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Late Middle Irish account of the battle of Crinna, in which Cormac mac Airt is said to have defeated the Ulstermen with the aid of Tadg son of Cían. The saga offers an origin legend of the Cíannacht Breg, explaining how it came to settle near Tara but did not attain the kingship of Tara.

Middle IrishTaraCormac mac AirtTadg mac CéinCíannachtaCíannacht Breg

Cnucha Cnoc os cionn Life

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Irish poem which has come down as a shorter version (6 st.) in Dinnshenchas Érenn dealing with the origin of the place-name Cnucha. A considerably longer one (64 st.) is attributed to Caílte in Agallamh bheag. Here the first 7 stanzas contain much overlap with the shorter version but then continues at some length with the kings of Ireland, with Finn and with Caílte’s present.

Late Middle IrishFinn mac Cumaill (Find úa Báiscni)CnuchaTúathal Techtmar

Foras feasa ar Éirinn

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Keating (Geoffrey)

Keating (Geoffrey)

(c.1580–1644)

Irish priest, historian and poet; author of Foras feasa ar Éirinn

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).

Early Modern IrishHistoryCompilationCompendium

Fotha catha Cnucha

prose

The tale of the conception and birth of Finn mac Cumaill.

Middle IrishFinn mac Cumaill (Find úa Báiscni)

Metrical Banshenchas

verse

beg. Adam oen-athair na ndoene

Úa Caiside (Gilla Mo Dutu)

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).