Mórchath Ocha fersaitir
verse
beg. Mórchath Ocha fersaitir
Becc mac Dé
Becc mac Dé
(d. 550s)
legendary seer, best known from literary sources as an Irish prophet associated with Díarmait mac Cerbaill

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An item of verse attributed to Becc mac Dé and quoted in a number of annalistic and similar historical contexts. It refers to the battle of Ocha (dated c.482) and the death of Ailill Molt.

Independent, Scéla mucce Meic Da Thó, Dinnshenchas of Mag Léna
Muc mic Dá Thó, tlacht-múad torc
verse
6 st.
beg. Muc mic Dá Thó, tlacht-múad torc
Poem on Mac Da Thó's pig.
Mug Ruith, rígfhili cen goí
verse
37 st.
beg. Mug Ruith, rígfhili cen goí
Poem about Mog Ruith
Genemain Áedo Sláine
Mugain ingen Chonchraid chaín
verse
15 st.
beg. Mugain ingen Chonchraid chaín
Flann Mainistrech
Flann Mainistrech
(d. 1056)
Middle Irish poet ass. with Monasterboice (Mainistir Buite)

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Mugdorn ingen Moga Duib
verse
2 st.
beg. Mugdorn ingen Moga Duib

Two Early Irish quatrains found in the Book of Leinster, which are concerned with prehistoric female slaves in Ireland: the first on Mugdorn (Mugdorn ingen Moga Duib / de chuiciud Ulad ardmuir / cétben ra meil bróin mbind. / ria mnáib) and the second on Nabal (Nabal in ben fiad cach slóg / ba cumal la Partholon / Nabal tuc na seotu ille. / Nabal tuc na hindile.).

Muinter Pádraig na paiter
verse
beg. Muinter Pádraig na paiter
Flann Mainistrech
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.

Nas-geib ferg in rigan de
verse
4 st.
beg. Nas-geib ferg in rigan de

A poem (4 qq) cited in the prose preface to the Amra Choluim Cille and closely related textual contexts, all dealing with the convention at Druim Cett. The prose relates that when Colum Cille blessed Domnall, son of Áed mac Ainmirech, and promised the kingship to him, he incurred the anger of Domnall’s stepmother, Áed’s then wife. After she had accused the saint of corrgainecht (‘sorcery’), he uttered words that transformed her and her handmaiden into cranes (corr ‘crane’). Part of the poem renders the exchange between Colum Cille and the queen.

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Nás
verse
prose
beg. Rúadri mac Aitte na n-ell
Mac Nía mac Óengusso
Mac Nía mac Óengusso
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Mac Nía
Mac Nía
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Dinnshenchas of Nás.
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Nemthenn
verse
prose
8 st.
beg. Dreco ingen Chalcmaíl chrúaid
Dinnshenchas of Nemthenn
Cath Maige Tuired
Ní accus bith na mbéo
verse
rosc
beg. Ní accus bith na mbéo
The Morrígan
The Morrígan
(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle, Túatha Dé Danann)
deity or supernatural figure in medieval Irish literature, frequently associated with war and destruction; she sometimes appears as part of a triad with Macha and the Badb; also associated with Nemain.

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A phophetic rosc attributed to the Morrígan about the unhappy end of the world. It occurs at the very end of the Middle Irish text Cath Maige Tuired, following a rosc attributed to the same deity about wealth and prosperity.

Ní car Brigit
verse
beg. Ní car Brigit búadach bith
Broccán clóen
Broccán clóen
(d. 650)
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Ní celt ceis
verse
beg. Ní celt ceis céol do chruitt Chraiphtini
One of the rhymeless ‘Leinster poems’
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.

Nia Corbb Corbmacc Cairpre
verse
beg. Nia Corbb, Corbmacc, Cairpre
Níbu cráeb crínfeda
verse
beg. Níbu cráeb crínfeda
Early Irish poem (11 lines) on the descent of Colum mac Nainnida, patron saint of Terryglass, from Crimthann Án, son of Catháer Már.
Nidu dír dermait
verse
beg. Nidu dír dermait
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.
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.
Nuadu Necht ní dámair anflaith
verse
52 st.
beg. Nuadu Necht ní dámair anflaith
Find Fili mac Rossa Rúaid
Find Fili mac Rossa Rúaid
legendary poet and king of Leinster; son of Russ Rúad

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One of the rhyming ‘Leinster poems’.
Mittelirische Verslehren II
Núall Fir Fhio
verse
beg. Ad-muiniur secht n-ingena trethan
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Ochan
verse
prose
beg. Déiccid ferta níthaig Néill
Cináed úa hArtacáin
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.
Óchtur Criathar cid diatá
verse
7 st.
beg. Óchtur Criathar cid diatá

Poem relating the dinnshenchas of Óchtur Criathar.

Ochtur táncamar anuas
verse
beg. Ochtur táncamar anuas
Oisín mac Finn
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 Odba
prose
verse
6 st.
beg. Sund rohadnacht Odba úais
Text on the dinnshenchas of Odba.
Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Odras
prose
verse
17 st.
beg. Odras, úais ind ingen
Text on the dinnshenchas of Odras
Duanaire Finn
Oenach indiu luid in rí
verse
54 st.;44 st.
beg. Oenach indiu luid in rí
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