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* [[Eyedscreen]]: The sudden focus on Brendan's eyes when he first enters the forest. Also used on the last refugee to arrive before the Viking invasion.
* [[The Fair Folk]]: Aisling, who is friendly for the most part, but will not hesitate to sic her wolves on people who trespass in her forest. [[Word of God]] says she's one of the Tuatha De Danann, a [[Our Elves Are Better|powerful divine race in Irish mythology]].
* [[Five -Token Band]]: Of Irish Catholic monks. Think about that a moment. An Irish monk, an Italian monk, a Chinese monk, an African (Moor) monk, and an English monk, who was originally supposed to be Afghanistani. (There's also a monk with a German accent, a gloomy Slav, and a French monk (albeit without any lines in the final version).) It isn't explained how they all got there ("there" being a 9th century Irish monastery) but according to [[Word of God]] they represent the different artistic influences in the book. This counts as a [[Genius Bonus]] if you believe the hypothesis of ''How The Irish Saved Civilization''. It's possible that Irish monasteries were essentially an ark for refugees across the Roman empire.
* [[Flat Earth Atheist]]: Brendan initially dismisses Crom Cruach as a story to scare children and says that Abbot Cellach told him never to worry about pagan fairytales. He tells all this to a ''fairy'' he just met.
* [[Foreshadowing]]: Brendan breaking through the scaffolding while chasing the goose.
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* [[Herald]]: Aidan is an [[Action Survivor]]; see below.
* [[Hell Follows With Me]]: Aidan's journey to Kells is all about this.
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: The Abbot of Kells is [[Harry Potter|Mad-Eye Moody]]!
** Aidan has had an encounter with the legendary beings of Irish folklore previously in the beloved ''Secret of Roan Inish''.
* [[Hoist By His Own Petard]]: {{spoiler|Unintended on Brendan's part, but after trapping Crom Cruach in a chalk prison, the monstrous abomination, unable to lash out at anything else proceeds to consume itself.}}
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