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beg. Almu Lagen, les na Fían

Dinnshenchas poem on Almu (the Hill of Allen, Co. Kildare), which recounts the tale of the conception of Finn mac Cumaill.

Amalgaid Énna én ar gart

verse

2.5 st.

beg. Amalgaid, Énna / én ar gart

Versified genealogy (5 couplets) of Amalgaid mac Éndai, chief from the Éoganacht of Áne. It belongs to a group of genealogical poems that are attributed to Luccreth moccu Chíara.

Amra Choluim Chille

verse

beg. Dia Dia dorrogus ré tias inna gnuis

Dallán Forgaill

Dallán Forgaill

(fl. 597)

early Irish poet, known as the author of Amra Choluim Chille

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Elegy on Saint Columba (Colum Cille).

Independent, Aided Chon Roí

Amrae Chon Roí

verse

beg. Ní hada dom anmuin / apairt ro-m-nét

An echtrach-sa scíath mo sgol

verse

15 st.

beg. An echtrach-sa scíath mo sgol

Colum Cille

Colum Cille

(fl. 6th century)

founder and abbot of Iona, Kells (Cenandas) and Derry (Daire).

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Commentary to Félire Óengusso

An frimm, a Rí richidh ráin

verse

beg. An frimm, a Rí richidh ráin

Ciarán of Clonmacnoise

Ciarán (mac int Shaír) of Clonmacnoise

(c. 515–c. 549)

Irish saint, patron of Clúain Moccu Nóis (Clonmacnoise). Feast-day: 9 September.

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Án grian

verse

beg. Án grian

One of the rhymeless ‘Leinster poems’.

An n-aidchi geni Críst chain

verse

15 st.

beg. An n-aidchi geni Críst chain

Anbthine mór ar muig Lir

verse

10 st.

beg. Anbthine mór ar muig Lir

Ruman mac Colmáin

Ruman mac Colmáin

(d. c.747)

Ruman (Rumann) mac Colmáin

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Andsu immarbáig ri Lagnib

verse

beg. Andsu immarbáig ri Lagnib

Dubthach maccu Lugair

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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Aní do rónsat do chalmu

verse

69 st.

beg. Aní do rónsat do chalmu / clanna Eogain

Middle Irish poem (69qq) on the victories of Cenél nÉogain.

Aniar táinic tuitim Bhriain

verse

beg. Aniar táinic tuitim Bhriain

Elegiac poem on the fall of Brian Bóruma. It is cast in the form of a dialogue between two poets, Mac Líacc, who asks questions about those fallen in the battle of Clontarf, and Mac Coise of Clonmacnoise, who is able to provide answers.

Anmchairdes Mancháin Léith

verse

28 st.

beg. Nech at-cobra dul ar nemh

Manchán of Lemanaghan

Manchán of Lemanaghan

Manchán mac Silláin, patron saint of Liath Mancháin (Lemanaghan, Co. Offaly)

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Annálad anall uile

verse

beg. Annálad anall uile

Gilla Cóemáin

Gilla Cóemáin

(fl. 1072)

Middle Irish poet

Gilla Cóemáin

Gilla Cóemáin

(fl. 1072)

Middle Irish poet

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Anum ó téid as a corp

verse

beg. Anum ó téid as a corp

Late Middle Irish poem (9 + 4 qq) on the seven days’ journey, or seven journeys, of the soul after it leaves the body.

Aod mac Ainmerech na n-all

verse

10 st.

beg. Aod mac Ainmerech na n-all

Irish poem (10 qq) on different persons called Áed who were present at the convention of Druim Cett.

Aontaidh dorónsat nar ghann

verse

beg. Aontaidh dorónsat nar ghann

Medieval Irish poem (19 stt) presented as a dialogue, chiefly between two saints, Senán of Inis Cathaig and Comgall of Bangor.

Apair damsa re Der Fáil

verse

15 st.

beg. Apair damsa re Der Fáil

Urard mac Coise

Urard mac Coise

(d. 983 x 1023)

Irish poet

Urard mac Coise

Urard mac Coise

(d. 983 x 1023)

Irish poet

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Middle Irish poem (15 qq) attributed to (Urard) mac Coise and composed for Derb Áil (Der Fáil), who was a daughter of Tadc mac Cathail, king of Connacht, and the consort of Domnall úa Néill, high-king of Ireland (d. 980). The poem laments the death of her young son Áed. In the process, it cites several tragedies of bereavement from Irish history (one from Trojan history) and adds a religious dimension to her grief and consolation.

Apair ri síl nEógain Móir

verse

17 st.

beg. Apair ri síl nEógain Móir

Senchán Torpéist

Senchán Torpéist

(fl. 6th–7th century)

Irish poet associated with Gúaire Aidne, king of Connacht; popular figure in Irish literary tradition, notably as one credited for having retrieved the Táin and, especially in Tromdám Gúaire, as the leader of a band of poets seeking to test the limits of Gúaire’s hospitality.

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Early Irish poem on the descendants of Éogan Mór, attributed in one version to Senchán Torpéist.

Araile felmac féig don Mumain

verse

beg. Araile felmac féig don Mumain

Short Middle Irish tale concerning poets.

Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B, Dinnshenchas Érenn C supplement

Dinnshenchas of Ard Fothaid

prose

verse

5 st.

beg. Ard Fothaid, in fetabair

Dinnshenchas of Ard Fothaid

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C

Dinnshenchas of Ard Lemnacht

verse

prose

beg. Senchas Arda Lemnacht láin

Text on the dinnshenchas of Ard Lemnacht.

Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B

Dinnshenchas of Ard Macha

verse

prose

27 st.

beg. In mag imríadat ar n-eich

Tract on the dinnshenchas of Ard Macha.

Dinnshenchas Érenn C

Dinnshenchas of Ard na Riag

prose

verse

10 st.

beg. Ard na Riag, raid a fhoros

Dinnshenchas of Ard na Riag, which has been identified as the former village of Castle Hill near Ardnaree (Co. Mayo) by the river Moy. It offers a brief version of a tale found in Caithréim Cellaig.

Ard na scéla, a mheic na ccuach

verse

64 st.

beg. Ard na scéla, a mheic na ccuach

Flann mac Lonáin

Flann mac Lonáin

(d. 891 x 918)

early Irish poet; called ‘the Virgil of the Irish’ (Firgil Gáedel) and ‘King of the Poets of Ireland’ respectively.

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Poem in memory of Éicnechán mac Dálaig (d. 906), king of Tír Conaill.

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