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Middle Irish lyrical poem addressed to a certain Crínóc (‘dear old little thing’, a hypocoristic form of crín). Crínóc is lovingly described as an old, judicious woman, who had lain with the speaker as well as other men yet who is without sin. James Carney was the first to suggest that she personifies an old psalm-book that the speaker had turned to since the age of seven, i.e. when he first received his religious education.

A Dé dúlig, atat-teoch

verse

50 st.

beg. A Dé dúlig, atat-teoch

Airbertach mac Cosse Dobráin

Airbertach mac Cosse Dobráin

(d. 1016)

Irish poet; fer légind of Ros Ailithir (Rosscarbery, Co. Cork)

Poem on the psalms and other religious matters.

A dhuine nach creit íar cóir

verse

86 st.

beg. A dhuine nach creit íar cóir

Úa Cúanáin (Echtgus)

Úa Cúanáin (Echtgus)

(d. 1161?)

Author of a Middle Irish metrical treatise on the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist. According to a rubric in the Brussels copy of the poem, he was of the community of Roscrea. It has been suggested, e.g. by Aidan Breen, that he is the same person as Ísác Úa Cúanáin, first known bishop of Roscrea, whose obit is recorded in AFM under the year 1161.

Úa Cúanáin (Echtgus)

Úa Cúanáin (Echtgus)

(d. 1161?)

Author of a Middle Irish metrical treatise on the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist. According to a rubric in the Brussels copy of the poem, he was of the community of Roscrea. It has been suggested, e.g. by Aidan Breen, that he is the same person as Ísác Úa Cúanáin, first known bishop of Roscrea, whose obit is recorded in AFM under the year 1161.

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Late Middle Irish metrical treatise (86 qq) on the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist, attributed to Echtgus Ua Cúanáin of Roscrea.

A fhir fhéil, madh áil let gan beith a péin

verse

3 st.

beg. A fhir fhéil, madh áil let gan beith a péin

Colum Cille

Colum Cille

(fl. 6th century)

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

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Early Irish religious poem (3 qq) ascribed to Colum Cille on the virtue of generosity.

A Maire mín maithingen

verse

beg. A Maire mín, maith-ingen

Colum Cille

Colum Cille

(fl. 6th century)

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

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Middle Irish litany (16 qq) attributed to Colum Cille

Admuinemmar nóeb Pátraicc

verse

beg. Ad-muinemmar nóeb Pátraicc

Fíacc of Sletty

Fíacc of Sletty

(supp. fl. 5th century)

reputed disciple of Saint Patrick, abbot and patron saint of Sléibte (Sletty, Co. Laois).

See more (ascr.)Niníne ÉcesNiníne Éces

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Early Irish prayer which invokes St Patrick and was composed, according to the prose attribution, by either Niníne the poet (éces) or Fíacc of Sleibte (Sletty, Co. Laois).

Commentary to Félire Óengusso

An frimm, a Rí richidh ráin

verse

beg. An frimm, a Rí richidh ráin

Ciarán of Clonmacnoise

Ciarán (mac int Shaír) of Clonmacnoise

(c. 515–c. 549)

Irish saint, patron of Clúain Moccu Nóis (Clonmacnoise). Feast-day: 9 September.

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Anmchairdes Mancháin Léith

verse

28 st.

beg. Nech at-cobra dul ar nemh

Manchán of Lemanaghan

Manchán of Lemanaghan

Manchán mac Silláin, patron saint of Liath Mancháin (Lemanaghan, Co. Offaly)

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Anum ó téid as a corp

verse

beg. Anum ó téid as a corp

Late Middle Irish poem (9 + 4 qq) on the seven days’ journey, or seven journeys, of the soul after it leaves the body.

