Texts
Currently selected criteria
Comthoth Lóegaire co cretim ocus a aided
prose
AidedaSaint PatrickDubthach maccu LugairLóegaire mac Néill
Independent, Cath Cairnd Chonaill, Foras feasa ar Éirinn, Acta sanctorum Hiberniae
Guaire Aidne, Cumméne Fota and Caimín of Inis Celtraform undefined
Caimín of Inis CeltraCummíne FotaGúaire Aidne mac Colmáin
Imthechta Rícinde ingine Crimthainn ocus Cairche Dergáin
prose
Short narrative about two pious women, Rícenn, daughter of the king of Uí Maine, and her tutoress Caírech Dergáin, nun at Clúain Bairenn.
Middle Irishminor Irish prose talesMac Reithe of KilmacrehyCaírech DergáinCrimthann mac LugdachRícenn ingen Crimthainn
Scéla Pátraic ocus Luigdech meic Lóegairi
prose
Medieval Irish legend about St Patrick, Lugaid son of Lóegaire mac Néill, king of Tara, and Michael the archangel. It is an aetiological anecdote which serves to account for the custom of ‘St Michael’s portion’ at Michaelmas, when sheep would be slaughtered to provide for the poor.
MichaelmasAngás ingen TassaigSaint PatrickLóegaire mac NéillLugaid mac LóegairiMichael the archangel
Filter down on the current selection
Classification
