Lia láma
verse
beg. Lia láma
One of the rhymeless ‘Leinster poems’.
Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Lía Lindgadain
prose
verse
4 st.
beg. Is eól dam aní dia fil
Text on the dinnshenchas of Lía Lindgadain
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Lía Nothain
prose
verse
beg. Atá sund fo choirthe chrúaid
Dinnshenchas of Lía Nothain
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Liamuin
verse
prose
beg. Dindgnai Lagen, líth ngaile
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 Liamuin
Duanaire Finn
Lige Guill
verse
beg. Derg ruathar cloinne Morna
Línais Nia
verse
beg. Línais Nia
One of the rhymeless ‘Leinster poems’.
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn C supplement
Dinnshenchas of Loch mBlonac
verse
prose
beg. Turloch Silinde seo indé
Dinnshenchas for Loch mBlonac (formerly Turloch Sílinde ‘Sílenn's old home’) and Loch Cairrgin (formerly Loch Sílinde and Cúil Sílinde, Silenn's new home as well as her place of death).
Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Loch Con
prose
verse
6 st.
beg. Loch Con, cía ná fitir
Dinnshenchas of Loch Con
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Loch nDechet
prose
verse
beg. Adfethet laech, línib slúag

Dinnshenchas of Loch nDechet (Loch Techet), usually identified as Lough Gara, versions of which occur in both prose and verse. The lake is said to derive its name from a certain Dechet, a rath-builder who was generously rewarded for his work and received the produce of Ess Ruaid (Assaroe) as his provisions. However, he ate and drank so much that he ended up going mad and drowned in the lake.

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Loch Dergderc
verse
prose
beg. In lind-se lúadim cech lá

Dinnshenchas on Loch Dergderc: how Eochaid mac Luchta, king of Munster, gave up an eye to satisfy the cruel demands of the Ulster poet Ferchertne mac Athló and washed the bleeding socket.

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Loch nÉrne
prose
verse
20 st.
beg. Loch nÉrne, ard a oscur
Dinnshenchas of Loch nÉrne
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Loch Garman
verse
prose
beg. Rí na loch in loch-sa thess
Eochaid ua Céirín
Eochaid (Eolach) úa Céirín
(fl. 11th century?)
Middle Irish poet

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Text, in prose and verse, on the dinnshenchas of Loch Garman.
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Loch Léin
verse
prose
beg. Dlegair do lind Locha Léin
Dinnshenchas of Loch Léin
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Loch Néill
prose
verse
beg. Lúadim Loch Néil, násad nglé
Dinnshenchas of Loch Néill
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Loch Rí
prose
verse
27 st.
beg. In lind-se lúadit ethair
Dinnshenchas of Loch Rí
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Loch Ríach
prose
verse
beg. Loch Ríach, cá Ríach asa loch?
Dinnshenchas of Loch Ríach
Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Loch Séta
prose
verse
3 st.
beg. Sund robáided in sét sen
Text on the dinnshenchas of Loch Séta
Lorcán lasadh isan áth
verse
beg. Lorcán lasadh isan áth
Mac Líacc [Muirchertach]
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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Lug scéith
verse
beg. Lug scéith scal find
One of the rhymeless ‘Leinster poems’
Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Luibnech
prose
verse
4 st.
beg. Sund rocoscrad in cétach

Text on the dinnshenchas of Luibnech.

Luid Iason ina luing lóir
verse
beg. Luid Iason ina luing lóir
Flann Mainistrech
Flann Mainistrech
(d. 1056)
Middle Irish poet ass. with Monasterboice (Mainistir Buite)

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Medieval Irish poem attributed to Flann Mainistrech on the destruction of Troy. Mac Eoin believed it to have been based on a prose text concerning the Trojan war but not a text of Togail Troí as we know it today.
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Luimnech
verse
prose
beg. A fir fadlas sós na sen
Dinnshenchas of Luimnech
Independent, Tromdámh Guaire, Dinnshenchas Érenn A
Dinnshenchas of Lumman Tige Srafáin
verse
prose
beg. Dubgilla dub-airm n-aisse
Dallán Forgaill
Dallán Forgaill
(fl. 597)
early Irish poet, known as the author of Amra Choluim Chille

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Poem in praise of Aodh’s shield.
M'airiuclán h-i Túaim Inbir
verse
beg. M'airiuclán h-i Túaim Inbir
Suibne Geilt
Suibne Geilt
(supp. fl. 6th/7th century)
A king of Dál nAraide who figures most prominently in the tale Buile Shuibhne.

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M'oenurán dam isin sliabh
verse
11 st.;17 st.
beg. M’óenurán dam isin slíabh
Colum Cille
Colum Cille
(fl. 6th century)
founder and abbot of Iona, Kells (Cenandas) and Derry (Daire).

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