Most of the Gaels who enter the Otherworld settle in Tír Tairnigire, the Land of Promise. Originally they settled in the highlands north of the River Donu, but in recent centuries newer Gaels formed communities in the central forests and the southern plains.
Time passes slower in the Otherworld than it does in the mortal world. The people who live in Tír Tairnigire do not age. When the Aos Sí and the Tuatha Dé venture east from Tír na nóg, it is usually to Tír Tairnigire. The ancient ones always arrive by boat, preferring to dock in the town established by their own Manannán mac Lir on the land's far southern coast.
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Gaels in northern and central Tír Tairnigire trade rumors of a secret passage into Tír na nóg somewhere in the Yellow Mountains, but no one has ever admitted to finding it.
The sun rises and sets on Tír na mBeo just as it does in every other part of the Otherworld. Yet the island is the only place in the Otherworld where people age, likely the reason it's known as the Land of the Living.
Children eventually reach middle age—at a much slower rate than they would in the mortal world. Elderly people living here age backwards until they reach middle age. This slowing doesn't just affect its people. The island's unusual properties affect crops, animals and most flora as well. Crops remain ripe and flowers bloom for much longer than other parts of the Otherword—let alone the mortal world. Food made on the island takes longer to spoil, even if its fresh taste fades.
Families with babies and young children taken too early from the mortal world live in Tír na mBeo for a time, if only until their child becomes an adult. People can come and go from the island as they please, but their aging ceases until they return.
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