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A écsiu Fáil fégam sein

verse

9 st.

beg. A écsiu Fáil fégam sein

A poem of nine quatrains giving the fifteen names of the river Boyne

A maccáin ná cí

verse

beg. A maccáin ná cí

Ailill Ólomm

Ailill Ólomm

(time-frame ass. with Irish legendary history)

king of Munster; reputed ancestor of the Éoganacht and Dál Cais; a prominent figure in various king-tales, such as those revolving around the Battle of Mag Mucrama.

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Brinna Ferchertne

verse

36 st.

beg. Atchīu dā choin ac congail

A rhymed poem about the death of Cú Roí, preserved as part of a version of Aided Chon Roí. In a dream-vision, the poet Ferchertne utters a prophecy of Cú Roí’s death.

Dinnshenchas Érenn A

Dinnshenchas of Cell Chorbbáin

verse

25 st.

beg. Cell Chorbbain, clár cen chreidim

Dinnshenchas of Cell Chorbbáin (Kilcorban).

Dia ngaire dam dum láim chlí

verse

8 st.

beg. Dia ngaire dam dum láim chlí

Commentary on the Amra Choluim Chille

Fil duine

verse

beg. Fil duine

Gnímhradha in sheseadh lái láin

verse

63 st.

beg. Gnímhradha in sheseadh lái láin

Is mebul dom imrádud

verse

beg. Is mebul dom imrádud

Is trúag in ces i mbiam

verse

beg. Is trúag in ces i mbiam

Religious poem (8 qq)

Madh fiafraidheach budh feasach

verse

54 st.

beg. Madh fiafraidheach budh feasach

Ó Dálaigh (Gofraidh Fionn)

Ó Dálaigh (Gofraidh Fionn)

(d. 1387)

also Gofraidh Ó Dálaigh Fionn; Irish bardic poet of the Ó Dálaigh family

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Long Irish bardic poem by Gofraidh Fionn Ó Dálaigh offering advice on the use of grammar.

Pátraicc Macha mártai Gaídil

verse

13 st.

beg. Pátraicc Macha mártai Gaídil

Middle Irish poem (13 st.) in praise of St Patrick.

Immram curaig Mail Dúin

Ráisit d'inis nárbo dermar

verse

beg. Ráisit d'inis nárbo dermar

Áed FinnÁed Finn

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Áed FinnÁed Finn

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Rodíchned Find, ba fer tend

verse

1 st.

beg. Rodíchned Find, ba fer tend

A single quatrain alluding to a story about the death of Finn mac Cumaill.

Rop tú mo baile

verse

beg. Rop tú mo baile

Commentary on the Amra Choluim Chille

Scél lem dúib

verse

beg. Scél lem duib

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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Early Irish poem on the coming of winter.

Truag a dála domnán dil

verse

5 st.

beg. Truag a dála domnán dil

Poem (5qq) lamenting the death of Cormac mac Cuilennáin (d. 908).

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