FOOTNOTES

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*See "Irish Ways Live On in Dingle," by Bryan

Hodgson, National Geographic, April 1976.

†"The Friendly Irish," by John Scofield, appeared

in the September 1969 National Geographic.

*See "The Essential Element of Fire," by

Michael Parfit, in the September 1996 issue.

See also ASTERISK, DAGGER.