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A uad Fiachrach dar dhiall goil

verse

34 st.

beg. A uad Fiachrach dar dhiall goil

Urard mac Coise

Urard mac Coise

(d. 983 x 1023)

Irish poet

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Medieval Irish poem which survives as an acephalous copy of 34 qq in the Book of Uí Mhaine (RIA MS D ii 1). The extant part deals with the exploits of Nath Í (Dathí) mac Fíachrach and the final quatrain contains an attribution to Mac Coisi.

Dinnshenchas Érenn C

Dinnshenchas of Almu II

verse

4 st.

beg. Almu robo cháem dia cois

Dinnshenchas poem on Almu (the Hill of Allen, Co. Kildare).

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C

Dinnshenchas of Áth Clíath Cúalann

verse

prose

beg. Ath Clíath fégaid lib colléic

Dinnshenchas of Áth Clíath Cúalann

Augaine Már mac ríg hÉrend

verse

7 st.

beg. Augaine Már mac ríg hÉrend

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C

Dinnshenchas of Bairend Chermain

verse

prose

beg. Bairend Chermain cid diatá

Dinnshenchas of Bairend Chermain. Gwynn suggests that “The name of this place is preserved by the river Burren in Co. Carlow”.

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C

Dinnshenchas of Belach Conglais

verse

prose

beg. Rochúala seilgg, srethaib gal

Dinnshenchas of Belach Conglais

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C

Dinnshenchas of Belach nDúirgein

verse

prose

beg. Durgen fúair ingir cech aird

Dinnshenchas of Belach nDúirgein (Road of Dúrgen, unidentified)

Ben romarbsat fir Gaba

verse

4 st.

beg. Ben romarbsat fir Gaba

Poem on the war fought by Benjamin’s tribe against other children of Israel (Judges 19-20).

Bronaig Conailli indiu

verse

4 st.

beg. Bronaig Conailli indiu

GaborchennGaborchenn

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Early Irish poem, 4 qq of which are quoted in the Annals of Ulster, in an entry sub anno 688 concerning the battle of Imlech Pich. The poem, here attributed to one Gabaircenn or Gaborchenn, laments the deaths of two leaders on the side of the Conailli, Dub Da Inber and Uarchride. On the grounds that quatrains 2-3 are metrically distinct from 1 and 4, Kuno Meyer expressed doubt if all four quatrains originally belonged together.

Cath Maige Tuired, Sanas Cormaic, Commentary on the Amra Choluim Chille, O'Davoren's glossary, Ind áer-sin do-rigne Cairpre mac Etaine do Bres mac Elathan, Bretha nemed dédenach

Cen cholt for crib cernine

verse

beg. Cen cholt for crib cernine

A quatrain of verse purporting to represent the first satire in Ireland.

Cétbriathra Bic meic Dé

verse

beg. Ailech cen gíall, Temair hi tráig

Becc mac Dé

Becc mac Dé

(d. 550s)

legendary seer, best known from literary sources as an Irish prophet associated with Díarmait mac Cerbaill

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An Irish poem about the downfall of Ireland. The prose introduction explains it as a poem about the end of the world, representing the first words uttered by the prophet Becc mac Dé after his birth.

Cethri meic Airtt Mis-Telmann

verse

3 st.

beg. Cethri meic Airtt Mis-Telmann

Short poem (3qq) on the four sons of Art Mes Telmann.

Deichen mac don Daghdha dian

verse

6 st.

beg. Deichen mac don Daghdha dian

A brief Irish poem (6 qq) about Deichen, son of the Dagda. Details of the story suggest a merging of two characters from Irish tradition: (1) Deichen in certain narrative developments of an Irish triad about the three things that constitute a blacksmith (originally from the Bretha nemed), two of which are associated with the Dagda and the Morrígan; and (2) the Meche or Meiche who is featured in the dinnshenchas of the river Barrow (in one version of this text, Meiche is identified as a son of the Morrígan and the Dagda; in another, at least of the Morrígan).

Dinnshenchas Érenn A

verse

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C

Dinnshenchas of Dún nGabail

verse

prose

beg. Tochmarc ingine Guill glais

Dinnshenchas of Dún nGabail in Cuthraige on the Liffey.

Echta Lagen for Leth Cuind

verse

beg. Echta Lagen for Leth Cuind

Flann for Éirinn

verse

beg. Flann for Éirinn

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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Praise poem for Flann Sinna mac Maíle Sechnaill, who is addressed as ‘king of Tara’.

In mac ndíaid a athar a nArd Mauchai

verse

beg. In mac ndíaid a athar a nArd Mauchai

Becc mac Dé

Becc mac Dé

(d. 550s)

legendary seer, best known from literary sources as an Irish prophet associated with Díarmait mac Cerbaill

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Inmain tríar táed ann

verse

beg. Inmain tríar táed ann

Etchén of ClonfadEtchén of Clonfad

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Medieval Irish poem (13 qq) concerning the ‘three Colmáns’, including Colmán mac Lúacháin, patron of Lann (Lynn, Co. Westmeath), attributed to bishop Etchen.

Is é mo shámud re mnaí

verse

2 st.

beg. Is é mo shámud re mnaí

Scandlán Mór [poet]

Scandlán Mór ... poet

(fl. Middle Irish period?)

Irish poet to whom a Middle Irish love poem, beg. Is é mo shámud re mnái, is attributed. Nothing further is known of him.

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Brief Middle Irish poem (2 qq) atttributed to a certain Scandlán Mór.

Is saoth lem in t-aos léigind

verse

4 st.

beg. Is saoth lem in t-aos léigind

Poem of 4 quatrains.

Mochean do teacht a leabhair

verse

104 st.

beg. Mochean do teacht, a leabhair

Cormac mac Cuilennáin

Cormac mac Cuilennáin

(d. 908)

bishop and king of Munster

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Medieval Irish poem (104 qq) attributed to Cormac mac Cuilennáin, relating how Constantine, king of Greece, eloped with Solomon’s wife.

Mór do ingantu do-gní

verse

2 st.

beg. Mór do ingantu do-gní

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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Two elegiac stanzas attributed to Adomnán and preserved in his Irish Life.

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C

Dinnshenchas of Nás

verse

prose

beg. Rúadri mac Aitte na n-ell

Mac Nía mac Óengusso

Mac Nía mac Óengusso

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Mac Nía