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Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Lebor gabála Érenn

Dinnshenchas of Druim Fíngin I

verse

3 st.

beg. A éicse Banba co m-blaid

Short poem (3 qq) on the dinnshenchas of Druim Fíngin.

Dúan in cethrachat cest

verse

prose

beg. Apraid a éolchu Elga

Eochaid ua Céirín

Eochaid (Eolach) úa Céirín

(fl. 11th century?)

Middle Irish poet

Eochaid ua Céirín

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.

Tochmarc Emire, Lebor gabála Érenn, Dinnshenchas Érenn C supplement

Dinnshenchas of Emain Macha

prose

Prose story relating the dinnshenchas for Emain Macha.

Énna Labraid luad cáich

verse

beg. Énna Labraid luad cáich

Laidcenn mac Bairceda

Laidcenn mac Bairc(h)eda

(supp. fl. 5th century ?)

early Irish poet, said to be of the Dál nAraidi. Two early poems (beg. Énna, Labraid and Nidu dír dermait) belonging to the so-called rhyming ‘Leinster poems’ are ascribed to him.

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One of the rhyming Leinster poems, attributed to Laidcenn mac Bairceda

Lebor gabála Érenn

Ériu co n-uaill, co n-idnaib

verse

beg. Ériu co n-uaill, co n-idnaib

Eochaid ua Flannucáin

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.

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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.

Foras feasa ar Éirinn

form undefined

Keating (Geoffrey)

Keating (Geoffrey)

(c.1580–1644)

Irish priest, historian and poet; author of Foras feasa ar Éirinn

The prose history of Ireland completed by Geoffrey Keating (Seathrún Céitinn) in c. 1634. Comprising an introduction, two books and appendices, it narrates the history of the island from the time of Creation to the Norman conquest in the 12th century. As set out by the vindicatory introduction (an díonbhrollach), the work was written in response to the cultural biases of Anglo-centric writers (e.g. William Camden and Edmund Spenser).

Genealogies of Irish saints

list

Góedel Glas ó tát Goídil

verse

beg. Góedel Glas ó tát Goídil

Gilla Cóemáin

Gilla Cóemáin

(fl. 1072)

Middle Irish poet

Gilla Cóemáin

Gilla Cóemáin

(fl. 1072)

Middle Irish poet

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Hériu ard inis na rríg

verse

beg. Hériu ard inis na rríg

Gilla Cóemáin

Gilla Cóemáin

(fl. 1072)

Middle Irish poet

Gilla Cóemáin

Gilla Cóemáin

(fl. 1072)

Middle Irish poet

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Imthechta Moga Ruith

prose

Dinnshenchas of Temair (prose)

In chetbean luid i n-uaigh uair

verse

1 st.

beg. In chetbean luid i n-uaigh uair

Dinnshenchas Érenn C

Dinnshenchas of Inber mBuada

prose

verse

8 st.

beg. Inber mBuada sloindter sin

Dinnshenchas of Inber mBuada

Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B

Introduction to the Dinnshenchas Érenn

prose

Introduction to the Dinnshenchas Érenn. It is in the form of a short story which asserts that the collection was composed by Amairgen mac Amalgada, poet of Diarmait mac Cerbaill (d. 565), high-king of Ireland. When the men of Ireland were convened at Tara, the poet fasted on Fintan mac Bóchra (a survivor of the Flood, according to other tales) for three days and nights, so that the latter would reveal his knowledge of the notable places of Ireland.

Irish story of Silvius

prose

A short Irish account of Silvius, son of Ascanius and father of Brutus of Troy. The text is indebted to the Irish adaptation of the Historia Brittonum known as Lebor Bretnach, which it quotes in places, but also adds material to it, such its opening passage on Vulcan the smith.

Irish tract on the origins of alphabets

prose

A Middle Irish tract on the invention or discovery of the Hebrew, Greek and Latin alphabets.

Leabhar Oiris

form undefined

History of the battles fought by Brian Bóruma since c. 979, with annals for events up to 1027.

Lebor Bretnach

prose

Middle Irish adaptation of the Historia Brittonum ascribed to Nennius

Lebor gabála Érenn

Lebor gabála Érenn (Recension B)

form undefined

The so-called second recension of Lebor gabála Érenn.

Lebor gabála Érenn

prose

prosimetrum

Lebor gabála Érenn

Lebor gabála Érenn (Ó Cléirigh)

form undefined

A modern version of Lebor gabála Érenn, revised by Micheál Ó Cléirigh and his associates in 1631.

Lebor gabála Érenn (Recension C)

form undefined

Lebor gabála Érenn (Míniugud)

prose

prosimetrum

An abbreviated recension of Lebor gabála Érenn, known as the Miniugud recension. In the manuscripts, it is usually found as an appendix to Recension II.

Lebor gabála Érenn (Recension A)

prose

prosimetrum

Lebor gabála Érenn

Lebor gabála Érenn/1. The origins and wanderings of the Goídil

prose

First tract of Lebor gabála Érenn.

Lebor gabála Érenn/1. The origins and wanderings of the Goídil

Lebor gabála Érenn/1A. Introductory matter

prose

Introductory matter based on biblical history, from the Creation of Heaven and Earth to Noah, the Flood and the Dispersal of the Nations.

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