
And while I'm mentioning the music which was always playing in the background, I should also give a nod to Capercaillie and Cherish The Ladies, both groups which also found quite a lot of time on the CD player during the course of the writing.
THE CELTIC WAY OF LIFE by the Curriculum Development Unit (The O'Brien Press Ltd., 1998), is a small but interesting book giving an overview of daily life among the Celtic people of Ireland, and it served as a quick source of inspiration for some of the aspects of life in the fictional Talamh an Ghlas.
For a more detailed and in-depth look, THE COURSE OF IRISH HISTORY by Professors T.W. Moody and F.X. Martin (Roberts Rinehart Publishers, 1995) proved invaluable. The book is essential reading for anyone interested in a detailed and well-researched overview of the history of Ireland.
My apologies in advance to speakers of Irish Gaelic. Through the book, I have borrowed several terms from Irish and though I've made my best attempt, any mistakes in usage are my own and are due to my limited understanding of the language.
Many thanks to Sheila Gilbert for seeing the story and loving it, and for making me part of the "family" at DAW.
If you're connected to the internet, my web page can be accessed from www.farrellworlds.com you're always welcome to browse through.
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