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Dinnshenchas tale, in prose and in verse, which begins with an etymological explanation of Slige Dála and proceeds to account for the names of the five chief roads leading out of Tara (Slige Dála, Slige Mór, Slige Midlúachra, Slige Chúalann and Slige Assail). In copies of the prose text of recension C, the story of Airne Fíngein is cited as a source and followed by a poem said to have been uttered by Fíngen mac Luchta on the night he witnessed the wonders from that tale.

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C supplement

Dinnshenchas of Snám Dá Én

prose

verse

beg. Snám Da Én, na éoin diatá

Prose tract and poem giving two versions of the dinnshenchas of Snám Dá Én. The first story also explains the origin of the names of Áth Lúain, Móin Tíre Náir and Mag nEstin.

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C

Dinnshenchas of Srúb Brain

verse

prose

beg. Matan do Choin na Cerdda

Dinnshenchas of Srúb Brain. The placename is etymologised as ‘Raven’s Bill’ with reference to an account of how Cú Chulainn killed a multitude of giant ravens or black birds and placed the bill of the last bird on the rock (Srúb Brain).

Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B

Dinnshenchas of Sruthar Matha

prose

verse

11 st.;7 st.

beg. Sruthar Matha, maídid lib

Text on the dinnshenchas of Sruthar Matha

Buile Shuibne

Súanach sin a Éorann án

verse

beg. Súanach sin a Éorann án

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B

Dinnshenchas of Tailtiu

verse

prose

beg. A chóemu críche Cuind chain

Cuán ua LothcháinCuán ua Lothcháin

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Cuán ua LothcháinCuán ua Lothcháin

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Poem on the dinsenchas of Tailtiu (Co. Meath).

Tan bím eter mo shruithe

verse

beg. Tan bím eter mo shruithe

Mo Ling

Mo Ling

(d. 697)

Irish saint, abbot and patron saint of Tech Mo Ling (St Mullins, Co. Carlow) and reputed ‘bishop’ of Ferna (Ferns).

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Tánic sam

verse

7 st.

beg. Tánic sam slán sóer

Poem on the coming of summer, attributed to Finn mac Cumaill. It evokes an image of the season by referring, for instance, to the appearance and behaviour of stags, dogs, salmon and birds such as the cuckoo and the blackbird.

Tathus drecht dron-amhnus

verse

beg. Tathus drecht dron-amhnus

Early Irish poem about Cú Chulainn, attested as an addition to several copies of the dinnshenchas of Srúb Brain.

Tegdais adchondarc indiu

verse

8 st.

beg. Tegdais adchondarc indiu

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 preceding poem beg. Adcondarc alaill innocht.

Téicht do Róim

verse

1 st.

beg. Téicht do Róim

An Old Irish quatrain on pilgrimage to Rome, preserved as an addition to a continental manuscript known as the Codex Boernerianus. It is here followed by another quatrain, beg. Mór báis mor baile, the relationship of which to the preceding quatrain is uncertain.

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C

Dinnshenchas of Temair II

verse

19 st.

beg. Ní cheil maissi dona mnáib

Cináed úa hArtacáin

Cináed úa hArtacáin

(d. 975)

Middle Irish poet.

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Dinnshenchas of Temair.

Independent, Dinnshenchas Érenn C

Dinnshenchas of Temair IV

verse

28 st.

beg. Domun duthain (a lainde)

Cináed úa hArtacáin

Cináed úa hArtacáin

(d. 975)

Middle Irish poet.

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Dinnshenchas of Temair.

Temair Breg, baile na fían

verse

beg. Temair Breg, baile na fían

Cuán ua LothcháinCuán ua Lothcháin

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Cuán ua LothcháinCuán ua Lothcháin

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Tigernmas mac Follaig aird

verse

beg. Tigernmas mac Follaig aird

Gilla Cóemáin

Gilla Cóemáin

(fl. 1072)

Middle Irish poet

Gilla Cóemáin

Gilla Cóemáin

(fl. 1072)

Middle Irish poet

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Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C

Dinnshenchas of Tipra Sengarmna

prose

verse

beg. Tipra Sen-Garmna fo a snas

Fergus Fínbél

Fergus Fínbél

(time-frame ass. with Finn mac Cumaill, Cormac mac Airt)

In tales of the Finn Cycle, a poet in the retinue of Finn mac Cumaill, sometimes identified as a son of a certain Finn.

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Text on the dinnshenchas of Tipra Sengarmna.

Tír dá Locha

verse

beg. Tír dá Locha

Flann mac Lonáin

Flann mac Lonáin

(d. 891 x 918)

early Irish poet; called ‘the Virgil of the Irish’ (Firgil Gáedel) and ‘King of the Poets of Ireland’ respectively.

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Poem cited as an example by Mittelirische Verslehren

Tomus tighe mec ind Ócc

verse

3 st.

beg. Tomus tighe mec ind Ócc

Tonfeid a Chríst conic muir

verse

9 st.

beg. Tonfeid, a Chríst, conic muir

Early Irish poem on the eight winds blowing on the kalends of January.

Tórramat do nóebaingil

verse

beg. Tórramat do nóebaingil

Saint Patrick

Saint Patrick

(fl. 5th century)

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Trea ropo maith in ben

verse

4 st.

beg. Trea ropo maith in ben

Brief Irish poem (4 qq) on Trea or Créde, daughter of Rónán king of Leinster, and the strange conception of her son Baethín, patron saint of Ennisboyne.

Tréide as dile lem fo-rácbus

verse

2 st.;3 st.

beg. Tréide as dile lem fo-rácbus

Colum Cille

Colum Cille

(fl. 6th century)

founder and abbot of Iona, Kells (Cenandas) and Derry (Daire).

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Short, late Middle Irish poem on the three places dear to Colum Cille.

Trí cémenn cindti do chách

verse

3 st.

beg. Trí cémenn cindti do chách

Adomnán

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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Three Irish quatrains ascribed to Adomnán.

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