Beir mo bachaill lat im láim

verse

beg. Beir mo bachaill lat im láim

Early Irish poem which occurs in the prose preface to the Amra Choluim Chille and related textual contexts. It is a dialogue poem between Colum Cille and Scandlán Mór, apparently in continuation of the previous dialogue poem (beg. Slécht sís, a Scandláin, dom réir), in which Scandlán has promised to deliver tribute at Durrow. In the present poem, Colum Cille offers him his crozier (bachall) as a means of protection against trouble on the road to Durrow, specifically any trouble he might encounter from Domnall mac Áeda.

Ceithre coimperta caema

verse

beg. Ceithre coimperta caema

Late Middle Irish poem on the nature and appearance of the Antichrist.

Cétna laithe tairiraith

verse

9 st.

beg. Cétna laithe tairiraith

Moelmoedóc mac DiarmadaMoelmoedóc mac Diarmada

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Middle Irish poem (9 qq) on the seven journeys of the soul after if leaves the body. It is found in the Leabhar Breac, where it is attributed to Moelmoedóc Ua Mongair but internally, in the final quatrain, to Moelmoedóc mac Diarmada, possibly referring to the abbot of Glen Uissen (Killeshin, Co. Laois) (ob. 917).

Colum caid cumachtach

verse

5 st.

beg. Colum cáid cumachtach

Cainnech of Aghaboe

Cainnech of Aghaboe

Cainnech moccu Dalonn, patron saint of Achad Bó Chainnig (Aghaboe, Co. Laois) and Cell Chainnig (Kilkenny)

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Prayer (5st in ochtfhoclach metre) for Colum Cille attributed to Cainnech.

Colum Cille co Dia domerail

verse

beg. Colum Cille co Dia domerail

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.

See more (ascr.)Baíthéne mac Brénainn

Baíthéne mac Brénainn

(d. 598)

Second abbot of Iona, in succession to Colum Cille.

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Early Irish devotional poem addressed to Colum Cille and usually attributed to Adomnán.

Comad croiche Críst

verse

7 st.

beg. Creidim-si Críst israeracht

Comae ríaguil in Choimded

verse

beg. Comae ríaguil in Choimded

Early Irish religious poem which prescribes a set of moral guidelines that together make up ‘the rule of the Lord’ (ríagal in Choimded). Strachan, who first edited the poem, distinguishes between two recensions, A and B, both of which carry some interpolations of their own.

Cormac húa Líathán lí nglan

verse

24 st.

beg. Cormac húa Líathán lí nglan

Colum Cille

Colum Cille

(fl. 6th century)

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

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Cris finnáin dumimdegail imum

verse

beg. Cris Finnáin dum imdegail imum

Cros an Choimdhedh cumachtaigh

verse

12 st.

beg. Cros an Choimdhedh cumachtaigh

Irish poem representing a dialogue between St Moling and Suibne.

Sex aetates mundi

Dá mac ar chaécait co mbroit

verse

6 st.

beg. Dá mac ar chaécait co mbroit

Mugrón Tuama dá Gualann

Mugrón Tuama dá Gualann

(d. 1032 (AFM))

Mugrón úa Níoc, abbot of Tuam; presumably the Mugrón ‘of Tuam’ (Tuaim dá Gualann) to whom a poem is attributed in the Book of Lecan version of Sex aetates mundi.

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Middle Irish poem found in the Book of Lecan version of Sex aetates mundi.

Dá mac déc Iacóib

verse

6 st.

beg. Dá mac déc Iacóib

Óengus mac SuibneÓengus mac Suibne

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Early Middle Irish(?) poem (6 qq) attributed to one Óengus mac Suibne on the twelve sons and one daughter of Jacob. The text is known from certain recensions of the Sex aetates mundi.

Danklied einer erlösten Seele

prose

verse

8 st.

beg. Bennacht for in n-irnaigthe

Prose anecdote about a soul released from hell through the mediation of prayer by an anonymous holy man (maybe St Gregory), including by a poem (8 qq) uttered by the soul in gratitude for his release.

Deichdúan na h-eisséirge

verse

beg. Ba cóir do cach crístaide

A group of ten Middle Irish poems on the week before Judgment Day, which is found as an addition at the end of Saltair na rann.

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