A fhir thall triallus
verse
30 st.
beg. A fhir thall tríallus in scél
Fíngen mac Flainn
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Fíngen mac Flainn
(fl. 9th century (?))
early Irish poet to whom is ascribed a threat of satire (a tréfhocal fócrai, beg. A mo Choimdiu nél) to the Fir Arddae; said to be a pupil to one Dubdhartach.
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Middle Irish poem (30qq) attributed to Fíngen mac Flainn, in the form of a series of questions and interlined answers concerning Irish history and pseudo-history.
A fhir théit i Mag Medba
verse
34 st.
beg. A fhir théit i Mag Medba
Middle Irish poem (34qq) on the Christian kings of Connacht based at Crúachan, from Amalgaid mac Fíachrai (supp. fl. 5th century) to Toirdelbach Ua Conchobair (d. 1156).
A fhir uird na h-araide
verse
4 st.
beg. A fhir uird na h-araide
Feidlimid mac Crimthainn
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Feidlimid mac Crimthainn
(d. 847)
king of Munster
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Brief, medieval Irish poem (4qq) attributed to Feidlimid, who is called ‘bishop and king of Munster’ and may be identified with Feidlimid mac Crimthainn, king of Munster (d. 847).
A fir ce no turcba raith
verse
beg. A fir ce no turcba raith
Irish poem (7qq) apparently concerning Emain Macha and Cimbáeth. It is found in NLI MS G 7, where it is prefaced with a short prose introduction (beg. Toforaint in Márrighan laithriuch nduine lie hAulta hi Machi) referring to the the dinnshenchas for Emain Macha. Editions, translations and discussions in secondary literature are unknown at this stage.
A gillu gairm n-ilgrada
verse
beg. A gillu gairm n-ilgrada
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 attributed to Flann Mainistrech on the names belonging to a certain ‘people of a burdensome company’ (muinter na tromdáma), who are once described as a wicked or accursed people (munter mallacta).
Annals of the Four Masters
A h-aon noí ccét cethre deichverse
1 st.
beg. A h-aon noí ccét cethre deich
Mugrón [unidentified]
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Mugrón (one or multiple unidentified authors)
The name Mugrón occurs in a number of textual attributions where the identity of the intended author cannot be ascertained. The references may be to Mugrón, abbot of Iona, to Mugrón of Tuam, or someone else entirely.
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A single quatrain cited in the Annals of the Four Masters (s.a. 941), on the obit of Muirchertach mac Néill, and there attributed to a certain Mugrón.
A maccáin ná cí
verse
beg. A maccáin ná cí
Ailill Ólomm
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Ailill Ólomm
(time-frame ass. with Irish legendary history)
king of Munster; reputed ancestor of the Éoganacht and Dál Cais; a prominent figure in various king-tales, such as those revolving around the Battle of Mag Mucrama.
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A maccucáin sruith in tíag
verse
beg. A maccucáin, sruith in tíag
Adomnán
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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.
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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 mo Choimdiu nél
verse
70 st.
beg. A mo Choimdiu nél
Fíngen mac Flainn
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Fíngen mac Flainn
(fl. 9th century (?))
early Irish poet to whom is ascribed a threat of satire (a tréfhocal fócrai, beg. A mo Choimdiu nél) to the Fir Arddae; said to be a pupil to one Dubdhartach.
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Poem (70 qq) ascribed to one Fíngen mac Flainn (9th century?), in which the speaker threatens the Fir Arddae with satire if they do grant him his dues.
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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A ngluind a n-échta a n-orgni
verse
69 st.
beg. A ngluind a n-échta a n-orgni / batar infir
Middle Irish poem on the exploits of the kings of Ailech.
A reilec láech Leithe Cuinn
verse
24 st.
beg. A reilec láech Leithe Cuinn ... Ón ló do delbus (?) in duain [st. 20] ... Doráidset clerigh Cluana [st. 21]
Ó Maoil Chonaire (Conaing Buidhe)Ó Maoil Chonaire (Conaing Buidhe)
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Early Irish poem (24 qq) on the kings of ‘Conn’s half’ interred at Clonmacnoise.
A Rí richid, réidig dam
verse
111 st.
beg. A Rí richid, réidig dam
Gilla in Choimded ua Cormaic
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Gilla in Choimded úa Cormaic
(11th/12th century?)
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Middle Irish synchronistic poem by Gilla in Chomdid úa Chormaic (fl. 11th c.) referring to events and personages from biblical, classical and native history.
Abstalón, adba na ríg
verse
beg. Abstalón, adba na ríg
Late Middle Irish poem on the beheading of St John the Baptist by Mog Ruith.
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Achallverse
prose
beg. Achall ar aicce Temair
Cináed úa hArtacáin
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Cináed úa hArtacáin
(d. 975)
Middle Irish poet.
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Dinnshenchas poem mostly on Achall, i.e. the Hill of Skreen, Co. Meath, with prose on Duma nEirc and Duma nAichle. Both the poem and the prose text offer the story according to which Achall died of grief for her brother Erc, who was killed in vengeance for Cú Chulainn’s death, and was buried in the mound that would bear her name.
Adcondarc alaill innocht
verse
8 st.
beg. Ad(co)ndarc alaill innocht
Old Irish poem (8 qq). It is found on the first folio of a continental manuscript known for its Irish glosses, Milan, Biblioteca Ambrosiana, MS C 301 inf, together with a poem beg. Tegdais adchondarc indiu.
Admuinemmar nóeb Pátraicc
verse
beg. Ad-muinemmar nóeb Pátraicc
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).
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.
Áed Bennán bruth rígi ríg
verse
3.5 st.
beg. Áed Bennán / bruth rígi ríg
Luccreth moccu Chíara
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Luccreth moccu Chíara
(fl. 7th century)
early Irish poet
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Versified genealogy (7 couplets) of Áed Bennán mac Crimthainn, a Munster chief or ruler from the Éoganachta of Loch Léin. It belongs to a group of genealogical poems that are attributed to Luccreth moccu Chíara.
Aibhind sin a Ériu ard
verse
beg. Aibhind sin, a Ériu ard
Úa Duinn (Gilla na Náem)
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Úa Duinn (Gilla na Náem)
(d. c. 1160)
Irish scholar and poet who was attached to the monastery of Inis Clothrann, now Inchcleraun (Island), in Lough Ree.
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Long poem attributed in various manuscript copies to Gilla na Náem Úa Duinn.
Ailbe umal Pátric Muman
verse
1 st.
beg. Ailbe umal Pátric Muman mó cach ráth
A specimen of early Irish verse cited in the Latin Life of St Declán of Ardmore (Vita sancti Declani § 21) and the later, vernacular version of the same saint (Betha Decclain).
Dinnshenchas Érenn A
Dinnshenchas of Ailech Iverse
28 st.
beg. Decid Ailech n-Imchill n-úaib
Poem on the dinnshenchas of Ailech.
Independent, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Ailech IIverse
35 st.
beg. Cía triallaid nech aisneis senchais Ailig eltaig
Flann Mainistrech
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Flann Mainistrech
(d. 1056)
Middle Irish poet ass. with Monasterboice (Mainistir Buite)
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Dinnshenchas of Ailech.
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