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Early Irish poem (2 qq) in praise of Cormac, presumably Cormac mac Airt. It is ascribed to Colum Cille and addressed to Áed, probaby Áed mac Ainmirech.

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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Duanaire Finn

Cotail becán becán bec

verse

15 st.

beg. Cotail becán becán bec

Cotlud cen chrinad colla

verse

2 st.

beg. Cotlud cen chrínad colla

Short Irish poem (2qq) on the saint Mo Chóe of Óendruim/Nóendruim (modern Nendrum, Co. Down).

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B

Dinnshenchas of Crechmáel

prose

verse

beg. A drem-sa, nach duairc ic dáil

Dinnshenchas of Crechmáel

Crimthan clothrí cóicid hErend

verse

beg. Crimthan clothrí cóicid hErend

Dubthach maccu Lugair

Dubthach maccu Lugair

(supp. fl. 432)

Legendary Irish poet and legal expert, who plays an important role in the pseudo-historical prologue to the Senchas Már.

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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.

Cros Chríst tarsin n-gnúisse

verse

beg. Cros Chríst tarsin n-gnúisse

Mugrón [abbot of Iona]

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).

Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B

Dinnshenchas of Crotta Clíach

verse

prose

beg. Sunda sefain fer síde

Tract on the dinnshenchas of Crotta Clíach.

Cú cen máthair

verse

36 st.

beg. Cú cen máthair, maith cland

Luccreth moccu Chíara

Luccreth moccu Chíara

(fl. 7th century)

early Irish poet

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Old Irish poem (36st) attributed to Luccreth moccu Chíara, which traces the ancestry of Cú cen Máthair (d. 665), king of Munster and grandfather of Cathal mac Finguine, all the way back to Adam. A large part of the pedigree, from Míl to Adam, closely resembles that found in another Old Irish poem of a similar metrical type, beg. Énna Labraid luad cáich and dealing with Leinster kings. Myles Dillon has argued that these pedigrees represent (respectively) Munster and Leinster recensions of the same core material.

Cuibdeas comanmann na ríg

verse

51 st.

beg. Cuibdeas comanmann na ríg

Úa Caiside (Gilla Mo Dutu)

Úa Caiside (Gilla Mo Dutu)

(fl. c. 1147)

Irish poet, credited as the author of Éri óg inis na náem and Ádam óenathair na ndóene (the metrical Banshenchas).

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Versified list of kings of Ireland attributed to Gilla Mo Dutu.

Cúiced Lagen na lecht ríg

verse

beg. Cúiced Lagen na lecht ríg

Gilla na Náem Úa DuinnGilla na Náem Úa Duinn

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

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Poem, including a list of the kings of Leinster.

Cúig coitchind tiaghaid in es

verse

60 st.

beg. Cúig coitchind tiaghaid in es

Middle Irish poem (60qq) on the gender and declension of Latin nouns

Cumtach na nIudaide n-ard

verse

beg. Cumtach na nIudaide n-ard

Short Middle Irish poem (4qq) on the defining characteristics of various peoples (the Jews, the Greeks, the Franks, the Welsh, the Picts, etc), which correspond closely to those listed in the tract De proprietatibus gentium.

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 Cennéitig cháid

verse

8 st.

beg. Dá mac déc Cennéitig cháid

Mac Líacc [Muirchertach]

Mac Líacc ... Muirchertach

(d.. 1014 / 1016 (AU))

Middle Irish poet, who is described as 'chief poet of Ireland' (ard-ollamh Érenn) in the Annals of Ulster; becomes the subject of a body of later medieval Irish literature.

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Poem of eight quatrains on the twelve sons of Cennétig (Brian Bóruma's father), king of the Dál Cais.

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.

Cath Maige Tuired, Cath Maige Tuired § 142

In dáil n-asdadha

verse

rosc

beg. Gébaid foss findgrinde

Lóch LethglasLóch Lethglas

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Independent, Agallamh na seanórach, Acallam bec

Dám thrír táncatar ille

verse

beg. Dám thrír táncatar ille

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.

Deichnebar cuibrind in ríg

verse

5 st.

beg. Deichnebar cuibrind in ríg

Early Irish poem concerning the members of a royal household.

Dinnshenchas Érenn A

Dinnshenchas of Descert

verse