# Endnotes explained — Irish Fairy Tales

> Chapter companion for Irish Fairy Tales by James Stephens.

## What happens

The endnotes provide brief clarifications on the pronunciation of names and a correction regarding the death of Uail and the location of Cnocha.

## Character check-ins

### Uail mac Baiscne

Mentioned in a note correcting the version of his death.

## Key lines

> Pronounce Fewn to rhyme with “tune.”

The name 'Fewn' is pronounced like 'tune'.

_Provides pronunciation guidance for 'Fewn'._

> Pronounced Usheen.

The name is pronounced 'Usheen'.

_Provides pronunciation guidance for a name._

> This version of the death of Uail is not correct. Also Cnocha is not in Lochlann but in Ireland.

The account of Uail's death is inaccurate, and Cnocha is actually located in Ireland, not Lochlann.

_Corrects a factual error in the main text._

> The Hill of Howth.

Refers to the Hill of Howth.

_Identifies a location mentioned in the text._

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