Texts
Dinnshenchas of Cenn Finichair
verse
prose
16 st.
beg. Inmain in fáid Finichair
Finn mac Cumaill
See more (ascr.)
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
See more (ascr.)
Dinnshenchas of Cenn Finichair
Middle IrishdinnshenchasFinn mac Cumaill (Find úa Báiscni)Tuirenn TamnaigeCenn FinichairTamnachFinichair mac Golláin
Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Cernaprose
verse
25 st.
beg. Cía bem sund nar suidi sel
Text on the dinnshenchas of Cerna
Middle IrishdinnshenchasCerna
Cind cethri ndíni iar Frigrind
verse
34 st.
beg. Cind cethri ndíni iar Frigrind forraig gleógal
Flann Mainistrech
See more
Flann Mainistrech
(d. 1056)
Middle Irish poet ass. with Monasterboice (Mainistir Buite)
See more
Middle IrishdinnshenchasAilech
Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Cleitechprose
verse
6 st.
beg. Cleitech in druí díles daith
Text on the dinnshenchas of Cleitech
Middle IrishdinnshenchasCleitech
Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Clóenlochprose
verse
4 st.
beg. Sund dodechaid Clóen ar chel
Text on the dinnshenchas of Clóenloch
Middle IrishdinnshenchasClóenloch
Sanas Cormaic, Dinnshenchas Érenn A
Dinnshenchas of Cnocc Rafannverse
prose
1 st.
beg. Inráith morsa (ł hisa) forsna mfil
Comgán Mac Dá Cherda
See more (ascr.)
Comgán Mac Dá Cherda
(fl. first half of the 7th century)
Poet and fool (óinmit) in Irish literature; a son of Máel Ochtraig (king of the Déisi Muman) and a contemporary of Cummíne Fota. The name Mac Dá Cherda would mean ‘Son of Two Arts’, but seeing as it may go back to an original Moccu Cherda (as suggested by Jackson and Ó Coileáin) it is perhaps best spelled conservatively, without lengthening in Da.
See more (ascr.)
Dinnshenchas of Cnocc Rafann
Middle IrishdinnshenchasCnoc Rafann ... Knockgraffon
Cóica traighedh tólaibh tlacht
verse
2 st.
beg. Cóica traighedh tólaibh tlacht
Flann Mainistrech
See more (ascr.)
Flann Mainistrech
(d. 1056)
Middle Irish poet ass. with Monasterboice (Mainistir Buite)
See more (ascr.)
Two sts of a medieval Irish poem concerning the gigantic physical heights of Tadg mac Céin and Conchobar mac Nessa.
Early Irishgiantsphysical appearanceConchobar mac NessaTadg mac CéinCiannachta
Coimétor liph cend an rígh
verse
30 st.
beg. Coimétor liph cend an rígh
Medieval Irish poem attributed in the final stanza to Aífe ingen Shogain, a síd-woman from Carn Treóin, and addressed by her to the Érainn, asking them to preserve the head of Cú Roí and recite his deeds.
Early Modern IrishCú Roí (mac Dáiri)Érainn
Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Coire mBreccáinprose
verse
23 st.
beg. Coire Breccáin, bail i fail
Dinnshenchas of Coire mBreccáin
Middle Irishdinnshenchasearly Irish verseColum CilleCoire mBreccáinBreccán mac PartholóinBreccán mac Maine meic Néill
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
Comrac Líadaine ocus Cuirithir
prosimetrum
prose
verse
Prosimetric story about the tragic love relationship between two professional poets, Líadain, a poetess of the Corcu Duibne, and Cuirithir, a Connachtman.
Early IrishLyricCummíne FotaCuirithir mac DoborchonLíadainpilgrimages
Comrainter in airigid
verse
beg. Comrainter in airigid
Middle Irish poem on the honorific food portions that are due to different classes of society.
Middle IrishConchobar mac Nessa
Conailla Medb míchuru
verse
beg. Conailla Medb míchuru
Luccreth moccu Chíara
See more (ascr.)
Luccreth moccu Chíara
(fl. 7th century)
early Irish poet
See more (ascr.)
