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A Eochaid Airtt Fuath arafalnather iath aneoil

verse

rosc

beg. Huait a meic hui Moguirni ... A Eochaid Airtt Fuath arafalnather iath aneoil

An exchange of two roscada found in the context of an origin legend concerning the Fothairt. The first, shorter rosc (beg. Huait a meic hui Moguirni) is uttered by Eochaid Fúath Airt, ancestor of the Fothairt, and addressed to one Moccu Mugairne, who utters the second, longer rosc to him (beg. A Eochaid Airtt Fuath arafalnather iath aneoil), in the course of which he prophecies the coming of Brigit (Brig eoit).

Án grian

verse

beg. Án grian

One of the rhymeless ‘Leinster poems’.

Baeth buide

verse

beg. Baeth buide

One of the rhymeless ‘Leinster poems’.

Búaid Cuinn rígróit rogaidi

verse

beg. Búaid Cuinn, rígróit rogaidi

Fíngen mac Luchta

Fíngen mac Luchta

(time-frame ass. with Conn Cétchathach, Fedlimid Rechtaid)

In Airne Fíngein (‘Fíngen's vigil’), a prince (rígdomna) of Munster, who stands on top of Druim Fíngin one Samain night when he meets Rothníam, a woman of the síd, and through her learns of a series of wonders associated with the birth of Conn Cétchathach.

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Early Irish poem attributed to Fíngen mac Luchta on the wonders (búada) he witnessed surrounding the birth of Conn Cétchatach. The poem is attested in the context of the prose Dinnshenchas of Slige Dála, on the five chief roads out from Tara.

Cathair coem

verse

beg. Cathair coem

Lugair LánfileLugair Lánfile

Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.

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One of the rhymeless ‘Leinster poems’

Coeca fichet filed

verse

beg. Coeca fichet filed

One of the rhymeless ‘Leinster poems’

Cú cen máthair

verse

36 st.

beg. Cú cen máthair, maith cland

Luccreth moccu Chíara

Luccreth moccu Chíara

(fl. 7th century)

early Irish poet

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Old Irish poem (36st) attributed to Luccreth moccu Chíara, which traces the ancestry of Cú cen Máthair (d. 665), king of Munster and grandfather of Cathal mac Finguine, all the way back to Adam. A large part of the pedigree, from Míl to Adam, closely resembles that found in another Old Irish poem of a similar metrical type, beg. Énna Labraid luad cáich and dealing with Leinster kings. Myles Dillon has argued that these pedigrees represent (respectively) Munster and Leinster recensions of the same core material.

Dind Ríg, rúad Túaim Tenbath

verse

beg. Dind Ríg rúad túaim tenbath

Ferchertne

Ferchertne

usually, poet of Cú Roí

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One of the rhymeless Leinster poems.

Doss dáile

verse

beg. Doss dáile

One of the rhymeless ‘Leinster poems’

Énna Labraid luad cáich

verse

beg. Énna Labraid luad cáich

Laidcenn mac Bairceda

Laidcenn mac Bairc(h)eda

(supp. fl. 5th century ?)

early Irish poet, said to be of the Dál nAraidi. Two early poems (beg. Énna, Labraid and Nidu dír dermait) belonging to the so-called rhyming ‘Leinster poems’ are ascribed to him.

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One of the rhyming Leinster poems, attributed to Laidcenn mac Bairceda

Eochu art

verse

beg. Eochu art

One of the rhymeless ‘Leinster poems’.

Eochu Ferngen

verse

beg. Eochu Ferngen

One of the rhymeless ‘Leinster poems’

Find Taulcha

verse

beg. Find Taulcha tuath cuire Cailte

Senchán Torpéist

Senchán Torpéist

(fl. 6th–7th century)

Irish poet associated with Gúaire Aidne, king of Connacht; popular figure in Irish literary tradition, notably as one credited for having retrieved the Táin and, especially in Tromdám Gúaire, as the leader of a band of poets seeking to test the limits of Gúaire’s hospitality.

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One of the rhymeless ‘Leinster poems’, preserved only in fragmentary form. The poem was apparently taken from a now lost compilation known as Cocangab Mór (‘The great compilation’). In the preserved fragment, Find, Taulcha, and Caílte are said to be descendants of Baiscne. The words ‘tri húi Núadat Necht’, which Meyer regards as a later addition, also traces their descent to Núadu Necht.

Lámair lergga

verse

beg. Lámair lergga

One of the rhymeless ‘Leinster poems’

Lia láma

verse

beg. Lia láma

One of the rhymeless ‘Leinster poems’.

Línais Nia

verse

beg. Línais Nia

One of the rhymeless ‘Leinster poems’.