Clann Ollaman uaisle Emna
verse
80 st.
beg. Clann Ollaman uaisle Emna
Anonymous Irish poem (80 st.) on the Christian kings of Ulster, thought by F. J. Fyrne to have been written in the reign of Eochaidh Mac Duinnshléibhe (1158-1166).
Clanna Bresail Bricc builid
verse
13 st.
beg. Clanna Bresail Bricc builid
Middle Irish poem on Leinster dynasties.
Clanna Israél uili
verse
43 st.
beg. Clanna Israél uili
Flann Fína mac OssuFlann Fína mac Ossu
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Early Irish poem ascribed to Flann Fína mac Ossu, which relates how Mog Ruith beheaded John the Baptist.
Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Cleitechprose
verse
6 st.
beg. Cleitech in druí díles daith
Text on the dinnshenchas of Cleitech
Clocán binn
verse
beg. Clocán binn
Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Clóenlochprose
verse
4 st.
beg. Sund dodechaid Clóen ar chel
Text on the dinnshenchas of Clóenloch
Sanas Cormaic, Dinnshenchas Érenn A
Dinnshenchas of Cnocc Rafannverse
prose
1 st.
beg. Inráith morsa (ł hisa) forsna mfil
Mac Dá CherdaMac Dá Cherda
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Dinnshenchas of Cnocc Rafann
Cóic adnaicthi ní mod mend
verse
7 st.
beg. Cóic adnaicthi, ní mod mend
Short, early Irish poem (7 qq) found in the Leabhar Breac.
Cóic Mumain i Mumain móir
verse
7 st.
beg. Cóic Mumain i Mumain móir
Topographical poem on the five divisions of Munster.
Cóic ríg tríchat do Laignib
verse
beg. Cóic ríg tríchat do Laignib
Middle Irish poem which, as the opening quatrain announces, lists 35 kings of Leinster who were high-kings of early Ireland, from Labraid Loingsech to Nad Buidb mac Eirc.
Cóic ríg tríchat triallsat róe
verse
55 st.
beg. Cóic ríg tríchat triallsat róe
Middle Irish poem (55qq) which enumerates early medieval kings of Leinster since the arrival of Christianity. According to M. A. O'Brien, who published an edition of the text, the poem is a composite work consisting of two parts: the first, longer series of stanzas (1-38) listing 35 kings from Crimthann mac Énnai Chennselaig to Fáelán mac Muiredaig (d. 934), together with two additional quatrains of slightly later date (39-40), and a final series (41-55) ending with Donnchadh mac Dúnlaing (d. 1036). The final kings in both parts are represented as being still alive.
Cóica traighedh tólaibh tlacht
verse
2 st.
beg. Cóica traighedh tólaibh tlacht
Flann Mainistrech
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Flann Mainistrech
(d. 1056)
Middle Irish poet ass. with Monasterboice (Mainistir Buite)
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Two sts of a medieval Irish poem concerning the gigantic physical heights of Tadg mac Céin and Conchobar mac Nessa.
Cóictach descipul foglaintid
verse
10 st.
beg. Cóictach, descipul, foglaintid
Úa Cerbaill (Máel Suthain)Úa Cerbaill (Máel Suthain)
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Medieval Irish poem attributed to the Munster scholar Máel Suthain Úa Cerbaill (d. 1010), dealing with the ecclesiastical and secular grades.
Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Coire mBreccáinprose
verse
23 st.
beg. Coire Breccáin, bail i fail
Dinnshenchas of Coire mBreccáin
The colloquy between Fintan and the hawk of Achill
verse
116 st.
beg. Arsaidh sin, a eoúin Accla
Poem presenting a conversation between Fintan mac Bóchra, the sole survivor of the Flood, and an ancient hawk (seboc) of the island of Achill.
Colum caid cumachtach
verse
5 st.
beg. Colum cáid cumachtach
Cainnech of Aghaboe
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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 cend Alban
verse
beg. Colum Cille cend Alban
Mugrón [abbot of Iona]
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Mugrón ... abbot of Iona
(d. c.981)
Abbot of Iona and supposed author of a number of vernacular Irish poems. His obit in AFM remembers him as ‘scribe/writer and bishop, sage of the three divisions’ (scribhnidh ⁊ epscop, saoi na t-Tri Rand).
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Colum Cille co Dia domerail
verse
beg. Colum Cille co Dia domerail
Adomnán
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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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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.
Comrac Líadaine ocus Cuirithir
prosimetrum
prose
verse
Prosimetric story about the tragic love relationship between two professional poets, Líadain, a poetess of the Corcu Duibne, and Cuirithir, a Connachtman.
Comrainter in airigid
verse
beg. Comrainter in airigid
Middle Irish poem on the honorific food portions that are due to different classes of society.
Conailla Medb míchuru
verse
beg. Conailla Medb míchuru
Luccreth moccu Chíara
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Luccreth moccu Chíara
(fl. 7th century)
early Irish poet
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Obscure 'accentual poem' by or at least attributed to Luccreth moccu Chíara. The first section deals with the Ulster hero Fergus mac Róich, his situation as an exile in the service of Medb and Ailill, and his participation in their wars over the cattle (bó) of the Ulstermen. The account is thought to refer to an early version of the Táin bó Cúailnge.
Coneigius dúib geisi ulchai
verse
beg. Coneigius dúib geisi ulchai
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