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Maire máthair in maic bic

verse

7 st.;8 st.

beg. Maire máthair in maic bic

Short Old Irish poem (7 qq + 1 possibly interpolated) on the Virgin Mary, preserved only in a 17th-century manuscript (NLI MS G 50).

Mairg doní peta dá cholainn

verse

5 st.

beg. Mairg doní peta dá cholainn

Colum Cille

Colum Cille

(fl. 6th century)

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

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Irish poem (5 qq) attributed to Colum Cille.

Mairg thochrus fri cléirchib cell

verse

beg. Mairg thochrus fri cléirchib cell

Díarmait mac Cerbaill

Díarmait mac Cerbaill

(supp. d. 565)

In Irish historical tradition, high-king of Ireland, son of Fergus Cerrbél.

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Early Irish poem attributed to Díarmait mac Cerbaill. In recensions of his death-tale, he is made to utter this poem after two saints, Ciarán and Rúadán, had cursed him for having acted against the rights and authority of the church.

Marbh anocht mo cholann-sa

verse

38 st.

beg. Marbh anocht mo cholann-sa

Medieval Irish poem (38 qq), unattributed but apparently uttered by Colum Cille, who laments the disintegration of his familia in Ireland and Scotland.

Mellach lem bith i n-ucht ailinn

verse

12 st.

beg. Mellach lem bith i n-ucht ailinn

Colum Cille

Colum Cille

(fl. 6th century)

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

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Late Middle Irish poem (12 qq) ascribed in one MS to Colum Cille.

Mithig dam-sa tairerad

verse

10 st.

beg. Mithig dam-sa tairerad / do thriall o thoraib teglaig

Colum Cille

Colum Cille

(fl. 6th century)

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

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Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.

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Religious Irish poem (10 qq) on pilgrimage. In MSS of the Annals of the Four Masters, under the year 926, it is attributed to Céle Dabhail, abbot of Bangor, who is said have composed it before going on pilgrimage to Rome. The copy in Laud Misc. 615, a collection of poetry associated with Colum Cille, comes with an attribution to that saint.

Mochean duit a chluicc bláith bind

verse

8 st.

beg. Mochean duit a chluicc bláith bind

Irish poem attributed to Colum Cille, on St. Patrick’s bell.

Ná sír fis do tsáegail shúaill

verse

13 st.

beg. Ná sír fis do tsáegail shúaill

Colum Cille

Colum Cille

(fl. 6th century)

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

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Irish religious poem (13 qq) addressed to one Andach (qq. 2, 6 and 11; cf. andach ’iniquity‘?), seemingly on what it would mean to know the length of one’s life-time. It is found in Laud Misc. 615, where it is attributed to Colum Cille in an answer given to Annach mac Duib Innsi meic Caibdenaig, descendant of Níall Noígíallaich.

Ní car Brigit

verse

beg. Ní car Brigit búadach bith

Broccán clóen

Broccán clóen

(d. 650)

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Ní disceoil duib Néill andes

verse

7 st.

beg. Ní disceoil d’Uib Néill andes

Early Irish poem (7 qq) in praise of Colum Chille, with ample quotations from the Amra Choluim Chille.

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.

Nocha tathair diar senad

verse

13 st.

beg. Nocha tathair diar senad

Irish poem (13 qq) ascribed to Colum Cille when he is leaving Durrow for the last time.

Ocht naoimh Iarmuman gan meirg

verse

27 st.

beg. Ocht naoimh Iarmuman gan meirg

Colum Cille

Colum Cille

(fl. 6th century)

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

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Aided Diarmata meic Cerbaill I, Independent

Olc bith aromthá

verse

beg. Olc bith aromthá

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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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.

Ránag i Rachrainn na rígh

verse

16 st.

beg. Ránag i Rachrainn na rígh

Medieval Irish poem (16 qq) concerning Colum Cille and the monastery of Rachra, presumably Lambay Island (off the coast of north Co. Dublin).

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.

Ropadh maith lem corm-lind mór

verse

5 st.

beg. Ropadh maith lem / corm-lind mór do Rígh na rígh

Brigit of Kildare

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.

Sa ráith-se rugadh Muire

verse

beg. Sa ráith-se rugadh Muire

Giolla Brighde Albanach

Giolla Brighde Albanach

(fl. 13th c., first half)

Scottish poet who became active in Connacht.

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Medieval Irish poem on the infancy of Christ.

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 náir

verse

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.

Scíath Dé do nim umam

verse

26 st.

beg. Scíath Dé do nim umam

Colum Cille

Colum Cille

(fl. 6th century)

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

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A lorica (lúirech) attributed to Colum Cille.

Scuchais in fer cerdda ar cáe

verse

6 st.

beg. Scuchais in fer cerdda ar cáe

Poem (6qq) on Cairid mac Findcháem, an ancestor of the Conmaicne Cúile Tolad and Síl Caritha, who was blessed by St Patrick. The earliest manuscript version, which is in Rawlinson B 502, adds two additional quatrains, which are, however, metrically distinct from the first 6 qq of the poem.

Sechnaid ifern a dhaine

verse

13 st.

beg. Sechnaid ifern, a dhaine

Colum Cille

Colum Cille

(fl. 6th century)

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

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Medieval Irish poem attributed to Colum Cille, which describes the terrible punishments awaiting sinful souls in hell.

Secht sailm sunn re haithrighe

verse