§ 28: Ab
§ 29: Athair
§ 30: Ailt
§ 31: Ana
§ 32: Amrat
§ 33: Aod; Aed
§ 34: Amnas
§ 35: Aurso
§ 36: Aiditiu
§ 37: Anart
§ 38: Audacht
§ 39: Anamain
§ 40: Anrud; Anruth
§ 41: Anair
§ 42: Anfobracht; Anforbracht
§ 43: Adart
§ 44: Ara
§ 45: Aithle
§ 46: Arathar
§ 47: Axail
§ 48: Ána
Entry on ána. The word ána (pl. of án) is here explained as referring to small cups or vessels (stába) with the following characteristics:
- (a) they used to be located at wells under strict(?) laws (cána), hence is said Daimid ána for lindib (‘They assign vessels to pools’, as John O'Donovan translates the proverb).
- (b) they were commonly of silver, as in the quatrain by Mac Dá Cherda, beg. ‘Inráith morsa (no hisa) forsnamfil’ (see Dinnshenchas of Cnocc Rafann). The speaker in this quatrain tells of the rath of Fíachu mac Moinche, which is surrounded by blackbirds and which has a well with a bright cup.
- (c) weary men that came to wells drank out of these cups
- (d) kings placed them there in order to test (verbal noun promad) their laws (cána).
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Comgán Mac Dá CherdaComgán Mac Dá Cherda
(fl. first half of the 7th century)
Comgán Mac Da Cherda;Mac Dá Cherda;Mac Da Cherda
Poet and fool (óinmit) in Irish literature; a son of Máel Ochtraig (king of the Déisi Muman) and a contemporary of Cummíne Fota. The name Mac Dá Cherda would mean ‘Son of Two Arts’, but seeing as it may go back to an original Moccu Cherda (as suggested by Jackson and Ó Coileáin) it is perhaps best spelled conservatively, without lengthening in Da.
See more Fíachu mac MoincheFíachu mac Moinche
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(fl. first half of the 7th century)
Comgán Mac Da Cherda;Mac Dá Cherda;Mac Da Cherda
Poet and fool (óinmit) in Irish literature; a son of Máel Ochtraig (king of the Déisi Muman) and a contemporary of Cummíne Fota. The name Mac Dá Cherda would mean ‘Son of Two Arts’, but seeing as it may go back to an original Moccu Cherda (as suggested by Jackson and Ó Coileáin) it is perhaps best spelled conservatively, without lengthening in Da.
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Cnoc Rafann
Cnoc Rafann ... Knockgraffon
County Tipperary, IdCounty South Tipperary
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Ir. án ... 3. cupIrish án ... 3. cup
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Dinnshenchas of Cnocc RafannDinnshenchas of Cnocc RafannDinnshenchas of Cnocc Rafann
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Beg. Daimid ána for lindib (saying) • Inráith morsa (no hisa) forsnamfil
Verse beg. Inráith morsa (no hisa) forsnamfil, attributed to: Comgán Mac Da CherdaComgán Mac Da Cherda
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§ 49: Anam
§ 50: Athgabail
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§ 52: Aithches
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§ 53: Ao
§ 54: Aunasc
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