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Énna Labraid luad cáich

verse

beg. Énna Labraid luad cáich

Laidcenn mac Bairceda

Laidcenn mac Bairc(h)eda

(supp. fl. 5th century ?)

early Irish poet, said to be of the Dál nAraidi. Two early poems (beg. Énna, Labraid and Nidu dír dermait) belonging to the so-called rhyming ‘Leinster poems’ are ascribed to him.

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One of the rhyming Leinster poems, attributed to Laidcenn mac Bairceda

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C

Dinnshenchas of Eó Rossa and other trees

prose

verse

beg. Cia dorochair Cráeb Dá Thí

Tract on the dinnshenchas of five special trees of Ireland: the yew of Ross (Eó Rossa), the Yew of Mag Mugna (Eó Mugna), the Tree of Belach Dathí (Bile Dathí or Cráeb Belaig Dathi), the Tree of Tortu (Bile Tortain) and the Tree or Ash of Uisnech (Cráeb or Unnius Uisnig).

Eochair chéille coistecht

verse

12 st.

beg. Eochair chéille coistecht

Cormac mac Cuilennáin

Cormac mac Cuilennáin

(d. 908)

bishop and king of Munster

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Poem ascribed to Cormac mac Cuilennáin, which consists primarily of a list of gnomic formulas beginning with the word eochair (‘key’ in a metaphorical sense).

Eochu art

verse

beg. Eochu art

One of the rhymeless ‘Leinster poems’.

Eochu Ferngen

verse

beg. Eochu Ferngen

One of the rhymeless ‘Leinster poems’

Éogan án éo cautmai cáem

form undefined

4 st.

beg. Éogan án / éo cautmai cáem

Luccreth moccu Chíara

Luccreth moccu Chíara

(fl. 7th century)

early Irish poet

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Versified genealogy (8 couplets) of Éogan mac Crundmaíl, chief of the Uí Choirpri branch of Uí Fhidgenti. It belongs to a group of genealogical poems that are attributed to Luccreth moccu Chíara.

Eol dam aided, erctha gním

verse

8 st.

beg. Eol dam aided, erctha gním

Poem on the deaths of the seven Maines, sons of Medb and Ailill.

Laídshenchas Laigen

Eol dam i ndairib dréchta

verse

43 st.

beg. Eol dam i ndairib dréchta

Flann mac Máel Máedóc

Flann mac Máel Máedóc

(fl. 10th century)

early Irish poet, son of Máel Máedoc mac Díarmata

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Poem on the battles of the Leinstermen and the heroes who fell at their hands

Eól dam seiser cloinne Cuinn

verse

50 st.

beg. Eól dam seiser cloinne Cuinn

Néide ua MaolchonaireNéide ua Maolchonaire

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Ó Dálaigh (Aonghus Fionn)

Ó Dálaigh (Aonghus Fionn)

(c.1548–c.1602)

also Aonghus Ó Dálaigh Fionn;

See more (ascr.)Néide ua MaolchonaireNéide ua Maolchonaire

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Praise poem tracing the descent of Toirrdelbach Ua Conchobair to Conn Cétchathach.

Éri íarthar talman torthig

verse

121 st.

beg. Éri íarthar talman torthig

Úa Duinn (Gilla na Náem)

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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A long poem (121 qq) giving a précis of the Dinnshenchas Érenn and included at the end of the version of that collection in the Book of Uí Maine. The last stanza attributes the poem to Gilla na Náem Úa Duinn and gives the year 1166.

Éri óg inis na náem

verse

beg. Éri óg inis na náem

Gilla Mo Dutu Úa CaisideGilla Mo Dutu Úa Caiside

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Érimón is Éber ard

verse

beg. Érimón is Éber ard

Flann Mainistrech

Flann Mainistrech

(d. 1056)

Middle Irish poet ass. with Monasterboice (Mainistir Buite)

Flann Mainistrech

Flann Mainistrech

(d. 1056)

Middle Irish poet ass. with Monasterboice (Mainistir Buite)

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Middle Irish poem attributed to Flann Mainistrech.

Lebor gabála Érenn

Ériu co n-uaill, co n-idnaib

verse

beg. Ériu co n-uaill, co n-idnaib

Eochaid ua Flannucáin

Eochaid úa Flannucáin

(c.936–1004)

Irish poet and scholar, who was guestmaster at Armagh and superior at Cluain Fiachna (Clonfeacle). He was identified by Rudolf Thurneysen as the poet Eochaid úa Flainn, to whom several poems, most of them in the Lebor gabála, are attributed. This identification has gained favour over the years. In order not to pre-judge the matter, the two are distinguished in the present catalogue.

See more (ascr.)Eochaid úa Flainn

Eochaid úa Flainn

(fl. c.936–1004, if he is Eochaid úa Flannucáin)

A medieval Irish poet to whom a number of Middle Irish poems, most of them in the Lebor gabála Érenn, have been attributed. His identification with Eochaid úa Flannucáin, a poet and historian who was guestmaster at Armagh, has gained favour over the years. In order not to pre-judge the matter, the two are distinguished in the present catalogue.

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Poem in Lebor gabála Érenn.

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B

Dinnshenchas of Ess Rúaid I

verse

prose

beg. A fhir dodechaid atúaid

Tract on the dinnshenchas of Ess Rúaid (Assaroe, on the r. Erne, Co. Donegal).

Éstid a éolchu cen ón

verse

37 st.

beg. Éstid a éolchu cen ón

Flann Mainistrech

Flann Mainistrech

(d. 1056)

Middle Irish poet ass. with Monasterboice (Mainistir Buite)

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Middle Irish poem attributed to Flann Mainistrech, embedded in a number of recensions of the Lebor gabála Érenn (Min, A and C, but not in B).

Etir min is mór

verse

5 st.

beg. Etir min is mór

Early Irish religious poem (5 qq).

Fáelgus Nad Fráech febda cland

verse

2.5 st.

beg. Fáelgus, Nad Fráech / febda cland

Luccreth moccu Chíara

Luccreth moccu Chíara

(fl. 7th century)

early Irish poet

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Versified genealogy (5 couplets) of Fáelgus mac Nad Froích, chief of the Éoganacht of Cashel. It belongs to a group of genealogical poems that are attributed to Luccreth moccu Chíara.

Fáeth fiada

verse

beg. Atom-riug in-diu / Niurt tréun

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B

Dinnshenchas of Faffand

verse

prose

beg. Broccaid brogmar co n-gním gíall

Fulartach

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 Faffand

Fástini Airt meic Cuind ocus a chretem

prose

verse

beg. Cáin do Denna Den doma addonrúacht

Feidlimid athair Echach

verse

beg. Feidlimid athair Echach

Middle Irish poem on battles fought by Cú Chorb, king of Leinster, with Eochaid Find Fúath nAirt, ancestor of the Fothairt, against the men of Munster.

Félire Óengusso

verse

Óengus of Tallaght

Óengus (mac Óengobann) of Tallaght

(fl. early part of the 9th century)

author of Félire Óengusso

Félire Uí Gormáin (Martyrology of Gorman)

verse

Úa Gormáin (Máel Muire)Úa Gormáin (Máel Muire)

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