Manuscripts
p. 171 = col. 869cd–col. 875
‘The death of Diarmait mac Cerbaill’, in prose and verse
p. 174.28 = col. 875.28–col. 876.5
On the migration of the Ciarraige into Connacht.
p. 175.6 = col. 876.6
"The wooing of Étain"
p. 175.28 = col. 877.28
‘The cause of the Battle of Cnucha’
p. 176.47 = col. 878.47
p. 177a–p. 179b = col. 880–col. 885
‘The wooing of Luan and the death of Athirne’
p. 179b.26–p. 180a = col. 885.26
‘The conception and birth of Conchobor’
p. 180.48 = col. 886.48–col. 889
‘The birth of Cormac mac Airt’
p. 181.26 = col. 889.26
Echtra Cormaic i Tír Tairngire (‘Cormac mac Airt's journey to the Land of Promise’)
p. 186.10 = col. 898.10–col. 906
‘The death of Crimthann son of Fidach and of Eochaid Muigmedóin's three sons’
p. 188.41 = col. 902.41
‘The adventures of the sons of Eochaid Mugmedon’
p. 190.9 = col. 906.9
‘The adventures of Mog Ruith’
col. 907
Note by the scribe Giolla Íosa Mór Mac Fhirbhisigh
scribal addition Scribal note
p. 191 = col. 908–col. 909
Prose text and poem on the baile (prophecy, revelation) of Fínnachta, king of Connacht.
p. 191b.12–p. 192b = col. 909.12
[Aided Nath Í ⁊ a adnacol] Heading/rubric: ‘Suigidud Tellaig na Cruachna so.’
Here entitled Suidigud Tellaig na Cruachna ("The settling of the manor of Cruachan")
p. 192.4 = col. 910.4
Ascribed to: Torna Éces
Poem ascribed to Torna Éces (Éices), on pre-Christian kings of Ireland buried on Cruachán (Croghan); on burial places in Tailtiu (Teltown)
p. 192 = col. 911
"The conception and birth of Mongán"
col. 912
"A story from which it is inferred that Mongán was Finn mac Cumaill, and the cause of the violent death of Fothad Airgdech". Cf: cols. 953-954.
p. 193.42 = col. 913.42
"Stories of Mongán"
p. 194.24 = col. 914.24
‘The occasion of Mongán's frenzy’
col. 914.49
‘The adventure of Connla’. Cf: cols. 399-400.
p. 195 = col. 916.1–col. 916.29
Prose story about three Connacht poets, Mac Líacc (chief poet of Brian Boru), Mac Coise and Flann mac Lonáin, which serves to introduce the poem on Slíab Echtge.
p. 195.30 = col. 916.30
[Dinnshenchas of Slíab Echtge II] Ascribed to: Flann mac Lónáin
Poem beg. Áibind, áibind, Echtge ard = Sliab nEchtga II, poem on the dinnshenchas of Slíab Echtge.
p. 195b = col. 917–col. 918
Story about the poet Flann mac Lonáin, beginning ‘Feachtus dia tarla Fland Mac Lonan i n-aroili faistigh’. It introduces the next poem, attributed to Flann.
col. 918
[Fidbadach mac Feda Ruscaig] Ascribed to: Flann mac Lonáin
Ends with a note in prose.
p. 196.31 = col. 919.31
[Geisi ulchai] Incipit: ‘Coneigius dúibhgesi ulchai’
Anonymous poem
p. 197 = col. 920–col. 938
Section on the seven grades of poets. A diplomatic edition is available in D. A. Binchy, Corpus iuris Hibernici, vol. 6 (1978): 2318-2335.
p. 205.11 = col. 938.11
‘The violent death of [Lugaid] Mac Con’
p. 206.8 = col. 939.8
‘The battle of Allen’
p. 207.8 = col. 942.8
"The battle of Dún Bolc"
p. 209 = col. 945
"The Battle of Mag Rath". Cf. the longer version at col. 321-332.
p. 211a.40–p. 212a = col. 949.40–col. 951
[Noínden Ulad, also Ces noínden Ulad] Heading/rubric: ‘In ceas naighean Uladh’
‘The debility of the Ulstermen’, but here entitled In Ceas Naigen.
p. 212a.8 = col. 951.8
[Bruiden Átha Í] Heading/rubric: ‘Bruighean athas’
An early story of the Finn Cycle
p. 212a.34 = col. 951.34–col. 952?
‘The story of Fiachna mac Báetáin’, also known as How Fiachna mac Baedáin obtained the Kingdom of Scotland
p. 212b = col. 952
‘How Finn obtained knowledge, and the slaying of Cúl Dub’
p. 213.38 = col. 953.38
‘A story from which it is inferred that Mongán was Finn mac Cumaill, and the cause of the violent death of Fothad Airgdech’ [at the hands of Caílte]. Cf: col. 912.
p. 214 = col. 955
"The violent death of Aífe's only son [=Connla]"
p. 214.12–p. 215 = col. 957.12–col. 958
‘The Law of Sunday’, cf: col. 217.