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Slécht sís a Scandláin dom réir

verse

14 st.

beg. Slécht sís, a Scandláin, dom réir

Colum Cille

Colum Cille

(fl. 6th century)

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

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Scandlán Mór

(d. 643 x 646)

King of Osraige, son of Colmán son of Bicne Cáech. He is best known in relation to the Synod of Druim Cett, at which time his father was king of Osraige and Scandlán, apparently a youth, was held hostage by Áed mac Ainmirech, overking from the Cenél Conaill branch of the Uí Néill. According to Adomnán, Colum Cille conferred a blessing on him and Scandlán would later take up the kingship of Osraige. He is sometimes given as a son of Cend Fáelad. Charles-Edwards suggests that a pedidgree may have been the source of confusion (Rawl. B 502: Cend Fáelad m. Colmain cuius filius Scandlain).

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Early Irish dialogue poem betwen Colum Cille and Scandlán Mor, in which the latter promises him tribute from the Osraige and receives a blessing from the saint. Specifically, Scandlán and the Osraige are asked to pay tribute at Durrow every third year until Judgment Day.

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B

Dinnshenchas of Slíab Bladma

prose

verse

beg. Blod mac Con maic Caiss clothaig

Fulartach

Fulartach

An early Irish poet whose name is invoked in ascriptions of certain poems of Dinnshenchas Érenn in the Book of Leinster (Carmun, Liamuin, Slíab Bladma, perhaps Faffand and Druim nDairbrech if the abbreviation F. refers to him).

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Dinnshenchas of Slíab Bladma.

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn B

Dinnshenchas of Slíab Cúa

prose

verse

9 st.

beg. Tanic tam, truag ind airle

Dinnshenchas of Slíab Cúa.

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B

Dinnshenchas of Slíab Echtge I

verse

prose

beg. Senchas Echtga áine

Dinnshenchas on Slíab Echtge

Dinnshenchas of Slíab Echtge II

verse

beg. Áibind, áibind, Echtge ard

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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Dinnshenchas on Slíab Echtge.

Dinnshenchas Érenn A

Dinnshenchas of Slíab Fúait I

verse

14 st.

beg. Foderc dam fri sellad suairc

Irish poem on the dinnshenchas for Slíab Fúait as represented by a single copy in the Book of Leinster.

Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B

Dinnshenchas of Slíab Fúait II

prose

verse

11 st.;3 st.

beg. Finnaid úaim, co ségda suairc

Úa Duinn (Gilla na Náem)

Úa Duinn (Gilla na Náem)

(d. c. 1160)

Irish scholar and poet who was attached to the monastery of Inis Clothrann, now Inchcleraun (Island), in Lough Ree.

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Prose text and poem on the dinnshenchas of Slíab Fúait.

Dinnshenchas Érenn C

Dinnshenchas of Slíab nGam

prose

verse

4 st.

beg. Gam, gilla Eireamanon oirrdric

Dinnshenchas of Slíab nGam

Dinnshenchas Érenn A

Dinnshenchas of Slíab Mairge I

verse

3 st.

beg. Ba garg in gein im gním nhgá

Poem on the dinnshenchas of Slíab Mairge

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B

Dinnshenchas of Slíab Mairge II

verse

prose

5 st.

beg. Margg mac Giúsca co ngné glain

Tract on the dinnshenchas of Slíab Mairge.

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B

Dinnshenchas of Slíab Mis

verse

prose

beg. Míss, ingen Maireda múaid

Tract on the dinnshenchas of Slíab Mis.

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C

Dinnshenchas of Slige Dála

verse

prose

beg. Senchas cía lín noniarfaig

Dinnshenchas tale, in prose and in verse, which begins with an etymological explanation of Slige Dála and proceeds to account for the names of the five chief roads leading out of Tara (Slige Dála, Slige Mór, Slige Midlúachra, Slige Chúalann and Slige Assail). In copies of the prose text of recension C, the story of Airne Fíngein is cited as a source and followed by a poem said to have been uttered by Fíngen mac Luchta on the night he witnessed the wonders from that tale.

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C supplement

Dinnshenchas of Snám Dá Én

prose

verse

beg. Snám Da Én, na éoin diatá

Prose tract and poem giving two versions of the dinnshenchas of Snám Dá Én. The first story also explains the origin of the names of Áth Lúain, Móin Tíre Náir and Mag nEstin.

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C

Dinnshenchas of Srúb Brain

verse

prose

beg. Matan do Choin na Cerdda

Dinnshenchas of Srúb Brain. The placename is etymologised as ‘Raven’s Bill’ with reference to an account of how Cú Chulainn killed a multitude of giant ravens or black birds and placed the bill of the last bird on the rock (Srúb Brain).

Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B

Dinnshenchas of Sruthar Matha

prose

verse

11 st.;7 st.

beg. Sruthar Matha, maídid lib

Text on the dinnshenchas of Sruthar Matha

Buile Shuibne

Súanach sin a Éorann án

verse

beg. Súanach sin a Éorann án

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B

Dinnshenchas of Tailtiu

verse

prose

beg. A chóemu críche Cuind chain

Cuán ua LothcháinCuán ua Lothcháin

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Cuán ua LothcháinCuán ua Lothcháin

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Poem on the dinsenchas of Tailtiu (Co. Meath).

Tan bím eter mo shruithe

verse

beg. Tan bím eter mo shruithe

Mo Ling

Mo Ling

(d. 697)

Irish saint, abbot and patron saint of Tech Mo Ling (St Mullins, Co. Carlow) and reputed ‘bishop’ of Ferna (Ferns).

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Tánic sam

verse

7 st.

beg. Tánic sam slán sóer

Poem on the coming of summer, attributed to Finn mac Cumaill. It evokes an image of the season by referring, for instance, to the appearance and behaviour of stags, dogs, salmon and birds such as the cuckoo and the blackbird.

Tarrnig in seal-sa ag Síl Néill

verse

53 st.

beg. Tarrnig in seal-sa ag Síl Néill

Medieval Irish poem (53 qq) on a hunting expedition by the sons of Eochaid Mugmedón and their encounter with a hag who transforms into a beautiful woman, a story known from Echtra mac nEchach Muigmedóin. This is followed by her prophecy of kings from the Ó Conchubhair dynasty, beginning with Toirrdealbach and concluding with In Crobderg, who is readily identifiable as Cath Crobderg, king of Connacht (r. 1202–1224).

Tathus drecht dron-amhnus

verse

beg. Tathus drecht dron-amhnus

Early Irish poem about Cú Chulainn, attested as an addition to several copies of the dinnshenchas of Srúb Brain.

Tegdais adchondarc indiu

verse

8 st.

beg. Tegdais adchondarc indiu

Old Irish poem (8 qq). It is found on the first folio of a continental manuscript known for its Irish glosses, Milan, Biblioteca Ambrosiana, MS C 301 inf, together with a preceding poem beg. Adcondarc alaill innocht.

Téicht do Róim

verse

1 st.

beg. Téicht do Róim

An Old Irish quatrain on pilgrimage to Rome, preserved as an addition to a continental manuscript known as the Codex Boernerianus. It is here followed by another quatrain, beg. Mór báis mor baile, the relationship of which to the preceding quatrain is uncertain.

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C

Dinnshenchas of Temair II

verse

19 st.

beg. Ní cheil maissi dona mnáib

Cináed úa hArtacáin

Cináed úa hArtacáin

(d. 975)

Middle Irish poet.

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Dinnshenchas of Temair.

Independent, Dinnshenchas Érenn C