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A chloch thall for elaid úair

verse

beg. A chloch thall for elaid úair

Cináed úa hArtacáin

Cináed úa hArtacáin

(d. 975)

Middle Irish poet.

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Poem on a stone at Monasterboice, Co. Louth.

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C

Dinnshenchas of Achall

verse

prose

beg. Achall ar aicce Temair

Cináed úa hArtacáin

Cináed úa hArtacáin

(d. 975)

Middle Irish poet.

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Dinnshenchas poem mostly on Achall, i.e. the Hill of Skreen, Co. Meath, with prose on Duma nEirc and Duma nAichle. Both the poem and the prose text offer the story according to which Achall died of grief for her brother Erc, who was killed in vengeance for Cú Chulainn’s death, and was buried in the mound that would bear her name.

Agallamh Leborchaim

form undefined

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.

Táin bó Cúailnge I, Táin bó Cúailnge II, Táin bó Cúailnge III

Aided Cáur

prose

Episode found in all three recensions of Táin bó Cúailnge.

Aided Cheit maic Mágach

prose

A tale of the Ulster Cycle, set after the death of Conchobar.

Aided Cheltchair maic Uthechair

prose

A tale of the Ulster Cycle.

Aided Chon Roí

prose

Aided Chonchobair

prose

Aided Chonchobuir (version D)

prose

Short anecdote about the death of King Conchobar.

Táin bó Cúailnge I, Táin bó Cúailnge II

Aided con na cerda

prose

Aided Derbforgaill

prose

verse

prosimetrum

Táin bó Cúailnge I, Táin bó Cúailnge II, Táin bó Cúailnge III

Aided Etarcomail

form undefined

Aidedh Ferghusa meic Léide

form undefined

Aided Fergusa meic Roich

form undefined

Aided Fhiamain

prose

An early Irish saga text presumed to have been in existence but now lost. The title is known from list A of the medieval Irish tale lists. The name of Fiamain is known from other texts as that of a Munsterman, Fiamain mac Forói in full, who was slain in a battle or attack that took place in or near Dún Binni. Similar titles in the tale lists may refer to the same saga, or a related episode: Forbais Dúin Binne (list A), Orgain Dúin Binne (list B), Echtra Fiamain (A) and Aithed Mugaine re Fiamain (A).

Táin bó Cúailnge I, Táin bó Cúailnge II, Táin bó Cúailnge III

Aided Fir Baíth

form undefined

Táin bó Cúailnge I

Aided Fraích

prose

Episode found in the first recension of Táin bó Cúailnge

Aided Guill ocus Gairb

prose

Táin bó Cúailnge I, Táin bó Cúailnge II, Táin bó Cúailnge III

Aided in togmaili ocus in pheta eóin

form undefined

Táin bó Cúailnge I, Táin bó Cúailnge II, Táin bó Cúailnge III

Aided Lethain

form undefined

Táin bó Cúailnge I, Táin bó Cúailnge II

Aided Lócha

prose

Anecdote about the death of Medb's handmaid Lócha (Recension 1) or Loche (Recension 2).

Aided Lóegairi Búadaig

prose

Táin bó Cúailnge I, Táin bó Cúailnge II, Táin bó Cúailnge III

Aided Lóich meic Mo Femis

form undefined

Episode found in all three recensions of Táin bó Cúailnge

Táin bó Cúailnge I

Aided Lóthair

prose

Story about the death of Medb’s cowherd Lóthar, with an additional anecdote about the search for the bull (tarb). It occurs only in the first recension of TBC.

Aided mac Conchobuir

form undefined

Brief account. A hunter catches three hares at Emain Macha, but as he prepares to cook them a voice recites a poem, and tells him he has killed the three sons of Conchobar mac Nessa, Cormac Cond Longas, Cairpre and Cúscraid Mend Macha, who had taken the form of hares. The hunter runs away, leaving his game behind.

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