Maiccni Echach ard a nglé
verse
12 st.
beg. Maiccni Echach ard a nglé
Flann mac Lonáin
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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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Middle Irish poem (12 qq) attributed to Flann mac Lonáin on the struggle for dominance among Eochaid Mugmedón’s sons.
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Maistiu Iverse
prose
beg. Robái brón for bantrocht ban
Text on the dinnshenchas of Maistiu, commonly identified with Mullaghmast, Co. Kildare.
Dinnshenchas Érenn A
Dinnshenchas of Maistiu IIverse
beg. Dare derg, roderg frossa
Poem on the dinnshenchas on Maistiu.
Máthair Díarmata ón dáil
verse
2 st.
beg. Máthair Díarmata ón dáil
Two quatrains alluding to a story about the birth of Oisín.
Mé Éba ben Ádaim uill
verse
beg. Mé Éba ben Ádaim uill
Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Medraigeprose
verse
beg. Medraige mac Dorcain Maill
Prose and verse dinnshenchas of Medraige, which gives an account of the battle of Mag Mucrama.
Mellach lem bith i n-ucht ailinn
verse
12 st.
beg. Mellach lem bith i n-ucht ailinn
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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Late Middle Irish poem (12 qq) ascribed in one MS to Colum Cille.
Mesce Chúanach
verse
8 st.
beg. Is pind limp / In tan gabther mo dúan dam
Cúanu mac Ailchíne
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Cúanu mac Ailchíne
King of the Fir Maige Féne.
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Medieval Irish poem (8 st.) attributed to Cúanu mac Cailchíni, king of the Fir Maige Féne.
Metrical Banshenchas
verse
beg. Adam oen-athair na ndoene
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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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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Metrical version of the Banshenchas, composed by Gilla Mo Dutu Úa Caiside (1147).
Mian mná Tethrach a tenid
verse
1 st.
beg. Mian mná Tethrach .i. Badb a tenid
Flann mac Lonáin
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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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1 stanza.
Mide maigen Clainne Cuind
verse
beg. Mide maigen Clainne Cuind
Middle Irish poem on the kings of Mide.
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Mideprose
verse
13 st.
beg. Mide magen na marc mer
Áed úa CarthaigÁed úa Carthaig
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Dinnshenchas of Mide.
Mithig dam-sa tairerad
verse
10 st.
beg. Mithig dam-sa tairerad / do thriall o thoraib teglaig
Religious Irish poem (10 qq) on pilgrimage. In MSS of the Annals of the Four Masters, under the year 926, it is attributed to Céle Dabhail, abbot of Bangor, who is said have composed it before going on pilgrimage to Rome. The copy in Laud Misc. 615, a collection of poetry associated with Colum Cille, comes with an attribution to that saint.
Mithig techt tar mo thimna
verse
beg. Mithig techt tar mo thimna
Cormac mac Cuilennáin
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Cormac mac Cuilennáin
(d. 908)
bishop and king of Munster
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Mittelirische Verslehren IV
verse
14 st.
beg. Sluindfet dúib dagaisti in dána
Cellach úa RúanadaCellach úa Rúanada
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Middle Irish poem ascribed to Cellach úa Rúanada in which for educational purposes, every stanza is composed in a different metrical form.
Mo chara-sa Cnámíne
verse
beg. Mo chara-sa Cnámíne
Flann mac Lonáin
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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 cited as an example by Mittelirische Verslehren II.
Mochen, mochen, a Brénaind
verse
beg. Mochen, mochen, a Brénaind
Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Móenmagprose
verse
beg. Móenmag, cá Móen ótá in mag
Dinnshenchas of Móenmag
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Móin Gai Glaisverse
prose
beg. Culdub mac Déin dia Samna
Dinnshenchas of Móin Gai Glais, in prose and verse. When Cúldub mac Déin slays one Fidrad at Samain, Gae Glas, grandson of Lug, comes to avenge Fidrad's death and kills Cúldub with a spear. The prose version, which is generally fuller, adds that the spear entered the ground and was not found until Máel Odrán dug it up and used it to kill Aithechdae, king of Uí Máil. The prose also identifies the spear as the Carr of Belach Duirgen.
Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Móin Tíre Náirprose
verse
3 st.
beg. Mebul lemm inní dia fail
Text on the dinnshenchas of Móin Tíre Náir
Independent, Scéla mucce Meic Da Thó, Dinnshenchas of Mag Léna
Muc mic Dá Thó, tlacht-múad torcverse
6 st.
beg. Muc mic Dá Thó, tlacht-múad torc
Poem on Mac Da Thó's pig.
Genemain Áedo Sláine
Mugain ingen Chonchraid chaínverse
15 st.
beg. Mugain ingen Chonchraid chaín
Flann Mainistrech
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Flann Mainistrech
(d. 1056)
Middle Irish poet ass. with Monasterboice (Mainistir Buite)
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Muinter Pádraig na paiter
verse
beg. Muinter Pádraig na paiter
Flann Mainistrech
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Flann Mainistrech
(d. 1056)
Middle Irish poet ass. with Monasterboice (Mainistir Buite)
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Middle Irish poem containing a long list of members of St Patrick’s household and attributed to Flann, possibly for Flann Mainistrech.
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