Cannmatha and Cathlin

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  • Canmathon and Cathlin: Two of the nighttime stars, as referenced in James Macpherson's Temora, Book VII: "Canmathon with beams unshorn...the soft beam of Cathlin glittering on a rock.
  • Matha: Mythical Irish warrior, referenced in Macpherson's Fingal
  • Ceann (Irish, pronounced "Cann"): head, chief
  • Cian: Father of Lug in Irish mythology; killed by the three sons of Tuireann
  • Connemara: region in the west of Ireland
  • Cathleen ni Houlihan: Mythical personification of Ireland and the Irish people,
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