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Fil súil n-glais

verse

beg. Fil súil n-glais

Colum Cille

Colum Cille

(fl. 6th century)

founder and abbot of Iona, Kells (Cenandas) and Derry (Daire).

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Ind fhilid ra fetatar

verse

12 st.

beg. Ind fhilid ra fetatar

Dinnshenchas poem on the origin of Tara, with prose introduction. The poem is 12 stanzas long and incomplete in the form in which it is preserved.

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.

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B

Dinnshenchas of Findloch Cera

verse

prose

beg. Atbér frib co húain iar n-an

Dinnshenchas on Findloch Cera

Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B

Dinnshenchas of Finnglais

verse

prose

beg. Roort Bláthnat ingen Mind

Tract on the dinnshenchas of Finnglais

Fír uisci maith a ciall maith a tuigsi

verse

31 st.

beg. Fír uisci / maith a ciall, maith a tuigsi

Colum Cille

Colum Cille

(fl. 6th century)

founder and abbot of Iona, Kells (Cenandas) and Derry (Daire).

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Irish poem attributed to Colum Cille, on precepts for (monastic?) life. According to Flower, it contrasts clerics past and present.

Flann for Éirinn

verse

beg. Flann for Éirinn

Máel Muru Othna

Máel Muru Othna

(d. 887)

Early Irish poet and historian, who was apparently attached to the monastery of Othain (now Fahan, Inishowen barony, Co. Donegal), as his epithet suggests

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Praise poem for Flann Sinna mac Maíle Sechnaill, who is addressed as ‘king of Tara’.

Fo réir Coluim cén ad-fías

verse

25 st.

beg. Fo réir Coluim cén ad-fías

Bécán mac LuigdechBécán mac Luigdech

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Dallán Forgaill

Dallán Forgaill

(fl. 597)

early Irish poet, known as the author of Amra Choluim Chille

See more (ascr.)Bécán mac LuigdechBécán mac Luigdech

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Fochloc is fer fichdha finn

verse

beg. Fochloc is fer fichdha finn

Irish poem on the seven grades of poets (filid). It is one of several prose and verse texts on the subject that ultimately derive from the Uraicecht becc.

For fáesamh a Mhuire

verse

5 st.

beg. For fáesamh, a Mhuire

Colum Cille

Colum Cille

(fl. 6th century)

founder and abbot of Iona, Kells (Cenandas) and Derry (Daire).

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Irish prayer (5 stt) attributed to Colum Cille and addressed to Mary.

Forlethan mo chádhus

verse

25 st.

beg. Forlethan mo chádhus

Colum Cille

Colum Cille

(fl. 6th century)

founder and abbot of Iona, Kells (Cenandas) and Derry (Daire).

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Irish poem (25 qq) attributed to Colum Cille.

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C

Dinnshenchas of Fornocht

verse

prose

beg. Fornocht do dún, a Druim nDen

Finn mac Cumaill

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.

Acallam na senórach

Forud na Fíann fás in-nocht

verse

beg. Forud na Fíann fás in-nocht

Independent, Laídshenchas Laigen

Fothairt for clannaib Concorb

verse

beg. Fothairt for clannaib Concorb

Poem on St Brigit's people, the Fothairt, and their expulsion from Tara. It is 19 stanzas long in both manuscripts.

Fritha gach da chosmuilius

verse

beg. Fritha gach da chosmuilius

Fuaras i Saltair Chaisil

verse

beg. Fuaras i Saltair Chaisil

Mac Líacc [Muirchertach]

Mac Líacc ... Muirchertach

(d.. 1014 / 1016 (AU))

Middle Irish poet, who is described as 'chief poet of Ireland' (ard-ollamh Érenn) in the Annals of Ulster; becomes the subject of a body of later medieval Irish literature.

See more (ascr.)Gilla Cóemáin

Gilla Cóemáin

(fl. 1072)

Middle Irish poet

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Fúbún fúibh a shluagh Gaoidheal

verse

10 st.

beg. Fúbún fúibh, a shluagh Gaoidheal

Anonymous Irish poem composed perhaps in the mid-16th century, which puts shame on the Irish chieftains who abandoned native Gaelic culture in favour of accepting the privileges and cultural norms of the new Irish peerage.

Fuigeall beandacht brú Muiri

verse

37 st.

beg. Fuigeall beandacht brú Muiri

Gilla BrígdeGilla Brígde

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

See more (ascr.)Giolla Brighde Albanach

Giolla Brighde Albanach

(fl. 13th c., first half)

Scottish poet who became active in Connacht.

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Medieval Irish poem (37 qq) on the Holy Mary, ascribed to Gilla Brígde.

Fuit (poem)

verse

beg. Fuit co bráth

Gabh mo chomhairle a mheic mhín

verse

beg. Gabh mo chomhairle a mheic mhín

Mac Aodhagáin (Giolla na Naomh) [d. 1309]

Mac Aodhagáin (Giolla na Naomh) ... d. 1309

(d. 1309)

Irish legal scholar.

Early Modern Irish poem (25 qq) instructing a student of Irish law.

Gabh mo thegasc a Aodh na n-ech

verse

4 st.

beg. Gabh mo thegasc, a Aodh na n-ech

Colum Cille

Colum Cille

(fl. 6th century)

founder and abbot of Iona, Kells (Cenandas) and Derry (Daire).

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Irish poem (4 qq) attributed to Colum Cille and addressed to Áed mac Ainmirech.

Gabh uaim seanchas Síl Maine

verse

4 st.

beg. Gabh uaim seanchas Síl Maine

A short medieval Irish poem (4 qq) in the Book of Uí Mhaine, where it is associated with further items relating to the Uí Mhaine.

Gabriel lim i nDomhnaighibh

verse

9 st.

beg. Gabriel lim i nDomhnaighibh

An early Irish metrical prayer (8 st.) seeking the protection and support of the archangels, one for each day of the week.

Gáir na Gairbe glebinne

verse

beg. Gáir na Gairbe glebinne

Middle Irish poem (18qq) which occurs in a series of poems attributed to Mo Ling but which appears to be spoken by Suibne Geilt, the once-king turned wild man harboured by the saint at Tech Moling.

Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B

Dinnshenchas of Gáirech

prose

verse

3 st.

beg. Baile h-ir-ralsat gáir cen góe

Text on the dinnshenchas of Gáirech

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