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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

beg. A fhir théit im-mag Medba

Dinnshenchas on Áth Lúain

Dinnshenchas Érenn C supplement

Dinnshenchas of Athais Mide

prose

Text on the dinnshenchas of Athais Mide

Athirne and Amairgen

prose

Auraicept na n-éces

prose

Baile Binnbérlach mac Búain

prose

verse

Baile Bricín

form undefined

Early Irish tale in which an angel visits St Bricín(e), abbot of Túaim Dreccon (Tomregan, Co. Cavan), and reveals to him the names of many future churchmen in Ireland.

Banshenchas

prose

verse

The title Banshenchas refers to two versions composed in the late Middle Irish period:

[[Metrical Banshenchas

|a metrical version composed by Gilla Mo Dutu Úa Caiside in 1147]] and

[[Prose Banshenchas

|a longer version in prose]].

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Bec innocht lúth mo dá lúa

verse

4 st.

beg. Bec innocht lúth mo dá lúa

Caílte mac Rónáin

Caílte mac Rónáin

(time-frame ass. with Finn Cycle)

or Caílte mac Crundchon meic Rónáin, kinsman of Finn mac Cumaill and a prominent member of his fían; accomplished warrior and hunter; one of the protagonists of Acallam na senórach

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Poem of four stanzas, attributed to Caílte. It uses a special, learned vocabulary known as bérla na filed.

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C

Dinnshenchas of Belach Gabráin

verse

prose

beg. Inmain dam in Gabrán glan

Find Fili mac Rossa Rúaid

Find Fili mac Rossa Rúaid

legendary poet and king of Leinster; son of Russ Rúad

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Texts in prose and verse relating variant versions of dinnshenchas on Belach Gabráin (B. nGabráin, B. Gabrán), perhaps Gowran Pass (Co. Kilkenny) or more probably, according to Edward Gwynn, the pass of that name in Maistiu (Co. Kildare). This pass (belach) is said to derive its name from the hound Gabrán whose heart broke (i.e. it died) from a fatiguing and unsuccessful pursuit of a swine whose name appears exclusively in the genitive, Lurgan (cf. lurga, lurgu ‘shanks’). The swine escaped from it underground in the bog of Allen (móin Almaine). The prose story identifies the hiding place as Loch Lurgan.

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B

Dinnshenchas of Benn Bóguine

prose

verse

22 st.

beg. Fil dam aichne áige

Dinnshenchas of Benn Bóguine

Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B

Dinnshenchas of Benn Boirche I

prose

verse

3 st.