The caldron of poesy
verse
beg. Moí coire coir Goiriath
Can a mbunadus na nGáedel
verse
beg. Can a mbunadus na nGáedel?
Máel Muru Othna
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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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Carais Páttraicc phuirt Macha
verse
beg. Carais Páttraicc phuirt Macha
Middle Irish poem on the virtues of the saints of Ireland, attributed to Cuimíne of Condere (Connor, Co. Antrim).
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Carmanprose
verse
beg. Eistid, a Laigniu nal-lecht
Fulartach
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Fulartach
An early Irish poet whose name is invoked in ascriptions of certain poems of Dinnshenchas Érenn in the Book of Leinster (Carmun, Liamuin, Slíab Bladma, perhaps Faffand and Druim nDairbrech if the abbreviation F. refers to him).
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Dinnshenchas of Carman.
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Carn Conaillprose
verse
beg. Findaid in senchas diatá
Mac Líacc [Muirchertach]
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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.
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Dinnshenchas poem on Carn Conaill
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Carn Feradaigverse
prose
beg. In carn-sa atchíu co ndechair
Dinnshenchas of Carn Feradaig, “probably Cahirnarry, Limerick” (Gwynn).
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Carn Furbaideprose
verse
beg. Atá sund Carn uí Chathbath
Cuán ua LothcháinCuán ua Lothcháin
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Poem on the dinnshenchas of Carn Furbaide (near Granard), also known as Carn Uí Chathbath.
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Carn Máilprose
verse
35 st.
beg. Óebind a tarla ar m' aire
Dinnshenchas of Carn Máil
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Carn Uí Néitverse
prose
beg. Lecht Bressi co mbúada
Tract on the dinnshenchas of Carn Uí Néit. It tells of a fight between Lug (of the Túatha Dé) and Bres son of Elatha (of the Fomoire).
Cath tucastar Crimthann
verse
23 st.
beg. Cath tucastar Crimthann
Dubthach maccu Lugair
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Dubthach maccu Lugair
(supp. fl. 432)
Legendary Irish poet and legal expert, who plays an important role in the pseudo-historical prologue to the Senchas Már.
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Early Irish poem attributed to Dubthach maccu Lugair.
Cathair cenn cóicid Banba
verse
66 st.
beg. Cathaír cenn cóicid Banba
Eochaid ua Céirín
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Eochaid (Eolach) úa Céirín
(fl. 11th century?)
Middle Irish poet
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Eochaid ua Céirín
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Eochaid (Eolach) úa Céirín
(fl. 11th century?)
Middle Irish poet
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Middle Irish poem which gives a version of the tale known in prose form as Esnada tige Buchet.
Cathair coem
verse
beg. Cathair coem
Lugair LánfileLugair Lánfile
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One of the rhymeless ‘Leinster poems’
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Ceilbeprose
verse
32 st.
beg. Mithid dam comma Ceilbe
Ó Maoil Chonaire (Muirgheas mac Pháidín)
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Ó Maoil Chonaire (Muirgheas mac Pháidín)
(d. 1543)
Muirgheas mac Pháidín Uí Maoil Chonaire, of Cluain Plocáin, scribe and compiler of the Book of Fenagh (RIA MS 23 P 26).
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Dinnshenchas of Ceilbe.
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Céis Chorainnprose
verse
6 st.
beg. Sunda robói Corand cáin
Dinnshenchas of Céis Chorainn
Ceithre coimperta caema
verse
beg. Ceithre coimperta caema
Late Middle Irish poem on the nature and appearance of the Antichrist.
Dinnshenchas Érenn A
Dinnshenchas of Cell Chorbbáinverse
25 st.
beg. Cell Chorbbain, clár cen chreidim
Dinnshenchas of Cell Chorbbáin (Kilcorban).
Cath Maige Tuired, Sanas Cormaic, Commentary on the Amra Choluim Chille, O'Davoren's glossary, Ind áer-sin do-rigne Cairpre mac Etaine do Bres mac Elathan, Bretha nemed dédenach
Cen cholt for crib cernineverse
beg. Cen cholt for crib cernine
A quatrain of verse purporting to represent the first satire in Ireland.
Cenn ard Adaim étrocht rád
verse
3 st.
beg. Cenn ard Adaim, étrocht rád
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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Brief Middle Irish poem on the origin and composition of Adam’s head and other body parts (head from ‘the land of Garad’, belly from Laban/Lodain, etc.). The copy in MS Rawlinson B 502 occurs as part of a poem on the Psalter (beg. A Dé dúlig, atat-teoch) and is directly followed by an additional quatrain with an ascription to Airbertach mac Coisse (d. 1016), saying that he translated the poem from Latin into Irish.
Bruiden Átha Í, Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Cenn Cuirrigverse
prose
beg. Currech Life cona Lí
Dinnshenchas of Cenn Cuirrig.
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Cenn Febratverse
prose
beg. Cend Febrat, álaind slíab sen
Mac Raith Úa PaainMac Raith Úa Paain
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Tract on the dinnshenchas of Cenn Febrat.
Dinnshenchas Érenn A
Dinnshenchas of Cenn Finichairverse
prose
16 st.
beg. Inmain in fáid Finichair
Finn mac Cumaill
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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 Cenn Finichair
Cerball Currig cáem-Life
verse
20 st.
beg. Cerball Currig cáem-Life
Dallán mac Móre
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Dallán mac Móre
(fl. c. 909)
early Irish poet; reputedly a bardic poet to Cerball mac Muirecáin, king of Leinster (d. c. 909)
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Poem (20 stanzas) concerning Cerball mac Muirecáin. Metre: casbairdne.
Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Cernaprose
verse
25 st.
beg. Cía bem sund nar suidi sel
Text on the dinnshenchas of Cerna
Cert cech ríg co réil
verse
72 st.
beg. Cert cech ríg co réil
Fothud na Canóine
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Fothud (or Fothad)
(d. 819)
early Irish poet who was attached to the church of Othain (now Fahan, Inishowen barony, Co. Donegal)
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