Cóica traighedh tólaibh tlacht
verse
2 st.
beg. Cóica traighedh tólaibh tlacht
Flann Mainistrech
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Flann Mainistrech
(d. 1056)
Middle Irish poet ass. with Monasterboice (Mainistir Buite)
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Two sts of a medieval Irish poem concerning the gigantic physical heights of Tadg mac Céin and Conchobar mac Nessa.
Cóictach descipul foglaintid
verse
10 st.
beg. Cóictach, descipul, foglaintid
Úa Cerbaill (Máel Suthain)Úa Cerbaill (Máel Suthain)
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Medieval Irish poem attributed to the Munster scholar Máel Suthain Úa Cerbaill (d. 1010), dealing with the ecclesiastical and secular grades.
Coimétor liph cend an rígh
verse
30 st.
beg. Coimétor liph cend an rígh
Medieval Irish poem attributed in the final stanza to Aífe ingen Shogain, a síd-woman from Carn Treóin, and addressed by her to the Érainn, asking them to preserve the head of Cú Roí and recite his deeds.
Coinne Mongain is Coluim caim
verse
22 st.
beg. Coinne Mongáin is Coluim caim
Muru of Fahan
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Muru of Fahan
(c.600–c.650)
founder and patron saint of Othain (now Fahan, Inishowen barony, Co. Donegal)
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Irish poem on Colum Cille, attributed to Mura.
Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Coire mBreccáinprose
verse
23 st.
beg. Coire Breccáin, bail i fail
Dinnshenchas of Coire mBreccáin
The colloquy between Fintan and the hawk of Achill
verse
116 st.
beg. Arsaidh sin, a eoúin Accla
Poem presenting a conversation between Fintan mac Bóchra, the sole survivor of the Flood, and an ancient hawk (seboc) of the island of Achill.
Colum caid cumachtach
verse
5 st.
beg. Colum cáid cumachtach
Cainnech of Aghaboe
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Cainnech of Aghaboe
Cainnech moccu Dalonn, patron saint of Achad Bó Chainnig (Aghaboe, Co. Laois) and Cell Chainnig (Kilkenny)
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Prayer (5st in ochtfhoclach metre) for Colum Cille attributed to Cainnech.
Colum Cille cend Alban
verse
beg. Colum Cille cend Alban
Mugrón [abbot of Iona]
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Mugrón ... abbot of Iona
(d. c.981)
Abbot of Iona and supposed author of a number of vernacular Irish poems. His obit in AFM remembers him as ‘scribe/writer and bishop, sage of the three divisions’ (scribhnidh ⁊ epscop, saoi na t-Tri Rand).
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Colum Cille co Dia domerail
verse
beg. Colum Cille co Dia domerail
Adomnán
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Adomnán
(fl. c.628–704)
Adomnán mac Rónáin was abbot of Iona (r. 679–704) and author of the Latin Life of St Columba and an account of the holy places of the Near East (De locis sanctis). He is credited with the proclamation of the Lex innocentium or Cáin Adomnáin at the Synod of Birr.
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Baíthéne mac Brénainn
(d. 598)
Second abbot of Iona, in succession to Colum Cille.
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Early Irish devotional poem addressed to Colum Cille and usually attributed to Adomnán.
Comad croiche Críst
verse
7 st.
beg. Creidim-si Críst israeracht
Comae ríaguil in Choimded
verse
beg. Comae ríaguil in Choimded
Early Irish religious poem which prescribes a set of moral guidelines that together make up ‘the rule of the Lord’ (ríagal in Choimded). Strachan, who first edited the poem, distinguishes between two recensions, A and B, both of which carry some interpolations of their own.
Comhardadh cionnas is cóir
verse
20 st.
beg. Comhardadh cionnas is cóir
Comrac Líadaine ocus Cuirithir
prosimetrum
prose
verse
Prosimetric story about the tragic love relationship between two professional poets, Líadain, a poetess of the Corcu Duibne, and Cuirithir, a Connachtman.
Comrainter in airigid
verse
beg. Comrainter in airigid
Middle Irish poem on the honorific food portions that are due to different classes of society.
Conailla Medb míchuru
verse
beg. Conailla Medb míchuru
Luccreth moccu Chíara
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Luccreth moccu Chíara
(fl. 7th century)
early Irish poet
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Obscure 'accentual poem' by or at least attributed to Luccreth moccu Chíara. The first section deals with the Ulster hero Fergus mac Róich, his situation as an exile in the service of Medb and Ailill, and his participation in their wars over the cattle (bó) of the Ulstermen. The account is thought to refer to an early version of the Táin bó Cúailnge.
Coneigius dúib geisi ulchai
verse
beg. Coneigius dúib geisi ulchai
Connachta cid dia tá in t-ainm
verse
15 st.
beg. Connachta cid dia tá int ainm
Poem which offers a mythological account for the origin of the name Connacht, formerly Cóiced Ol nÉcmacht. 15 stanzas.
Cormac cain buich neoit
verse
2 st.
beg. Cormac cain buich neóit
Colum Cille
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Colum Cille
(fl. 6th century)
founder and abbot of Iona, Kells (Cenandas) and Derry (Daire).
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Early Irish poem (2 qq) in praise of Cormac, presumably Cormac mac Airt. It is ascribed to Colum Cille and addressed to Áed, probaby Áed mac Ainmirech.
Cormac húa Líathán lí nglan
verse
24 st.
beg. Cormac húa Líathán lí nglan
Colum Cille
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Colum Cille
(fl. 6th century)
founder and abbot of Iona, Kells (Cenandas) and Derry (Daire).
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Cotlud cen chrinad colla
verse
2 st.
beg. Cotlud cen chrínad colla
Short Irish poem (2qq) on the saint Mo Chóe of Óendruim/Nóendruim (modern Nendrum, Co. Down).
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Crechmáelprose
verse
beg. A drem-sa, nach duairc ic dáil
Dinnshenchas of Crechmáel
Crimthan clothrí cóicid hErend
verse
beg. Crimthan clothrí cóicid hErend
Dubthach maccu Lugair
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Dubthach maccu Lugair
(supp. fl. 432)
Legendary Irish poet and legal expert, who plays an important role in the pseudo-historical prologue to the Senchas Már.
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Cris finnáin dumimdegail imum
verse
beg. Cris Finnáin dum imdegail imum
Cros an Choimdhedh cumachtaigh
verse
12 st.
beg. Cros an Choimdhedh cumachtaigh
Irish poem representing a dialogue between St Moling and Suibne.
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