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[Muc mic Dá Thó, tlacht-múad torc], verse beg. ‘Muc mic Dá Thó, tlacht-múad torc’ , part of or cited in: Independent, Scéla mucce Meic Da Thó, Dinnshenchas of Mag Léna

» Language(s): Middle Irish » Form: verse » Stanzas: 6 st. » Categories: Ulster Cycle, Early Irish poetry, Text entries
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Poem on Mac Da Thó's pig.

[Prose Banshenchas]

» In English: “The prose ‘Lore of women’” » Language(s): Middle Irish » Form: prose » Categories: Mythological Cycle, Cycles of the Kings, Ulster Cycle, Early Irish poetry, Irish legendary history, Finn Cycle, Text entries
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Prose version of the Banshenchas

[Ro-mbáe laithi rordu rind], verse beg. ‘Ro-mbáe laithi rordu rind’

» In English: “We had a great day of plying spear-points” » Language(s): Old Irish » Form: verse » Stanzas: 7 st. » Categories: Ulster Cycle, Early Irish poetry, Text entries
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A poem of at least seven stanzas attributed to Cú Chulainn or Conchobar mac Nessa.

[Sé bruidni Érenn gan dáil], verse beg. ‘Sé bruidni Érenn, gan dáil’

» In English: “The six hostels of Ireland, without delay” » Language(s): Early Irish » Form: verse » Categories: Ulster Cycle, Early Irish poetry, Text entries » Type: hexad

[Dinnshenchas of Slíab Callann], verse beg. ‘Is eól dam aní dia fail’ , part of or cited in: Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B

» Language(s): Middle Irish » Form: prose, verse » Stanzas: 8 st. » Categories: Ulster Cycle, Early Irish poetry, Dinnshenchas Érenn, Text entries » Type: dinnshenchas
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Text on the dinnshenchas of Slíab Callann

[Dinnshenchas of Srúb Brain], verse beg. ‘Matan do Choin na Cerdda’

» Language(s): Middle Irish » Form: verse, prose » Categories: Ulster Cycle, Early Irish poetry, Dinnshenchas Érenn, Text entries » Type: Subject:dinnshenchas
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Dinnshenchas of Srúb Brain. The placename is etymologised as ‘Raven’s Bill’ with reference to an account of how Cú Chulainn killed a multitude of giant ravens or black birds and placed the bill of the last bird on the rock (Srúb Brain).

[Tathus drecht dron-amhnus], verse beg. ‘Tathus drecht dron-amhnus’

» Language(s): Early Irish » Form: verse » Categories: Ulster Cycle, Early Irish poetry, Text entries
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Early Irish poem about Cú Chulainn, attested as an addition to several copies of the dinnshenchas of Srúb Brain.

[Verba Scáthaige], verse beg. ‘A mbé eirr óengaile’ , part of or cited in: Independent, Tochmarc Emire

» In English: “When you are a peerless champion” » Language(s): Old Irish » Form: verse » Categories: Ulster Cycle, Early Irish poetry, Text entries
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Poem in the form of a prophecy delivered by Scáthach to Cú Chulainn.

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