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Early Irish religious poem which prescribes a set of moral guidelines that together make up ‘the rule of the Lord’ (ríagal in Choimded). Strachan, who first edited the poem, distinguishes between two recensions, A and B, both of which carry some interpolations of their own.

Conailla Medb míchuru

verse

beg. Conailla Medb míchuru

Luccreth moccu Chíara

Luccreth moccu Chíara

(fl. 7th century)

early Irish poet

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Obscure 'accentual poem' by or at least attributed to Luccreth moccu Chíara. The first section deals with the Ulster hero Fergus mac Róich, his situation as an exile in the service of Medb and Ailill, and his participation in their wars over the cattle (bó) of the Ulstermen. The account is thought to refer to an early version of the Táin bó Cúailnge.

Cú cen máthair

verse

36 st.

beg. Cú cen máthair, maith cland

Luccreth moccu Chíara

Luccreth moccu Chíara

(fl. 7th century)

early Irish poet

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Old Irish poem (36st) attributed to Luccreth moccu Chíara, which traces the ancestry of Cú cen Máthair (d. 665), king of Munster and grandfather of Cathal mac Finguine, all the way back to Adam. A large part of the pedigree, from Míl to Adam, closely resembles that found in another Old Irish poem of a similar metrical type, beg. Énna Labraid luad cáich and dealing with Leinster kings. Myles Dillon has argued that these pedigrees represent (respectively) Munster and Leinster recensions of the same core material.

Día lim fri cach sním

verse

beg. Día lim fri cach sním

Dia ngaba apgitir Lagen

verse

14 st.

beg. Dia ngaba apgitir Lagen

Poem. 14 stanzas. Metre: sétnad mór

Dind Ríg, rúad Túaim Tenbath

verse

beg. Dind Ríg rúad túaim tenbath

Ferchertne

Ferchertne

usually, poet of Cú Roí

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One of the rhymeless Leinster poems.

Do fil aimser laithe mbratha

verse

25 st.

beg. Do fil aimser laithe mbratha

Poem about the end of the world.

St Gall Priscian glosses

Dom-fharcai fidbaide fál

verse

beg. Dom-fharcai fidbaide fál

Doss dáile

verse

beg. Doss dáile

One of the rhymeless ‘Leinster poems’

Dúngal Raithlind rui a chuirn

verse

2.5 st.

beg. Dúngal Raithlind / rui a chuirn

Luccreth moccu Chíara

Luccreth moccu Chíara

(fl. 7th century)

early Irish poet

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Versified genealogy (5 couplets) of Dúngal Raithlind, chief of the Éoganacht Raithlind. It belongs to a group of genealogical poems that are attributed to Luccreth moccu Chíara.

Énna Labraid luad cáich

verse

beg. Énna Labraid luad cáich

Laidcenn mac Bairceda

Laidcenn mac Bairc(h)eda

(supp. fl. 5th century ?)

early Irish poet, said to be of the Dál nAraidi. Two early poems (beg. Énna, Labraid and Nidu dír dermait) belonging to the so-called rhyming ‘Leinster poems’ are ascribed to him.

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One of the rhyming Leinster poems, attributed to Laidcenn mac Bairceda

Eochu art

verse

beg. Eochu art

One of the rhymeless ‘Leinster poems’.

Eochu Ferngen

verse

beg. Eochu Ferngen

One of the rhymeless ‘Leinster poems’

Éogan án éo cautmai cáem

form undefined

4 st.

beg. Éogan án / éo cautmai cáem

Luccreth moccu Chíara

Luccreth moccu Chíara

(fl. 7th century)

early Irish poet

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Versified genealogy (8 couplets) of Éogan mac Crundmaíl, chief of the Uí Choirpri branch of Uí Fhidgenti. It belongs to a group of genealogical poems that are attributed to Luccreth moccu Chíara.

Fáelgus Nad Fráech febda cland

verse

2.5 st.

beg. Fáelgus, Nad Fráech / febda cland

Luccreth moccu Chíara

Luccreth moccu Chíara

(fl. 7th century)

early Irish poet

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Versified genealogy (5 couplets) of Fáelgus mac Nad Froích, chief of the Éoganacht of Cashel. It belongs to a group of genealogical poems that are attributed to Luccreth moccu Chíara.

Fáeth fiada

verse

beg. Atom-riug in-diu / Niurt tréun

Félire Óengusso

verse

Óengus of Tallaght

Óengus (mac Óengobann) of Tallaght

(fl. early part of the 9th century)

author of Félire Óengusso

Fíl and grian Glinne Aí

verse

beg. Fil and grian Glinne (h)Aí

Da Coca

Da Coca

(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle)

blacksmith in the Ulster Cycle, whose celebrated hostel (bruiden) becomes the scene of action when Cormac Cond Longas is besieged there by the Connachta.

See more (ascr.)Anonymous [apprentice of Banbán]Anonymous ... apprentice of Banbán

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Old Irish poem (beg. ‘Fíl and grian Glinne Aí’) which uses kennings to describe a variety of foods at a banquet. It is accompanied by (a) a gloss which offers interpretations of a number of these kennings and (b) a prose account, according to which it was uttered either by Da Coca for Cormac Cond Longas, or by an apprentice of the poet Banbán as part of an educational test. In either case, the poem is said to describe a banquet (fuirec) of which they are about to partake.

Commentary on the Amra Choluim Chille

Fil duine

verse

beg. Fil duine

Ind fhilid ra fetatar

verse

12 st.

beg. Ind fhilid ra fetatar

Dinnshenchas poem on the origin of Tara, with prose introduction. The poem is 12 stanzas long and incomplete in the form in which it is preserved.

Find Taulcha

verse

beg. Find Taulcha tuath cuire Cailte

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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One of the rhymeless ‘Leinster poems’, preserved only in fragmentary form. The poem was apparently taken from a now lost compilation known as Cocangab Mór (‘The great compilation’). In the preserved fragment, Find, Taulcha, and Caílte are said to be descendants of Baiscne. The words ‘tri húi Núadat Necht’, which Meyer regards as a later addition, also traces their descent to Núadu Necht.

Fo réir Coluim cén ad-fías

verse

25 st.

beg. Fo réir Coluim cén ad-fías

Bécán mac LuigdechBécán mac Luigdech

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Dallán Forgaill

Dallán Forgaill

(fl. 597)

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

See more (ascr.)Bécán mac LuigdechBécán mac Luigdech