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verse

9 st.

beg. A aos dána is aithnidh damh

Early Modern Irish grammatical poem (9 qq) on sealbhadh – here referring to conjugated forms of the copula and infixed pronouns – and its effects, primarily nasalisation, e.g. ‘the sealbhadh of b becomes m’ (line 5).

Early Modern Irish

A chros thall ar an dtulaigh

verse

39 st.

beg. A chros thall ar an dtulaigh

Ó Dálaigh (Gofraidh Fionn)

Ó Dálaigh (Gofraidh Fionn)

(d. 1387)

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

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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Medieval Irish elegiac poem attributed to Gofraidh Fionn Ó Dálaigh, in which the poet mourns the death of his young son Eoghan. References are made to Irish stories in which fathers, such as Cathbad or the Dagda, survive their son or restore their son to life.

Early Modern IrishCermaitThe DagdaCathbadÓ Dálaigh (Eoghan mac Gofraidh Fionn)

A-tá sonn sochar na ríogh

verse

beg. A-tá sonn sochar na ríogh

Ó Carthaigh (Aodh Ollbharr)

Ó Carthaigh (Aodh Ollbharr)

(fl. 12th or 15th century?)

Irish poet about whom little is known. A poem on the rights of Mac Diarmada of Magh Luirg, beg. A-tá sonn sochar na ríogh, is attributed to him, with the description ollamh of Crúachan, as is one beg. Tosach féile fairsinge, addressed to Tomaltach Mac Diarmada, although the latter may actually be the work of Torna Ó Maoil Chonaire. The evidence, slight as it is, might place him in 15th-century(?) Connacht and point to affiliations with the Meic Dhiarmada. An older suggestion is that he is to be identified with an earlier poet, the Aed ua Carthaig to whom the dinnshenchas poem on Mide is attributed in the Book of Leinster. This would fit in with the annnalistic evidence for Uí Carthaig ollamha of Connacht in the 11th and 12th centuries.

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Poem (22 qq in one MS) attributed to one Aodh Ollbharr Ó Carthaigh on the rights of Mac Diarmada and associated with the prose tract on the same subject, Sochar Mic Diarmada agus a chloinne.

Early Modern IrishMac Diarmada dynasty of Magh Luirg

Ceathrar do bhí ar uaigh an fhir

verse

6 st.

beg. Ceathrar do bhí ar uaigh an fhir

Early Modern IrishAlexander the Great

Comhardadh cionnas is cóir

verse

20 st.

beg. Comhardadh cionnas is cóir

Early Modern Irish

Dubh Rois do ba ríoghdha a mhais

verse

25 st.

beg. Dubh Rois do ba ríoghdha a mhais

Ó Dálaigh (Aonghus Fionn)

Ó Dálaigh (Aonghus Fionn)

(c.1548–c.1602)

also Aonghus Ó Dálaigh Fionn;

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Early Modern Irish poem in the form of an elegy uttered by Mis (in some manuscripts) and lamenting the death of Dub Ruis. It is attributed to Aonghus Fionn Ó Dálaigh.

Early Modern IrishDub RuisMis

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.

Late Middle IrishMac Murchada (Díarmait)

Feadha an oghaim aithnidh damh

verse

53 st.

beg. Feadha an oghaim aithnidh damh

Mac an Bháird (Gofraidh Fionn)Mac an Bháird (Gofraidh Fionn)

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Irish bardic poem (53qq) on the principles of rhyme in Irish poetry.

Early Modern Irish

Fúbún fúibh a shluagh Gaoidheal

verse

10 st.

beg. Fúbún fúibh, a shluagh Gaoidheal

Anonymous Irish poem composed perhaps in the mid-16th century, which puts shame on the Irish chieftains who abandoned native Gaelic culture in favour of accepting the privileges and cultural norms of the new Irish peerage.

Early Modern Irishsurrender and regrantÓ Domhnaill (Maghnus)Ó Briain (Murchadh)

Fuigeall beandacht brú Muiri

verse

37 st.

beg. Fuigeall beandacht brú Muiri

Gilla BrígdeGilla Brígde

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

See more (ascr.)Giolla Brighde Albanach

Giolla Brighde Albanach

(fl. 13th c., first half)

Scottish poet who became active in Connacht.

