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Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Ochanverse
prose
beg. Déiccid ferta níthaig Néill
Cináed úa hArtacáin
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Cináed úa hArtacáin
(d. 975)
Middle Irish poet.
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Texts on a burial mound near Tara, relating a version of the death of Níall Noígiallach.
Ocht naoimh Iarmuman gan meirg
verse
27 st.
beg. Ocht naoimh Iarmuman gan meirg
Colum Cille
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Colum Cille
(fl. 6th century)
founder and abbot of Iona, Kells (Cenandas) and Derry (Daire).
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Óchtur Criathar cid diatá
verse
7 st.
beg. Óchtur Criathar cid diatá
Poem relating the dinnshenchas of Óchtur Criathar.
Ochtur táncamar anuas
verse
beg. Ochtur táncamar anuas
Oisín mac Finn
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Oisín mac Finn
(time-frame ass. with Finn Cycle, Finn mac Cumaill, Saint Patrick, Cormac mac Airt)
A fían-warrior, son of Finn, in the Finn Cycle of medieval Irish literature
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Poem attributed to Oisín.
Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Odbaprose
verse
6 st.
beg. Sund rohadnacht Odba úais
Text on the dinnshenchas of Odba.
Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Odrasprose
verse
17 st.
beg. Odras, úais ind ingen
Text on the dinnshenchas of Odras
Óengus crobderg cathach rí
verse
3 st.
beg. Óengus Crobderg / cathach rí
Versified genealogy (6 couplets) of Óengus Crobderg, chief of the ‘Éoganacht of Gabra’, i.e. Uí Chonaill Gabra branch of Uí Fhidgenti. It belongs to a group of genealogical poems that are attributed to Luccreth moccu Chíara.
Ogam il-lia, lia uas lecht
verse
beg. Ogam il-lia, lia uas lecht
Seven quatrains attributed to Oisín, on the battle of Gabair Aichle.
Oibind beith ar Beinn Edair
verse
24 st.
beg. Oibind beith ar Beinn Edair
Colum Cille
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Colum Cille
(fl. 6th century)
founder and abbot of Iona, Kells (Cenandas) and Derry (Daire).
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Middle Irish poem (24 qq) ascribed to Colum Cille, on Benn Étair.
Aided Diarmata meic Cerbaill I, Independent
Olc bith aromtháverse
beg. Olc bith aromthá
Becc mac Dé
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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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A verse prophecy attributed to the seer Becc mac Dé on evil things to come
Oráid ríghda réil d'Ó Néill nósmhar
verse
beg. Oráid ríghda réil d'Ó Néill nósmhar
Ó Siaghail (Eoghan Carrach)Ó Siaghail (Eoghan Carrach)
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Irish poem (22 lines), apparently in praise of Niall Connallach Ó Néill, which concludes the copy of Ó Domhnaill’s Life of Colum Cille in UCD MS Franciscan A 8.
Pátraicc Macha mártai Gaídil
verse
13 st.
beg. Pátraicc Macha mártai Gaídil
Middle Irish poem (13 st.) in praise of St Patrick.
Pecthach ar síl 'nar slúagaib
verse
43 st.
beg. Pecthach ar síl 'nar slúagaib
Ó Leannáin (Maelmhuire)Ó Leannáin (Maelmhuire)
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Religious Irish poem ascribed to Maelmhuire Ó Leannáin
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Port Láirgeverse
prose
beg. Fil sund áige do churp ríg
Dinnshenchas of Port Láirge (Waterford)
Prophecy of Berchán
verse
206 st.
beg. Aris biuc a mheic bic báin
BerchánBerchán
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Long political poem (206 qq).
The quarrel between Finn and Oisín
verse
beg. Is derb lem-sae, cia domaimse in fer líath
Poem cast as a dialogue between Finn and Oisín, with prose introduction and conclusion.
Immram curaig Mail Dúin
Ráisit d'inis nárbo dermarDinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Ráith Chnámrossaverse
prose
beg. Fail lim do Laignib cach ló
Dinnshenchas of Ráith Chnámrossa
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Ráith Crúachainverse
prose
beg. Estid a churu im Chrúachain
Dinnshenchas on Ráith Crúachain
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Ráith ÉsaDinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Ráith Mór Maige Lineprose
verse
3 st.
beg. Ráth Rogein a h-ainm riasin
Dinnshenchas of Ráith Mór in Mag Line (here olim Ráith Mór and Ráith Rogein).
Ránag i Rachrainn na rígh
verse
16 st.
beg. Ránag i Rachrainn na rígh
Medieval Irish poem (16 qq) concerning Colum Cille and the monastery of Rachra, presumably Lambay Island (off the coast of north Co. Dublin).
Reicne Fothaid Canainne
verse
49 st.
beg. A ben, náchamaicille
Old Irish poem, with later prose introduction.
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