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Exiles Of Eire was born out of my love of Irish myths. There's a lot of great stories in there of heroes and epic romances (my favorite of which is "The Wooing Of Etain"). The gods and goddesses turned under-the-hill dwellers have a lot of amazing adventures at all stages of their history. The thing is, if you don't know the Irish language, Irish Gaelic, pronouncing things can be tricky. It's beautiful to listen to (isn't any language when you don't understand the words?), but the way to say things can be pretty far away from English sometimes. And no language stays the exact same over time. So finding the old Irish way of saying the terms can be even trickier. So without further ado, here's my interpretation of how to say these in the Exiles Of Eire/Fae Underground universe (as accurately as I could manage*). IMPORTANT TERMS: Aos Si - EES SHEE Bean Sidhe - BAHN-SHEE Dagda’s Cauldron - DAGH-dha’s Cauldron Fomor - FOV-or Lia Fail (Stone of Destiny) - LEE-a FAWL Nuada’s Sword (Sword of Light) - NOO-adh-a’s Sword Ogham - OH-yum Spear of Lugh - Spear of LOO PEOPLE: Aengus Mac Og - ANG-gehs mac OHg Aine - AWN-ya Aoife - EE-fa Bres - BRESS Brigid - BRIGH-id Bodb Derg - BODH-uv DER-ug Cliona - KLEE-u-na Daire - DAW-ra Etain - AY-teen Fand - FANN Fergal - FEHR-guhl Finvarra - FIN-VAH-rah Fuamnach - FOO-ahm-nock Ilbreac - ILL-breck Manannan Mac Lir - MAN-ann-ahn mac LYEE-r Midir - MIDH-ar Riona - REE-oh-nah Una - OO-nah PLACES: Eire - EY-ra Tir Na Nog - TEER na nOHg Laigan - LAYN Cill Dara - SILL DAW-ra Midhe - MEEDH-uh Bri Leith - BREE LEYTH Bru Na Boinne - BROO na BOYN Tara - TEH-rah Mumhan - MOUN Connacht - KAHN-awt Cruachan - KROO-a-khuhn Uliad - UL-idh Emain Ablach - EH-vin AH-vlack *Thankfully, there's this very nice beginner's guide that helped me through the process of making this!
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