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A chlann Chóelbad meic Cruind crúaid
verse
21 st.
beg. A chlann Chóelbad meic Cruind crúaid
Middle Irish poem (21qq) on the kings of Dál nAraide.
Middle IrishDál nAraidikings of Dál nAraideCóelbad mac Cruind ba Druí
A fhir théit i Mag Medba
verse
34 st.
beg. A fhir théit i Mag Medba
Middle Irish poem (34qq) on the Christian kings of Connacht based at Crúachan, from Amalgaid mac Fíachrai (supp. fl. 5th century) to Toirdelbach Ua Conchobair (d. 1156).
Late Middle IrishCrúachankings of Connacht
A ngluind a n-échta a n-orgni
verse
69 st.
beg. A ngluind a n-échta a n-orgni / batar infir
Middle Irish poem on the exploits of the kings of Ailech.
Middle Irishkings of Ailech
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.
Old IrishÁed BennánÉoganacht Locha Léin
Amalgaid Énna én ar gart
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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.
Old IrishAmalgaid mac ÉndaiÉoganacht Áine
Aní do rónsat do chalmu
verse
69 st.
beg. Aní do rónsat do chalmu / clanna Eogain
Middle Irish poem (69qq) on the victories of Cenél nÉogain.
Middle IrishCenél nÉogainkings of Ailech
Ascnam ní seol sadal
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23 st.
beg. Ascnam ní seol sadal / iar sain slicht cen breobail
Middle Irish poem (23qq) on battles of the Cenél nÉogain.
Middle IrishCenél nÉogain
Bran Find Femin
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beg. Bran Find Femin, fūath slūaig
Old Irish poem on Brand Find (d. 671), king of the Déisi.
Old IrishBran Find ... king of the Déisi
Bronaig Conailli indiu
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4 st.
beg. Bronaig Conailli indiu
GaborchennGaborchenn
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Early Irish poem, 4 qq of which are quoted in the Annals of Ulster, in an entry sub anno 688 concerning the battle of Imlech Pich. The poem, here attributed to one Gabaircenn or Gaborchenn, laments the deaths of two leaders on the side of the Conailli, Dub Da Inber and Uarchride. On the grounds that quatrains 2-3 are metrically distinct from 1 and 4, Kuno Meyer expressed doubt if all four quatrains originally belonged together.
battle of Imlech PichDub Dá Inber ... king of Ardd CianachtaeUarchride ... descendant of Osséne king of Conailli
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.
Early Modern Irishkings of MunsterMunster/Cúige Mumhan
Cathair cenn cóicid Banba
verse
66 st.
beg. Cathaír cenn cóicid Banba
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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Middle Irish poem which gives a version of the tale known in prose form as Esnada tige Buchet.
Middle Irish
Cét-rí ro-gab Érind uill
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14 st.
beg. Cét-rí ro-gab Érind uill
Poem (14qq) on the kings of Ailech who held the kingship of Ireland.
Early Irishhigh-kings of Irelandkings of Ailech
Cethri meic Airtt Mis-Telmann
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3 st.
beg. Cethri meic Airtt Mis-Telmann
Short poem (3qq) on the four sons of Art Mes Telmann.
(Art) Mes Delmonn, -ann (al. Telmann)Mess GegraMess RoidaMac Da ThóMess DánaMess Domnand
Cind cethri ndíni iar Frigrind
verse
34 st.
beg. Cind cethri ndíni iar Frigrind forraig gleógal
Flann Mainistrech
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Flann Mainistrech
(d. 1056)
Middle Irish poet ass. with Monasterboice (Mainistir Buite)
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Middle IrishdinnshenchasAilech
Clann Ollaman uaisle Emna
verse
80 st.
beg. Clann Ollaman uaisle Emna
Anonymous Irish poem (80 st.) on the Christian kings of Ulster, thought by F. J. Fyrne to have been written in the reign of Eochaidh Mac Duinnshléibhe (1158-1166).
Late Middle Irishkings of Ulster
Clanna Bresail Bricc builid
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13 st.
beg. Clanna Bresail Bricc builid
Middle Irish poem on Leinster dynasties.
Middle IrishLaiginBressal BreccUí ChennselaigSíl nÁeda GuaireUí Dúnlainge
Cóic ríg tríchat do Laignib
verse
beg. Cóic ríg tríchat do Laignib
Middle Irish poem which, as the opening quatrain announces, lists 35 kings of Leinster who were high-kings of early Ireland, from Labraid Loingsech to Nad Buidb mac Eirc.
Middle Irishkings of Leinsterhigh-kings of Ireland
Cóic ríg tríchat triallsat róe
verse
55 st.
beg. Cóic ríg tríchat triallsat róe
Middle Irish poem (55qq) which enumerates early medieval kings of Leinster since the arrival of Christianity. According to M. A. O'Brien, who published an edition of the text, the poem is a composite work consisting of two parts: the first, longer series of stanzas (1-38) listing 35 kings from Crimthann mac Énnai Chennselaig to Fáelán mac Muiredaig (d. 934), together with two additional quatrains of slightly later date (39-40), and a final series (41-55) ending with Donnchadh mac Dúnlaing (d. 1036). The final kings in both parts are represented as being still alive.
Middle IrishLeinster/Cúige Laigheankings of Leinster
Cúig coitchind tiaghaid in es
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60 st.
beg. Cúig coitchind tiaghaid in es
Middle Irish poem (60qq) on the gender and declension of Latin nouns
Middle Irish
Dia ngaba apgitir Lagen
verse
14 st.
beg. Dia ngaba apgitir Lagen
Poem. 14 stanzas. Metre: sétnad mór
Late Old Irish
Duaibsech laithi fri cech toisc
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5 st.
beg. Duaibsech laithi fri cech toisc
Mugrón [abbot of Iona]
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Mugrón ... abbot of Iona
(d. c.981)
Abbot of Iona and supposed author of a number of vernacular Irish poems. His obit in AFM remembers him as ‘scribe/writer and bishop, sage of the three divisions’ (scribhnidh ⁊ epscop, saoi na t-Tri Rand).
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Brief Middle Irish poem (5qq) attributed to Mugrón, abbot of Iona, on the death of Congalach mac Maíle Mithig (d. 956) at the hands of Danish vikings from Dublin at Tech Giugrand.
Middle IrishCongalach CnogbaBaile Átha Clíath ... Dublin
Dún Eogain Bél forsind loch
verse
8 st.
beg. Dún Eogain Bél forsind loch
Middle Irish poem (8qq) on Éogan Bél.
Middle IrishÉogan Bél
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.
Old IrishÉoganacht RaithlinnDúngal Raithlind
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