Deichen mac don Daghdha dian
verse
6 st.
beg. Deichen mac don Daghdha dian
A brief Irish poem (6 qq) about Deichen, son of the Dagda. Details of the story suggest a merging of two characters from Irish tradition: (1) Deichen in certain narrative developments of an Irish triad about the three things that constitute a blacksmith (originally from the Bretha nemed), two of which are associated with the Dagda and the Morrígan; and (2) the Meche or Meiche who is featured in the dinnshenchas of the river Barrow (in one version of this text, Meiche is identified as a son of the Morrígan and the Dagda; in another, at least of the Morrígan).
Dinnshenchas Érenn A
Dinnshenchas of Descertverse
beg. Athair Cailte, comul ngle
Dinnshenchas of Descert, possibly Descert Laigen
Dinnshenchas Érenn A
Dinnshenchas of Druim nAssailverse
14 st.
beg. Druim n-Assail, iarfaigther dam
Dinnshenchas of Druim nAssail.
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Druim Clíabverse
prose
beg. Sunda roboí Caurnán cass
Dinnshenchas of Druim Clíab.
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Druim Criaichverse
prose
54 st.
beg. Druim Criaich, céte cét cuan
Cuán ua LothcháinCuán ua Lothcháin
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Poem and prose text on the dinnshenchas of Druim Criaich (Drumcree, Co. Westmeath), which is here said to have been known as Druim Cró and Druim n-úar nAirthir. In the Book of Leinster, the poem is attributed to Cuán ua Lothcháin (d. 1024). The poem falls into two sections. The story of the first is that of the quarrel between Eochu Feidlech, high-king of Ireland, and his three sons known as the three Findemna. On the night before the battle of Druim Criaich, in which the brothers are killed, their sister Clothru sleeps with each one of them in order to produce royal offspring. She later gives birth to Lugaid Riab nDerg, high-king of Ireland.
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Druim nDairbrechprose
verse
beg. Cid diatá in druim, Druim nDairbrech?
Fulartach
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Fulartach
An early Irish poet whose name is invoked in ascriptions of certain poems of Dinnshenchas Érenn in the Book of Leinster (Carmun, Liamuin, Slíab Bladma, perhaps Faffand and Druim nDairbrech if the abbreviation F. refers to him).
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Dinnshenchas of Druim nDairbrech
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Lebor gabála Érenn
Dinnshenchas of Druim Fíngin Iverse
3 st.
beg. A éicse Banba co m-blaid
Short poem (3 qq) on the dinnshenchas of Druim Fíngin.
Dinnshenchas Érenn A
Dinnshenchas of Druim Fíngin IIverse
beg. Rop h-é-seo Druim n-Elgga n-oll
Poem on the dinnshenchas of Druim Fíngin.
Dúan in cethrachat cest
verse
prose
beg. Apraid a éolchu Elga
Eochaid ua Céirín
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Eochaid (Eolach) úa Céirín
(fl. 11th century?)
Middle Irish poet
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Eochaid ua Céirín
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Eochaid (Eolach) úa Céirín
(fl. 11th century?)
Middle Irish poet
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Poem consisting of a series of questions concerning miscellaneous bits of lore, with the answer given in prose form in interlinear gloss.
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Dubthírprose
verse
beg. Dubthir Gúaire, gním dia fail
Dinnshenchas of Dubthír
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Duiblinnverse
prose
beg. Ingen Roduib chaiss chalma
Dinnshenchas of Duiblind, identified by O'Curry as the Poolbeg in the Liffey region.
Dinnshenchas Érenn A
Dinnshenchas of Duma Oena, Duma Ilia, Áth Egoneverse
2 st.
beg. Egone, Oena, Ilia
Short poem on the dinnshenchas of Duma Oena, Duma Ilia and Áth Egone.
Dinnshenchas Érenn A
Dinnshenchas of Dún Cuircverse
beg. Dún Cuirc, cia lín uaib dan eol
Cormac mac Cuilennáin
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Cormac mac Cuilennáin
(d. 908)
bishop and king of Munster
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Short poem on the dinnshenchas of Dún Cuirc.
Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Dún mac Nechtain Scéneprose
verse
2 st.
beg. Necht Inbir Scéne ro scaíl
Text on the dinnshenchas of Dún mac Nechtain Scéne.
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Dún Máscverse
prose
10 st.
beg. Iarfaigid dím, comul ngle
Dinnshenchas of Dún Másc
Énna Labraid luad cáich
verse
beg. Énna Labraid luad cáich
Laidcenn mac Bairceda
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Laidcenn mac Bairc(h)eda
(supp. fl. 5th century ?)
early Irish poet, said to be of the Dál nAraidi. Two early poems (beg. Énna, Labraid and Nidu dír dermait) belonging to the so-called rhyming ‘Leinster poems’ are ascribed to him.
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One of the rhyming Leinster poems, attributed to Laidcenn mac Bairceda
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Eó Rossa and other treesprose
verse
beg. Cia dorochair Cráeb Dá Thí
Tract on the dinnshenchas of five special trees of Ireland: the yew of Ross (Eó Rossa), the Yew of Mag Mugna (Eó Mugna), the Tree of Belach Dathí (Bile Dathí or Cráeb Belaig Dathi), the Tree of Tortu (Bile Tortain) and the Tree or Ash of Uisnech (Cráeb or Unnius Uisnig).
Eol dam aided, erctha gním
verse
8 st.
beg. Eol dam aided, erctha gním
Poem on the deaths of the seven Maines, sons of Medb and Ailill.
Laídshenchas Laigen
Eol dam i ndairib dréchtaverse
43 st.
beg. Eol dam i ndairib dréchta
Flann mac Máel Máedóc
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Flann mac Máel Máedóc
(fl. 10th century)
early Irish poet, son of Máel Máedoc mac Díarmata
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Poem on the battles of the Leinstermen and the heroes who fell at their hands
Éri íarthar talman torthig
verse
121 st.
beg. Éri íarthar talman torthig
Úa Duinn (Gilla na Náem)
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Úa Duinn (Gilla na Náem)
(d. c. 1160)
Irish scholar and poet who was attached to the monastery of Inis Clothrann, now Inchcleraun (Island), in Lough Ree.
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A long poem (121 qq) giving a précis of the Dinnshenchas Érenn and included at the end of the version of that collection in the Book of Uí Maine. The last stanza attributes the poem to Gilla na Náem Úa Duinn and gives the year 1166.
Lebor gabála Érenn
Ériu co n-uaill, co n-idnaibverse
beg. Ériu co n-uaill, co n-idnaib
Eochaid ua Flannucáin
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Eochaid úa Flannucáin
(c.936–1004)
Irish poet and scholar, who was guestmaster at Armagh and superior at Cluain Fiachna (Clonfeacle). He was identified by Rudolf Thurneysen as the poet Eochaid úa Flainn, to whom several poems, most of them in the Lebor gabála, are attributed. This identification has gained favour over the years. In order not to pre-judge the matter, the two are distinguished in the present catalogue.
See more (ascr.)Eochaid úa Flainn
Eochaid úa Flainn
(fl. c.936–1004, if he is Eochaid úa Flannucáin)
A medieval Irish poet to whom a number of Middle Irish poems, most of them in the Lebor gabála Érenn, have been attributed. His identification with Eochaid úa Flannucáin, a poet and historian who was guestmaster at Armagh, has gained favour over the years. In order not to pre-judge the matter, the two are distinguished in the present catalogue.
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Poem in Lebor gabála Érenn.
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Ess Rúaid Iverse
prose
beg. A fhir dodechaid atúaid
Tract on the dinnshenchas of Ess Rúaid (Assaroe, on the r. Erne, Co. Donegal).
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Faffandverse
prose
beg. Broccaid brogmar co n-gním gíall
Fulartach
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Fulartach
An early Irish poet whose name is invoked in ascriptions of certain poems of Dinnshenchas Érenn in the Book of Leinster (Carmun, Liamuin, Slíab Bladma, perhaps Faffand and Druim nDairbrech if the abbreviation F. refers to him).
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Dinnshenchas of Faffand
Fástini Airt meic Cuind ocus a chretem
prose
verse
beg. Cáin do Denna Den doma addonrúacht
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