The tuatha dé dannan had recently descended upon ireland’s emerald shores. their name means “tribe of the gods,” and gods they were. the tuatha dé dannan came to the coast of connemara in clouds of mist. some say they sailed into the harbor like men and burned their boats, creating smoke that spread out across the land. others swear that they came down from the heavens on dark clouds like a fine rain. these supernatural beings brought with them three days and three nights of complete darkness, a harbinger of changes to come. no one knows the true story of how the tuatha dé dannan arrived in ireland. but everyone knows how they fought their way across the land until it was theirs. what type of referring pronoun is they from the fourth sentence in the paragraph above? a. reference pronounb. subject pronounc. possessiv pronound. object pronoun