Ro-chúala crecha is tír thair
verse
beg. Ro-chúala crecha is tír thair
Airbertach mac Cosse Dobráin
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Airbertach mac Cosse Dobráin
(d. 1016)
Irish poet; fer légind of Ros Ailithir (Rosscarbery, Co. Cork)
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Poem on the Midianites (Book of Numbers 31).
Rob soraid an sét-sa
verse
3 st.
beg. Rob soraid an sét-sa
Ua Brolcháin (Máel Ísu)
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Ua Brolcháin (Máel Ísu)
(d. (c.) 1086)
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Middle Irish poem attributed to Colum Cille.
Robad mellach a meic mo Dé
verse
9 st.;10 st.
beg. Robad mellach a meic mo Dé
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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Middle Irish poem attributed to Colum Cille.
Robo maith Aichil mac Pel
verse
14 st.
beg. Robo maith Aichil mac Péil
Irish poem on the deeds of Achilles (Aichill) in his younger years
Rodíchned Find, ba fer tend
verse
1 st.
beg. Rodíchned Find, ba fer tend
A single quatrain alluding to a story about the death of Finn mac Cumaill.
Rofessa i curp domuin dúir
verse
68 st.
beg. Rofessa i curp domuin dúir
Airbertach mac Cosse Dobráin
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Airbertach mac Cosse Dobráin
(d. 1016)
Irish poet; fer légind of Ros Ailithir (Rosscarbery, Co. Cork)
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Airbertach mac Cosse Dobráin
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Airbertach mac Cosse Dobráin
(d. 1016)
Irish poet; fer légind of Ros Ailithir (Rosscarbery, Co. Cork)
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Poem (68 stanzas) on the geography of the world.
Dinnshenchas Érenn A
Dinnshenchas of Róiriu in Uí Failgeverse
3 st.
beg. Nímutanic ó thír thend
Finn mac Cumaill
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Finn mac Cumaill (Find úa Báiscni)
(time-frame ass. with Finn Cycle, Finn mac Cumaill, Cormac mac Airt)
Finn mac Cumaill (earlier mac Umaill?), Find úa Báiscni: central hero in medieval Irish and Scottish literature of the so-called Finn Cycle; warrior-hunter and leader of a fían
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Dinnshenchas of Róiriu in Uí Failge (Róiriu i nUíb Failge).
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Róiriu in Uí Muiredaigverse
prose
beg. Fail folach ós grían cen gái
Dinnshenchas of Róiriu in in Uí Muiredaig (Róiriu i nUíb Muiredaig)
Rop tú mo baile
verse
beg. Rop tú mo baile
Ropadh maith lem corm-lind mór
verse
5 st.
beg. Ropadh maith lem / corm-lind mór do Rígh na rígh
Brigit of Kildare
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Brigit of Kildare
(c. 439/452–c. 524/526)
patron saint of Kildare, whose cult spread both within and outside of Ireland.
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Middle Irish poem (5 qq) attributed to St Brigit of Kildare.
Ropo mían dom menmain-se
verse
beg. Ropo mían dom menmain-se
Sáerchlanna Érenn uile
verse
12 st.
A syllabic poem incorporated in the two Middle Irish recensions of the saga concerning the revolt of the aithech-thúatha, Bruiden Meic Da Réo and Scél ar Chairbre Cinn Cait. It consists of twelve stanzas.
Saltair na rann
verse
1,947 st.
Middle Irish verse composition giving accounts of biblical history, from the time of Creation to the resurrection of Christ. It is divided into 150 cantos of varying lengths, ranging from just 3 quatrains to as many as 138.
Saltair na rann
Saltair na rann/1 Mo rí-se rí nime náirverse
84 st.
beg. Mo rí-se rí nime náir
The opening poem or canto (84qq) in the Middle Irish series of poems known as Saltair na rann. It deals with the universe and its creation, drawing on biblical narrative as well as other sources.
Commentary on the Amra Choluim Chille
Scél lem dúibverse
beg. Scél lem duib
Finn mac Cumaill
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Finn mac Cumaill (Find úa Báiscni)
(time-frame ass. with Finn Cycle, Finn mac Cumaill, Cormac mac Airt)
Finn mac Cumaill (earlier mac Umaill?), Find úa Báiscni: central hero in medieval Irish and Scottish literature of the so-called Finn Cycle; warrior-hunter and leader of a fían
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Early Irish poem on the coming of winter.
Scéla Cormaic meic Cuilennáin ocus na crosán
verse
prose
beg. Truaghan sin, a Rí na righ
A brief Irish prose story, with poem, concerning the death of Cormac mac Cuilennáin, who was slain in the battle of Mag Ailbe (908). On the night before the battle, three entertainers (crossáin) promise the king to perform before him the following night, but the king and the crossáin do not live to meet again. By some act of divine providence, however, the crossáin are allowed to perform their art and utter a poem beg. Truaghán sin, a Rí na righ (10qq).
Scíath rígh Gaela, glantar hí
verse
beg. Scíath rígh Gaela, glantar hí
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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Secht o. f. n.
verse
beg. Secht o. f. n.
Cináed úa hArtacáin
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Cináed úa hArtacáin
(d. 975)
Middle Irish poet.
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Poem on Brug na Bóinne, which offers a poetic version of Tochmarc Étaíne.
Secht ríg do Laignib na lerg
verse
beg. Secht ríg do Laignib na lerg
Middle Irish poem on seven kings of Leinster who ruled in Ireland and Britain and whose rule extended as far as the English Channel (Muir n-Icht).
Síl Áeda Sláine na sleg
verse
beg. Síl Áeda Sláine na sleg
Middle Irish poem (c.35qq) on the descendants of Áed Sláine who were kings of Mide and Ireland.
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Sinann Iverse
beg. Sáerainm Sinna saigid dún
Cúán úa Lothcháin
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Cúán úa Lothcháin
(d. 1024)
Early Irish poet.
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Cúán úa Lothcháin
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Cúán úa Lothcháin
(d. 1024)
Early Irish poet.
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Poem on the dinnshenchas of the River Shannon (Sinann).
Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Sinann IIverse
beg. Sinann, cá hadbar diatá
Dinnshenchas on the River Shannon (Sinann).
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Slíab Bladmaprose
verse
beg. Blod mac Con maic Caiss clothaig
Fulartach
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Fulartach
An early Irish poet whose name is invoked in ascriptions of certain poems of Dinnshenchas Érenn in the Book of Leinster (Carmun, Liamuin, Slíab Bladma, perhaps Faffand and Druim nDairbrech if the abbreviation F. refers to him).
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Dinnshenchas of Slíab Bladma.
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Slíab Cúaprose
verse
9 st.
beg. Tanic tam, truag ind airle
Dinnshenchas of Slíab Cúa.
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Slíab Echtge Iverse
prose
beg. Senchas Echtga áine
Dinnshenchas on Slíab Echtge
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