Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Mag Findabrachprose
verse
7 st.
beg. Diambad mé nothecmad tair
Text on the dinnshenchas of Mag Findabrach
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Mag Lifeverse
prose
beg. Life luchair, leór do blaid
Dinnshenchas of Mag Life
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Mag Luirgprose
verse
9 st.
beg. Is eól dam im threbthas tó
Dinnshenchas of Mag Luirg
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Mag Mucramaprose
verse
10 st.
beg. Mag Mucrime molas cách
Dinnshenchas of Mag Mucrama
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Mag Muirisceprose
verse
13 st.
beg. A fhir a Muirisc na marc
Dinnshenchas of Mag Muirisce
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Mag Slechtprose
verse
beg. Sund nobíd / idal ard, co n-immud fhích
Dinnshenchas of Mag Slecht
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Maistiu Iverse
prose
beg. Robái brón for bantrocht ban
Text on the dinnshenchas of Maistiu, commonly identified with Mullaghmast, Co. Kildare.
Dinnshenchas Érenn A
Dinnshenchas of Maistiu IIverse
beg. Dare derg, roderg frossa
Poem on the dinnshenchas on Maistiu.
Máthair Díarmata ón dáil
verse
2 st.
beg. Máthair Díarmata ón dáil
Two quatrains alluding to a story about the birth of Oisín.
Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Medraigeprose
verse
beg. Medraige mac Dorcain Maill
Prose and verse dinnshenchas of Medraige, which gives an account of the battle of Mag Mucrama.
Metrical Banshenchas
verse
beg. Adam oen-athair na ndoene
Úa Caiside (Gilla Mo Dutu)
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Úa Caiside (Gilla Mo Dutu)
(fl. c. 1147)
Irish poet, credited as the author of Éri óg inis na náem and Ádam óenathair na ndóene (the metrical Banshenchas).
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Úa Caiside (Gilla Mo Dutu)
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Úa Caiside (Gilla Mo Dutu)
(fl. c. 1147)
Irish poet, credited as the author of Éri óg inis na náem and Ádam óenathair na ndóene (the metrical Banshenchas).
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Metrical version of the Banshenchas, composed by Gilla Mo Dutu Úa Caiside (1147).
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Mideprose
verse
13 st.
beg. Mide magen na marc mer
Áed úa CarthaigÁed úa Carthaig
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Dinnshenchas of Mide.
Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Móenmagprose
verse
beg. Móenmag, cá Móen ótá in mag
Dinnshenchas of Móenmag
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Móin Gai Glaisverse
prose
beg. Culdub mac Déin dia Samna
Dinnshenchas of Móin Gai Glais, in prose and verse. When Cúldub mac Déin slays one Fidrad at Samain, Gae Glas, grandson of Lug, comes to avenge Fidrad's death and kills Cúldub with a spear. The prose version, which is generally fuller, adds that the spear entered the ground and was not found until Máel Odrán dug it up and used it to kill Aithechdae, king of Uí Máil. The prose also identifies the spear as the Carr of Belach Duirgen.
Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Móin Tíre Náirprose
verse
3 st.
beg. Mebul lemm inní dia fail
Text on the dinnshenchas of Móin Tíre Náir
Independent, Scéla mucce Meic Da Thó, Dinnshenchas of Mag Léna
Muc mic Dá Thó, tlacht-múad torcverse
6 st.
beg. Muc mic Dá Thó, tlacht-múad torc
Poem on Mac Da Thó's pig.
Mugdorn ingen Moga Duib
verse
2 st.
beg. Mugdorn ingen Moga Duib
Two Early Irish quatrains found in the Book of Leinster, which are concerned with prehistoric female slaves in Ireland: the first on Mugdorn (Mugdorn ingen Moga Duib / de chuiciud Ulad ardmuir / cétben ra meil bróin mbind. / ria mnáib) and the second on Nabal (Nabal in ben fiad cach slóg / ba cumal la Partholon / Nabal tuc na seotu ille. / Nabal tuc na hindile.).
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Nemthennverse
prose
8 st.
beg. Dreco ingen Chalcmaíl chrúaid
Dinnshenchas of Nemthenn
Cath Maige Tuired
Ní accus bith na mbéoverse
rosc
beg. Ní accus bith na mbéo
The Morrígan
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The Morrígan
(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle, Túatha Dé Danann)
deity or supernatural figure in medieval Irish literature, frequently associated with war and destruction; she sometimes appears as part of a triad with Macha and the Badb; also associated with Nemain.
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A phophetic rosc attributed to the Morrígan about the unhappy end of the world. It occurs at the very end of the Middle Irish text Cath Maige Tuired, following a rosc attributed to the same deity about wealth and prosperity.
Nin mac Bel roga na ríg
verse
21 st.
beg. Nin mac Bel, roga na ríg
Late Middle Irish poem on Assyrian kings and synchronic history in Ireland.
Nuadu Necht ní dámair anflaith
verse
52 st.
beg. Nuadu Necht ní dámair anflaith
Find Fili mac Rossa Rúaid
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Find Fili mac Rossa Rúaid
legendary poet and king of Leinster; son of Russ Rúad
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One of the rhyming ‘Leinster poems’.
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.
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.
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