Óengus crobderg cathach rí
verse
3 st.
beg. Óengus Crobderg / cathach rí
Versified genealogy (6 couplets) of Óengus Crobderg, chief of the ‘Éoganacht of Gabra’, i.e. Uí Chonaill Gabra branch of Uí Fhidgenti. It belongs to a group of genealogical poems that are attributed to Luccreth moccu Chíara.
Ogam il-lia, lia uas lecht
verse
beg. Ogam il-lia, lia uas lecht
Seven quatrains attributed to Oisín, on the battle of Gabair Aichle.
Oibind beith ar Beinn Edair
verse
24 st.
beg. Oibind beith ar Beinn Edair
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 poem (24 qq) ascribed to Colum Cille, on Benn Étair.
Aided Diarmata meic Cerbaill I, Independent
Olc bith aromtháverse
beg. Olc bith aromthá
Becc mac Dé
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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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A verse prophecy attributed to the seer Becc mac Dé on evil things to come
Pátraicc Macha mártai Gaídil
verse
13 st.
beg. Pátraicc Macha mártai Gaídil
Middle Irish poem (13 st.) in praise of St Patrick.
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Port Láirgeverse
prose
beg. Fil sund áige do churp ríg
Dinnshenchas of Port Láirge (Waterford)
Prophecy of Berchán
verse
206 st.
beg. Aris biuc a mheic bic báin
BerchánBerchán
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Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.
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Long political poem (206 qq).
The quarrel between Finn and Oisín
verse
beg. Is derb lem-sae, cia domaimse in fer líath
Poem cast as a dialogue between Finn and Oisín, with prose introduction and conclusion.
Immram curaig Mail Dúin
Ráisit d'inis nárbo dermarDinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Ráith Chnámrossaverse
prose
beg. Fail lim do Laignib cach ló
Dinnshenchas of Ráith Chnámrossa
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Ráith Crúachainverse
prose
beg. Estid a churu im Chrúachain
Dinnshenchas on Ráith Crúachain
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Ráith ÉsaDinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Ráith Mór Maige Lineprose
verse
3 st.
beg. Ráth Rogein a h-ainm riasin
Dinnshenchas of Ráith Mór in Mag Line (here olim Ráith Mór and Ráith Rogein).
Reicne Fothaid Canainne
verse
49 st.
beg. A ben, náchamaicille
Old Irish poem, with later prose introduction.
Réidig dam, a Dé, do nim (Dublittir Úa hUathgaile)
verse
beg. Réidig dam, a Dé, do nim / co h-éimid, ní h-indeithbir
Úa hUathgaile (Dublittir)
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Úa hUathgaile (Dublittir)
(c.1080–1120)
Irish scholar associated with the church of Glen Uissen (Killeshin, Co. Laois).
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Middle Irish poem attributed to Dublittir Úa hUathgaile (fl. late 11th century), fer léigin at Glen Uissen, now Killeshin. It is attested both as the concluding poem in the Sex aetates mundi and in independent manuscript contexts.
Réidig dam, a Dé, do nim (Flann Mainistrech)
verse
beg. Réidig dam, a Dé, do nim
Flann Mainistrech
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Flann Mainistrech
(d. 1056)
Middle Irish poet ass. with Monasterboice (Mainistir Buite)
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Flann Mainistrech
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Flann Mainistrech
(d. 1056)
Middle Irish poet ass. with Monasterboice (Mainistir Buite)
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A series of seven poems
Ríg Themra dia tesband tnú
verse
beg. Ríg Themra dia tesband tnú
Flann Mainistrech
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Flann Mainistrech
(d. 1056)
Middle Irish poet ass. with Monasterboice (Mainistir Buite)
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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 and presumably written by Flann Mainistrech.
Ríg Themra tóebaige iar tain
verse
52 st.
beg. Ríg Themra tóebaige iar tain
Flann Mainistrech
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Flann Mainistrech
(d. 1056)
Middle Irish poet ass. with Monasterboice (Mainistir Buite)
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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 Mainstrech.
Rige duit a Choirpri chain
verse
8 st.
beg. Rige duit, a Choirpri chain
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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Early Irish dialogue poem (8 qq) between Colum Cille and Coirpre mac Lugdach, with whom he bargains the terms and conditions of his kingship. It is found in the prose preface to the Amra Choluim Chille, according to which Coirpre Líath mac Lugdach was made king instead of his brother Crimthann, although he was later killed while under Colum Cille’s protection (fáessam).
Ro batar laeich do Laigneib
verse
53 st.
beg. Ro bátar laeich do Laigneib
Middle Irish poem on the birth of Áedan mac Gabráin, king of Dál Riata, and Brandub mac Echach, king of Leinster.
Ro loiscit na láma-sa
verse
4 st.
beg. Ro loiscit na láma-sa
Oisín mac Finn
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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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Four quatrains ascribed to Oisín in his old age.
Ro thinnscanad in tAmra
verse
1 st.
beg. Ro thinnscanad in tAmra
Máel Suthain [poet]Máel Suthain ... poet
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An Irish quatrain attributed to Máel Suthain, which is cited in the prose preface to the Amra Choluim Chille as supporting evidence for the composition of the Amra having been begun in Áth Féine Ollarba and completed in Tech Lomráin.
Ro-chúala crecha is tír thair
verse
beg. Ro-chúala crecha is tír thair
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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Poem on the Midianites (Book of Numbers 31).
Ro-cúala ní tabair eochu ar dúana
verse
1 st.
beg. Ro-cúala / ní tabair eochu ar dúana
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