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Loch Febail Coluim Cille

verse

17 st.

beg. Loch Febail Coluim Cille

Baíthín of Taghboyne

Baíthín of Taghboyne

(fl. 6th/7th century?)

Baíthín mac Cúanach, saint associated with Tech Baithín/Taghboyne, Co. Westmeath, and said to belong to the Cenél Énda. According to Pádraig Ó Riain, he is ultimately identical with Baíthín/Baíthéne mac Brénainn, Colum Cille’s successor in Iona.

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Irish poem (17 qq) attributed to Baíthín mac Cúanach (i.e. of Tech Baithín/Taghboyne).

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B

Dinnshenchas of Loch Garman

verse

prose

beg. Rí na loch in loch-sa thess

Eochaid ua Céirín

Eochaid (Eolach) úa Céirín

(fl. 11th century?)

Middle Irish poet

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Text, in prose and verse, on the dinnshenchas of Loch Garman.

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B

Dinnshenchas of Loch Léin

verse

prose

beg. Dlegair do lind Locha Léin

Dinnshenchas of Loch Léin

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B

Dinnshenchas of Loch Néill

prose

verse

beg. Lúadim Loch Néil, násad nglé

Dinnshenchas of Loch Néill

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C

Dinnshenchas of Loch Rí

prose

verse

27 st.

beg. In lind-se lúadit ethair

Dinnshenchas of Loch Rí

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B

Dinnshenchas of Loch Ríach

prose

verse

beg. Loch Ríach, cá Ríach asa loch?

Dinnshenchas of Loch Ríach

Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B

Dinnshenchas of Loch Séta

prose

verse

3 st.

beg. Sund robáided in sét sen

Text on the dinnshenchas of Loch Séta

Longas Inbir Domnann

verse

27 st.

beg. Longas Inbir Domnann

Colum Cille

Colum Cille

(fl. 6th century)

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

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Irish poem (27 qq) attributed to Colum Cille, which prophesies the arrival of a large fleet of foreign invaders at Inber Domnann (Malahide Bay, north Co. Dublin) before Judgment Day.

Lorcán lasadh isan áth

verse

beg. Lorcán lasadh isan áth

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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Lug scéith

verse

beg. Lug scéith scal find

One of the rhymeless ‘Leinster poems’

Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B

Dinnshenchas of Luibnech

prose

verse

4 st.

beg. Sund rocoscrad in cétach

Text on the dinnshenchas of Luibnech.

Luid Iason ina luing lóir

verse

beg. Luid Iason ina luing lóir

Flann Mainistrech

Flann Mainistrech

(d. 1056)

Middle Irish poet ass. with Monasterboice (Mainistir Buite)

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Medieval Irish poem attributed to Flann Mainistrech on the destruction of Troy. Mac Eoin believed it to have been based on a prose text concerning the Trojan war but not a text of Togail Troí as we know it today.

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B

Dinnshenchas of Luimnech

verse

prose

beg. A fir fadlas sós na sen

Dinnshenchas of Luimnech

Independent, Tromdámh Guaire, Dinnshenchas Érenn A

Dinnshenchas of Lumman Tige Srafáin

verse

prose

beg. Dubgilla dub-airm n-aisse

Dallán Forgaill

Dallán Forgaill

(fl. 597)

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

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Poem in praise of Aodh’s shield.

M'airiuclán h-i Túaim Inbir

verse

beg. M'airiuclán h-i Túaim Inbir

Suibne Geilt

Suibne Geilt

(supp. fl. 6th/7th century)

A king of Dál nAraide who figures most prominently in the tale Buile Shuibhne.

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M'oenurán dam isin sliabh

verse

11 st.;17 st.

beg. M’óenurán dam isin slíabh

Colum Cille

Colum Cille

(fl. 6th century)

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

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M'óenurán im aireclán

verse

beg. M'óenurán im aireclán

Críth gablach

Ma be rí rofesser recht flatho

verse

beg. Mad bé ríg rofessir recht flatha

Legal poem cited at the end of Críth gablach. It numbers 104 lines in Binchy’s edition.

Madh fiafraidheach budh feasach

verse

54 st.

beg. Madh fiafraidheach budh feasach

Ó Dálaigh (Gofraidh Fionn)

Ó Dálaigh (Gofraidh Fionn)

(d. 1387)

also Gofraidh Ó Dálaigh Fionn; Irish bardic poet of the Ó Dálaigh family

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Long Irish bardic poem by Gofraidh Fionn Ó Dálaigh offering advice on the use of grammar.

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B

Dinnshenchas of Mag nAidne

verse

prose

beg. Mag nAidni, co muriur mag

Dinnshenchas on Mag nAidne

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C

Dinnshenchas of Mag Dá Gési

verse

prose

beg. In lia notheilginn do grés

Finn mac Cumaill

Finn mac Cumaill (Find úa Báiscni)

(time-frame ass. with Finn Cycle, Finn mac Cumaill, Cormac mac Airt)

Finn mac Cumaill (earlier mac Umaill?), Find úa Báiscni: central hero in medieval Irish and Scottish literature of the so-called Finn Cycle; warrior-hunter and leader of a fían

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Dinnshenchas of Mag Dá Gési (Mag Dá Géise).

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B

Dinnshenchas of Mag Femin I

verse

prose

beg. Femen ocus Fera find

Text on the dinnshenchas of Mag Femin (Mag Femen).

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C

Dinnshenchas of Mag Femin II

verse

prose

Poem on the dinnshenchas of Mag Femin. In the Book of Leinster version, the poem is presented as a dialogue between the poets Cuimíne and Mac Dá Cherda.

Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B

Dinnshenchas of Mag Findabrach

prose

verse

7 st.

beg. Diambad mé nothecmad tair

Text on the dinnshenchas of Mag Findabrach

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C

Dinnshenchas of Mag Life

verse

prose

beg. Life luchair, leór do blaid