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Dinnshenchas Érenn A
Dinnshenchas of Ailech Iverse
28 st.
beg. Decid Ailech n-Imchill n-úaib
Poem on the dinnshenchas of Ailech.
Middle IrishdinnshenchasAilech
Independent, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Ailech IIverse
35 st.
beg. Cía triallaid nech aisneis senchais Ailig eltaig
Flann Mainistrech
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Flann Mainistrech
(d. 1056)
Middle Irish poet ass. with Monasterboice (Mainistir Buite)
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Dinnshenchas of Ailech.
Middle IrishdinnshenchasAilech
Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Ailech IIIverse
beg. Ailech Frigrenn, faithche na ríg rígda in domain
Dinnshenchas of Ailech
Middle IrishDinnshenchasThe DagdaAilechÚa Lochlainn (Domnall)
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Berbaprose
verse
beg. In Berba búan a bailbe
Dinnshenchas of the River Barrow (Berba)
Middle IrishDinnshenchasBerba
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Boand Iverse
beg. Síd Nechtain sund forsin t-shléib
Cúán úa Lothcháin
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Cúán úa Lothcháin
(d. 1024)
Early Irish poet.
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Dinnshenchas poem of the River Boyne (Boand).
Middle IrishdinnshenchasBoand
Dinnshenchas of Brug na Bóinne II
verse
beg. A chóemu Breg, bríg nad bréc
Mac Nía mac Óengusso
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Mac Nía mac Óengusso
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Poem on the dinnshenchas of Brug na Bóinne.
Middle IrishDinnshenchasBrug na Bóinne ... Brú na Bóinne
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Carn Uí Néitverse
prose
beg. Lecht Bressi co mbúada
Tract on the dinnshenchas of Carn Uí Néit. It tells of a fight between Lug (of the Túatha Dé) and Bres son of Elatha (of the Fomoire).
Middle IrishdinnshenchasCarn Uí Néit
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Céis Chorainnprose
verse
6 st.
beg. Sunda robói Corand cáin
Dinnshenchas of Céis Chorainn
Middle IrishDinnshenchasCéis Chorainn
Cath Maige Tuired, Sanas Cormaic, Commentary on the Amra Choluim Chille, O'Davoren's glossary, Ind áer-sin do-rigne Cairpre mac Etaine do Bres mac Elathan, Bretha nemed dédenach
Cen cholt for crib cernineverse
beg. Cen cholt for crib cernine
A quatrain of verse purporting to represent the first satire in Ireland.
The colloquy between Fintan and the hawk of Achill
verse
116 st.
beg. Arsaidh sin, a eoúin Accla
Poem presenting a conversation between Fintan mac Bóchra, the sole survivor of the Flood, and an ancient hawk (seboc) of the island of Achill.
Middle IrishFintan mac Bóchrahawk of Achill
Connachta cid dia tá in t-ainm
verse
15 st.
beg. Connachta cid dia tá int ainm
Poem which offers a mythological account for the origin of the name Connacht, formerly Cóiced Ol nÉcmacht. 15 stanzas.
Late Middle IrishConnacht/Cúige Chonnacht
Cath Maige Tuired, Cath Maige Tuired § 142
In dáil n-asdadhaverse
rosc
beg. Gébaid foss findgrinde
Lóch LethglasLóch Lethglas
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Early Irish
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.
Middle Irish
Lebor gabála Érenn
Ériu co n-uaill, co n-idnaibverse
beg. Ériu co n-uaill, co n-idnaib
Eochaid ua Flannucáin
See more (ascr.)Eochaid úa Flainn
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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.
Middle Irish
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Loch Léinverse
prose
beg. Dlegair do lind Locha Léin
Dinnshenchas of Loch Léin
Middle IrishDinnshenchasLoch Léin ... Lough Leane
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Loch Ríprose
verse
27 st.
beg. In lind-se lúadit ethair
Dinnshenchas of Loch Rí
Middle IrishdinnshenchasIrish Mythological CycleMidir of Brí LéithÓengus mac ind ÓcLoch Rí ... Lough ReeEochu mac MairedaRíb mac Maireda
Metrical Banshenchas
verse
beg. Adam oen-athair na ndoene
Úa Caiside (Gilla Mo Dutu)
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Úa Caiside (Gilla Mo Dutu)
(fl. c. 1147)
Irish poet, credited as the author of Éri óg inis na náem and Ádam óenathair na ndóene (the metrical Banshenchas).
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Úa Caiside (Gilla Mo Dutu)
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Úa Caiside (Gilla Mo Dutu)
(fl. c. 1147)
Irish poet, credited as the author of Éri óg inis na náem and Ádam óenathair na ndóene (the metrical Banshenchas).
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Metrical version of the Banshenchas, composed by Gilla Mo Dutu Úa Caiside (1147).
Late Middle Irish
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Móin Gai Glaisverse
prose
beg. Culdub mac Déin dia Samna
Dinnshenchas of Móin Gai Glais, in prose and verse. When Cúldub mac Déin slays one Fidrad at Samain, Gae Glas, grandson of Lug, comes to avenge Fidrad's death and kills Cúldub with a spear. The prose version, which is generally fuller, adds that the spear entered the ground and was not found until Máel Odrán dug it up and used it to kill Aithechdae, king of Uí Máil. The prose also identifies the spear as the Carr of Belach Duirgen.
Middle IrishAideddinnshenchasCúldub mac DéinArd FidraidMóin Gai Glais
Cath Maige Tuired
Ní accus bith na mbéoverse
rosc
beg. Ní accus bith na mbéo
The Morrígan
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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.
Early Irish
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Port Láirgeverse
prose
beg. Fil sund áige do churp ríg
Dinnshenchas of Port Láirge (Waterford)
Middle IrishdinnshenchasPort Láirge ... WaterfordRoth mac Cithaing
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Ráith Ésaprose
verse
beg. Sund dessid domunemar
Middle IrishdinnshenchasRáith Ésa
Secht o. f. n.
verse
beg. Secht o. f. n.
Cináed úa hArtacáin
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Cináed úa hArtacáin
(d. 975)
Middle Irish poet.
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Poem on Brug na Bóinne, which offers a poetic version of Tochmarc Étaíne.
Middle IrishBrug na Bóinne ... Brú na BóinneÉtaín
Cath Maige Tuired
Sith co nem. Nem co domanverse
rosc
beg. Sith co nem. Nem co doman
The Morrígan
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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 prophecy in rosc found in Cath Maige Tuired, where it is attributed to the Morrígan. It seems to predict a time of great prosperity, while the next roscad prophecy, beginning ‘Ní accus bith na mbéo’, speaks instead of social disaster and the end of the world.
Early Irish
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Slíab Mairge IIverse
prose
5 st.
beg. Margg mac Giúsca co ngné glain
Tract on the dinnshenchas of Slíab Mairge.
Middle IrishDinnshenchasSlíab Mairge
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