Tochmarc Étaíne
A Bé Find in rega limverse
7 st.
beg. A Bé Find in rega lim
Early Irish syllabic poem (7 qq) in which the speaker encourages Bé Find to join him in the delightful Otherworld. It is preserved in the third part of Tochmarc Étaíne, where the poem is attributed to Midir as he woos Étaín, addressing her as Bé Find.
A ben bennacht fort - ná ráid
verse
beg. A ben bennacht fort – ná ráid
Daniél úa Líathaiti
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Daniél úa Líathaiti
(ob. 863)
Abbot of Lismore and Cork. An Irish poem beg. A ben bennacht fort - ná ráid is ascribed to him.
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A Choimdiu baíd
verse
beg. A Choimdiu baíd
Ua Brolcháin (Máel Ísu)
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Ua Brolcháin (Máel Ísu)
(d. (c.) 1086)
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A Choimdiu nom-choimét
verse
beg. A Choimdiu, nom-choimét
Ua Brolcháin (Máel Ísu)
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Ua Brolcháin (Máel Ísu)
(d. (c.) 1086)
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A Chrínóc cubaid do cheól
verse
11 st.
beg. A Chrínóc, cubaid do cheól
Ua Brolcháin (Máel Ísu)
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Ua Brolcháin (Máel Ísu)
(d. (c.) 1086)
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Middle Irish lyrical poem addressed to a certain Crínóc (‘dear old little thing’, a hypocoristic form of crín). Crínóc is lovingly described as an old, judicious woman, who had lain with the speaker as well as other men yet who is without sin. James Carney was the first to suggest that she personifies an old psalm-book that the speaker had turned to since the age of seven, i.e. when he first received his religious education.
A Dé dúlig, atat-teoch
verse
50 st.
beg. A Dé dúlig, atat-teoch
Airbertach mac Cosse Dobráin
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Airbertach mac Cosse Dobráin
(d. 1016)
Irish poet; fer légind of Ros Ailithir (Rosscarbery, Co. Cork)
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Poem on the psalms and other religious matters.
A Maire mín maithingen
verse
beg. A Maire mín, maith-ingen
Colum Cille
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Colum Cille
(fl. 6th century)
founder and abbot of Iona, Kells (Cenandas) and Derry (Daire).
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Middle Irish litany (16 qq) attributed to Colum Cille
A Marbáin a díthrubaig
verse
beg. A Marbáin, a díthrubaig
Poem presented as a verse dialogue between Gúaire (Aidne), king of Connacht (7th century), and his brother Marbán the hermit.
A Mór Maigne Moigi Siúil
verse
beg. A Mór Maigne Moigi Siúil
Urard mac Coise
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Urard mac Coise
(d. 983 x 1023)
Irish poet
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Adram in Coimdid
verse
beg. Adram in Coimdid
Old Irish quatrain preserved as a citation in the compilation Mittelirischen Verslehren II, here as an example of breccbairdne.
Aithbe dam-sa bés mora
verse
beg. Aithbe dam-sa bés mora
Old woman of BeareOld woman of Beare
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Clocán binn
verse
beg. Clocán binn
Comrac Líadaine ocus Cuirithir
prosimetrum
prose
verse
Prosimetric story about the tragic love relationship between two professional poets, Líadain, a poetess of the Corcu Duibne, and Cuirithir, a Connachtman.
Cros Chríst tarsin n-gnúisse
verse
beg. Cros Chríst tarsin n-gnúisse
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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Deus meus adiuva me
verse
beg. Deus meus adiuva me
Ua Brolcháin (Máel Ísu)
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Ua Brolcháin (Máel Ísu)
(d. (c.) 1086)
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Early Irish poem attributed to Máel Ísu Ua Brolcháin
Día lim fri cach sním
verse
beg. Día lim fri cach sním
Fil súil n-glais
verse
beg. Fil súil n-glais
Colum Cille
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Colum Cille
(fl. 6th century)
founder and abbot of Iona, Kells (Cenandas) and Derry (Daire).
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Fuit (poem)
verse
beg. Fuit co bráth
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