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A ngluind a n-échta a n-orgni

verse

69 st.

beg. A ngluind a n-échta a n-orgni / batar infir

Middle Irish poem on the exploits of the kings of Ailech.

Duanaire Finn, Agallamh Oisín agus Phádraig

A Oisín, is fada do shúan

verse

39 st.;167 st.

beg. A Oisín, as fada do shúan

Early Modern Irish fíanaigecht poem, which occurs in the collection Duanaire Finn as well as the later Agallamh Oisín agus Phádraig.

A reilec láech Leithe Cuinn

verse

24 st.

beg. A reilec láech Leithe Cuinn ... Ón ló do delbus (?) in duain [st. 20] ... Doráidset clerigh Cluana [st. 21]

Ó Maoil Chonaire (Conaing Buidhe)Ó Maoil Chonaire (Conaing Buidhe)

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Early Irish poem (24 qq) on the kings of ‘Conn’s half’ interred at Clonmacnoise.

A Rí richid, réidig dam

verse

111 st.

beg. A Rí richid, réidig dam

Gilla in Choimded ua Cormaic

Gilla in Choimded úa Cormaic

(11th/12th century?)

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Middle Irish synchronistic poem by Gilla in Chomdid úa Chormaic (fl. 11th c.) referring to events and personages from biblical, classical and native history.

A-tá sonn sochar na ríogh

verse

beg. A-tá sonn sochar na ríogh

Ó Carthaigh (Aodh Ollbharr)

Ó Carthaigh (Aodh Ollbharr)

(fl. 12th or 15th century?)

Irish poet about whom little is known. A poem on the rights of Mac Diarmada of Magh Luirg, beg. A-tá sonn sochar na ríogh, is attributed to him, with the description ollamh of Crúachan, as is one beg. Tosach féile fairsinge, addressed to Tomaltach Mac Diarmada, although the latter may actually be the work of Torna Ó Maoil Chonaire. The evidence, slight as it is, might place him in 15th-century(?) Connacht and point to affiliations with the Meic Dhiarmada. An older suggestion is that he is to be identified with an earlier poet, the Aed ua Carthaig to whom the dinnshenchas poem on Mide is attributed in the Book of Leinster. This would fit in with the annnalistic evidence for Uí Carthaig ollamha of Connacht in the 11th and 12th centuries.

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Poem (22 qq in one MS) attributed to one Aodh Ollbharr Ó Carthaigh on the rights of Mac Diarmada and associated with the prose tract on the same subject, Sochar Mic Diarmada agus a chloinne.

Abhac do fuair Fionn feardha

verse

27 st.;26 st.

beg. Abhac do fuair Fionn feardha

Expanded, modernised version of a poem concerning Fionn‘s harper Cnú Dereóil, which is found originally in Acallam na sénorach, where it begins Abhuc do fuair Finn ferdha (Stokes ll. 630–683).

Abstalón, adba na ríg

verse

beg. Abstalón, adba na ríg

Late Middle Irish poem on the beheading of St John the Baptist by Mog Ruith.

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C

Dinnshenchas of Achall

verse

prose

beg. Achall ar aicce Temair

Cináed úa hArtacáin

Cináed úa hArtacáin

(d. 975)

Middle Irish poet.

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Dinnshenchas poem mostly on Achall, i.e. the Hill of Skreen, Co. Meath, with prose on Duma nEirc and Duma nAichle. Both the poem and the prose text offer the story according to which Achall died of grief for her brother Erc, who was killed in vengeance for Cú Chulainn’s death, and was buried in the mound that would bear her name.

Ádam athair sruith ar sluag

verse

103 st.

beg. Ádam athair, sruith ar sluag

Óengus [unidentified]Óengus ... unidentified

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Medieval Irish poem attributed to a certain Óengus. Called a ‘school-poem’ by R. Flower, it offers a quick summary of major events narrated in the Lebor gabála, from biblical history to the various settlements and invasions of the peoples in Ireland (Cessair, etc.) and finally, the six ages of the world.

Adcondarc alaill innocht

verse

8 st.

beg. Ad(co)ndarc alaill innocht

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 poem beg. Tegdais adchondarc indiu.

