A chóemu cláir Chuinn choímfhinn
verse
25 st.
beg. A chóemu cláir Chuinn choímfhinn
Eochaid úa Flainn
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Eochaid úa Flainn
(fl. c.936–1004, if he is Eochaid úa Flannucáin)
A medieval Irish poet to whom a number of Middle Irish poems, most of them in the Lebor gabála Érenn, have been attributed. His identification with Eochaid úa Flannucáin, a poet and historian who was guestmaster at Armagh, has gained favour over the years. In order not to pre-judge the matter, the two are distinguished in the present catalogue.
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Middle Irish poem (25 qq) attributed to Eochaid úa Flainn concerning the first settlements of Ireland by Cessair and Partholón. The poem as we have it was incorporated in the Lebor gabála Érenn and is common to all major recensions.
A fhir thall triallus
verse
30 st.
beg. A fhir thall tríallus in scél
Fíngen mac Flainn
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Fíngen mac Flainn
(fl. 9th century (?))
early Irish poet to whom is ascribed a threat of satire (a tréfhocal fócrai, beg. A mo Choimdiu nél) to the Fir Arddae; said to be a pupil to one Dubdhartach.
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Middle Irish poem (30qq) attributed to Fíngen mac Flainn, in the form of a series of questions and interlined answers concerning Irish history and pseudo-history.
Ádam athair sruith ar sluag
verse
103 st.
beg. Ádam athair, sruith ar sluag
Óengus [unidentified]Óengus ... unidentified
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Medieval Irish poem attributed to a certain Óengus. Called a ‘school-poem’ by R. Flower, it offers a quick summary of major events narrated in the Lebor gabála, from biblical history to the various settlements and invasions of the peoples in Ireland (Cessair, etc.) and finally, the six ages of the world.
Áed Bennán bruth rígi ríg
verse
3.5 st.
beg. Áed Bennán / bruth rígi ríg
Luccreth moccu Chíara
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Luccreth moccu Chíara
(fl. 7th century)
early Irish poet
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Versified genealogy (7 couplets) of Áed Bennán mac Crimthainn, a Munster chief or ruler from the Éoganachta of Loch Léin. It belongs to a group of genealogical poems that are attributed to Luccreth moccu Chíara.
Amalgaid Énna én ar gart
verse
2.5 st.
beg. Amalgaid, Énna / én ar gart
Versified genealogy (5 couplets) of Amalgaid mac Éndai, chief from the Éoganacht of Áne. It belongs to a group of genealogical poems that are attributed to Luccreth moccu Chíara.
Apair ri síl nEógain Móir
verse
17 st.
beg. Apair ri síl nEógain Móir
Senchán Torpéist
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Senchán Torpéist
(fl. 6th–7th century)
Irish poet associated with Gúaire Aidne, king of Connacht; popular figure in Irish literary tradition, notably as one credited for having retrieved the Táin and, especially in Tromdám Gúaire, as the leader of a band of poets seeking to test the limits of Gúaire’s hospitality.
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Early Irish poem on the descendants of Éogan Mór, attributed in one version to Senchán Torpéist.
Caiseal cathair Chlann Mogha
verse
75 st.
beg. Caiseal cathair Chlann Mogha
Ó Dubhagáin (Seaán Mór)
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Ó Dubhagáin (Seaán Mór)
(d. 1372)
Irish poet and historian.
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A list of kings of Munster in versified form (75 qq), attributed to Seaán Ó Dubhagáin.
Can a mbunadus na nGáedel
verse
beg. Can a mbunadus na nGáedel?
Máel Muru Othna
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Máel Muru Othna
(d. 887)
Early Irish poet and historian, who was apparently attached to the monastery of Othain (now Fahan, Inishowen barony, Co. Donegal), as his epithet suggests
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Clann Ailella Oluim uill
verse
8 st.
beg. Clann Ailella Oluim uill
Early Irish poem (8 qq) on the descendants of Ailill Ólom, king of Munster.
The colloquy between Fintan and the hawk of Achill
verse
116 st.
beg. Arsaidh sin, a eoúin Accla
Poem presenting a conversation between Fintan mac Bóchra, the sole survivor of the Flood, and an ancient hawk (seboc) of the island of Achill.
Connachta cid dia tá in t-ainm
verse
15 st.
beg. Connachta cid dia tá int ainm
Poem which offers a mythological account for the origin of the name Connacht, formerly Cóiced Ol nÉcmacht. 15 stanzas.
Cú cen máthair
verse
36 st.
beg. Cú cen máthair, maith cland
Luccreth moccu Chíara
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Luccreth moccu Chíara
(fl. 7th century)
early Irish poet
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Old Irish poem (36st) attributed to Luccreth moccu Chíara, which traces the ancestry of Cú cen Máthair (d. 665), king of Munster and grandfather of Cathal mac Finguine, all the way back to Adam. A large part of the pedigree, from Míl to Adam, closely resembles that found in another Old Irish poem of a similar metrical type, beg. Énna Labraid luad cáich and dealing with Leinster kings. Myles Dillon has argued that these pedigrees represent (respectively) Munster and Leinster recensions of the same core material.
