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beg. A ingen a lúath, a láeb, a Leborcham, cía Ultu ána acca?

A prose introduction, including a list of Ulster women, and passage of rosc that are found as part of the early Irish tale Talland Étair. According to the tale, Leborcham is sent north to warn the wives of Ulster heroes and notables of the impending misfortunes of their husbands in battle. Her warning is uttered in the form of a rosc in which she presents a vision of the bloody outcome of the fight. Scholars like Dobbs have regarded the text as an interpolation, although this view may be open to debate.

Aided Chon Roí

prose

Aislinge Óenguso

form undefined

Independent, Aided Chon Roí

Amrae Chon Roí

verse

beg. Ní hada dom anmuin / apairt ro-m-nét

De causis torchi Corc' Óche

Ba mol Midend midlaige

verse

8 st.

beg. Ba mol Midend midlaige

Luccreth moccu Chíara

Luccreth moccu Chíara

(fl. 7th century)

early Irish poet

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Brinna Ferchertne

verse

36 st.

beg. Atchīu dā choin ac congail

A rhymed poem about the death of Cú Roí, preserved as part of a version of Aided Chon Roí. In a dream-vision, the poet Ferchertne utters a prophecy of Cú Roí’s death.

Brislech Mór Maige Muirthemne

prose

verse

Old Irish saga about the slaying of the Ulster hero Cú Chulainn, Conall Cernach’s revenge, Cú Chulainn’s ‘phantom speech’ (síabur-chobra) delivered after his death and a lament by Emer.

Independent, Fled Dúin na nGéd, Scéla mucce Meic Da Thó, Bruiden Da Choca

Bruidne Érenn (prose)

prose

A brief prose account of the five or six hostels of Ireland (bruidne Érenn) and their owners occurs in a number of early Irish literary compositions and as an independent anecdote in the Book of Lismore.

Compert Con Culainn

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Conailla Medb míchuru

verse

beg. Conailla Medb míchuru

Luccreth moccu Chíara

Luccreth moccu Chíara

(fl. 7th century)

early Irish poet

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Obscure 'accentual poem' by or at least attributed to Luccreth moccu Chíara. The first section deals with the Ulster hero Fergus mac Róich, his situation as an exile in the service of Medb and Ailill, and his participation in their wars over the cattle (bó) of the Ulstermen. The account is thought to refer to an early version of the Táin bó Cúailnge.

De chophur in dá muccida

prose

Do faillsigud Tána bó Cúailnge

prose

Echtra Fergusa maic Léti

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Fíl and grian Glinne Aí

verse

beg. Fil and grian Glinne (h)Aí

Da Coca

Da Coca

(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle)

blacksmith in the Ulster Cycle, whose celebrated hostel (bruiden) becomes the scene of action when Cormac Cond Longas is besieged there by the Connachta.

See more (ascr.)Anonymous [apprentice of Banbán]Anonymous ... apprentice of Banbán

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Old Irish poem (beg. ‘Fíl and grian Glinne Aí’) which uses kennings to describe a variety of foods at a banquet. It is accompanied by (a) a gloss which offers interpretations of a number of these kennings and (b) a prose account, according to which it was uttered either by Da Coca for Cormac Cond Longas, or by an apprentice of the poet Banbán as part of an educational test. In either case, the poem is said to describe a banquet (fuirec) of which they are about to partake.

Fled Bricrenn ocus Loinges mac nDuíl Dermait

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Fochonn loingse Fergusa meic Roich

prose

A fragment relating part of a tale about Fergus mac Roích.

Mesca Ulad

prose

Ro-mbáe laithi rordu rind

verse

7 st.

beg. Ro-mbáe laithi rordu rind

A poem of at least seven stanzas attributed to Cú Chulainn or Conchobar mac Nessa.

Scéla mucce Meic Da Thó

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Serglige Con Culainn

prose

Táin bó Cúailnge

prose

Táin bó Cúailnge II

prose

Táin bó Cúailnge I

prose

Táin bó Dartada

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Táin bó Flidais

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Early Irish tale which relates how Fergus mac Róich came to slay Ailill Find, king of the Ciarraige, and gained the latter's wife Flidais. It is regarded as one of the remscéla to the Táin bó Cúailnge.

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