Adham ar n-athair uile

verse

57 st.

beg. Adham ar n-athair uile

Mac a' Gabann na Scél (Fáelán)Mac a' Gabann na Scél (Fáelán)

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Early Modern Irish poem (57 qq), consisting chiefly of a catalogue of celebrated women as well as wives of celebrated men.

Admuinemmar nóeb Pátraicc

verse

beg. Ad-muinemmar nóeb Pátraicc

Fíacc of Sletty

Fíacc of Sletty

(supp. fl. 5th century)

reputed disciple of Saint Patrick, abbot and patron saint of Sléibte (Sletty, Co. Laois).

See more (ascr.)Niníne ÉcesNiníne Éces

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Early Irish prayer which invokes St Patrick and was composed, according to the prose attribution, by either Niníne the poet (éces) or Fíacc of Sleibte (Sletty, Co. Laois).

Adram in Coimdid

verse

beg. Adram in Coimdid

Old Irish quatrain preserved as a citation in the compilation Mittelirischen Verslehren II, here as an example of breccbairdne.

Áed Bennán bruth rígi ríg

verse

3.5 st.

beg. Áed Bennán / bruth rígi ríg

Luccreth moccu Chíara

Luccreth moccu Chíara

(fl. 7th century)

early Irish poet

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Versified genealogy (7 couplets) of Áed Bennán mac Crimthainn, a Munster chief or ruler from the Éoganachta of Loch Léin. It belongs to a group of genealogical poems that are attributed to Luccreth moccu Chíara.

Aibhind sin a Ériu ard

verse

beg. Aibhind sin, a Ériu ard

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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Long poem attributed in various manuscript copies to Gilla na Náem Úa Duinn.

Ailbe umal Pátric Muman

verse

1 st.

beg. Ailbe umal Pátric Muman mó cach ráth

A specimen of early Irish verse cited in the Latin Life of St Declán of Ardmore (Vita sancti Declani § 21) and the later, vernacular version of the same saint (Betha Decclain).

Dinnshenchas Érenn A

Dinnshenchas of Ailech I

verse

28 st.

beg. Decid Ailech n-Imchill n-úaib

Poem on the dinnshenchas of Ailech.

Independent, Dinnshenchas Érenn C

Dinnshenchas of Ailech II

verse

35 st.

beg. Cía triallaid nech aisneis senchais Ailig eltaig

Flann Mainistrech

Flann Mainistrech

(d. 1056)

Middle Irish poet ass. with Monasterboice (Mainistir Buite)

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Dinnshenchas of Ailech.

Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B

Dinnshenchas of Ailech III

verse

beg. Ailech Frigrenn, faithche na ríg rígda in domain

Dinnshenchas of Ailech

Dinnshenchas Érenn C supplement

Dinnshenchas of Ailén Cobthaig

prose

verse

14 st.

beg. A Fedelm, a fholt-buide

Text on the dinnshenchas of Ailén Cobthaig

Aimirgein Glúngel tuir tend

verse

beg. Aimirgein Glungel tuir tend

Gilla in Choimded ua Cormaic

Gilla in Choimded úa Cormaic

(11th/12th century?)

No short description available

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Aingeal Dé dom dhín

verse

30 st.

beg. Aingeal Dé dom dhín

Irish poem of prayer for protection (30 qq). According to the editor, O’Nowlan, qq. 1–19 represent the original extent of the poem, ending as it does with a dúnad, while the remainder (beg. Dá apstol déc Dé) is an invocation that was added to the text.

Aithbe dam-sa bés mora

verse

beg. Aithbe dam-sa bés mora

Old woman of BeareOld woman of Beare

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Aithne damh homa re haei

verse

10 st.

beg. Aithne damh homa re haei

Early Modern Irish poem (10 stt) written in the obscure style known as bérla na filed. The earliest version survives as the first of three such poems at the end of a legal manuscript (part of TCD 1337), where it is accompanied by an interlinear gloss.

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C

Dinnshenchas of Alend

prose

verse

14 st.

beg. Alend óenach diar n-ócaib

Prose and verse dinnshenchas of Alend

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