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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.

Mittelirische Verslehren II

Núall Fir Fhio

verse

beg. Ad-muiniur secht n-ingena trethan

Óengus crobderg cathach rí

verse

3 st.

beg. Óengus Crobderg / cathach rí

Versified genealogy (6 couplets) of Óengus Crobderg, chief of the ‘Éoganacht of Gabra’, i.e. Uí Chonaill Gabra branch of Uí Fhidgenti. It belongs to a group of genealogical poems that are attributed to Luccreth moccu Chíara.

The quarrel between Finn and Oisín

verse

beg. Is derb lem-sae, cia domaimse in fer líath

Poem cast as a dialogue between Finn and Oisín, with prose introduction and conclusion.

Immram curaig Mail Dúin

Ráisit d'inis nárbo dermar

verse

beg. Ráisit d'inis nárbo dermar

Áed FinnÁed Finn

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Áed FinnÁed Finn

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Reicne Fothaid Canainne

verse

49 st.

beg. A ben, náchamaicille

Old Irish poem, with later prose introduction.

Ro-cúala ní tabair eochu ar dúana

verse

1 st.

beg. Ro-cúala / ní tabair eochu ar dúana

Ro-mbáe laithi rordu rind

verse

7 st.

beg. Ro-mbáe laithi rordu rind

A poem of at least seven stanzas attributed to Cú Chulainn or Conchobar mac Nessa.

Samthann fri soillsi sainmann

verse

beg. Samthann fri soillsi sainmann

Áed Allán mac Fergaile

Áed Allán mac Fergaile

(d. 743)

king of Ailech and high-king of Ireland; son of Fergal mac Máele Dúin

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Poem on St Samthann of Clúain Brónaig (3 qq), ascr. to Áed Allán (ob. 743), who was king of Ailech and high-king of Ireland

Commentary on the Amra Choluim Chille

Scél lem dúib

verse

beg. Scél lem duib

Finn mac Cumaill

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.

Sét no tíag

verse

beg. Sét no tíag / téiti Críst

Colum Cille

Colum Cille

(fl. 6th century)

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

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Old Irish religious poem ascribed to St Columba. A note is attached in the manuscript saying that Columba’s protection may be invoked by reading the poem aloud.

Slán seiss, a Brigit co mbúaid

verse

26 st.

beg. Slān seiss, a Brigit co mbūaid

Orthanach úa Cóilláma

Orthanach úa Cóilláma

(d. 840)

bishop of Kildare and poet

Poem on the hill of Alenn. 26 stanzas. Metre: mainly rannaigecht mór.

Tánic sam

verse

7 st.

beg. Tánic sam slán sóer

Poem on the coming of summer, attributed to Finn mac Cumaill. It evokes an image of the season by referring, for instance, to the appearance and behaviour of stags, dogs, salmon and birds such as the cuckoo and the blackbird.

Tegdais adchondarc indiu

verse

8 st.

beg. Tegdais adchondarc indiu

Old Irish poem (8 qq). It is found on the first folio of a continental manuscript known for its Irish glosses, Milan, Biblioteca Ambrosiana, MS C 301 inf, together with a preceding poem beg. Adcondarc alaill innocht.

Téicht do Róim

verse

1 st.

beg. Téicht do Róim

An Old Irish quatrain on pilgrimage to Rome, preserved as an addition to a continental manuscript known as the Codex Boernerianus. It is here followed by another quatrain, beg. Mór báis mor baile, the relationship of which to the preceding quatrain is uncertain.

Na trí Fothaid

verse

beg. Na trí Fothaid

Find Fili mac Rossa Rúaid

Find Fili mac Rossa Rúaid

legendary poet and king of Leinster; son of Russ Rúad

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One of the rhymeless ‘Leinster poems’. The three Fothads, Find fer Umail, and Find Fili, king of Leinster, are said to descend from Núadu Necht.

Trí meic Ruaid

verse

beg. Trí meic Ruaid

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’

Úar in lathe do Lum Laine

verse

9 st.

beg. Úar in lathe do Lum Laine

Old Irish poem (9 qq) attributed to Ailbe. It is in the form of a dialogue between Tethna, daughter of king Cormac mac Airt, and her lover Lom Laine. Máirín O Daly, who edited the poem, has suggested that their names may be guises for Gráinne and Diarmait, as known from the early prose narrative of Finn and Gráinne.

Independent, Tochmarc Emire

Verba Scáthaige

verse

beg. A mbé eirr óengaile

Poem in the form of a prophecy delivered by Scáthach to Cú Chulainn.

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