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Compert Fiachach Muillethain
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Brief anecdote about Éogan Mór mac Ailello and the birth of Fíachu Muillethan.
Early IrishBirth-talesCompertaminor Irish prose talesFíachu Muillethan mac ÉogainÉogan Mór mac AilellaDíl maccu Chrecga
De maccaib Conaire
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Prose narrative in which the sons of Conaire mac Moghaláma take revenge on Nemed mac Srobcind for slaying their father. Gwynn suggests that the scribe of the Book of Leinster amended his text so as to make this story a continuation of Togail bruidne Da Derga.
minor Irish prose talesNemed mac SrobcindConaire mac Moghaláma
Do bunad imthechta Éoganachta
prose
Origin legend of the Éoganachta and the Dál Cuinn.
Old IrishMiddle Irishminor Irish prose talesFiachu MuillethanÉoganachtaMug NuadatDál Cuinn
Imthechta Rícinde ingine Crimthainn ocus Cairche Dergáin
prose
Short narrative about two pious women, Rícenn, daughter of the king of Uí Maine, and her tutoress Caírech Dergáin, nun at Clúain Bairenn.
Middle Irishminor Irish prose talesMac Reithe of KilmacrehyCaírech DergáinCrimthann mac LugdachRícenn ingen Crimthainn
Scéla Pátraic ocus Luigdech meic Lóegairi
prose
Medieval Irish legend about St Patrick, Lugaid son of Lóegaire mac Néill, king of Tara, and Michael the archangel. It is an aetiological anecdote which serves to account for the custom of ‘St Michael’s portion’ at Michaelmas, when sheep would be slaughtered to provide for the poor.
MichaelmasAngás ingen TassaigSaint PatrickLóegaire mac NéillLugaid mac LóegairiMichael the archangel
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