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Tochmarc Étaíne

A Bé Find in rega lim

verse

7 st.

beg. A Bé Find in rega lim

Early Irish syllabic poem (7 qq) in which the speaker encourages Bé Find to join him in the delightful Otherworld. It is preserved in the third part of Tochmarc Étaíne, where the poem is attributed to Midir as he woos Étaín, addressing her as Bé Find.

A ben bennacht fort - ná ráid

verse

beg. A ben bennacht fort – ná ráid

Daniél úa Líathaiti

Daniél úa Líathaiti

(ob. 863)

Abbot of Lismore and Cork. An Irish poem beg. A ben bennacht fort - ná ráid is ascribed to him.

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A chóicid choín Chairpri crúaid

verse

beg. A chóicid chóem Chairpri chrúaid

Orthanach úa Cóilláma

Orthanach úa Cóilláma

(d. 840)

bishop of Kildare and poet

Orthanach úa Cóilláma

Orthanach úa Cóilláma

(d. 840)

bishop of Kildare and poet

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A maccucáin sruith in tíag

verse

beg. A maccucáin, sruith in tíag

Adomnán

Adomnán

(fl. c.628–704)

Adomnán mac Rónáin was abbot of Iona (r. 679–704) and author of the Latin Life of St Columba and an account of the holy places of the Near East (De locis sanctis). He is credited with the proclamation of the Lex innocentium or Cáin Adomnáin at the Synod of Birr.

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A Marbáin a díthrubaig

verse

beg. A Marbáin, a díthrubaig

Poem presented as a verse dialogue between Gúaire (Aidne), king of Connacht (7th century), and his brother Marbán the hermit.

Adcondarc alaill innocht

verse

8 st.

beg. Ad(co)ndarc alaill innocht

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 poem beg. Tegdais adchondarc indiu.

Admuinemmar nóeb Pátraicc

verse

beg. Ad-muinemmar nóeb Pátraicc

Fíacc of Sletty

Fíacc of Sletty

(supp. fl. 5th century)

reputed disciple of Saint Patrick, abbot and patron saint of Sléibte (Sletty, Co. Laois).

See more (ascr.)Niníne ÉcesNiníne Éces

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Early Irish prayer which invokes St Patrick and was composed, according to the prose attribution, by either Niníne the poet (éces) or Fíacc of Sleibte (Sletty, Co. Laois).

Adram in Coimdid

verse

beg. Adram in Coimdid

Old Irish quatrain preserved as a citation in the compilation Mittelirischen Verslehren II, here as an example of breccbairdne.

Áed Bennán bruth rígi ríg

verse

3.5 st.

beg. Áed Bennán / bruth rígi ríg

Luccreth moccu Chíara

Luccreth moccu Chíara

(fl. 7th century)

early Irish poet

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Versified genealogy (7 couplets) of Áed Bennán mac Crimthainn, a Munster chief or ruler from the Éoganachta of Loch Léin. It belongs to a group of genealogical poems that are attributed to Luccreth moccu Chíara.

Aithbe dam-sa bés mora

verse

beg. Aithbe dam-sa bés mora

Old woman of BeareOld woman of Beare

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Amalgaid Énna én ar gart

verse

2.5 st.

beg. Amalgaid, Énna / én ar gart

Versified genealogy (5 couplets) of Amalgaid mac Éndai, chief from the Éoganacht of Áne. It belongs to a group of genealogical poems that are attributed to Luccreth moccu Chíara.

Amra Choluim Chille

verse

beg. Dia Dia dorrogus ré tias inna gnuis

Dallán Forgaill

Dallán Forgaill

(fl. 597)

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

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Elegy on Saint Columba (Colum Cille).

Independent, Aided Chon Roí

Amrae Chon Roí

verse

beg. Ní hada dom anmuin / apairt ro-m-nét

Án grian

verse

beg. Án grian

One of the rhymeless ‘Leinster poems’.

Anmchairdes Mancháin Léith

verse

28 st.

beg. Nech at-cobra dul ar nemh

Manchán of Lemanaghan

Manchán of Lemanaghan

Manchán mac Silláin, patron saint of Liath Mancháin (Lemanaghan, Co. Offaly)

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De causis torchi Corc' Óche

Ba mol Midend midlaige

verse

8 st.

beg. Ba mol Midend midlaige

Luccreth moccu Chíara

Luccreth moccu Chíara

(fl. 7th century)

early Irish poet

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Baeth buide

verse

beg. Baeth buide

One of the rhymeless ‘Leinster poems’.

Bran Find Femin

verse

beg. Bran Find Femin, fūath slūaig

Old Irish poem on Brand Find (d. 671), king of the Déisi.

Independent, Betha Brigte (Middle Irish)

Brigit bé bithmaith

verse

beg. Brigit bé bithmaith

Colum Cille

Colum Cille

(fl. 6th century)

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

See more (ascr.)Broccán clóen

Broccán clóen

(d. 650)

No short description available

See more (ascr.)three of Brigit's householdthree of Brigit's household

Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.

See more (ascr.)Brénainn of Clonfert

Brénainn of Clonfert

(d. 577)

Brénainn (Brenden; Brendan) mac Findloga, early Connacht saint, patron of Clonfert, and legendary voyager

See more (ascr.)Ultán of Ardbraccan

Ultán of Ardbraccan

(d. 657)

(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle)

Irish poet and saint, abbot at Ard Breccáin (Ardbraccan) in Co. Meath.

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Brigit búadach

verse

2 st.

beg. Brigit búadach

Two stanzas of an Old Irish poem in praise of St Brigit of Kildare. The stanzas are quoted, possibly from a longer poem which no longer survives, in the tract on versification known as Mittelirische Verslehren III and a short, closely related one in the Book of Leinster.

Brinna Ferchertne

verse

36 st.

beg. Atchīu dā choin ac congail

A rhymed poem about the death of Cú Roí, preserved as part of a version of Aided Chon Roí. In a dream-vision, the poet Ferchertne utters a prophecy of Cú Roí’s death.

Immram Brain

Caíni amra laisin m-Bran

verse

beg. Caíni amra laisin m-Bran

Can a mbunadus na nGáedel

verse

beg. Can a mbunadus na nGáedel?

Máel Muru Othna

Máel Muru Othna

(d. 887)

Early Irish poet and historian, who was apparently attached to the monastery of Othain (now Fahan, Inishowen barony, Co. Donegal), as his epithet suggests

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Cathair coem

verse

beg. Cathair coem

Lugair LánfileLugair Lánfile

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One of the rhymeless ‘Leinster poems’

Macgnímartha Find

Cétamon

verse

14 st.

beg. Cétemain, caín cucht

Old Irish poem on May-day, which offers images of the season of May in all its vivid glory, from the blackbirds and bees to the appearance of the trees. The poem is extant as a composition incorporated in a later text, Macgnímartha Find (‘The boyhood deeds of Finn’), where it is attributed to Finn as a demonstration of his poetic skills after he had learned the three arts of poetry (teinm láeda, im-us forosna and díchetal di chennaib).

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