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Dinnshenchas Érenn A

Dinnshenchas of Róiriu in Uí Failge

verse

3 st.

beg. Nímutanic ó thír thend

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 Róiriu in Uí Failge (Róiriu i nUíb Failge).

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C

Dinnshenchas of Róiriu in Uí Muiredaig

verse

prose

beg. Fail folach ós grían cen gái

Dinnshenchas of Róiriu in in Uí Muiredaig (Róiriu i nUíb Muiredaig)

Sanas Cormaic

Sanas Cormaic/Rincne

prose

beg. Rin(g)cne quasi quinque

Entry for ‘rincne’ in Sanas Cormaic, with an anecdote about Ferchess, Mac Con and Finn úa Báiscni.

Agallamh Oisín agus Phádraig

Seilg Sléibhe Fuaid

verse

190 st.

beg. Lá dá raibh Fionn sa shlóighte

Agallamh Oisín agus Phádraig

Seilg Sléibhe gCuilinn

verse

81 st.

Duanaire Finn

Seilg Sléibhe na mBan

verse

17 st.

beg. Lá da ndechaidh Fionn na bfían

Duanaire Finn

Sgéla catha Cruinn Mhóna

verse

69 st.

beg. Sgéla catha Cruinn Mhóna

Duanaire Finn

Sgriobh sin a Bhrógain sgribhinn (I)

verse

18 st.

beg. Sgriobh sin a Bhrógain sgribhinn

Duanaire Finn

Sgríobh sin a Bhrogáin sgribhinn (II)

verse

47 st.

beg. Sgríobh sin a Brogáin sgribhinn

Duanaire Finn

Siothaí Cháilti cía ros fúair

verse

117 st.

beg. Siothaí Cháilti cía ros fúair

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C supplement

Dinnshenchas of Snám Dá Én

prose

verse

beg. Snám Da Én, na éoin diatá

Prose tract and poem giving two versions of the dinnshenchas of Snám Dá Én. The first story also explains the origin of the names of Áth Lúain, Móin Tíre Náir and Mag nEstin.

Téighim ann do shúr na n-íath

verse

list

beg. Téighim ann do shúr (na) n-íath

A poem found in Agallamh na seanórach, where it is attributed to Cáilte. The poem is largely a topographical catalogue of birds and beasts from all over Ireland, which are pairs of wild animals collected by Caílte as a ransom for Finn, who is imprisoned by Cormac mac Airt, king of Tara.

Tesmolta Cormaic ocus aided Finn

form undefined

Dinnshenchas Érenn C supplement

Dinnshenchas of Tipra Brothlaige

prose

verse

1 st.

beg. Tucsad cend Dornmáir dhaltaidh

Text on the dinnshenchas of Tipra Brothlaige

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C

Dinnshenchas of Tipra Sengarmna

prose

verse

beg. Tipra Sen-Garmna fo a snas

Fergus Fínbél

Fergus Fínbél

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

In tales of the Finn Cycle, a poet in the retinue of Finn mac Cumaill, sometimes identified as a son of a certain Finn.

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Text on the dinnshenchas of Tipra Sengarmna.

Tochmarc Ailbe

prose

prosimetrum

Early Irish prosimetric text which relates the story how an aging Finn mac Cumaill wooed Ailbe Grúadbrecc, daughter of Cormac mac Airt. A significant part of the text is taken up by their conversations, which involve a series of riddles and verbal games that establish their mental and intellectual complementarity.

Tóiteán Tighe Fhinn

verse

69 st.

beg. Truagh annsin a láithrech lis

A ballad about a tragic event and its aftermath in Fenian tradition. It relates how Garad mac Morna burnt to death the wives of the fían-warriors in Finn's house and how he was afterwards slain by his son Aod.

Acallam na senórach, Dinnshenchas Érenn C

Dinnshenchas of Tonn Chlidna I

verse

beg. Clidna Cheindfhind, búan in bét

Poem on the dinnshenchas of Tond Clidna, attributed to Caílte.

Tóruigheacht Dhiarmada agus Ghráinne

prose

Duanaire Finn

Tríar láoch do chúadhmor do sheilg

verse

3 st.

beg. Tríar láoch do chúadhmor do sheilg

Duanaire Finn

Trúag sin a Chaílte a chara

verse

3 st.

beg. Trúag sin a Chaílte a chara

Tucait fagbála in fessa do Finn ocus marbad Cuil Duib

form undefined

Tuilsitir mo derca súain

verse

beg. Tuilsitir mo derca súain

Oisín mac Finn

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 on the boar of Muir Talláin, ascribed to Oisín.

Acallam na senórach

Turus acam Día h-Aíne

verse

beg. Turus acam Día h-Aíne

Úath Beinne Étair

prose

Short Fenian prose tale, with poem. It recounts how Diarmait, who is persecuted by Finn for having carried off Gráinne, daughter of Cormac mac Airt, the King of Ireland, takes refuge in a cave in the Hill of Howth and is betrayed by an old woman.

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