[Dragaera] Tir-na Nog'th, A question for Steve

Jon Lincicum lincicum at comcast.net
Tue Sep 26 12:48:47 PDT 2006


Glas wrote:
> Zelazny's - 
> It's from the Irish tales (cf. Aoengus mac Og, 
> "Angus the Young Son").  Wikispam: Tír na nÓg
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tir_nan_Og
> - Glas
>   
Great link, thanks!

I notice that the name was also used by an Irish band:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%ADr_na_n%C3%93g_%28band%29

and a 1980's computer game:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tir_Na_Nog_%28game%29

So it's possible Tri'nagore might have come from one of these, as well. 
(I'm guessing maybe the band, given SKZB's knowledge of Irish music???)

Majikjon





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