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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.
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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
Dinnshenchas Érenn A
Dinnshenchas of Fert Medbaverse
3 st.
beg. Fegaid fert, forum nglinni
Dinnshenchas of Fert Medba.
Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Fích mBúanaprose
verse
6 st.
beg. Dorat Búan, in ben nár bán
Text on the dinnshenchas of Fích mBuana
Fíl and grian Glinne Aí
verse
beg. Fil and grian Glinne (h)Aí
Da Coca
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Da Coca
(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle)
blacksmith in the Ulster Cycle, whose celebrated hostel (bruiden) becomes the scene of action when Cormac Cond Longas is besieged there by the Connachta.
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Old Irish poem (beg. ‘Fíl and grian Glinne Aí’) which uses kennings to describe a variety of foods at a banquet. It is accompanied by (a) a gloss which offers interpretations of a number of these kennings and (b) a prose account, according to which it was uttered either by Da Coca for Cormac Cond Longas, or by an apprentice of the poet Banbán as part of an educational test. In either case, the poem is said to describe a banquet (fuirec) of which they are about to partake.
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Findloch Ceraverse
prose
beg. Atbér frib co húain iar n-an
Dinnshenchas on Findloch Cera
Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Finnglaisverse
prose
beg. Roort Bláthnat ingen Mind
Tract on the dinnshenchas of Finnglais
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Fornochtverse
prose
beg. Fornocht do dún, a Druim nDen
Finn mac Cumaill
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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 Fornocht, formerly Druim Den.
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