Mug Ruith, rígfhili cen goí
verse
37 st.
beg. Mug Ruith, rígfhili cen goí
Poem about Mog Ruith
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.).

Names of the plains beneath the lakes of Ireland
list

List of names for plains that are said to exist beneath the lakes of Ireland.

Neidhi mac Onchon
form undefined
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Nemthenn
verse
prose
8 st.
beg. Dreco ingen Chalcmaíl chrúaid
Dinnshenchas of Nemthenn
Cath Maige Tuired
Ní accus bith na mbéo
verse
rosc
beg. Ní accus bith na mbéo
The Morrígan
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.

Ní mo cossa esce fetad
prose
Find úa BáiscniFind úa Báiscni
Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.

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Prophecy attributed to Finn ua Baiscne about the coming of Patrick (the Adze-Head or Tailcenn) and a (flag)stone (lecc or cloch) associated with him.
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.
Noínden Ulad
form undefined
One of the remscéla of the Ulster Cycle. Not to be confused with Ces Ulad, which attributes the weakness of the Ulstermen to a different event.
Nomina diaconorum Hibernensium
prose
list
List of Irish saints classified as deacons (diacones). It is closely associated in the manuscripts with two similar lists of saints who have been bishops or priests.
Nomina episcoporum Hibernensium
prose
list
List of 292 Irish saints classified as bishops. It is associated in the manuscripts with two similar lists of saints who have been priests or deacons.
Nomina sacerdotum Hibernensium
prose
list
List of 277 Irish saints classified as priests (sacerdotes). It is closely associated in the manuscripts with two similar lists of saints who have been bishops or deacons.
Note on Corcrán and Máel Suthain
prose
retoiric

Short Irish note which mentions Corcrán búachaill (lit. ‘herdsman’, also ‘guardian’ or ‘servant’) and Máel Suthain. As it stands in the manuscript, where it follows a monastic poem uttered by a hermit, beg. M'óenurán im aireclán, it consists of no more than a single line in prose and a retoiric. Cf. perhaps the anchorite Corcrán Clérech (d. 1040) and Máel Suthain Úa Cerbaill (d. 1010) or his namesake and scholar (d. 1031).

Nuadu Necht ní dámair anflaith
verse
52 st.
beg. Nuadu Necht ní dámair anflaith
Find Fili mac Rossa Rúaid
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’.
Nuallghubha Oilella Óluim
prose

An early Modern Irish prose text that embeds some older rhetorical verse.

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Ochan
verse
prose
beg. Déiccid ferta níthaig Néill
Cináed úa hArtacáin
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
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.
Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Odba
prose
verse
6 st.
beg. Sund rohadnacht Odba úais
Text on the dinnshenchas of Odba.
Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Odras
prose
verse
17 st.
beg. Odras, úais ind ingen
Text on the dinnshenchas of Odras
Duanaire Finn
Oenach indiu luid in rí
verse
54 st.;44 st.
beg. Oenach indiu luid in rí
Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Óenach Uchbad
verse
5 st.
beg. A caithir naem, comall ngle
Dinnshenchas of Óenach Uchbad
Ogam il-lia, lia uas lecht
verse
beg. Ogam il-lia, lia uas lecht

Seven quatrains attributed to Oisín, on the battle of Gabair Aichle.

Oidheadh chloinne hUisneach
prose
verse
prosimetrum

Tale of the Ulster Cycle which can be described as a later, Early Modern Irish version of Longes mac nUislenn

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