Obscure 'accentual poem' by or at least attributed to Luccreth moccu Chíara. The first section deals with the Ulster hero Fergus mac Róich, his situation as an exile in the service of Medb and Ailill, and his participation in their wars over the cattle (bó) of the Ulstermen. The account is thought to refer to an early version of the Táin bó Cúailnge.
Old IrishMedb of CrúachanFergus mac Róich
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
Duanaire Finn
Cotail becán becán becverse
15 st.
beg. Cotail becán becán bec
Late Middle IrishEarly Modern IrishEarly Irish lyrics
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Crechmáelprose
verse
beg. A drem-sa, nach duairc ic dáil
Dinnshenchas of Crechmáel
Middle IrishdinnshenchasCrechmáel
Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Crotta Clíachverse
prose
beg. Sunda sefain fer síde
Tract on the dinnshenchas of Crotta Clíach.
Middle IrishDinnshenchasCrotta Clíach
Cú cen máthair
verse
36 st.
beg. Cú cen máthair, maith cland
Luccreth moccu Chíara
See more (ascr.)
Luccreth moccu Chíara
(fl. 7th century)
early Irish poet
See more (ascr.)
Old Irish poem (36st) attributed to Luccreth moccu Chíara, which traces the ancestry of Cú cen Máthair (d. 665), king of Munster and grandfather of Cathal mac Finguine, all the way back to Adam. A large part of the pedigree, from Míl to Adam, closely resembles that found in another Old Irish poem of a similar metrical type, beg. Énna Labraid luad cáich and dealing with Leinster kings. Myles Dillon has argued that these pedigrees represent (respectively) Munster and Leinster recensions of the same core material.
Old IrishCathal Cú Cen Máthair
Cath Maige Tuired, Cath Maige Tuired § 142
In dáil n-asdadhaverse
rosc
beg. Gébaid foss findgrinde
Lóch LethglasLóch Lethglas
See more (ascr.)
Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.
See more (ascr.)
Early Irish
Independent, Agallamh na seanórach, Acallam bec
Dám thrír táncatar illeverse
beg. Dám thrír táncatar ille
Late Middle Irish
Dinnshenchas Érenn A
Dinnshenchas of Descertverse
beg. Athair Cailte, comul ngle
Dinnshenchas of Descert, possibly Descert Laigen
Middle IrishDinnshenchasDescert
Duanaire Finn
Do bádus-sa úairverse
3 st.
beg. Do bádus-sa úair
Late Middle IrishEarly Modern IrishEarly Irish lyrics
Dinnshenchas Érenn A
Dinnshenchas of Druim nAssailverse
14 st.
beg. Druim n-Assail, iarfaigther dam
Dinnshenchas of Druim nAssail.
Middle IrishDinnshenchasDruim nAssail
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Druim Clíabverse
prose
beg. Sunda roboí Caurnán cass
Dinnshenchas of Druim Clíab.
Middle IrishdinnshenchasDruim Clíab ... Drumcliff
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Druim Criaichverse
prose
54 st.
beg. Druim Criaich, céte cét cuan
Cúán úa Lothcháin
See more (ascr.)
Cúán úa Lothcháin
(d. 1024)
Early Irish poet.
See more (ascr.)
Poem and prose text on the dinnshenchas of Druim Criaich (Drumcree, Co. Westmeath), which is here said to have been known as Druim Cró and Druim n-úar nAirthir. In the Book of Leinster, the poem is attributed to Cuán ua Lothcháin (d. 1024). The poem falls into two sections. The story of the first is that of the quarrel between Eochu Feidlech, high-king of Ireland, and his three sons known as the three Findemna. On the night before the battle of Druim Criaich, in which the brothers are killed, their sister Clothru sleeps with each one of them in order to produce royal offspring. She later gives birth to Lugaid Riab nDerg, high-king of Ireland.
Middle IrishdinnshenchasDruim Criaich ... DrumcreeEochaid FeidlechLugaid Ríab nDerg (Reóderg)Clothru ... daughter of Eochaid FeidlechMáel Sechnaill mac DomnaillThe three Findemna
Filter down on the current selection
Classification
