Ropadh maith lem corm-lind mór
verse
5 st.
beg. Ropadh maith lem / corm-lind mór do Rígh na rígh
Brigit of Kildare
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Brigit of Kildare
(c. 439/452–c. 524/526)
patron saint of Kildare, whose cult spread both within and outside of Ireland.
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Middle Irish poem (5 qq) attributed to St Brigit of Kildare.
Saltair na rann
verse
1,947 st.
Middle Irish verse composition giving accounts of biblical history, from the time of Creation to the resurrection of Christ. It is divided into 150 cantos of varying lengths, ranging from just 3 quatrains to as many as 138.
Saltair na rann
Saltair na rann/1 Mo rí-se rí nime náirverse
84 st.
beg. Mo rí-se rí nime náir
The opening poem or canto (84qq) in the Middle Irish series of poems known as Saltair na rann. It deals with the universe and its creation, drawing on biblical narrative as well as other sources.
Trédhe nach fuilngeand rígh réil
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beg. Trédhe nach fuilngeand rígh réil
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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Medieval Irish prophetic poem (72 qq) attributed in the final stanza to Bécán Bec mac Dé, better known elsewhere as the prophet Bec mac Dé. According to Eleanor Knott, it is a composite work, which may be regarded as falling into at least two sections (A = qq. 1–13, B = qq. 14-72).
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