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Dinnshenchas Érenn A
Dinnshenchas of Maistiu II
verse
beg. Dare derg, roderg frossa
Poem on the dinnshenchas on Maistiu.
Máthair Díarmata ón dáil
verse
2 st.
beg. Máthair Díarmata ón dáil
Two quatrains alluding to a story about the birth of Oisín.
Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Medraige
prose
verse
beg. Medraige mac Dorcain Maill

Prose and verse dinnshenchas of Medraige, which gives an account of the battle of Mag Mucrama.

Metrical Banshenchas
verse
beg. Adam oen-athair na ndoene
Úa Caiside (Gilla Mo Dutu)
Úa Caiside (Gilla Mo Dutu)
(fl. c. 1147)
Irish poet, credited as the author of Éri óg inis na náem and Ádam óenathair na ndóene (the metrical Banshenchas).

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Úa Caiside (Gilla Mo Dutu)
Úa Caiside (Gilla Mo Dutu)
(fl. c. 1147)
Irish poet, credited as the author of Éri óg inis na náem and Ádam óenathair na ndóene (the metrical Banshenchas).

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Metrical version of the Banshenchas, composed by Gilla Mo Dutu Úa Caiside (1147).
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Mide
prose
verse
13 st.
beg. Mide magen na marc mer
Áed úa CarthaigÁed úa Carthaig
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Dinnshenchas of Mide.
Mo Ling and the trenching of his millstream
prose
Middle Irish anecdote about Mo Ling, here presented as a fosterson of St Máedóc of Ferns, and the trenching of a watercourse or millstream (taídiu) at Tech Mo Ling.
Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Móenmag
prose
verse
beg. Móenmag, cá Móen ótá in mag
Dinnshenchas of Móenmag
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Móin Gai Glais
verse
prose
beg. Culdub mac Déin dia Samna
Dinnshenchas of Móin Gai Glais, in prose and verse. When Cúldub mac Déin slays one Fidrad at Samain, Gae Glas, grandson of Lug, comes to avenge Fidrad's death and kills Cúldub with a spear. The prose version, which is generally fuller, adds that the spear entered the ground and was not found until Máel Odrán dug it up and used it to kill Aithechdae, king of Uí Máil. The prose also identifies the spear as the Carr of Belach Duirgen.
Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Móin Tíre Náir
prose
verse
3 st.
beg. Mebul lemm inní dia fail
Text on the dinnshenchas of Móin Tíre Náir
Independent, Scéla mucce Meic Da Thó, Dinnshenchas of Mag Léna
Muc mic Dá Thó, tlacht-múad torc
verse
6 st.
beg. Muc mic Dá Thó, tlacht-múad torc
Poem on Mac Da Thó's pig.
Nin mac Bel roga na ríg
verse
21 st.
beg. Nin mac Bel, roga na ríg
Late Middle Irish poem on Assyrian kings and synchronic history in Ireland.
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Ochan
verse
prose
beg. Déiccid ferta níthaig Néill
Cináed úa hArtacáin
Cináed úa hArtacáin
(d. 975)
Middle Irish poet.

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Texts on a burial mound near Tara, relating a version of the death of Níall Noígiallach.
Ochtur táncamar anuas
verse
beg. Ochtur táncamar anuas
Oisín mac Finn
Oisín mac Finn
(time-frame ass. with Finn Cycle, Finn mac Cumaill, Saint Patrick, Cormac mac Airt)
A fían-warrior, son of Finn, in the Finn Cycle of medieval Irish literature

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Poem attributed to Oisín.
Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Odba
prose
verse
6 st.
beg. Sund rohadnacht Odba úais
Text on the dinnshenchas of Odba.
Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Odras
prose
verse
17 st.
beg. Odras, úais ind ingen
Text on the dinnshenchas of Odras
Duanaire Finn
Oenach indiu luid in rí
verse
54 st.;44 st.
beg. Oenach indiu luid in rí
Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Óenach Uchbad
verse
5 st.
beg. A caithir naem, comall ngle
Dinnshenchas of Óenach Uchbad
Ogam il-lia, lia uas lecht
verse
beg. Ogam il-lia, lia uas lecht

Seven quatrains attributed to Oisín, on the battle of Gabair Aichle.

Dinnshenchas Érenn C supplement
Dinnshenchas of Oin Aub
prose
Text on the dinnshenchas of Oin Aub (Úanob).
Páis Cristoforus
prose
Medieval Irish passion of Saint Christopher, dog-headed saint, evangelist and martyr.
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