De forslointib hÉrend (miscellany from TCD H 2. 7)
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prose
Miscellany of genealogical notes on Irish persons and families prior to the year 800, especially concerning the Éoganacht Chaisil and the Corcu Loígde of Munster. It also includes a section on the Déisi of Waterford.
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Lebor gabála Érenn
Dinnshenchas of Druim Fíngin Iverse
3 st.
beg. A éicse Banba co m-blaid
Short poem (3 qq) on the dinnshenchas of Druim Fíngin.
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.
Dúngal Raithlind rui a chuirn
verse
2.5 st.
beg. Dúngal Raithlind / rui a chuirn
Luccreth moccu Chíara
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Luccreth moccu Chíara
(fl. 7th century)
early Irish poet
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Versified genealogy (5 couplets) of Dúngal Raithlind, chief of the Éoganacht Raithlind. It belongs to a group of genealogical poems that are attributed to Luccreth moccu Chíara.
Tochmarc Emire, Lebor gabála Érenn, Dinnshenchas Érenn C supplement
Dinnshenchas of Emain Machaprose
Prose story relating the dinnshenchas for Emain Macha.
Énna Labraid luad cáich
verse
beg. Énna Labraid luad cáich
Laidcenn mac Bairceda
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Laidcenn mac Bairc(h)eda
(supp. fl. 5th century ?)
early Irish poet, said to be of the Dál nAraidi. Two early poems (beg. Énna, Labraid and Nidu dír dermait) belonging to the so-called rhyming ‘Leinster poems’ are ascribed to him.
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One of the rhyming Leinster poems, attributed to Laidcenn mac Bairceda
Éogan án éo cautmai cáem
form undefined
4 st.
beg. Éogan án / éo cautmai cáem
Luccreth moccu Chíara
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Luccreth moccu Chíara
(fl. 7th century)
early Irish poet
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Versified genealogy (8 couplets) of Éogan mac Crundmaíl, chief of the Uí Choirpri branch of Uí Fhidgenti. It belongs to a group of genealogical poems that are attributed to Luccreth moccu Chíara.
Éoganacht poems attributed to Luccreth moccu Chíara
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A collection of genealogical poems relating to the Éoganachta, attributed to Luccreth moccu Chíara. It consists of a main poem beg. Cú cen máthair and six shorter, supplementary verses for other branches of the Éoganachta.
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.
See more (ascr.)Eochaid úa Flainn
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.
Fáelgus Nad Fráech febda cland
verse
2.5 st.
beg. Fáelgus, Nad Fráech / febda cland
Luccreth moccu Chíara
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Luccreth moccu Chíara
(fl. 7th century)
early Irish poet
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Versified genealogy (5 couplets) of Fáelgus mac Nad Froích, chief of the Éoganacht of Cashel. It belongs to a group of genealogical poems that are attributed to Luccreth moccu Chíara.
Fragmentary annals of Ireland
prose
A fragmentarily preserved text of Irish annals and narrative expansions, possibly compiled in the 11th century and perhaps based on the lost Annals of Clonenagh (Radner). Five fragments now remain in a late, 17th-century transcript, each covering a part of the period between 573 and 914 and focusing on the province of Leinster.
Genealogical tract on the Fothairt
prose
list
Irish genealogical tract, or tracts, dealing with the Fothairt. Common descent is traced to a pseudo-eponymous ancestor called Eochaid (Find) Fúath nAirt and his sons, Cian Cúldub (a quo Uí Chúlduib of Kildare) and Óengus Mend.
Dinnshenchas of Temair (prose)
In chetbean luid i n-uaigh uairverse
1 st.
beg. In chetbean luid i n-uaigh uair
Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Inber mBuadaprose
verse
8 st.
beg. Inber mBuada sloindter sin
Dinnshenchas of Inber mBuada
Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Introduction to the Dinnshenchas Érennprose
Introduction to the Dinnshenchas Érenn. It is in the form of a short story which asserts that the collection was composed by Amairgen mac Amalgada, poet of Diarmait mac Cerbaill (d. 565), high-king of Ireland. When the men of Ireland were convened at Tara, the poet fasted on Fintan mac Bóchra (a survivor of the Flood, according to other tales) for three days and nights, so that the latter would reveal his knowledge of the notable places of Ireland.
Irish tract on the origins of alphabets
prose
A Middle Irish tract on the invention or discovery of the Hebrew, Greek and Latin alphabets.
Lebor gabála Érenn (Míniugud)
prose
prosimetrum
An abbreviated recension of Lebor gabála Érenn, known as the Miniugud recension. In the manuscripts, it is usually found as an appendix to Recension II.
Lebor gabála Érenn
prose
prosimetrum
Lebor gabála Érenn (Recension C)
form undefined
Lebor gabála Érenn
Lebor gabála Érenn (Recension B)form undefined
The so-called second recension of Lebor gabála Érenn.
Lebor gabála Érenn (Recension A)
prose
prosimetrum
Lebor gabála Érenn/3. De fhlaithiusaib Érenn
Lebor gabála Érenn/3A. Érimón and the Cruithniprose
An account of the reign of Érimón mac Míled, notably the contention with his brother Éber, a series of battles, the bursting forth of lakes and streams, and Érimón’s own death. A number of versions also insert a tract on the Picts into the narrative.
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