Caithréim Thoirdhealbhaigh
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Mac Craith (Seaán mac Ruaidhrí)
Mac Craith (Seaán mac Ruaidhrí)
(fl. mid–14th century)
Irish historian, member of the Meic Craith (Magraths) who appear as a hereditary family of bardic poets. He is reputed to have written the Caithréim Thoirdhealbhaigh.

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Early Modern Irish historical saga dealing with events in Thomond from the late 13th to early 14th century.
Agallamh Oisín agus Phádraig
Caoineadh Áille Shnuagheal
verse
91 st.
beg. A Mheargaigh (chruaidh) na nglas-lann (ngéar)
Carn Fraoich soitheach na saorchlann
verse
105 st.
beg. Carn Fraoich soitheach na saorchlann

Early Modern Irish poem relating traditions around the tale of Táin bó Fraích.

Agallamh Oisín agus Phádraig
Cath Chnoic an Áir
verse
76 st.
beg. Do bhamar uile Fhian a's Fionn
Mionannála, Fragmentary annals of Ireland
Cath Corainn
form undefined
Cath Finntrágha
form undefined
Cath Maighe Léna
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Cath Maige Rath II
prose
Second and longer recension of the tale of the battle of Mag Rath.
Cath Muige Tuired Cunga
prose
Early Modern Irish tale of the conflict fought between the Túatha Dé Danann and the Fir Bolg over the sovereignty of Ireland.
Cath Muighe Tuireadh
prose
beg. do chath mhuighe tuireadh ann so
Cath Ruis na Ríogh (modern recension)
prose
prosimetrum

Early Modern version or versions, of the tale of the battle of Ros na Ríg on the Boyne, written in a mix of prose and verse. It has been argued, foremost by Uáitéar Mac Gearailt, that it derives from a Middle Irish recension that is distinct from that contained in the Book of Leinster and that the latter represents a particular scribal innovation which draws on a common ancestor.

Ceasacht inghine Guile
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Duanaire Finn
Ceisd agam ort a Cháoilte
verse
19 st.
beg. Ceisd agam ort a Cháoilte
Duanaire Finn
Cláidhtear leibh leabadh Osguir
verse
35 st.
beg. Cláidhtear leibh leabadh Osguir
Duanaire Finn
Cliabhán cuill cía do róine
verse
20 st.
beg. Cliabhán cuill cía do róine
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.

Duanaire Finn
Cotail becán becán bec
verse
15 st.
beg. Cotail becán becán bec
Duanaire Finn
Cumain let a Oissin fhéil
verse
51 st.;84 st.
beg. Cumain let a Oissin fhéil
De virtute sancti Martain (Irish homily)
prose
Irish homily on St Martin, bishop of Tours. The work bears testimony to knowledge of the writings of Sulpicius Severus (the Vita sancti Martini and the Dialogi) in 12th-century Ireland.
The devil Caincuile in Armagh
prose

Short medieval Irish story about a demon called Cain Cuile, who used to visit Armagh to keep a record of the sins committed by its clergy as well as the lay folk. He had two books in his keeping: in the small one, he would erase the sins of the clerics who regularly confessed while in the bigger one, the sins of unrepenting laymen would pile up. 

Di maccaib Uirrne Uirbél
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Short anecdote
Duanaire Finn
Dírgidh bhar sleagha sealga
verse
3 st.
beg. Dírgidh bhar sleagha sealga
Duanaire Finn
Do bádus-sa úair
verse
3 st.
beg. Do bádus-sa úair
Duanaire Finn
Domhnach lodmair tar Lúachair
verse
28 st.
beg. Domhnach lodmair tar Lúachair
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