Druimm Cetta céte na noem
verse
30 st.;31 st.
beg. Druimm Cetta, céte na noem
Early Irish poem (31 qq, unattributed) on the convention of Druim Cett and those who attended the meeting.
Duaibsech laithi fri cech toisc
verse
5 st.
beg. Duaibsech laithi fri cech toisc
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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Brief Middle Irish poem (5qq) attributed to Mugrón, abbot of Iona, on the death of Congalach mac Maíle Mithig (d. 956) at the hands of Danish vikings from Dublin at Tech Giugrand.
Dúan in cethrachat cest
verse
prose
beg. Apraid a éolchu Elga
Eochaid ua Céirín
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Eochaid (Eolach) úa Céirín
(fl. 11th century?)
Middle Irish poet
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Eochaid ua Céirín
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Eochaid (Eolach) úa Céirín
(fl. 11th century?)
Middle Irish poet
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Poem consisting of a series of questions concerning miscellaneous bits of lore, with the answer given in prose form in interlinear gloss.
Dúan in chóicat cest
verse
prose
23 st.
beg. Iarfaigid lib cóecait cest
Middle Irish poem (23 quatrains)
Dubh Rois do ba ríoghdha a mhais
verse
25 st.
beg. Dubh Rois do ba ríoghdha a mhais
Ó Dálaigh (Aonghus Fionn)
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Ó Dálaigh (Aonghus Fionn)
(c.1548–c.1602)
also Aonghus Ó Dálaigh Fionn;
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Early Modern Irish poem in the form of an elegy uttered by Mis (in some manuscripts) and lamenting the death of Dub Ruis. It is attributed to Aonghus Fionn Ó Dálaigh.
Dubhach sin a Maoilmhedha
verse
beg. Dubhach sin a Maoilmhedha
Urard mac Coise
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Urard mac Coise
(d. 983 x 1023)
Irish poet
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Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Dubthírprose
verse
beg. Dubthir Gúaire, gním dia fail
Dinnshenchas of Dubthír
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Duiblinnverse
prose
beg. Ingen Roduib chaiss chalma
Dinnshenchas of Duiblind, identified by O'Curry as the Poolbeg in the Liffey region.
Dinnshenchas Érenn A
Dinnshenchas of Duma Oena, Duma Ilia, Áth Egoneverse
2 st.
beg. Egone, Oena, Ilia
Short poem on the dinnshenchas of Duma Oena, Duma Ilia and Áth Egone.
Dinnshenchas Érenn A
Dinnshenchas of Dún Cuircverse
beg. Dún Cuirc, cia lín uaib dan eol
Cormac mac Cuilennáin
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Cormac mac Cuilennáin
(d. 908)
bishop and king of Munster
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Short poem on the dinnshenchas of Dún Cuirc.
Dún Eogain Bél forsind loch
verse
8 st.
beg. Dún Eogain Bél forsind loch
Middle Irish poem (8qq) on Éogan Bél.
Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Dún mac Nechtain Scéneprose
verse
2 st.
beg. Necht Inbir Scéne ro scaíl
Text on the dinnshenchas of Dún mac Nechtain Scéne.
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Dún Máscverse
prose
10 st.
beg. Iarfaigid dím, comul ngle
Dinnshenchas of Dún Másc
Dúngal Raithlind rui a chuirn
verse
2.5 st.
beg. Dúngal Raithlind / rui a chuirn
Luccreth moccu Chíara
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Luccreth moccu Chíara
(fl. 7th century)
early Irish poet
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Versified genealogy (5 couplets) of Dúngal Raithlind, chief of the Éoganacht Raithlind. It belongs to a group of genealogical poems that are attributed to Luccreth moccu Chíara.
Dunta for nduan decid lib
verse
beg. Dunta for nduan decid lib
An Early Irish didactic poem (9 qq) on the topic of closing a poem. It is found at the end of the Book of Ballymote copy of Auraicept na n-éces.
Dúnta in tech i-táit na ríg
verse
12 st.
beg. Dúnta in tech i-táit na ríg
Ó Rónán (Flann)Ó Rónán (Flann)
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Medieval irish poem (12 qq) lamenting the death of Máelshechlainn II. It is attributed to one Flann Ó Rónán.
Easbach díoth Diarmada Duirghean
verse
7 st.
beg. Easbach díoth Diarmada Duirghean
An Irish bardic elegiac poem on Díarmait Mac Murchada. Only seven quatrains are extant, having been copied into an erased space of the Book of Leinster, but left incomplete. The purpose of the poem seems to be stated in the third quatrain, in which the poet sets out to enumerate every territory (gort) and every hostage (giall) that belonged to Díarmait, suggesting that the full poem would have been a caithréim or catalogue of his victories.
Eclais Dé bí
verse
4 st.
beg. Eclais Dé bí
Fothud na Canóine
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Fothud (or Fothad)
(d. 819)
early Irish poet who was attached to the church of Othain (now Fahan, Inishowen barony, Co. Donegal)
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Eineach úaisle ná gach dán
verse
8 st.
beg. Eineach úaisle ná gach dán
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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Einecland na trí secht ngrád
verse
18 st.
Ó Duibh Dá Bhoireann (Muirghius)Ó Duibh Dá Bhoireann (Muirghius)
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Irish poem attributed to Muirgius Ó Duibh Dá Bhoireann, on the honour-price due to the seven lay and ecclesiastical grades.
Éirigh cumm na h-iarméirge
verse
6 st.
beg. Éirigh cumm na h-íarméirge
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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Irish poem (6 qq) attributed to Colum Cille.
Eist rim a meic Cuanach
verse
beg. Éist rim, a meic Cúanach
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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Irish poem (13 stt.) attributed to Colum Cille and addressed to Baíthín mac Cúanach, a saint associated with Tech Baithín/Tagboyne, Co. Westmeath.
Eistea frim a Baithín buain
verse
66 st.
beg. Éistea frim, a Baíthín búain
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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An Irish prophecy in verse (66 stt in two of the earliest versions), attributed to Colum Cille and addressed to his successor, Baíthín.
Emain álainn árus Ulad
verse
beg. Emain álainn árus Ulad
Úa Sesnáin (Colmán)Úa Sesnáin (Colmán)
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Irish poem attributed to Colmán Úa Sesnáin on the prehistoric kings who ruled in Emain Macha, from Conchobar mac Nessa onwards.
Énna Labraid luad cáich
verse
beg. Énna Labraid luad cáich
Laidcenn mac Bairceda
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Laidcenn mac Bairc(h)eda
(supp. fl. 5th century ?)
early Irish poet, said to be of the Dál nAraidi. Two early poems (beg. Énna, Labraid and Nidu dír dermait) belonging to the so-called rhyming ‘Leinster poems’ are ascribed to him.
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One of the rhyming Leinster poems, attributed to Laidcenn mac Bairceda
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