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Búaid Cuinn rígróit rogaidi

verse

beg. Búaid Cuinn, rígróit rogaidi

Fíngen mac Luchta

Fíngen mac Luchta

(time-frame ass. with Conn Cétchathach, Fedlimid Rechtaid)

In Airne Fíngein (‘Fíngen's vigil’), a prince (rígdomna) of Munster, who stands on top of Druim Fíngin one Samain night when he meets Rothníam, a woman of the síd, and through her learns of a series of wonders associated with the birth of Conn Cétchathach.

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Early Irish poem attributed to Fíngen mac Luchta on the wonders (búada) he witnessed surrounding the birth of Conn Cétchatach. The poem is attested in the context of the prose Dinnshenchas of Slige Dála, on the five chief roads out from Tara.

Búaidh crábuidh, búaidh n-ailithre

verse

4 st.

beg. Búaidh crábuidh, búaidh n-ailithre

Ua Brolcháin (Máel Ísu)

Ua Brolcháin (Máel Ísu)

(d. (c.) 1086)

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Early Irish poem attributed to Máel Ísu (Ua Brolcháin).

Cá lín trícha i nÉrinn áin

verse

beg. Cá lín trícha i nÉrinn áin

Poem on the trícha cét (or triúcha) and subdivisions of Ireland

Cá méd fhocal féghtar lend

verse

beg. Cá méd fhocal féghtar lend

Irish poem (28qq) on pronouns and prepositions.

Cáineadh Whaley

verse

beg. Créd an tocht nó an sprocht so ar Ghaodhlaibh?

Ó Dálaigh (Fear Dorcha)

Ó Dálaigh (Fear Dorcha)

(fl. late 17th c.)

Irish poet based in Dublin, son of Cormac Ó Dálaigh; known for an Irish poem which vilifies astrologer John Walley.

Irish poem composed in 1701 by Fear Dorcha Ó Dálaigh as a lampoon on Dublin astrologer and almanac-maker John Whalley.

Immram Brain

Caíni amra laisin m-Bran

verse

beg. Caíni amra laisin m-Bran

Cainnech mo chomarci

verse

7 st.

beg. Cainnech mo chomarci

Colum Cille

Colum Cille

(fl. 6th century)

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

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Early Irish poem (7st in ochtfhoclach) representing a eulogy by Colum Cille for Cainnech.

Caiseal cathair Chlann Mogha

verse

75 st.

beg. Caiseal cathair Chlann Mogha

Ó Dubhagáin (Seaán Mór)

Ó Dubhagáin (Seaán Mór)

(d. 1372)

Irish poet and historian.

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A list of kings of Munster in versified form (75 qq), attributed to Seaán Ó Dubhagáin.

Caisil atcondarc ane

verse

beg. Caisil atcondarc ane

A brief poem about the history of Cashel

The caldron of poesy

verse

beg. Moí coire coir Goiriath

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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Caomh Colum cáidh ciuin cubaid cobsaid

verse

6 st.

beg. Caomh Colum cáidh ciuin cubaid cobsaid

Mongán mac Fiachnai

Mongán mac Fíachnai

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Carais Páttraicc phuirt Macha

verse

beg. Carais Páttraicc phuirt Macha

Middle Irish poem on the virtues of the saints of Ireland, attributed to Cuimíne of Condere (Connor, Co. Antrim).

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C

Dinnshenchas of Carman

prose

verse

beg. Eistid, a Laigniu nal-lecht

Fulartach

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 Carman.

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C

Dinnshenchas of Carn Conaill

prose

verse

beg. Findaid in senchas diatá

Mac Líacc [Muirchertach]

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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Dinnshenchas poem on Carn Conaill

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C

Dinnshenchas of Carn Feradaig

verse

prose

beg. In carn-sa atchíu co ndechair

Dinnshenchas of Carn Feradaig, “probably Cahirnarry, Limerick” (Gwynn).

Carn Fraoich soitheach na saorchlann

verse

105 st.

beg. Carn Fraoich soitheach na saorchlann

Early Modern Irish poem relating traditions around the tale of Táin bó Fraích.

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B

Dinnshenchas of Carn Furbaide

prose

verse

beg. Atá sund Carn uí Chathbath

Cuán ua LothcháinCuán ua Lothcháin

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Poem on the dinnshenchas of Carn Furbaide (near Granard), also known as Carn Uí Chathbath.

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B

Dinnshenchas of Carn Máil

prose

verse

35 st.

beg. Óebind a tarla ar m' aire

Dinnshenchas of Carn Máil

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B

Dinnshenchas of Carn Uí Néit

verse

prose

beg. Lecht Bressi co mbúada

Tract on the dinnshenchas of Carn Uí Néit. It tells of a fight between Lug (of the Túatha Dé) and Bres son of Elatha (of the Fomoire).

Cath tucastar Crimthann

verse

23 st.

beg. Cath tucastar Crimthann

Dubthach maccu Lugair

Dubthach maccu Lugair

(supp. fl. 432)

Legendary Irish poet and legal expert, who plays an important role in the pseudo-historical prologue to the Senchas Már.

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Early Irish poem attributed to Dubthach maccu Lugair.

Cathair cenn cóicid Banba

verse

66 st.

beg. Cathaír cenn cóicid Banba

Eochaid ua Céirín

Eochaid (Eolach) úa Céirín

(fl. 11th century?)

Middle Irish poet

Eochaid ua Céirín

Eochaid (Eolach) úa Céirín

(fl. 11th century?)

Middle Irish poet

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Middle Irish poem which gives a version of the tale known in prose form as Esnada tige Buchet.

Cathair Chiaráin Cluain meic Nóis

verse

19 st.

beg. Cathair Chiaráin Cluain meic Nóis

Ó Gilláin (Enóg)Ó Gilláin (Enóg)

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A medieval Irish poem on the kings interred at Clonmacnoise.

Cathair coem

verse

beg. Cathair coem

Lugair LánfileLugair Lánfile

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One of the rhymeless ‘Leinster poems’

Ceathrar do bhí ar uaigh an fhir

verse

6 st.

beg. Ceathrar do bhí ar uaigh an fhir

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