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Gébaid a ainm dim anmaim-se

verse

beg. Gébaid a ainm dim anmaim-se

Colum Cille

Colum Cille

(fl. 6th century)

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

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Early Irish prophetic poem attributed to Colum Cille

Gebé benus a dhubhthaig

verse

3 st.

beg. Gebé benus, a dhubhthaig

Colum Cille

Colum Cille

(fl. 6th century)

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

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Medieval Irish poem (3 qq) attributed to Colum Cille.

Acallam na senórach

Géisid cúan

verse

beg. Géisid cúan

Gid luath gac gadur glan gle

verse

3 st.

beg. Gid luath go gadur glan gle

Brief Irish poem (3 qq), with prose preface.

Dinnshenchas Érenn C supplement

Dinnshenchas of Glaise Bulga

prose

verse

1 st.

beg. Glais-ben, ingen Deadhadh Deirg

Text on the dinnshenchas of Glaisse Bulga

Gnímhradha in sheseadh lái láin

verse

63 st.

beg. Gnímhradha in sheseadh lái láin

Góedel Glas ó tát Goídil

verse

beg. Góedel Glas ó tát Goídil

Gilla Cóemáin

Gilla Cóemáin

(fl. 1072)

Middle Irish poet

Gilla Cóemáin

Gilla Cóemáin

(fl. 1072)

Middle Irish poet

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Grádha fileadh fégtar lind

verse

18 st.

beg. Grádha fileadh fégtar lind

Irish poem (18 qq) on the seven grades of poets (filid). It is one of several prose and verse texts on the subject that ultimately derive from the Uraicecht becc.

Guidium mac Feidelmid

verse

9 st.

beg. Guidium mac Feidelmid

CainnechCainnech

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

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A prayer in verse attributed to Cainnech and addressed to Colum Cille.

He amae fet gae geir

verse

1 st.

beg. He amae fet gae geir

Cú Roí

Cú Roí (mac Dáiri)

(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle)

Warrior and king of Munster in tales of the Ulster Cycle.

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An Irish quatrain said to have been uttered by Cú Roí before he was slain: CuRu[í] ro chan in so in la ro marbad [attribution]: He amae fet gae geir / Osnad mór mórmaic Neill: / Muin ar mug, run do mnai, / mairg dogni cechtar n-ai (transcription by Meyer), “CuRui had dieses gesungen, da er getötet wurde: O weh! Sausen des scharfen Speers! / Heftiges Aufstöhnen von Niall’s grossem Sohn! / Ein Juwel einem Knecht (anvertrauen), ein Geheimnis einer Frau – / Wehe dem, der beides tut!” (German translation by Thurneysen).

Hériu ard inis na rríg

verse

beg. Hériu ard inis na rríg

Gilla Cóemáin

Gilla Cóemáin

(fl. 1072)

Middle Irish poet

Gilla Cóemáin

Gilla Cóemáin

(fl. 1072)

Middle Irish poet

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Hi ccathraigh in t-oirnidhe

verse

17 st.

beg. Hi ccathraigh in t-oirnidhe

PatriníPatriní

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Irish poem on the kings interred at Clonmacnoise.

Hymn of Fíacc (Génair Pátraic)

verse

beg. Génair Pátraicc i nNemthur

Fíacc of Sletty

Fíacc of Sletty

(supp. fl. 5th century)

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

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Old Irish hymn attributed to Patrick’s pupil Fíacc of Sléibte (Sletty, Co. Laois).

Iarfaiged nech acaib dam

verse

beg. Iarfaiged nech acaib dam

Cormac mac Cuilennáin

Cormac mac Cuilennáin

(d. 908)

bishop and king of Munster

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Dinnshenchas poem which explains the name of the ‘Yew of the Disputing Sons’ (Ibar mac nAngciss) with reference to the cause of the Battle of Mag Mucrama. 35 stanzas.

Imbu maccán cóic blíadnae

verse

48 st.

beg. Imbu maccán cóic blíadnae

Old Irish metrical version (48 qq) of the Infancy Gospel of Thomas, which is preserved in a late manuscript (NLI MS G 50) only. It relates a number of deeds which Jesus is supposed to have performed as an infant, such as the creation of sparrows out of clay, his encounters with boys thwarting him, his revelations to the scholar Zacharias and various miracles. The Irish poem may have been based on an Old Latin version, which ultimately goes back to a Greek or Syriac text.

Dinnshenchas of Temair (prose)

In chetbean luid i n-uaigh uair

verse

1 st.

beg. In chetbean luid i n-uaigh uair

In chloch fors' tát mo dí sháil

verse

1 st.

beg. In chloch fors’ tát mo dí sháil

Cináed úa hArtacáin

Cináed úa hArtacáin

(d. 975)

Middle Irish poet.

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A Middle Irish poem attributed to Cináed úa hArtacáin, of which one quatrain on the Lía Fáil in Tara is preserved in recensions of the Lebor gabála Érenn.

In clocán-sa na ríg ruad

verse

32 st.

beg. In clocán-sa na ríg ruad

Poem on the bell of Éimíne of Ros Glaise. In the manuscripts the poem is typically found in conjunction with the prose tale Cáin Éimíne Báin.

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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In matra cia beith do gairbe a gotha

verse

4 st.

beg. In matra, cia beith do gairbe a gotha

Feidlimid mac Crimthainn

Feidlimid mac Crimthainn

(d. 847)

king of Munster

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Early Irish poem (4qq) attributed to Feidlimid mac Crimthainn, to which is appended a brief note in prose.

In Spirut nóeb immun

verse

3 st.

beg. In Spirut nóeb immun

Ua Brolcháin (Máel Ísu)

Ua Brolcháin (Máel Ísu)

(d. (c.) 1086)

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In trá is Foich nó is Beach

verse

1 st.

beg. In trá is Foich nó is Beach

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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A single quatrain preserved in a genealogical tract in the Book of Ballymote and here attributed to Mac Liag.

Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B

Dinnshenchas of Inber mBicne

prose

verse

3 st.

beg. Aided Bicni, báid dia fail

Text on the dinnshenchas of Inber mBicne

Inganta Éirend uile

verse

15 st.

beg. Inganta Éirend uile

Middle Irish poem on the wonders of Ireland

Iniu feras Bruide cath

verse

beg. Iniu feras Bruide cath

Riaguil of Bennchor

Riaguil of Bennchor

(fl. 8th/9th century?)

The name ‘Riaguil of Bennchor’, suggesting a religious associated with the monastery of Bennchor (Bangor, Co. Down), is attested for: (1) a saint commemorated in the martyrologies of Tallaght and Donegal under 11 June, and (2) a poet to whom a couple of verses on the battle of Dún Nechtain (685) are attributed. Although the first name, presumably a monastic name, is relatively rare, it is possible but by no means certain that they refer to the same person.

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Brief poem (3 st.) on a battle fought by Bruide against an unnamed son of Oswiu (mac Os(s)a), which is usually identified as the battle of Dún Nechtain (685), in which Bruide mac Bile (Bridei III), king of the Picts, defeated the Northumbrians and King Ecgfrith, son of Oswiu, was slain. The poem is found in the Fragmentary annals of Ireland, where it is attributed to one Riaguil of Bangor and given in the context of the death of Flann Fína, i.e. Aldfrith, king of Northumbria, apparently in the erroneous understanding that ‘Oswiu’s son’ is intended to refer to him rather than his half-brother and predecessor Ecgwin. A note in the left margin seeks to support this interpretation by identifying Bruide as Aldfrith’s contemporary Bruide mac Deril (i.e. B. mac Der-Ilei, Bridei IV).

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