Early Modern Irish adaptation of the Middle English Octavian, which is itself based on the late medieval French chanson de geste Florent et Octavien.
Brief medieval Irish story about a young, unnamed abbot of Druimenaig (Druim Eanaig, now Drimnagh, Co. Dublin), who at Easter finds himself transformed into a woman, sleeps with the erenagh of Croimglenn (Crumlin, Co. Dublin), gives birth to seven children, and changes back to being a man again.
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.
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