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Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Mideprose
verse
13 st.
beg. Mide magen na marc mer
Áed úa CarthaigÁed úa Carthaig
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Dinnshenchas of Mide.
Mithig dam-sa tairerad
verse
10 st.
beg. Mithig dam-sa tairerad / do thriall o thoraib teglaig
Religious Irish poem (10 qq) on pilgrimage. In MSS of the Annals of the Four Masters, under the year 926, it is attributed to Céle Dabhail, abbot of Bangor, who is said have composed it before going on pilgrimage to Rome. The copy in Laud Misc. 615, a collection of poetry associated with Colum Cille, comes with an attribution to that saint.
Mithig techt tar mo thimna
verse
beg. Mithig techt tar mo thimna
Cormac mac Cuilennáin
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Cormac mac Cuilennáin
(d. 908)
bishop and king of Munster
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Mittelirische Verslehren IV
verse
14 st.
beg. Sluindfet dúib dagaisti in dána
Cellach úa RúanadaCellach úa Rúanada
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Middle Irish poem ascribed to Cellach úa Rúanada in which for educational purposes, every stanza is composed in a different metrical form.
Mo chara-sa Cnámíne
verse
beg. Mo chara-sa Cnámíne
Flann mac Lonáin
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Flann mac Lonáin
(d. 891 x 918)
early Irish poet; called ‘the Virgil of the Irish’ (Firgil Gáedel) and ‘King of the Poets of Ireland’ respectively.
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Poem cited as an example by Mittelirische Verslehren II.
Mochen, mochen, a Brénaind
verse
beg. Mochen, mochen, a Brénaind
Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Móenmagprose
verse
beg. Móenmag, cá Móen ótá in mag
Dinnshenchas of Móenmag
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Móin Gai Glaisverse
prose
beg. Culdub mac Déin dia Samna
Dinnshenchas of Móin Gai Glais, in prose and verse. When Cúldub mac Déin slays one Fidrad at Samain, Gae Glas, grandson of Lug, comes to avenge Fidrad's death and kills Cúldub with a spear. The prose version, which is generally fuller, adds that the spear entered the ground and was not found until Máel Odrán dug it up and used it to kill Aithechdae, king of Uí Máil. The prose also identifies the spear as the Carr of Belach Duirgen.
Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Móin Tíre Náirprose
verse
3 st.
beg. Mebul lemm inní dia fail
Text on the dinnshenchas of Móin Tíre Náir
Independent, Scéla mucce Meic Da Thó, Dinnshenchas of Mag Léna
Muc mic Dá Thó, tlacht-múad torcverse
6 st.
beg. Muc mic Dá Thó, tlacht-múad torc
Poem on Mac Da Thó's pig.
Genemain Áedo Sláine
Mugain ingen Chonchraid chaínverse
15 st.
beg. Mugain ingen Chonchraid chaín
Flann Mainistrech
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Flann Mainistrech
(d. 1056)
Middle Irish poet ass. with Monasterboice (Mainistir Buite)
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Muinter Pádraig na paiter
verse
beg. Muinter Pádraig na paiter
Flann Mainistrech
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Flann Mainistrech
(d. 1056)
Middle Irish poet ass. with Monasterboice (Mainistir Buite)
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Middle Irish poem containing a long list of members of St Patrick’s household and attributed to Flann, possibly for Flann Mainistrech.
Ní-m thá saegid for Día ndron
verse
58 st.
beg. Ní-m thá saegid for Día ndron
The second of two Middle Irish devotional poems that are found after the core of Saltair na rann in Rawl. B 502.
Nin mac Bel roga na ríg
verse
21 st.
beg. Nin mac Bel, roga na ríg
Late Middle Irish poem on Assyrian kings and synchronic history in Ireland.
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Ochanverse
prose
beg. Déiccid ferta níthaig Néill
Cináed úa hArtacáin
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Cináed úa hArtacáin
(d. 975)
Middle Irish poet.
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Texts on a burial mound near Tara, relating a version of the death of Níall Noígiallach.
Ochtur táncamar anuas
verse
beg. Ochtur táncamar anuas
Oisín mac Finn
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Oisín mac Finn
(time-frame ass. with Finn Cycle, Finn mac Cumaill, Saint Patrick, Cormac mac Airt)
A fían-warrior, son of Finn, in the Finn Cycle of medieval Irish literature
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Poem attributed to Oisín.
Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Odbaprose
verse
6 st.
beg. Sund rohadnacht Odba úais
Text on the dinnshenchas of Odba.
Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Odrasprose
verse
17 st.
beg. Odras, úais ind ingen
Text on the dinnshenchas of Odras
Ogam il-lia, lia uas lecht
verse
beg. Ogam il-lia, lia uas lecht
Seven quatrains attributed to Oisín, on the battle of Gabair Aichle.
Oibind beith ar Beinn Edair
verse
24 st.
beg. Oibind beith ar Beinn Edair
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 poem (24 qq) ascribed to Colum Cille, on Benn Étair.
Pátraicc Macha mártai Gaídil
verse
13 st.
beg. Pátraicc Macha mártai Gaídil
Middle Irish poem (13 st.) in praise of St Patrick.
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Port Láirgeverse
prose
beg. Fil sund áige do churp ríg
Dinnshenchas of Port Láirge (Waterford)
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