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A aingil, beir a Míchíl mórfhertaig
verse
9 st.
beg. A aingil / beir a Míchíl mórfhertaig
Ua Brolcháin (Máel Ísu)
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Ua Brolcháin (Máel Ísu)
(d. (c.) 1086)
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Metrical invocation (9qq, treochair) of Michael the archangel.
A Dé dúlig, atat-teoch
verse
50 st.
beg. A Dé dúlig, atat-teoch
Airbertach mac Cosse Dobráin
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Airbertach mac Cosse Dobráin
(d. 1016)
Irish poet; fer légind of Ros Ailithir (Rosscarbery, Co. Cork)
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Poem on the psalms and other religious matters.
A Maire mín maithingen
verse
beg. A Maire mín, maith-ingen
Colum Cille
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Colum Cille
(fl. 6th century)
founder and abbot of Iona, Kells (Cenandas) and Derry (Daire).
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Middle Irish litany (16 qq) attributed to Colum Cille
Admuinemmar nóeb Pátraicc
verse
beg. Ad-muinemmar nóeb Pátraicc
Early Irish prayer which invokes St Patrick and was composed, according to the prose attribution, by either Niníne the poet (éces) or Fíacc of Sleibte (Sletty, Co. Laois).
Aingeal Dé dom dhín
verse
30 st.
beg. Aingeal Dé dom dhín
Irish poem of prayer for protection (30 qq). According to the editor, O’Nowlan, qq. 1–19 represent the original extent of the poem, ending as it does with a dúnad, while the remainder (beg. Dá apstol déc Dé) is an invocation that was added to the text.
Commentary to Félire Óengusso
An frimm, a Rí richidh ráinverse
beg. An frimm, a Rí richidh ráin
Ciarán of Clonmacnoise
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Ciarán (mac int Shaír) of Clonmacnoise
(c. 515–c. 549)
Irish saint, patron of Clúain Moccu Nóis (Clonmacnoise). Feast-day: 9 September.
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Colum caid cumachtach
verse
5 st.
beg. Colum cáid cumachtach
Cainnech of Aghaboe
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Cainnech of Aghaboe
Cainnech moccu Dalonn, patron saint of Achad Bó Chainnig (Aghaboe, Co. Laois) and Cell Chainnig (Kilkenny)
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Prayer (5st in ochtfhoclach metre) for Colum Cille attributed to Cainnech.
Colum Cille co Dia domerail
verse
beg. Colum Cille co Dia domerail
Adomnán
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Adomnán
(fl. c.628–704)
Adomnán mac Rónáin was abbot of Iona (r. 679–704) and author of the Latin Life of St Columba and an account of the holy places of the Near East (De locis sanctis). He is credited with the proclamation of the Lex innocentium or Cáin Adomnáin at the Synod of Birr.
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Baíthéne mac Brénainn
(d. 598)
Second abbot of Iona, in succession to Colum Cille.
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Early Irish devotional poem addressed to Colum Cille and usually attributed to Adomnán.
Comad croiche Críst
verse
7 st.
beg. Creidim-si Críst israeracht
Danklied einer erlösten Seele
prose
verse
8 st.
beg. Bennacht for in n-irnaigthe
Prose anecdote about a soul released from hell through the mediation of prayer by an anonymous holy man (maybe St Gregory), including by a poem (8 qq) uttered by the soul in gratitude for his release.
Dumfétt Crístt cuntt cumhachtu
prose
Colum Cille
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Colum Cille
(fl. 6th century)
founder and abbot of Iona, Kells (Cenandas) and Derry (Daire).
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Old Irish prayer attributed to Colum Cille.
Ecce fulget clarissima
verse
11 st.
beg. Ecce fulget clarissima / Patricii sollempnitas
Latin office hymn in praise of St Patrick.
For fáesamh a Mhuire
verse
5 st.
beg. For fáesamh, a Mhuire
Colum Cille
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Colum Cille
(fl. 6th century)
founder and abbot of Iona, Kells (Cenandas) and Derry (Daire).
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Irish prayer (5 stt) attributed to Colum Cille and addressed to Mary.
Fuigeall beandacht brú Muiri
verse
37 st.
beg. Fuigeall beandacht brú Muiri
Medieval Irish poem (37 qq) on the Holy Mary, ascribed to Gilla Brígde.
Gabriel lim i nDomhnaighibh
verse
9 st.
beg. Gabriel lim i nDomhnaighibh
An early Irish metrical prayer (8 st.) seeking the protection and support of the archangels, one for each day of the week.
Irish Liber hymnorum
prose
verse
An early Irish collection of hymns and paratexts such as prefaces and glosses, contained in two manuscripts (TCD MS 1441 and UCD Franciscan MS A 2).
Irish litany of the Trinity
prose
Mugrón [abbot of Iona]
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Mugrón ... abbot of Iona
(d. c.981)
Abbot of Iona and supposed author of a number of vernacular Irish poems. His obit in AFM remembers him as ‘scribe/writer and bishop, sage of the three divisions’ (scribhnidh ⁊ epscop, saoi na t-Tri Rand).
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Early Irish prose litany addressed to the Trinity.
Isam aithrech febda fecht
verse
9 st.
beg. Isam aithrech, febda fecht
Óengus céile DéÓengus céile Dé
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First of two devotional Middle Irish poems (9 stanzas) that were added to the Saltair na rann in the Rawl. B 502 manuscript.
Litany of Irish saints II-a
prose
Óengus of Tallaght
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Óengus (mac Óengobann) of Tallaght
(fl. early part of the 9th century)
author of Félire Óengusso
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Litany of Irish saints II-b
prose
Early Irish litany of saints whose invocations are usually grouped into sevens, e.g. ‘the seven holy bishops of Druim Urchailli (Dunmurraghill)’. In the manuscripts, it is always preceded by a litany of pilgrim saints, which appears to have been a separate text originally.
Ní car Brigit
verse
beg. Ní car Brigit búadach bith
Broccán clóen
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Broccán clóen
(d. 650)
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Ní-m thá saegid for Día ndron
verse
58 st.
beg. Ní-m thá saegid for Día ndron
The second of two Middle Irish devotional poems that are found after the core of Saltair na rann in Rawl. B 502.
Precamur patrem
verse
42 st.
Latin hymn (42st) found in the Antiphonary of Bangor and quite possibly composed by Columbanus. It deals with Christ, Easter day and the salvation of mankind.
Scíath Dé do nim umam
verse
26 st.
beg. Scíath Dé do nim umam
Colum Cille
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Colum Cille
(fl. 6th century)
founder and abbot of Iona, Kells (Cenandas) and Derry (Daire).
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A lorica (lúirech) attributed to Colum Cille.
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