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A aingil, beir a Míchíl mórfhertaig

verse

9 st.

beg. A aingil / beir a Míchíl mórfhertaig

Ua Brolcháin (Máel Ísu)

Ua Brolcháin (Máel Ísu)

(d. (c.) 1086)

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Metrical invocation (9qq, treochair) of Michael the archangel.

A Dé dúlig, atat-teoch

verse

50 st.

beg. A Dé dúlig, atat-teoch

Airbertach mac Cosse Dobráin

Airbertach mac Cosse Dobráin

(d. 1016)

Irish poet; fer légind of Ros Ailithir (Rosscarbery, Co. Cork)

Poem on the psalms and other religious matters.

A Maire mín maithingen

verse

beg. A Maire mín, maith-ingen

Colum Cille

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

Admuinemmar nóeb Pátraicc

verse

beg. Ad-muinemmar nóeb Pátraicc

Fíacc of Sletty

Fíacc of Sletty

(supp. fl. 5th century)

reputed disciple of Saint Patrick, abbot and patron saint of Sléibte (Sletty, Co. Laois).

See more (ascr.)Niníne ÉcesNiníne Éces

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

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Early Irish prayer which invokes St Patrick and was composed, according to the prose attribution, by either Niníne the poet (éces) or Fíacc of Sleibte (Sletty, Co. Laois).

Aingeal Dé dom dhín

verse

30 st.

beg. Aingeal Dé dom dhín

Irish poem of prayer for protection (30 qq). According to the editor, O’Nowlan, qq. 1–19 represent the original extent of the poem, ending as it does with a dúnad, while the remainder (beg. Dá apstol déc Dé) is an invocation that was added to the text.

Commentary to Félire Óengusso

An frimm, a Rí richidh ráin

verse

beg. An frimm, a Rí richidh ráin

Ciarán of Clonmacnoise

Ciarán (mac int Shaír) of Clonmacnoise

(c. 515–c. 549)

Irish saint, patron of Clúain Moccu Nóis (Clonmacnoise). Feast-day: 9 September.

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Colum caid cumachtach

verse

5 st.

beg. Colum cáid cumachtach

Cainnech of Aghaboe

Cainnech of Aghaboe

Cainnech moccu Dalonn, patron saint of Achad Bó Chainnig (Aghaboe, Co. Laois) and Cell Chainnig (Kilkenny)

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Prayer (5st in ochtfhoclach metre) for Colum Cille attributed to Cainnech.

Colum Cille co Dia domerail

verse

beg. Colum Cille co Dia domerail

Adomnán

Adomnán

(fl. c.628–704)

Adomnán mac Rónáin was abbot of Iona (r. 679–704) and author of the Latin Life of St Columba and an account of the holy places of the Near East (De locis sanctis). He is credited with the proclamation of the Lex innocentium or Cáin Adomnáin at the Synod of Birr.

See more (ascr.)Baíthéne mac Brénainn

Baíthéne mac Brénainn

(d. 598)

Second abbot of Iona, in succession to Colum Cille.

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Early Irish devotional poem addressed to Colum Cille and usually attributed to Adomnán.

Comad croiche Críst

verse

7 st.

beg. Creidim-si Críst israeracht

Danklied einer erlösten Seele

prose

verse

8 st.

beg. Bennacht for in n-irnaigthe

Prose anecdote about a soul released from hell through the mediation of prayer by an anonymous holy man (maybe St Gregory), including by a poem (8 qq) uttered by the soul in gratitude for his release.

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.

Fuigeall beandacht brú Muiri

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