CAST OF CHARACtERS - tHE ANCIENT IRISH

Ciarán - Our hero and main male character. His tomb was the first to be discovered

Aodhán – Ciarán’s best friend and twin brother, his tomb was the third one discovered

Aisling – Ciarán’s 5th century wife, daughter of Deaglán, fair maid of Túatha de Ui Fiachrach  

Domnall – member of the high council, Ciarán’s teacher and father 

Ruadhán – chief priest of the high council

Bradaigh – high priest, his tomb was the second one discovered 

Sétnae – tattooist’s assistant

Godfraidh – fellow priest and one of Ciarán’s captors

Padraig – Saint Patrick

Bréanainn – Ciarán’s eldest son and first born

Aine – Ciarán’s daughter and second child

Daibheid – Ciarán’s youngest son and third child

Fionn - Ciarán’s grandfather

Una - Moira's cousin and Órfhlaith's mother

Moira - Ciarán’s mother

Órfhlaith – Ciarán’s childhood love and mother of his eldest son

Killian – Órfhlaith’s father

Cian – Órfhlaith’s brother

Dáire - One of the guardians of the air

Guardians – Sea: Fáelan, Garbán, Marchadh

                       Earth: Taidhgín, Iarfhlaith, Donnchadh

                        Air: Dáire, Corraidhín, Aodhán

                        Father the Priesthood: Ciarán, Eigneachán, Meallán

Niall – Ciarán's second eldest brother, born after Bradaigh

Deidre - Ciarán's eldest sister, born after Niall

Tadhg - Ciarán's third eldest brother, born after Deidre

Emer - Ciarán's  youngest sister, born after Tadhg

Oisín - Ciarán's fourth eldest brother, born after Emer, though he didn't     

realize it at the time. It was his ring that had been buried in The Ring of Eagna. 

Iognid - Dáire's father

Deaglán - the father of Ciarán's fifth-century wife, Aisling

Lochlainn – head of high council’s guard when Ciarán was 10 years old.

Niall – Aisling’s brother, who lives in a Christian conclave in Mumhan (Munster)

Lonán - Dáire's grandfather

Suibhne - cook in Ciarán's priesthood

Saoirse - young woman Niall helped in the 5th century

Caitlin O’Connell – our heroine, main female character, and site supervisor

Daniel Lambert – directer of archaeological dig

Stephen Pendleton – doctor and site specialist

Ryan Gentry – senior field technician

Chris Stafford – field technician

Bill Gardner – senior field technician

Liam – site specialist

Eve – site specialist

Ted Ingram – senior field technician

Eamon McCarthy – site intern

Paul – field Technician

Justin – site intern

Jason - site intern

Templeton Fitzcairn – site benefactor

Preston Fitzcairn – site intern and son of Templeton Fitzcairn

Neil Dwyer – NYC museum director

Pete Giordano – guard at museum

Joe McIntyre – guard at museum

Frank Taggert – guard at museum

Derek Gray – English museum director

Alan - one of the guards at Dublin museum

Aengus - one of the guards at Dublin museum

Colin - one of the guards at Dublin museum

Connor McGowan - head diver

Liam McGowan - Connor's son

Brian Flaherty - Irish Museum Director

Conor Healy – new member of the archaeological team in The Ring of Eagna – Intern who turns out to be a thief

Russell Bridges – new membe of the archaeological team in The Cave of Rúin Ársa – Gradiate stidemt 

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