LAIRGNEN (lerg-nen). Connacht chief, betrothed to Deoca; seizes the Children of Lir, 142 LAKE OF THE CAULDRON. Place where Matholwch met Llassar Llaesgyvnewid and his wife Kymideu Kymeinvoll, 367, 368 LAKE OF THE DRAGON’S MOUTH. Resort of Caer, 121; Angus Ōg joins his love, Caer, at, 122 LAND OF THE DEAD. “Spain” a synonymous term, 130; the western extremity of Great Britain is, according to ancient writer cited by Plutarch, and also according to Procopius, 131 LAND OF THE LIVING. = Land of the Happy Dead, 96; gifts which Lugh brought from, 113 LAND OF SHADOWS. Dwelling-place of Skatha; Cuchulain at, 187-189 LAND OF THE WEE FOLK. See Wee Folk (otherwise, Faylinn), 246, &c. LAND OF YOUTH. Identical with “Land of the Dead,” “Land of the Living,” _q.v._; See Mananan, 113, 125; Cleena once lived in, 127; Connla’s Well in, visited by Sinend, 129; still lives in imagination of Irish peasant, 137; mystic country of People of Dana after their dispossession by Children of Miled, 156; pagan conception of, referred to, 161; lover from, visits Messbuachalla, to whom she bears Conary, 166, 167; Oisīn sees wonders of, 272; Oisīn returns from, 273; “The Lady of the Fountain” and the, 395, 396 LAYAMON. Translator. See “Historia Regum Britaniæ” LEGEND. The cycles of Irish, 95 LEICESTER. See Llyr LEINSTER. Book of, and de Jubainville, 24; ancient tract, the “Dinnsenchus,” preserved in, 85; traditional derivation of name, 154; men of, rally to Maev’s foray against Ulster, 205; Mesroda, son of Datho, dwelt in province of, 241 LEIX. Reavers from, slay Ailill Edge-of-Battle, 310; Maeldūn’s voyage to, 311-331 LEN. Goldsmith of Bōv the Red; gave ancient name, Locha Lein, to the Lakes of Killarney, 123 LEVAR´CAM. Deirdre’s nurse, 197-200; Conor questions, _re_ sons of Usna, 199 LEWY. Son of Curoi, Cuchulain’s foe, 228-233; slain by Conall of the Victories, 233 LIA (lee´a). Lord of Luachar, treasurer to the Clan Morna, 255; slain by Finn, 256; father of Conan, 258 LIA FAIL (lee´a fawl), THE. The Stone of Destiny, 121 LIAGAN (lee´a-gan). A pirate, slain by Conan mac Morna, 260 LIGHT-OF-BEAUTY. See Sgeimh Solais LIR (leer). 1. Sea-god, father of Mananan, 113, 139; Mananan and, referred to, 125; identical with the Greek Oceanus, 125; father of Lodan and grandparent of Sinend, 129; Cymric deity Llyr corresponds with, 347. 2. The Children of, the transformation of, 139-142; their death, 142 LISMORE. “The Dean of Lismore’s Book,” by James Macgregor. Dean of, described, 288 LLASSAR LLAESGYV´NEWID. Husband of Kymideu Kymeinvoll, giver of magic cauldron to Bran, 368 LLEVELYS. Son of Beli; story of Ludd (Nudd) and, 385, 386