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Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B

Dinnshenchas of Mag Raigne

verse

prose

beg. Atchúala daig-fher ndámach

Text on the dinnshenchas of Mag Raigne.

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C

Dinnshenchas of Mag Slecht

prose

verse

beg. Sund nobíd / idal ard, co n-immud fhích

Dinnshenchas of Mag Slecht

Maiccni Echach ard a nglé

verse

12 st.

beg. Maiccni Echach ard a nglé

Flann mac Lonáin

Flann mac Lonáin

(d. 891 x 918)

early Irish poet; called ‘the Virgil of the Irish’ (Firgil Gáedel) and ‘King of the Poets of Ireland’ respectively.

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Middle Irish poem (12 qq) attributed to Flann mac Lonáin on the struggle for dominance among Eochaid Mugmedón’s sons.

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 do duine, mairg do neoch

verse

4 st.

beg. Mairg do duine, mairg do neoch

Early Irish religious poem

Mairg duine cáines cléirech

verse

6 st.

beg. Mairg duine cáines cléirech

Colum Cille

Colum Cille

(fl. 6th century)

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

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Early Irish religious poem (6 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.

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C

Dinnshenchas of Maistiu I

verse

prose

beg. Robái brón for bantrocht ban

Text on the dinnshenchas of Maistiu, commonly identified with Mullaghmast, Co. Kildare.

Dinnshenchas Érenn A

Dinnshenchas of Maistiu II

verse

beg. Dare derg, roderg frossa

Poem on the dinnshenchas on Maistiu.

Mál ad-rualaid

verse

beg. Mál ad-rualaid

Briccine mac BrigniBriccine mac Brigni

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One of the rhymeless ‘Leinster poems’

Már drecuin

verse

beg. Már drecuin

One of the rhymeless ‘Leinster poems’.

Mára galgata

verse

beg. Mára galgata

One of the rhymeless ‘Leinster poems’

Mára mairb

verse

beg. Mára mairb

One of the rhymeless ‘Leinster poems’.

Masu de chlaind Echdach aird

verse

34 st.

beg. Masu de chlaind Echdach aird

Orthanach úa Cóilláma

Orthanach úa Cóilláma

(d. 840)

bishop of Kildare and poet

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Máthair Díarmata ón dáil

verse

2 st.

beg. Máthair Díarmata ón dáil

Two quatrains alluding to a story about the birth of Oisín.

Mé Éba ben Ádaim uill

verse

beg. Mé Éba ben Ádaim uill

Dinnshenchas Érenn C

Dinnshenchas of Medraige

prose

verse

beg. Medraige mac Dorcain Maill

Prose and verse dinnshenchas of Medraige, which gives an account of the battle of Mag Mucrama.

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.

Mesce Chúanach

verse

8 st.

beg. Is pind limp / In tan gabther mo dúan dam

Cúanu mac Ailchíne

Cúanu mac Ailchíne

King of the Fir Maige Féne.

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Medieval Irish poem (8 st.) attributed to Cúanu mac Cailchíni, king of the Fir Maige Féne.

Messe ocus Pangur bán

verse

8 st.

beg. Messe ocus Pangur Bán

Metrical Banshenchas

verse

beg. Adam oen-athair na ndoene

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).

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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Metrical version of the Banshenchas, composed by Gilla Mo Dutu Úa Caiside (1147).

Mian mná Tethrach a tenid

verse

1 st.

beg. Mian mná Tethrach .i. Badb a tenid

Flann mac Lonáin

Flann mac Lonáin

(d. 891 x 918)

early Irish poet; called ‘the Virgil of the Irish’ (Firgil Gáedel) and ‘King of the Poets of Ireland’ respectively.

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1 stanza.

Mide maigen Clainne Cuind

verse

beg. Mide maigen Clainne Cuind

Middle Irish poem on the kings of Mide.

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B

Dinnshenchas of Mide

prose

verse

13 st.

beg. Mide magen na marc mer

Áed úa CarthaigÁed úa Carthaig

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Dinnshenchas of Mide.

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).

See more (ascr.)Céle Dabhail mac ScannailCéle Dabhail mac Scannail

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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.

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