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Mithig techt tar mo thimna

verse

beg. Mithig techt tar mo thimna

Cormac mac Cuilennáin

Cormac mac Cuilennáin

(d. 908)

bishop and king of Munster

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Mittelirische Verslehren IV

verse

14 st.

beg. Sluindfet dúib dagaisti in dána

Cellach úa RúanadaCellach úa Rúanada

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

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Middle Irish poem ascribed to Cellach úa Rúanada in which for educational purposes, every stanza is composed in a different metrical form.

Mo chara-sa Cnámíne

verse

beg. Mo chara-sa Cnámíne

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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Poem cited as an example by Mittelirische Verslehren II.

Mo labrad

verse

beg. Mo labrad

Ua Brolcháin (Máel Ísu)

Ua Brolcháin (Máel Ísu)

(d. (c.) 1086)

No short description available

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Mochen a chlaidib Cherbaill

verse

21 st.

beg. Mochen, a chlaidib Cherbaill

Dallán mac Móre

Dallán mac Móre

(fl. c. 909)

early Irish poet; reputedly a bardic poet to Cerball mac Muirecáin, king of Leinster (d. c. 909)

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Praise-poem. 21 stanzas.

Mochen, mochen, a Brénaind

verse

beg. Mochen, mochen, a Brénaind

Móen óen

verse

beg. Móen óen

One of the rhymeless ‘Leinster poems’

Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B

Dinnshenchas of Móenmag

prose

verse

beg. Móenmag, cá Móen ótá in mag

Dinnshenchas of Móenmag

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C

Dinnshenchas of Móin Gai Glais

verse

prose

beg. Culdub mac Déin dia Samna

Dinnshenchas of Móin Gai Glais, in prose and verse. When Cúldub mac Déin slays one Fidrad at Samain, Gae Glas, grandson of Lug, comes to avenge Fidrad's death and kills Cúldub with a spear. The prose version, which is generally fuller, adds that the spear entered the ground and was not found until Máel Odrán dug it up and used it to kill Aithechdae, king of Uí Máil. The prose also identifies the spear as the Carr of Belach Duirgen.

Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B

Dinnshenchas of Móin Tíre Náir

prose

verse

3 st.

beg. Mebul lemm inní dia fail

Text on the dinnshenchas of Móin Tíre Náir

Mór báis mór baile

verse

1 st.

beg. Mór báis mór baile

A single quatrain of Old Irish verse.

Fragmentary annals of Ireland

Mór liach Life lonngalach

verse

5 st.

beg. Mór liach Life lonngalach

Dallán mac Móre

Dallán mac Móre

(fl. c. 909)

early Irish poet; reputedly a bardic poet to Cerball mac Muirecáin, king of Leinster (d. c. 909)

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Poem (5 qq) on the death of Cerball mac Muirecán, king of Leinster (d. 909). It is attributed to his court poet Dallán (mac Móre).

Buile Shuibne

Mor múich i tú-sa in-nocht

verse

beg. Mor múich i tú-sa in-nocht

Mórchath Ocha fersaitir

verse

beg. Mórchath Ocha fersaitir

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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An item of verse attributed to Becc mac Dé and quoted in a number of annalistic and similar historical contexts. It refers to the battle of Ocha (dated c.482) and the death of Ailill Molt.

Independent, Scéla mucce Meic Da Thó, Dinnshenchas of Mag Léna

Muc mic Dá Thó, tlacht-múad torc

verse

6 st.

beg. Muc mic Dá Thó, tlacht-múad torc

Poem on Mac Da Thó's pig.

Mug Ruith, rígfhili cen goí

verse

37 st.

beg. Mug Ruith, rígfhili cen goí

Poem about Mog Ruith

Genemain Áedo Sláine

Mugain ingen Chonchraid chaín

verse

15 st.

beg. Mugain ingen Chonchraid chaín

Flann Mainistrech

Flann Mainistrech

(d. 1056)

Middle Irish poet ass. with Monasterboice (Mainistir Buite)

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Mugdorn ingen Moga Duib

verse

2 st.

beg. Mugdorn ingen Moga Duib

Two Early Irish quatrains found in the Book of Leinster, which are concerned with prehistoric female slaves in Ireland: the first on Mugdorn (Mugdorn ingen Moga Duib / de chuiciud Ulad ardmuir / cétben ra meil bróin mbind. / ria mnáib) and the second on Nabal (Nabal in ben fiad cach slóg / ba cumal la Partholon / Nabal tuc na seotu ille. / Nabal tuc na hindile.).

Muinter Pádraig na paiter

verse

beg. Muinter Pádraig na paiter

Flann Mainistrech

Flann Mainistrech

(d. 1056)

Middle Irish poet ass. with Monasterboice (Mainistir Buite)

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Middle Irish poem containing a long list of members of St Patrick’s household and attributed to Flann, possibly for Flann Mainistrech.

Nas-geib ferg in rigan de

verse

4 st.

beg. Nas-geib ferg in rigan de

A poem (4 qq) cited in the prose preface to the Amra Choluim Cille and closely related textual contexts, all dealing with the convention at Druim Cett. The prose relates that when Colum Cille blessed Domnall, son of Áed mac Ainmirech, and promised the kingship to him, he incurred the anger of Domnall’s stepmother, Áed’s then wife. After she had accused the saint of corrgainecht (‘sorcery’), he uttered words that transformed her and her handmaiden into cranes (corr ‘crane’). Part of the poem renders the exchange between Colum Cille and the queen.

Cath Maige Tuired

Ní accus bith na mbéo

verse

rosc

beg. Ní accus bith na mbéo

The Morrígan

The Morrígan

(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle, Túatha Dé Danann)

deity or supernatural figure in medieval Irish literature, frequently associated with war and destruction; she sometimes appears as part of a triad with Macha and the Badb; also associated with Nemain.

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A phophetic rosc attributed to the Morrígan about the unhappy end of the world. It occurs at the very end of the Middle Irish text Cath Maige Tuired, following a rosc attributed to the same deity about wealth and prosperity.

Ní car Brigit

verse

beg. Ní car Brigit búadach bith

Broccán clóen

Broccán clóen

(d. 650)

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Ní celt ceis

verse

beg. Ní celt ceis céol do chruitt Chraiphtini

One of the rhymeless ‘Leinster poems’