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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.

Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B

Dinnshenchas of Dún mac Nechtain Scéne

prose

verse

2 st.

beg. Necht Inbir Scéne ro scaíl

Text on the dinnshenchas of Dún mac Nechtain Scéne.

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn B

Dinnshenchas of Dún Másc

verse

prose

10 st.

beg. Iarfaigid dím, comul ngle

Dinnshenchas of Dún Másc

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.

Dunta for nduan decid lib

verse

beg. Dunta for nduan decid lib

An Early Irish didactic poem (9 qq) on the topic of closing a poem. It is found at the end of the Book of Ballymote copy of Auraicept na n-éces.

Dúnta in tech i-táit na ríg

verse

12 st.

beg. Dúnta in tech i-táit na ríg

Ó Rónán (Flann)Ó Rónán (Flann)

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Medieval irish poem (12 qq) lamenting the death of Máelshechlainn II. It is attributed to one Flann Ó Rónán.

Easbach díoth Diarmada Duirghean

verse

7 st.

beg. Easbach díoth Diarmada Duirghean

An Irish bardic elegiac poem on Díarmait Mac Murchada. Only seven quatrains are extant, having been copied into an erased space of the Book of Leinster, but left incomplete. The purpose of the poem seems to be stated in the third quatrain, in which the poet sets out to enumerate every territory (gort) and every hostage (giall) that belonged to Díarmait, suggesting that the full poem would have been a caithréim or catalogue of his victories.

Echta Lagen for Leth Cuind

verse

beg. Echta Lagen for Leth Cuind

Eclais Dé bí

verse

4 st.

beg. Eclais Dé bí

Fothud na Canóine

Fothud (or Fothad)

(d. 819)

early Irish poet who was attached to the church of Othain (now Fahan, Inishowen barony, Co. Donegal)

Eineach úaisle ná gach dán

verse

8 st.

beg. Eineach úaisle ná gach dán

Colum Cille

Colum Cille

(fl. 6th century)

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

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Einecland na trí secht ngrád

verse

18 st.

Ó Duibh Dá Bhoireann (Muirghius)Ó Duibh Dá Bhoireann (Muirghius)

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Irish poem attributed to Muirgius Ó Duibh Dá Bhoireann, on the honour-price due to the seven lay and ecclesiastical grades.

Éirigh cumm na h-iarméirge

verse

6 st.

beg. Éirigh cumm na h-íarméirge

Colum Cille

Colum Cille

(fl. 6th century)

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

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Irish poem (6 qq) attributed to Colum Cille.

Eist rim a meic Cuanach

verse

beg. Éist rim, a meic Cúanach

Colum Cille

Colum Cille

(fl. 6th century)

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

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Irish poem (13 stt.) attributed to Colum Cille and addressed to Baíthín mac Cúanach, a saint associated with Tech Baithín/Tagboyne, Co. Westmeath.

Eistea frim a Baithín buain

verse

66 st.

beg. Éistea frim, a Baíthín búain

Colum Cille

Colum Cille

(fl. 6th century)

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

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An Irish prophecy in verse (66 stt in two of the earliest versions), attributed to Colum Cille and addressed to his successor, Baíthín.

Emain álainn árus Ulad

verse

beg. Emain álainn árus Ulad

Úa Sesnáin (Colmán)Úa Sesnáin (Colmán)

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Irish poem attributed to Colmán Úa Sesnáin on the prehistoric kings who ruled in Emain Macha, from Conchobar mac Nessa onwards.

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

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C

Dinnshenchas of Eó Rossa and other trees

prose

verse

beg. Cia dorochair Cráeb Dá Thí

Tract on the dinnshenchas of five special trees of Ireland: the yew of Ross (Eó Rossa), the Yew of Mag Mugna (Eó Mugna), the Tree of Belach Dathí (Bile Dathí or Cráeb Belaig Dathi), the Tree of Tortu (Bile Tortain) and the Tree or Ash of Uisnech (Cráeb or Unnius Uisnig).

Eochair chéille coistecht

verse

12 st.

beg. Eochair chéille coistecht

Cormac mac Cuilennáin

Cormac mac Cuilennáin

(d. 908)

bishop and king of Munster

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Poem ascribed to Cormac mac Cuilennáin, which consists primarily of a list of gnomic formulas beginning with the word eochair (‘key’ in a metaphorical sense).

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.

Eol dam aided, erctha gním

verse

8 st.

beg. Eol dam aided, erctha gním

Poem on the deaths of the seven Maines, sons of Medb and Ailill.

Laídshenchas Laigen

Eol dam i ndairib dréchta

verse

43 st.

beg. Eol dam i ndairib dréchta

Flann mac Máel Máedóc

Flann mac Máel Máedóc

(fl. 10th century)

early Irish poet, son of Máel Máedoc mac Díarmata

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Poem on the battles of the Leinstermen and the heroes who fell at their hands

Eól dam seiser cloinne Cuinn

verse

50 st.

beg. Eól dam seiser cloinne Cuinn

Néide ua MaolchonaireNéide ua Maolchonaire

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Ó Dálaigh (Aonghus Fionn)

Ó Dálaigh (Aonghus Fionn)

(c.1548–c.1602)

also Aonghus Ó Dálaigh Fionn;

See more (ascr.)Néide ua MaolchonaireNéide ua Maolchonaire

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Praise poem tracing the descent of Toirrdelbach Ua Conchobair to Conn Cétchathach.

Éri íarthar talman torthig

verse

121 st.

beg. Éri íarthar talman torthig

Úa Duinn (Gilla na Náem)

Úa Duinn (Gilla na Náem)

(d. c. 1160)

Irish scholar and poet who was attached to the monastery of Inis Clothrann, now Inchcleraun (Island), in Lough Ree.

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A long poem (121 qq) giving a précis of the Dinnshenchas Érenn and included at the end of the version of that collection in the Book of Uí Maine. The last stanza attributes the poem to Gilla na Náem Úa Duinn and gives the year 1166.

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