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Irish religious literature liturgical and devotional prayers and hymns

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A aingil, beir a Míchíl mórfhertaig

verse

9 st.

beg. A aingil / beir a Míchíl mórfhertaig

Ua Brolcháin (Máel Ísu)

Ua Brolcháin (Máel Ísu)

(d. (c.) 1086)

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Metrical invocation (9qq, treochair) of Michael the archangel.

A Dé dúlig, atat-teoch

verse

50 st.

beg. A Dé dúlig, atat-teoch

Airbertach mac Cosse Dobráin

Airbertach mac Cosse Dobráin

(d. 1016)

Irish poet; fer légind of Ros Ailithir (Rosscarbery, Co. Cork)

Poem on the psalms and other religious matters.

A Maire mín maithingen

verse

beg. A Maire mín, maith-ingen

Colum Cille

Colum Cille

(fl. 6th century)

founder and abbot of Iona, Kells (Cenandas) and Derry (Daire).

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Middle Irish litany (16 qq) attributed to Colum Cille

Admuinemmar nóeb Pátraicc

verse

beg. Ad-muinemmar nóeb Pátraicc

Fíacc of Sletty

Fíacc of Sletty

(supp. fl. 5th century)

reputed disciple of Saint Patrick, abbot and patron saint of Sléibte (Sletty, Co. Laois).

See more (ascr.)Niníne ÉcesNiníne Éces

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Early Irish prayer which invokes St Patrick and was composed, according to the prose attribution, by either Niníne the poet (éces) or Fíacc of Sleibte (Sletty, Co. Laois).

Commentary to Félire Óengusso

An frimm, a Rí richidh ráin

verse

beg. An frimm, a Rí richidh ráin

Ciarán of Clonmacnoise

Ciarán (mac int Shaír) of Clonmacnoise

(c. 515–c. 549)

Irish saint, patron of Clúain Moccu Nóis (Clonmacnoise). Feast-day: 9 September.

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Colum caid cumachtach

verse

5 st.

beg. Colum cáid cumachtach

Cainnech of Aghaboe

Cainnech of Aghaboe

Cainnech moccu Dalonn, patron saint of Achad Bó Chainnig (Aghaboe, Co. Laois) and Cell Chainnig (Kilkenny)

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Prayer (5st in ochtfhoclach metre) for Colum Cille attributed to Cainnech.

Colum Cille co Dia domerail

verse

beg. Colum Cille co Dia domerail

Adomnán

Adomnán

(fl. c.628–704)

Adomnán mac Rónáin was abbot of Iona (r. 679–704) and author of the Latin Life of St Columba and an account of the holy places of the Near East (De locis sanctis). He is credited with the proclamation of the Lex innocentium or Cáin Adomnáin at the Synod of Birr.

See more (ascr.)Baíthéne mac Brénainn

Baíthéne mac Brénainn

(d. 598)

Second abbot of Iona, in succession to Colum Cille.

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Early Irish devotional poem addressed to Colum Cille and usually attributed to Adomnán.

Comad croiche Críst

verse

7 st.

beg. Creidim-si Críst israeracht

Danklied einer erlösten Seele

prose

verse

8 st.

beg. Bennacht for in n-irnaigthe

Prose anecdote about a soul released from hell through the mediation of prayer by an anonymous holy man (maybe St Gregory), including by a poem (8 qq) uttered by the soul in gratitude for his release.

Dumfétt Crístt cuntt cumhachtu

prose

Colum Cille

Colum Cille

(fl. 6th century)

founder and abbot of Iona, Kells (Cenandas) and Derry (Daire).

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Old Irish prayer attributed to Colum Cille.

Gabriel lim i nDomhnaighibh

verse

9 st.

beg. Gabriel lim i nDomhnaighibh

An early Irish metrical prayer (8 st.) seeking the protection and support of the archangels, one for each day of the week.

Irish Liber hymnorum

prose

verse

An early Irish collection of hymns and paratexts such as prefaces and glosses, contained in two manuscripts (TCD MS 1441 and UCD Franciscan MS A 2).

Irish litany of the Trinity

prose

Mugrón [abbot of Iona]

Mugrón ... abbot of Iona

(d. c.981)

Abbot of Iona and supposed author of a number of vernacular Irish poems. His obit in AFM remembers him as ‘scribe/writer and bishop, sage of the three divisions’ (scribhnidh ⁊ epscop, saoi na t-Tri Rand).

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Early Irish prose litany addressed to the Trinity.

Isam aithrech febda fecht

verse

9 st.

beg. Isam aithrech, febda fecht

Óengus céile DéÓengus céile Dé

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First of two devotional Middle Irish poems (9 stanzas) that were added to the Saltair na rann in the Rawl. B 502 manuscript.

Litany of Irish saints I

prose

Litany of Irish saints II-a

prose

Óengus of Tallaght

Óengus (mac Óengobann) of Tallaght

(fl. early part of the 9th century)

author of Félire Óengusso

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Litany of Irish saints II-b

prose

Early Irish litany of saints whose invocations are usually grouped into sevens, e.g. ‘the seven holy bishops of Druim Urchailli (Dunmurraghill)’. In the manuscripts, it is always preceded by a litany of pilgrim saints, which appears to have been a separate text originally.

Ní car Brigit

verse

beg. Ní car Brigit búadach bith

Broccán clóen

Broccán clóen

(d. 650)

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Ní-m thá saegid for Día ndron

verse

58 st.

beg. Ní-m thá saegid for Día ndron

The second of two Middle Irish devotional poems that are found after the core of Saltair na rann in Rawl. B 502.

Scíath Dé do nim umam

verse

26 st.

beg. Scíath Dé do nim umam

Colum Cille

Colum Cille

(fl. 6th century)

founder and abbot of Iona, Kells (Cenandas) and Derry (Daire).

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A lorica (lúirech) attributed to Colum Cille.

Sén Dé donfé for-donté

verse

beg. Sén Dé donfé for-donté

Colmán mac Uí CluasaigColmán mac Uí Cluasaig

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Early Irish verse hymn ascribed to one Colmán mac Uí Cluasaig, lector in Cork. The first divison (ll. 1-38) is regarded as the original poem, which appears to be an adaptation of a Latin prayer. The next divison (ll. 39-47), itself perhaps of mixed origin, serves as an appendix. The final one, almost certainly a later addition, invokes the chief patron saints of Ireland (Brigit, Patrick and Columba).

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