Fuigeall beandacht brú Muiri
verse
37 st.
beg. Fuigeall beandacht brú Muiri
Medieval Irish poem (37 qq) on the Holy Mary, ascribed to Gilla Brígde.
Fuit (poem)
verse
beg. Fuit co bráth
Gabh mo chomhairle a mheic mhín
verse
beg. Gabh mo chomhairle a mheic mhín
Mac Aodhagáin (Giolla na Naomh) [d. 1309]
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Mac Aodhagáin (Giolla na Naomh) ... d. 1309
(d. 1309)
Irish legal scholar.
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Early Modern Irish poem (25 qq) instructing a student of Irish law.
Gabh mo thegasc a Aodh na n-ech
verse
4 st.
beg. Gabh mo thegasc, a Aodh na n-ech
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 (4 qq) attributed to Colum Cille and addressed to Áed mac Ainmirech.
Gabh uaim seanchas Síl Maine
verse
4 st.
beg. Gabh uaim seanchas Síl Maine
A short medieval Irish poem (4 qq) in the Book of Uí Mhaine, where it is associated with further items relating to the Uí Mhaine.
Gabriel lim i nDomhnaighibh
verse
9 st.
beg. Gabriel lim i nDomhnaighibh
An early Irish metrical prayer (8 st.) seeking the protection and support of the archangels, one for each day of the week.
Gáir na Gairbe glebinne
verse
beg. Gáir na Gairbe glebinne
Middle Irish poem (18qq) which occurs in a series of poems attributed to Mo Ling but which appears to be spoken by Suibne Geilt, the once-king turned wild man harboured by the saint at Tech Moling.
Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Gáirechprose
verse
3 st.
beg. Baile h-ir-ralsat gáir cen góe
Text on the dinnshenchas of Gáirech
Gébaid a ainm dim anmaim-se
verse
beg. Gébaid a ainm dim anmaim-se
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 prophetic poem attributed to Colum Cille
Gebé benus a dhubhthaig
verse
3 st.
beg. Gebé benus, a dhubhthaig
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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Medieval Irish poem (3 qq) attributed to Colum Cille.
Gid luath gac gadur glan gle
verse
3 st.
beg. Gid luath go gadur glan gle
Brief Irish poem (3 qq), with prose preface.
Dinnshenchas Érenn C supplement
Dinnshenchas of Glaise Bulgaprose
verse
1 st.
beg. Glais-ben, ingen Deadhadh Deirg
Text on the dinnshenchas of Glaisse Bulga
Gnímhradha in sheseadh lái láin
verse
63 st.
beg. Gnímhradha in sheseadh lái láin
Grádha fileadh fégtar lind
verse
18 st.
beg. Grádha fileadh fégtar lind
Irish poem (18 qq) on the seven grades of poets (filid). It is one of several prose and verse texts on the subject that ultimately derive from the Uraicecht becc.
Guidium mac Feidelmid
verse
9 st.
beg. Guidium mac Feidelmid
CainnechCainnech
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A prayer in verse attributed to Cainnech and addressed to Colum Cille.
He amae fet gae geir
verse
1 st.
beg. He amae fet gae geir
Cú Roí
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Cú Roí (mac Dáiri)
(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle)
Warrior and king of Munster in tales of the Ulster Cycle.
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An Irish quatrain said to have been uttered by Cú Roí before he was slain: CuRu[í] ro chan in so in la ro marbad [attribution]: He amae fet gae geir / Osnad mór mórmaic Neill: / Muin ar mug, run do mnai, / mairg dogni cechtar n-ai (transcription by Meyer), “CuRui had dieses gesungen, da er getötet wurde: O weh! Sausen des scharfen Speers! / Heftiges Aufstöhnen von Niall’s grossem Sohn! / Ein Juwel einem Knecht (anvertrauen), ein Geheimnis einer Frau – / Wehe dem, der beides tut!” (German translation by Thurneysen).
Hi ccathraigh in t-oirnidhe
verse
17 st.
beg. Hi ccathraigh in t-oirnidhe
PatriníPatriní
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Irish poem on the kings interred at Clonmacnoise.
Hymn of Fíacc (Génair Pátraic)
verse
beg. Génair Pátraicc i nNemthur
Fíacc of Sletty
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Fíacc of Sletty
(supp. fl. 5th century)
reputed disciple of Saint Patrick, abbot and patron saint of Sléibte (Sletty, Co. Laois).
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Old Irish hymn attributed to Patrick’s pupil Fíacc of Sléibte (Sletty, Co. Laois).
Iarfaiged nech acaib dam
verse
beg. Iarfaiged nech acaib dam
Cormac mac Cuilennáin
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Cormac mac Cuilennáin
(d. 908)
bishop and king of Munster
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Dinnshenchas poem which explains the name of the ‘Yew of the Disputing Sons’ (Ibar mac nAngciss) with reference to the cause of the Battle of Mag Mucrama. 35 stanzas.
Imbu maccán cóic blíadnae
verse
48 st.
beg. Imbu maccán cóic blíadnae
Old Irish metrical version (48 qq) of the Infancy Gospel of Thomas, which is preserved in a late manuscript (NLI MS G 50) only. It relates a number of deeds which Jesus is supposed to have performed as an infant, such as the creation of sparrows out of clay, his encounters with boys thwarting him, his revelations to the scholar Zacharias and various miracles. The Irish poem may have been based on an Old Latin version, which ultimately goes back to a Greek or Syriac text.
Dinnshenchas of Temair (prose)
In chetbean luid i n-uaigh uairverse
1 st.
beg. In chetbean luid i n-uaigh uair
In chloch fors' tát mo dí sháil
verse
1 st.
beg. In chloch fors’ tát mo dí sháil
Cináed úa hArtacáin
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Cináed úa hArtacáin
(d. 975)
Middle Irish poet.
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A Middle Irish poem attributed to Cináed úa hArtacáin, of which one quatrain on the Lía Fáil in Tara is preserved in recensions of the Lebor gabála Érenn.
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