Texts
A Mór Maigne Moigi Siúil
verse
beg. A Mór Maigne Moigi Siúil
Urard mac Coise
Urard mac Coise
(d. 983 x 1023)
Irish poet

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Middle Irish
Dinnshenchas of Almu I
verse
beg. Almu Lagen, les na Fían
Dinnshenchas poem on Almu (the Hill of Allen, Co. Kildare), which recounts the tale of the conception of Finn mac Cumaill.
Middle IrishDinnshenchasconceptionFinn mac Cumaill (Find úa Báiscni)Almu/Cnoc Almaine ... Hill of Allen
Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Almu II
verse
4 st.
beg. Almu robo cháem dia cois

Dinnshenchas poem on Almu (the Hill of Allen, Co. Kildare).

dinnshenchasFinn mac Cumaill (Find úa Báiscni)IuchnaAlmu/Cnoc Almaine ... Hill of AllenClann BresailAlmu ... wife of IuchnaBeccán ... father of Almu
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Áth Líac Find I
verse
beg. Áth Liac Find, cid dia tá?
Máel Muru Othna
Máel Muru Othna
(d. 887)
Early Irish poet and historian, who was apparently attached to the monastery of Othain (now Fahan, Inishowen barony, Co. Donegal), as his epithet suggests

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Máel Muru Othna
Máel Muru Othna
(d. 887)
Early Irish poet and historian, who was apparently attached to the monastery of Othain (now Fahan, Inishowen barony, Co. Donegal), as his epithet suggests

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Tract on the dinnshenchas of Áth Líac Find, a ford of the Shannon.

Middle IrishdinnshenchasFinn mac Cumaill (Find úa Báiscni)Gúaire GollÁth Líac FindSinand ingen Mongáin
Bec innocht lúth mo dá lúa
verse
4 st.
beg. Bec innocht lúth mo dá lúa
Caílte mac Rónáin
Caílte mac Rónáin
(time-frame ass. with Finn Cycle)
or Caílte mac Crundchon meic Rónáin, kinsman of Finn mac Cumaill and a prominent member of his fían; accomplished warrior and hunter; one of the protagonists of Acallam na senórach

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Poem of four stanzas, attributed to Caílte. It uses a special, learned vocabulary known as bérla na filed.

Middle Irish
Bruiden Átha Í, Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Cenn Cuirrig
verse
prose
beg. Currech Life cona Lí
Dinnshenchas of Cenn Cuirrig.
Middle IrishdinnshenchasCenn Cuirrig ... Kincurry
Dinnshenchas of Cenn Finichair
verse
prose
16 st.
beg. Inmain in fáid Finichair
Finn mac Cumaill
Finn mac Cumaill (Find úa Báiscni)
(time-frame ass. with Finn Cycle, Finn mac Cumaill, Cormac mac Airt)
Finn mac Cumaill (earlier mac Umaill?), Find úa Báiscni: central hero in medieval Irish and Scottish literature of the so-called Finn Cycle; warrior-hunter and leader of a fían

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Dinnshenchas of Cenn Finichair
Middle IrishdinnshenchasFinn mac Cumaill (Find úa Báiscni)Tuirenn TamnaigeCenn FinichairTamnachFinichair mac Golláin
Duanaire Finn
Cotail becán becán bec
verse
15 st.
beg. Cotail becán becán bec
Late Middle IrishEarly Modern IrishEarly Irish lyrics
Independent, Agallamh na seanórach, Acallam bec
Dám thrír táncatar ille
verse
beg. Dám thrír táncatar ille
Late Middle Irish
Dinnshenchas Érenn A
Dinnshenchas of Descert
verse
beg. Athair Cailte, comul ngle
Dinnshenchas of Descert, possibly Descert Laigen
Middle IrishDinnshenchasDescert
Duanaire Finn
Do bádus-sa úair
verse
3 st.
beg. Do bádus-sa úair
Late Middle IrishEarly Modern IrishEarly Irish lyrics
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Druim nDairbrech
prose
verse
beg. Cid diatá in druim, Druim nDairbrech?
Fulartach
Fulartach
An early Irish poet whose name is invoked in ascriptions of certain poems of Dinnshenchas Érenn in the Book of Leinster (Carmun, Liamuin, Slíab Bladma, perhaps Faffand and Druim nDairbrech if the abbreviation F. refers to him).

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Dinnshenchas of Druim nDairbrech
Middle IrishdinnshenchasDruim nDairbrech
Commentary on the Amra Choluim Chille
Fil duine
verse
beg. Fil duine
Late Old IrishEarly Middle IrishEarly Irish lyrics
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Fornocht
verse
prose
beg. Fornocht do dún, a Druim nDen
Finn mac Cumaill
Finn mac Cumaill (Find úa Báiscni)
(time-frame ass. with Finn Cycle, Finn mac Cumaill, Cormac mac Airt)
Finn mac Cumaill (earlier mac Umaill?), Find úa Báiscni: central hero in medieval Irish and Scottish literature of the so-called Finn Cycle; warrior-hunter and leader of a fían

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Dinnshenchas of Fornocht, formerly Druim Den.
Middle IrishdinnshenchasFornocht ... Forenaghts, Co. Kildare
Acallam na senórach
Forud na Fíann fás in-nocht
verse
beg. Forud na Fíann fás in-nocht
Late Middle IrishEarly Irish lyrics
Acallam na senórach
Géisid cúan
verse
beg. Géisid cúan
Late Middle IrishEarly Irish lyrics
Dinnshenchas Érenn C supplement
Dinnshenchas of Glaise Bulga
prose
verse
1 st.
beg. Glais-ben, ingen Deadhadh Deirg
Text on the dinnshenchas of Glaisse Bulga
Middle IrishDinnshenchasOscar mac OisínGlas ingen Deirg meic DedadDerg mac DedadGlaise Bulgáin
Acallam na senórach
Is úar geimred at-racht gáeth
verse
beg. Is úar geimred, at-racht gáeth
Late Middle IrishEarly Irish lyrics
Duanaire Finn
Lige Guill
verse
beg. Derg ruathar cloinne Morna
Late Middle Irish
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Mag Dá Gési
verse
prose
beg. In lia notheilginn do grés
Finn mac Cumaill
Finn mac Cumaill (Find úa Báiscni)
(time-frame ass. with Finn Cycle, Finn mac Cumaill, Cormac mac Airt)
Finn mac Cumaill (earlier mac Umaill?), Find úa Báiscni: central hero in medieval Irish and Scottish literature of the so-called Finn Cycle; warrior-hunter and leader of a fían

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Dinnshenchas of Mag Dá Gési (Mag Dá Géise).
Middle IrishdinnshenchasMag Dá Gési
Máthair Díarmata ón dáil
verse
2 st.
beg. Máthair Díarmata ón dáil
Two quatrains alluding to a story about the birth of Oisín.
Middle IrishOisín mac Finn
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
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.
Middle Irish
Duanaire Finn
Oenach indiu luid in rí
verse
54 st.;44 st.
beg. Oenach indiu luid in rí
Middle IrishEarly Modern Irish
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.

Middle Irish