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Feis tighe Chonáin
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Fianshruth
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Lists A and B represent two versions of an alphabetically arranged list of personal names associated with the Finn Cycle. A prose introduction precedes both of these lists.
Finn and Gráinne
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Sanas Cormaic
Finn and the jester Lomnaeform undefined
An anecdote told in Sanas Cormaic, under the entry for ‘Orc tréith’.
Introduction to the Senchas Már
Finn and the man in the treeprose
Two short prose stories about Finn, cited in the commentary to the Senchas Már as a gloss on the term imbas forosnai. The first, about Finn's encounter with the supernatural thief Cúldub, tells how Finn acquired the gift of imbas, while the second story, about Finn and the gilla Derg Corra, tells how Finn put this gift to use.
Finn and the phantoms
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Foras feasa ar Éirinn
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Keating (Geoffrey)
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Keating (Geoffrey)
(c.1580–1644)
Irish priest, historian and poet; author of Foras feasa ar Éirinn
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The prose history of Ireland completed by Geoffrey Keating (Seathrún Céitinn) in c. 1634. Comprising an introduction, two books and appendices, it narrates the history of the island from the time of Creation to the Norman conquest in the 12th century. As set out by the vindicatory introduction (an díonbhrollach), the work was written in response to the cultural biases of Anglo-centric writers (e.g. William Camden and Edmund Spenser).
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Fornochtverse
prose
beg. Fornocht do dún, a Druim nDen
Finn mac Cumaill
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Finn mac Cumaill (Find úa Báiscni)
(time-frame ass. with Finn Cycle, Finn mac Cumaill, Cormac mac Airt)
Finn mac Cumaill (earlier mac Umaill?), Find úa Báiscni: central hero in medieval Irish and Scottish literature of the so-called Finn Cycle; warrior-hunter and leader of a fían
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Dinnshenchas of Fornocht, formerly Druim Den.
Dinnshenchas Érenn C supplement
Dinnshenchas of Glaise Bulgaprose
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beg. Glais-ben, ingen Deadhadh Deirg
Text on the dinnshenchas of Glaisse Bulga
Imtheacht an dá nónbhar agus Tóraigheacht Taise Taoibhghile
prose
Lengthy Early Modern Irish fianaigheacht tale about Fionn mac Cumaill, his meeting with the sorceress Taise Thaoibhgheal and a large-scale expedition that the Fían must undertake to fulfill a list of geasa.
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