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Find Taulcha

verse

beg. Find Taulcha tuath cuire Cailte

Senchán Torpéist

Senchán Torpéist

(fl. 6th–7th century)

Irish poet associated with Gúaire Aidne, king of Connacht; popular figure in Irish literary tradition, notably as one credited for having retrieved the Táin and, especially in Tromdám Gúaire, as the leader of a band of poets seeking to test the limits of Gúaire’s hospitality.

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One of the rhymeless ‘Leinster poems’, preserved only in fragmentary form. The poem was apparently taken from a now lost compilation known as Cocangab Mór (‘The great compilation’). In the preserved fragment, Find, Taulcha, and Caílte are said to be descendants of Baiscne. The words ‘tri húi Núadat Necht’, which Meyer regards as a later addition, also traces their descent to Núadu Necht.

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B

Dinnshenchas of Findloch Cera

verse

prose

beg. Atbér frib co húain iar n-an

Dinnshenchas on Findloch Cera

Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B

Dinnshenchas of Finnglais

verse

prose

beg. Roort Bláthnat ingen Mind

Tract on the dinnshenchas of Finnglais

Fo réir Coluim cén ad-fías

verse

25 st.

beg. Fo réir Coluim cén ad-fías

Bécán mac LuigdechBécán mac Luigdech

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Dallán Forgaill

Dallán Forgaill

(fl. 597)

early Irish poet, known as the author of Amra Choluim Chille

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Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C

Dinnshenchas of Fornocht

verse

prose

beg. Fornocht do dún, a Druim nDen

Finn mac Cumaill

Finn mac Cumaill (Find úa Báiscni)

(time-frame ass. with Finn Cycle, Finn mac Cumaill, Cormac mac Airt)

Finn mac Cumaill (earlier mac Umaill?), Find úa Báiscni: central hero in medieval Irish and Scottish literature of the so-called Finn Cycle; warrior-hunter and leader of a fían

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Dinnshenchas of Fornocht, formerly Druim Den.

Acallam na senórach

Forud na Fíann fás in-nocht

verse

beg. Forud na Fíann fás in-nocht

Independent, Laídshenchas Laigen

Fothairt for clannaib Concorb

verse

beg. Fothairt for clannaib Concorb

Poem on St Brigit's people, the Fothairt, and their expulsion from Tara. It is 19 stanzas long in both manuscripts.

Fritha gach da chosmuilius

verse

beg. Fritha gach da chosmuilius

Fuit (poem)

verse

beg. Fuit co bráth

Gabriel lim i nDomhnaighibh

verse

9 st.

beg. Gabriel lim i nDomhnaighibh

An early Irish metrical prayer (8 st.) seeking the protection and support of the archangels, one for each day of the week.

Gáir na Gairbe glebinne

verse

beg. Gáir na Gairbe glebinne

Middle Irish poem (18qq) which occurs in a series of poems attributed to Mo Ling but which appears to be spoken by Suibne Geilt, the once-king turned wild man harboured by the saint at Tech Moling.

Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B

Dinnshenchas of Gáirech

prose

verse

3 st.

beg. Baile h-ir-ralsat gáir cen góe

Text on the dinnshenchas of Gáirech

Gébaid a ainm dim anmaim-se

verse

beg. Gébaid a ainm dim anmaim-se

Colum Cille

Colum Cille

(fl. 6th century)

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

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Early Irish prophetic poem attributed to Colum Cille

Acallam na senórach

Géisid cúan

verse

beg. Géisid cúan

Gid luath gac gadur glan gle

verse

3 st.

beg. Gid luath go gadur glan gle

Brief Irish poem (3 qq), with prose preface.

Dinnshenchas Érenn C supplement

Dinnshenchas of Glaise Bulga

prose

verse

1 st.

beg. Glais-ben, ingen Deadhadh Deirg

Text on the dinnshenchas of Glaisse Bulga

Gnímhradha in sheseadh lái láin

verse

63 st.

beg. Gnímhradha in sheseadh lái láin

Góedel Glas ó tát Goídil

verse

beg. Góedel Glas ó tát Goídil

Gilla Cóemáin

Gilla Cóemáin

(fl. 1072)

Middle Irish poet

Gilla Cóemáin

Gilla Cóemáin

(fl. 1072)

Middle Irish poet

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Guidium mac Feidelmid

verse

9 st.

beg. Guidium mac Feidelmid

CainnechCainnech

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A prayer in verse attributed to Cainnech and addressed to Colum Cille.

He amae fet gae geir

verse

1 st.

beg. He amae fet gae geir

Cú Roí

Cú Roí (mac Dáiri)

(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle)

Warrior and king of Munster in tales of the Ulster Cycle.

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An Irish quatrain said to have been uttered by Cú Roí before he was slain: CuRu[í] ro chan in so in la ro marbad [attribution]: He amae fet gae geir / Osnad mór mórmaic Neill: / Muin ar mug, run do mnai, / mairg dogni cechtar n-ai (transcription by Meyer), “CuRui had dieses gesungen, da er getötet wurde: O weh! Sausen des scharfen Speers! / Heftiges Aufstöhnen von Niall’s grossem Sohn! / Ein Juwel einem Knecht (anvertrauen), ein Geheimnis einer Frau – / Wehe dem, der beides tut!” (German translation by Thurneysen).

Hériu ard inis na rríg

verse

beg. Hériu ard inis na rríg

Gilla Cóemáin

Gilla Cóemáin

(fl. 1072)

Middle Irish poet

Gilla Cóemáin

Gilla Cóemáin

(fl. 1072)

Middle Irish poet

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Hymn of Fíacc (Génair Pátraic)

verse

beg. Génair Pátraicc i nNemthur

Fíacc of Sletty

Fíacc of Sletty

(supp. fl. 5th century)

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

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Old Irish hymn attributed to Patrick’s pupil Fíacc of Sléibte (Sletty, Co. Laois).

Iarfaiged nech acaib dam

verse

beg. Iarfaiged nech acaib dam

Cormac mac Cuilennáin

Cormac mac Cuilennáin

(d. 908)

bishop and king of Munster

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Dinnshenchas poem which explains the name of the ‘Yew of the Disputing Sons’ (Ibar mac nAngciss) with reference to the cause of the Battle of Mag Mucrama. 35 stanzas.

Imbu maccán cóic blíadnae

verse

48 st.

beg. Imbu maccán cóic blíadnae

Old Irish metrical version (48 qq) of the Infancy Gospel of Thomas, which is preserved in a late manuscript (NLI MS G 50) only. It relates a number of deeds which Jesus is supposed to have performed as an infant, such as the creation of sparrows out of clay, his encounters with boys thwarting him, his revelations to the scholar Zacharias and various miracles. The Irish poem may have been based on an Old Latin version, which ultimately goes back to a Greek or Syriac text.

Dinnshenchas of Temair (prose)

In chetbean luid i n-uaigh uair

verse

1 st.

beg. In chetbean luid i n-uaigh uair

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