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An episode in Cath Maige Mucrama which tells of Ailill Ólomm's hostility towards two inhabitants of the síd-mound Áne Chlíach and of the blemish and curse he incurred on account of this. It gives an explanation of Ailill's nickname as well as the name of the hill.

Araile felmac féig don Mumain

verse

beg. Araile felmac féig don Mumain

Short Middle Irish tale concerning poets.

Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B, Dinnshenchas Érenn C supplement

Dinnshenchas of Ard Fothaid

prose

verse

5 st.

beg. Ard Fothaid, in fetabair

Dinnshenchas of Ard Fothaid

Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B

Dinnshenchas of Ard Macha

verse

prose

27 st.

beg. In mag imríadat ar n-eich

Tract on the dinnshenchas of Ard Macha.

Dinnshenchas Érenn C

Dinnshenchas of Ard na Riag

prose

verse

10 st.

beg. Ard na Riag, raid a fhoros

Dinnshenchas of Ard na Riag, which has been identified as the former village of Castle Hill near Ardnaree (Co. Mayo) by the river Moy. It offers a brief version of a tale found in Caithréim Cellaig.

Acallam na senórach, Dinnshenchas Érenn A

Dinnshenchas of Ard Ruide

verse

10 st.

beg. Trí tuili / bít i n-dún Ardda Ruidi

FinnFinn

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Dinnshenchas of Ard Ruide, a royal seat in Munster.

Assia ingen Neir (Irish tract)

prose

Irish tract on the origins of the names of the continents (Asia, Africa and Europe) and other aetiological lore.

Atbér mór do mathib

verse

15 st.

beg. Atbér mór do mathib

Middle Irish poem on Cú Roí mac Dáire and his exploits, which are brought far afield, even extending into Greece, Asia, Africa and in general terms, ‘the south of the world’ (descert domain). He is depicted as a warrior fighting against dog-heads (Conchinn) and commanding a fleet and army, with Fomoiri and Amazons (Cígloiscthi) in his service, as well as a lord of opulent wealth. The poem concludes with the assertion that Gregory the Great is of Cú Roí’s lineage.

Introduction to the Táin bó Cúailnge

Atchíu fer find firfes cles

verse

10 st.

beg. Atchíu fer find firfes cles

Fedelm [Connacht prophetess]

Fedelm ... Connacht prophetess

female poet (banfhili) and seeress (banfáith) associated with Connacht at the beginning of recensions I and II of the Táin; trained in Alba, according to the first recension; may ultimately be identical with the Fedelm Foltcháin who features in the fore-tale (remscél) known as Ces Ulad.

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Poem attributed to Fedelm, a poetess (banfhili) and seeress from Connacht, in the first two recensions of the Táin bó Cúailnge. In this poem, she prophesies the coming of Cú Chulainn and his heroic deeds.

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B

Dinnshenchas of Áth Clíath Medraige

verse

prose

beg. Diambad mé nochinged ind

Flann mac LónáinFlann mac Lónáin

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Dinnshenchas on Áth Clíath Medraige, in prose and verse.

Dinnshenchas Érenn C supplement

Dinnshenchas of Áth Crocha

prose

verse

1 st.

beg. Atorchair leo na h-inis

Text on the dinnshenchas of Áth Crocha

Dinnshenchas Érenn C, In scél iar n-urd

Dinnshenchas of Áth nGabla

prose

verse

6 st.;10 st.

beg. Áth nGrencha, coímchlóifid ainm

Dinnshenchas of Áth nGabla (Áth nGrencha) and some other places. It is first attested as a poem (6qq) in the LL Táin and elaborated, using additional quatrains and prose, in one of the recensions of Dinnshenchas Érenn.

Dinnshenchas Érenn C

Dinnshenchas of Áth Líac Find (prose)

prose

Dinnshenchas of Áth Líac Find.

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

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.

Dinnshenchas Érenn C

Dinnshenchas of Áth Líac Find II

verse

prose

beg. Ath Líac Find, cía lía diatá

Tract on the dinnshenchas of Áth Líac Find.

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C

Dinnshenchas of Áth Lúain

verse

prose