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The Aos Sí
The Aos Sí, the people of the mounds, are the supernatural race at the heart of Irish folk-belief: descendants of the Tuatha Dé Danann who retreated into Ireland's ancient mounds after defeat by the Milesians, and the 'Good People' of living west-of-Ireland tradition.