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Foras feasa ar Éirinn

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Keating (Geoffrey)

Keating (Geoffrey)

(c.1580–1644)

Irish priest, historian and poet; author of Foras feasa ar Éirinn

The prose history of Ireland completed by Geoffrey Keating (Seathrún Céitinn) in c. 1634. Comprising an introduction, two books and appendices, it narrates the history of the island from the time of Creation to the Norman conquest in the 12th century. As set out by the vindicatory introduction (an díonbhrollach), the work was written in response to the cultural biases of Anglo-centric writers (e.g. William Camden and Edmund Spenser).

Forbuis Droma Damhghaire

prose

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.

Acallam na senórach

Forud na Fíann fás in-nocht

verse

beg. Forud na Fíann fás in-nocht

Foscél ar Brénainn (dialogue with Moínenn of Clonfert)

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A Middle Irish short story about a dialogue between Brénainn of Clonfert with one of his successors, Moínenn, bishop of Clonfert, on the subject of death and the afterlife.

Fotha catha Cnucha

prose

The tale of the conception and birth of Finn mac Cumaill.

Duanaire Finn

Fúar ar naghaigh a Loch Luig

verse

36 st.

beg. Fúar ar naghaigh a Loch Luig

Duanaire Finn

Fuaramar séilg iar Samhuin

verse

33 st.

beg. Fuaramar séilg iar Samhuin

Gabháltus Séarluis Mhóir

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Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B

Dinnshenchas of Gáirech

prose

verse

3 st.

beg. Baile h-ir-ralsat gáir cen góe

Text on the dinnshenchas of Gáirech

Gein Branduib meic Echach ocus Áedáin meic Gabráin

prose

Acallam na senórach

Géisid cúan

verse

beg. Géisid cúan

Genealogies of Irish saints

list

Geneamuin Chormaic ua Chuind

prose

Story on the conception and birth of King Cormac mac Airt and his accession to power.

Genemain Áedo Sláine

prose

Genemain Chuirch meic Luigdech

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Genemain Moling ocus a bethu

prose

Vernacular Irish Life of St Mo Ling. The text is a patchwork (in the neutral sense of the word) of various legends about the saint, including his birth and upbringing, encounters with a spectre, with Suibne Geilt and Grág, and the Bórama tribute.

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

Dinnshenchas Érenn C supplement

Dinnshenchas of Glenn mBreogain

prose

Text on the dinnshenchas of Glenn mBreogain

Góedel Glas ó tát Goídil

verse

beg. Góedel Glas ó tát Goídil

Gilla Cóemáin

Gilla Cóemáin

(fl. 1072)

Middle Irish poet

Gilla Cóemáin

Gilla Cóemáin

(fl. 1072)

Middle Irish poet

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Goire Conaill Chernaig ocus Aided Ailella ocus Conaill Chernaig

prose

Duanaire Finn

Gorta chille críon locha

verse

4 st.

beg. Gorta chille críon locha

Dinnshenchas Érenn C supplement

Dinnshenchas of Grellach Dolluid

prose

Prose text on the dinnshenchas for Grellach Dolluid, probably derived from Tochmarc Emire.

Duanaire Finn

Guth gadhoir a gCnoc na Ríogh

verse

11 st.

beg. Guth gadhoir a gCnoc na Ríogh

He amae fet gae geir

verse

1 st.

beg. He amae fet gae geir

Cú Roí

Cú Roí (mac Dáiri)

(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle)

Warrior and king of Munster in tales of the Ulster Cycle.

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An Irish quatrain said to have been uttered by Cú Roí before he was slain: CuRu[í] ro chan in so in la ro marbad [attribution]: He amae fet gae geir / Osnad mór mórmaic Neill: / Muin ar mug, run do mnai, / mairg dogni cechtar n-ai (transcription by Meyer), “CuRui had dieses gesungen, da er getötet wurde: O weh! Sausen des scharfen Speers! / Heftiges Aufstöhnen von Niall’s grossem Sohn! / Ein Juwel einem Knecht (anvertrauen), ein Geheimnis einer Frau – / Wehe dem, der beides tut!” (German translation by Thurneysen).

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