Ind áer-sin do-rigne Cairpre mac Etaine do Bres mac Elathan
prose
An anecdote about the ‘first satire in Ireland’, which is said to have been made by Cairpre mac Etaine on the unjust king Bres mac Elathan. The same story is found in Cath Maige Tuired.
Dinnshenchas Érenn A
Dinnshenchas of Ailech Iverse
28 st.
beg. Decid Ailech n-Imchill n-úaib
Poem on the dinnshenchas of Ailech.
Independent, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Ailech IIverse
35 st.
beg. Cía triallaid nech aisneis senchais Ailig eltaig
Flann Mainistrech
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Flann Mainistrech
(d. 1056)
Middle Irish poet ass. with Monasterboice (Mainistir Buite)
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Dinnshenchas of Ailech.
Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Ailech IIIverse
beg. Ailech Frigrenn, faithche na ríg rígda in domain
Dinnshenchas of Ailech
Aislinge Óenguso
form undefined
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]].
Follow the links for further references.Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Benn Codailprose
verse
7 st.
beg. Senchas Codail cuimnig dam
Text on the dinnshenchas of Benn Codail
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Berbaprose
verse
beg. In Berba búan a bailbe
Dinnshenchas of the River Barrow (Berba)
Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Boand (prose)prose
Dinnshenchas of the River Boyne (Boand), offering two different explanations of the name.
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Boand Iverse
beg. Síd Nechtain sund forsin t-shléib
Cuán ua LothcháinCuán ua Lothcháin
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Dinnshenchas poem of the River Boyne (Boand).
Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Boand IIverse
beg. A Máilshechlainn mic Domnaill
Dinnshenchas poem on Boand (the Boyne), addressed to Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill (d. 1022).
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
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Mac Nía mac Óengusso
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Poem on the dinnshenchas of Brug na Bóinne.
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Carn Uí Néitverse
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).
Cath Maige Tuired
prose
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Céis Chorainnprose
verse
6 st.
beg. Sunda robói Corand cáin
Dinnshenchas of Céis Chorainn
Cóir anmann
form undefined
The colloquy between Fintan and the hawk of Achill
verse
116 st.
beg. Arsaidh sin, a eoúin Accla
Poem presenting a conversation between Fintan mac Bóchra, the sole survivor of the Flood, and an ancient hawk (seboc) of the island of Achill.
Connachta cid dia tá in t-ainm
verse
15 st.
beg. Connachta cid dia tá int ainm
Poem which offers a mythological account for the origin of the name Connacht, formerly Cóiced Ol nÉcmacht. 15 stanzas.
Cath Maige Tuired, Cath Maige Tuired § 142
In dáil n-asdadhaverse
rosc
beg. Gébaid foss findgrinde
Lóch LethglasLóch Lethglas
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De gabáil in t-shída
form undefined
A story about the Dagda, sometimes regarded as one of the remscéla to the Táin.
Dúan in cethrachat cest
verse
prose
beg. Apraid a éolchu Elga
Eochaid ua Céirín
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Eochaid (Eolach) úa Céirín
(fl. 11th century?)
Middle Irish poet
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Eochaid ua Céirín
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Eochaid (Eolach) úa Céirín
(fl. 11th century?)
Middle Irish poet
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Poem consisting of a series of questions concerning miscellaneous bits of lore, with the answer given in prose form in interlinear gloss.
Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Duma Selgaprose
verse
28 st.
beg. Duma Selga sund 'sin maig
Dinnshenchas of Duma(e) Selga.
Lebor gabála Érenn
Ériu co n-uaill, co n-idnaibverse
beg. Ériu co n-uaill, co n-idnaib
Eochaid ua Flannucáin
See more (ascr.)Eochaid úa Flainn
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Eochaid úa Flannucáin
(c.936–1004)
Irish poet and scholar, who was guestmaster at Armagh and superior at Cluain Fiachna (Clonfeacle). He was identified by Rudolf Thurneysen as the poet Eochaid úa Flainn, to whom several poems, most of them in the Lebor gabála, are attributed. This identification has gained favour over the years. In order not to pre-judge the matter, the two are distinguished in the present catalogue.
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Eochaid úa Flainn
(fl. c.936–1004, if he is Eochaid úa Flannucáin)
A medieval Irish poet to whom a number of Middle Irish poems, most of them in the Lebor gabála Érenn, have been attributed. His identification with Eochaid úa Flannucáin, a poet and historian who was guestmaster at Armagh, has gained favour over the years. In order not to pre-judge the matter, the two are distinguished in the present catalogue.
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Poem in Lebor gabála Érenn.
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