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Brinna Ferchertne

verse

36 st.

beg. Atchīu dā choin ac congail

A rhymed poem about the death of Cú Roí, preserved as part of a version of Aided Chon Roí. In a dream-vision, the poet Ferchertne utters a prophecy of Cú Roí’s death.

Dinnshenchas Érenn C

Dinnshenchas of Brug na Bóinne (prose)

prose

Piece of prose on the dinnshenchas of Brug na Bóinne.

Dinnshenchas of Brug na Bóinne II

verse

beg. A chóemu Breg, bríg nad bréc

Mac Nía mac Óengusso

Mac Nía mac Óengusso

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Poem on the dinnshenchas of Brug na Bóinne.

Bruiden Da Choca

prose

A tale of the Ulster Cycle, set after events related in Aided Chonchobuir (‘The violent death of Conchobar’). According to the story, the Ulaid invited Cormac Cond Longas to return from exile in Connacht and succeed his father (Conchobar) in the kingship of the Ulaid. While Cormac accepted and gained permission from Ailill and Medb, he was forced into violating his gessa en route to Ulster, which precipitated further disaster. The Connachta opposed him and he fought a series of battles against them before being killed at the siege of Da Coca’s hostel (bruiden).

Bruiden Meic Da Réo

prose

A Middle Irish saga which recounts how in Ireland, the vassal peoples (aithech-thúatha) rebelled and decimated the leading noble families and how the survivors regained power through the mediation of the judge Morann.

Independent, Fled Dúin na nGéd, Scéla mucce Meic Da Thó, Bruiden Da Choca

Bruidne Érenn (prose)

prose

A brief prose account of the five or six hostels of Ireland (bruidne Érenn) and their owners occurs in a number of early Irish literary compositions and as an independent anecdote in the Book of Lismore.

Buile Shuibne

prose

verse

Cáin Éimíne Báin

prose

Miraculous story which relates how the community of St Éimíne Bán at Ros Glaise (probably Monasterevin, Co. Offaly) received a charter of privileges from the king of Leinster. It is said to have been granted after Éimine and his 49 monks sacrificed their lives to save Bran úa Fáeláin (d. 693), king of Leinster, and 49 chiefs of the province from the plague.

Caithréim Cellacháin Chaisil

form undefined

Caithréim Cellaig

form undefined

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C

Dinnshenchas of Carman

prose

verse

beg. Eistid, a Laigniu nal-lecht

Fulartach

Fulartach

An early Irish poet whose name is invoked in ascriptions of certain poems of Dinnshenchas Érenn in the Book of Leinster (Carmun, Liamuin, Slíab Bladma, perhaps Faffand and Druim nDairbrech if the abbreviation F. refers to him).

See more (ascr.)Flann [unidentified]Flann ... unidentified

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Dinnshenchas of Carman.

Dinnshenchas Érenn C

Dinnshenchas of Carn Amalgaid

prose

verse

12 st.

beg. Seanchos chairnd Amalgaid fheil

Dinnshenchas of Carn Amalgaid

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C

Dinnshenchas of Carn Conaill

prose

verse

beg. Findaid in senchas diatá

Mac Líacc [Muirchertach]

Mac Líacc ... Muirchertach

(d.. 1014 / 1016 (AU))

Middle Irish poet, who is described as 'chief poet of Ireland' (ard-ollamh Érenn) in the Annals of Ulster; becomes the subject of a body of later medieval Irish literature.

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Dinnshenchas poem on Carn Conaill

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C

Dinnshenchas of Carn Feradaig

verse

prose

beg. In carn-sa atchíu co ndechair

Dinnshenchas of Carn Feradaig, “probably Cahirnarry, Limerick” (Gwynn).

Dinnshenchas Érenn C

Dinnshenchas of Carn Fraích

prose

verse

32 st.

beg. Carnd Fraich, ca hadbar dia fuil

Dinnshenchas of Carn Fraích.

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B

Dinnshenchas of Carn Furbaide

prose

verse

beg. Atá sund Carn uí Chathbath

Cuán ua LothcháinCuán ua Lothcháin

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Poem on the dinnshenchas of Carn Furbaide (near Granard), also known as Carn Uí Chathbath.

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B

Dinnshenchas of Carn Máil

prose

verse

35 st.

beg. Óebind a tarla ar m' aire

Dinnshenchas of Carn Máil

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B

Dinnshenchas of Carn Uí Néit

verse

prose

beg. Lecht Bressi co mbúada

Tract on the dinnshenchas of Carn Uí Néit. It tells of a fight between Lug (of the Túatha Dé) and Bres son of Elatha (of the Fomoire).

Dinnshenchas Érenn C

Dinnshenchas of Carraic Lethdeirg

prose

verse

6 st.

beg. Lethderg, taidbritis ar tuir

Tract on the dinnshenchas of Carraic Lethdeirg. The place has not been identified, apparently a “stronghold on some lake or seashore” (Gwynn). Roland M. Smith suggests that the name may refer to “Carrick on the shore of Lough Ennell” (Carrick on the Shannon).

In cath catharda

prose

Medieval Irish adaptation of the first seven books of the classical Latin poem Pharsalia by Lucan. It rates as one of the longest literary prose texts to survive from medieval Ireland.

Cath Cinn Abrad

prose

Cath Crinna

prose

prosimetrum

Late Middle Irish account of the battle of Crinna, in which Cormac mac Airt is said to have defeated the Ulstermen with the aid of Tadg son of Cían. The saga offers an origin legend of the Cíannacht Breg, explaining how it came to settle near Tara but did not attain the kingship of Tara.

Cath Maige Mucrama

prose

Cath Maige Rath

form undefined

First and shorter recension of the tale of the battle of Mag Rath.

Cath Maige Rath II

prose

Second and longer recension of the tale of the battle of Mag Rath.

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