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Medieval Irish poem (37 qq) on the Holy Mary, ascribed to Gilla Brígde.

Early Modern Irish

Iomarbhágh na bhfileadh

verse

Early Modern Irish

Leabhar Branach

verse

A collection of bardic poetry written for and addressed to the Ó Broin (O’Byrne) chieftains of Co. Wicklow, the main sept of Gábhail Raghnaill. According to its modern editor, Seán Mac Airt, the “Leabhar Branach, apart from its linguistic value, is important in that it affords us some insight from an Irish standpoint into the life and fortunes of a sept bordering the Pale, during an interesting if unhappy era of our history” (vii).

Early Modern Irish

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.

Early Middle Irish

Mo chreach is mo léun thú

verse

beg. Mo chreach is mo léun thú, a Bhéul Átha na Cairrge

Irish poem lamenting the exile of Pilib mac Aodha Uí Raghallaigh in Spain after the Irish Confederate Wars.

Early Modern IrishexileIrish Confederate WarsÓ Raghallaigh (Pilib mac Aodha mic Sheáin mic Aodha Conallaigh)

Sa ráith-se rugadh Muire

verse

beg. Sa ráith-se rugadh Muire

Giolla Brighde Albanach

Giolla Brighde Albanach

(fl. 13th c., first half)

Scottish poet who became active in Connacht.

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Medieval Irish poem on the infancy of Christ.

Early Modern IrishMary ... mother of JesusJesus

Saoth liom do chor a Cholla

verse

28 st.

beg. Saoth liom do chor, a Cholla

Mac Muireadhaigh (Cathal)

Mac Muireadhaigh (Cathal)

(fl. first half of the 17th century)

Gaelic poet and scribe.

Poem (28 qq) by Cathal Mac Muireadhaigh, addressed to Colla Ciotach.

Seacht bpearsain fhichead uair mé

verse

beg. Seacht bpearsain fhichead uair mé

Irish bardic poem on the optative subjunctive (itche). It is atttested in a copy of Irish grammatical tracts III–IV.

Early Modern Irish

Tarrnig in seal-sa ag Síl Néill

verse

53 st.

beg. Tarrnig in seal-sa ag Síl Néill

Medieval Irish poem (53 qq) on a hunting expedition by the sons of Eochaid Mugmedón and their encounter with a hag who transforms into a beautiful woman, a story known from Echtra mac nEchach Muigmedóin. This is followed by her prophecy of kings from the Ó Conchubhair dynasty, beginning with Toirrdealbach and concluding with In Crobderg, who is readily identifiable as Cath Crobderg, king of Connacht (r. 1202–1224).

Late Middle IrishEarly Modern Irish

Tosach féile fairsinge

verse

beg. Tosach féile fairsinge

Ó Maoil Chonaire (Torna)

Ó Maoil Chonaire (Torna)

(ob. 1468)

Irish poet, ollamh of the Uí Chonchobhair.

Ó Maoil Chonaire (Torna)

Ó Maoil Chonaire (Torna)

(ob. 1468)

Irish poet, ollamh of the Uí Chonchobhair.

See more (ascr.)Ó Carthaigh (Aodh Ollbharr)

Ó Carthaigh (Aodh Ollbharr)

(fl. 12th or 15th century?)

Irish poet about whom little is known. A poem on the rights of Mac Diarmada of Magh Luirg, beg. A-tá sonn sochar na ríogh, is attributed to him, with the description ollamh of Crúachan, as is one beg. Tosach féile fairsinge, addressed to Tomaltach Mac Diarmada, although the latter may actually be the work of Torna Ó Maoil Chonaire. The evidence, slight as it is, might place him in 15th-century(?) Connacht and point to affiliations with the Meic Dhiarmada. An older suggestion is that he is to be identified with an earlier poet, the Aed ua Carthaig to whom the dinnshenchas poem on Mide is attributed in the Book of Leinster. This would fit in with the annnalistic evidence for Uí Carthaig ollamha of Connacht in the 11th and 12th centuries.

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Early Modern Irish

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