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Banshenchas

prose

verse

The title Banshenchas refers to two versions composed in the late Middle Irish period:

1. [[Metrical Banshenchas

|a metrical version composed by Gilla Mo Dutu Úa Caiside in 1147]] and

1. [[Prose Banshenchas

|a longer version in prose]].

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Middle Irish

Do mháithribh na náomh

prose

Tract on the mothers of Irish saints.

Irish languagesaints of Ireland

Genealogies of Irish saints

list

Irish language

Metrical Banshenchas

verse

beg. Adam oen-athair na ndoene

Úa Caiside (Gilla Mo Dutu)

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)

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

Prose Banshenchas

prose

Prose version of the Banshenchas

Middle Irish

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Irish and Irish Latin religious literature / hagiography /

Irish histories / genealogies /

Irish histories and narrative literature / legendary history

Irish narrative literature / Cycles of the Kings

Irish narrative literature / Finn Cycle

Irish narrative literature / Mythological Cycle

Irish narrative literature / Ulster Cycle

Irish poetry / Early Irish (to c.1200)

Misc. / lists of people

lists of saints

Language

Irish/Gaelic
Irish > Early Irish
Irish > Early > Middle Irish
Irish > Early > Middle Irish > Late Middle Irish