Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Cleitechprose
verse
6 st.
beg. Cleitech in druí díles daith
Text on the dinnshenchas of Cleitech
Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Clóenlochprose
verse
4 st.
beg. Sund dodechaid Clóen ar chel
Text on the dinnshenchas of Clóenloch
Sanas Cormaic, Dinnshenchas Érenn A
Dinnshenchas of Cnocc Rafannverse
prose
1 st.
beg. Inráith morsa (ł hisa) forsna mfil
Mac Dá CherdaMac Dá Cherda
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Dinnshenchas of Cnocc Rafann
Cóic Mumain i Mumain móir
verse
7 st.
beg. Cóic Mumain i Mumain móir
Topographical poem on the five divisions of Munster.
Cóic ríg tríchat do Laignib
verse
beg. Cóic ríg tríchat do Laignib
Middle Irish poem which, as the opening quatrain announces, lists 35 kings of Leinster who were high-kings of early Ireland, from Labraid Loingsech to Nad Buidb mac Eirc.
Cóic ríg tríchat triallsat róe
verse
55 st.
beg. Cóic ríg tríchat triallsat róe
Middle Irish poem (55qq) which enumerates early medieval kings of Leinster since the arrival of Christianity. According to M. A. O'Brien, who published an edition of the text, the poem is a composite work consisting of two parts: the first, longer series of stanzas (1-38) listing 35 kings from Crimthann mac Énnai Chennselaig to Fáelán mac Muiredaig (d. 934), together with two additional quatrains of slightly later date (39-40), and a final series (41-55) ending with Donnchadh mac Dúnlaing (d. 1036). The final kings in both parts are represented as being still alive.
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.
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 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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Comrainter in airigid
verse
beg. Comrainter in airigid
Middle Irish poem on the honorific food portions that are due to different classes of society.
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 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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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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Cros an Choimdhedh cumachtaigh
verse
12 st.
beg. Cros an Choimdhedh cumachtaigh
Irish poem representing a dialogue between St Moling and Suibne.
Cros Chríst tarsin n-gnúisse
verse
beg. Cros Chríst tarsin n-gnúisse
Mugrón [abbot of Iona]
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(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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Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Crotta Clíachverse
prose
beg. Sunda sefain fer síde
Tract on the dinnshenchas of Crotta Clíach.
Cuibdeas comanmann na ríg
verse
51 st.
beg. Cuibdeas comanmann na ríg
Úa Caiside (Gilla Mo Dutu)
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Úa Caiside (Gilla Mo Dutu)
(fl. c. 1147)
Irish poet, credited as the author of Éri óg inis na náem and Ádam óenathair na ndóene (the metrical Banshenchas).
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Versified list of kings of Ireland attributed to Gilla Mo Dutu.
Cúiced Lagen na lecht ríg
verse
beg. Cúiced Lagen na lecht ríg
Gilla na Náem Úa DuinnGilla na Náem Úa Duinn
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Poem, including a list of the kings of Leinster.
Cúig coitchind tiaghaid in es
verse
60 st.
beg. Cúig coitchind tiaghaid in es
Middle Irish poem (60qq) on the gender and declension of Latin nouns
Cumtach na nIudaide n-ard
verse
beg. Cumtach na nIudaide n-ard
Short Middle Irish poem (4qq) on the defining characteristics of various peoples (the Jews, the Greeks, the Franks, the Welsh, the Picts, etc), which correspond closely to those listed in the tract De proprietatibus gentium.
Sex aetates mundi
Dá mac ar chaécait co mbroitverse
6 st.
beg. Dá mac ar chaécait co mbroit
Mugrón Tuama dá Gualann
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Mugrón Tuama dá Gualann
(d. 1032 (AFM))
Mugrón úa Níoc, abbot of Tuam; presumably the Mugrón ‘of Tuam’ (Tuaim dá Gualann) to whom a poem is attributed in the Book of Lecan version of Sex aetates mundi.
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Middle Irish poem found in the Book of Lecan version of Sex aetates mundi.
Dá mac déc Cennéitig cháid
verse
8 st.
beg. Dá mac déc Cennéitig cháid
Mac Líacc [Muirchertach]
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Mac Líacc ... Muirchertach
(d.. 1014 / 1016 (AU))
Middle Irish poet, who is described as 'chief poet of Ireland' (ard-ollamh Érenn) in the Annals of Ulster; becomes the subject of a body of later medieval Irish literature.
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Poem of eight quatrains on the twelve sons of Cennétig (Brian Bóruma's father), king of the Dál Cais.
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