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Lebor gabála Érenn
Dinnshenchas of Druim Fíngin Iverse
3 st.
beg. A éicse Banba co m-blaid
Short poem (3 qq) on the dinnshenchas of Druim Fíngin.
Dúan in cethrachat cest
verse
prose
beg. Apraid a éolchu Elga
Eochaid ua Céirín
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Eochaid (Eolach) úa Céirín
(fl. 11th century?)
Middle Irish poet
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Eochaid ua Céirín
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Eochaid (Eolach) úa Céirín
(fl. 11th century?)
Middle Irish poet
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Poem consisting of a series of questions concerning miscellaneous bits of lore, with the answer given in prose form in interlinear gloss.
Dúngal Raithlind rui a chuirn
verse
2.5 st.
beg. Dúngal Raithlind / rui a chuirn
Luccreth moccu Chíara
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Luccreth moccu Chíara
(fl. 7th century)
early Irish poet
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Versified genealogy (5 couplets) of Dúngal Raithlind, chief of the Éoganacht Raithlind. It belongs to a group of genealogical poems that are attributed to Luccreth moccu Chíara.
Énna Labraid luad cáich
verse
beg. Énna Labraid luad cáich
Laidcenn mac Bairceda
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Laidcenn mac Bairc(h)eda
(supp. fl. 5th century ?)
early Irish poet, said to be of the Dál nAraidi. Two early poems (beg. Énna, Labraid and Nidu dír dermait) belonging to the so-called rhyming ‘Leinster poems’ are ascribed to him.
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One of the rhyming Leinster poems, attributed to Laidcenn mac Bairceda
Éogan án éo cautmai cáem
form undefined
4 st.
beg. Éogan án / éo cautmai cáem
Luccreth moccu Chíara
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Luccreth moccu Chíara
(fl. 7th century)
early Irish poet
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Versified genealogy (8 couplets) of Éogan mac Crundmaíl, chief of the Uí Choirpri branch of Uí Fhidgenti. It belongs to a group of genealogical poems that are attributed to Luccreth moccu Chíara.
Lebor gabála Érenn
Ériu co n-uaill, co n-idnaibverse
beg. Ériu co n-uaill, co n-idnaib
Eochaid ua Flannucáin
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Eochaid úa Flannucáin
(c.936–1004)
Irish poet and scholar, who was guestmaster at Armagh and superior at Cluain Fiachna (Clonfeacle). He was identified by Rudolf Thurneysen as the poet Eochaid úa Flainn, to whom several poems, most of them in the Lebor gabála, are attributed. This identification has gained favour over the years. In order not to pre-judge the matter, the two are distinguished in the present catalogue.
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Eochaid úa Flainn
(fl. c.936–1004, if he is Eochaid úa Flannucáin)
A medieval Irish poet to whom a number of Middle Irish poems, most of them in the Lebor gabála Érenn, have been attributed. His identification with Eochaid úa Flannucáin, a poet and historian who was guestmaster at Armagh, has gained favour over the years. In order not to pre-judge the matter, the two are distinguished in the present catalogue.
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Poem in Lebor gabála Érenn.
Fáelgus Nad Fráech febda cland
verse
2.5 st.
beg. Fáelgus, Nad Fráech / febda cland
Luccreth moccu Chíara
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Luccreth moccu Chíara
(fl. 7th century)
early Irish poet
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Versified genealogy (5 couplets) of Fáelgus mac Nad Froích, chief of the Éoganacht of Cashel. It belongs to a group of genealogical poems that are attributed to Luccreth moccu Chíara.
Dinnshenchas of Temair (prose)
In chetbean luid i n-uaigh uairverse
1 st.
beg. In chetbean luid i n-uaigh uair
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Loch Garmanverse
prose
beg. Rí na loch in loch-sa thess
Eochaid ua Céirín
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Eochaid (Eolach) úa Céirín
(fl. 11th century?)
Middle Irish poet
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Text, in prose and verse, on the dinnshenchas of Loch Garman.
Metrical Banshenchas
verse
beg. Adam oen-athair na ndoene
Úa Caiside (Gilla Mo Dutu)
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Úa Caiside (Gilla Mo Dutu)
(fl. c. 1147)
Irish poet, credited as the author of Éri óg inis na náem and Ádam óenathair na ndóene (the metrical Banshenchas).
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Úa Caiside (Gilla Mo Dutu)
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Úa Caiside (Gilla Mo Dutu)
(fl. c. 1147)
Irish poet, credited as the author of Éri óg inis na náem and Ádam óenathair na ndóene (the metrical Banshenchas).
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Metrical version of the Banshenchas, composed by Gilla Mo Dutu Úa Caiside (1147).
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