A chóemu cláir Chuinn choímfhinn
verse
25 st.
beg. A chóemu cláir Chuinn choímfhinn
Eochaid úa Flainn
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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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Middle Irish poem (25 qq) attributed to Eochaid úa Flainn concerning the first settlements of Ireland by Cessair and Partholón. The poem as we have it was incorporated in the Lebor gabála Érenn and is common to all major recensions.
A fhir thall triallus
verse
30 st.
beg. A fhir thall tríallus in scél
Fíngen mac Flainn
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Fíngen mac Flainn
(fl. 9th century (?))
early Irish poet to whom is ascribed a threat of satire (a tréfhocal fócrai, beg. A mo Choimdiu nél) to the Fir Arddae; said to be a pupil to one Dubdhartach.
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Middle Irish poem (30qq) attributed to Fíngen mac Flainn, in the form of a series of questions and interlined answers concerning Irish history and pseudo-history.
Ádam athair sruith ar sluag
verse
103 st.
beg. Ádam athair, sruith ar sluag
Óengus [unidentified]Óengus ... unidentified
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Medieval Irish poem attributed to a certain Óengus. Called a ‘school-poem’ by R. Flower, it offers a quick summary of major events narrated in the Lebor gabála, from biblical history to the various settlements and invasions of the peoples in Ireland (Cessair, etc.) and finally, the six ages of the world.
Áed Bennán bruth rígi ríg
verse
3.5 st.
beg. Áed Bennán / bruth rígi ríg
Luccreth moccu Chíara
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Luccreth moccu Chíara
(fl. 7th century)
early Irish poet
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Versified genealogy (7 couplets) of Áed Bennán mac Crimthainn, a Munster chief or ruler from the Éoganachta of Loch Léin. It belongs to a group of genealogical poems that are attributed to Luccreth moccu Chíara.
Airne Fíngein
form undefined
Amalgaid Énna én ar gart
verse
2.5 st.
beg. Amalgaid, Énna / én ar gart
Versified genealogy (5 couplets) of Amalgaid mac Éndai, chief from the Éoganacht of Áne. It belongs to a group of genealogical poems that are attributed to Luccreth moccu Chíara.
Apair ri síl nEógain Móir
verse
17 st.
beg. Apair ri síl nEógain Móir
Senchán Torpéist
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Senchán Torpéist
(fl. 6th–7th century)
Irish poet associated with Gúaire Aidne, king of Connacht; popular figure in Irish literary tradition, notably as one credited for having retrieved the Táin and, especially in Tromdám Gúaire, as the leader of a band of poets seeking to test the limits of Gúaire’s hospitality.
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Early Irish poem on the descendants of Éogan Mór, attributed in one version to Senchán Torpéist.
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.
Auraicept na n-éces
prose
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.Biblical genealogies in TCD 1336
prose
Biblical genealogies along with apocryphal notes about Mary and her father Joachim as well as a prayer to Mary. The text appears incomplete on a single page in a unit of TCD MS 1336, where it is said to be taken from the Lebor buide Meic Murchada. According to Dáibhí Ó Cróinín, the text derives from a lost version of the Sex aetates mundi.
Biblical genealogies in the Book of Leinster
prose
beg. Máire ingen Iochim meic Ioseph meic Eli meic Elizar meic Mathatha
A brief section found in the Book of Leinster containing the genealogies of a number of biblical figures, including Mary, Samuel, Saul, Esdras and Asaph son of Berechiah.
Can a mbunadus na nGáedel
verse
beg. Can a mbunadus na nGáedel?
Máel Muru Othna
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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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Capa is Laigni is Luasad grind
verse
9 st.
beg. Capa is Laigni is Luasad grind
Early Irish poem (9 st.) in Lebor gabála Érenn concerning the arrival of three fishermen from Spain to Ireland before the Flood.
Cét breth rucad i nÉirinn
prose
Anecdote about the first judgment made in Ireland, which is said to have been uttered by Amairgen.
Cethri arda in domain
form undefined
Early Irish tract. The text in LU is incomplete, preserving the prose section only.
Chronicon Scotorum
prose
Clann Ailella Oluim uill
verse
8 st.
beg. Clann Ailella Oluim uill
Early Irish poem (8 qq) on the descendants of Ailill Ólom, king of Munster.
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.
Independent, Lebor gabála Érenn (Recension B)
Comaimsera ríg nÉrenn ocus ríg na Cóiced iar Creitimprose
A tract that synchronises the reigns of the high-kings and provincial kings of Ireland. The list extends from Lóegaire mac Néill to Muirchertach mac Toirrdelbaig Ua Briain.
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.
Cú cen máthair
verse
36 st.
beg. Cú cen máthair, maith cland
Luccreth moccu Chíara
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Luccreth moccu Chíara
(fl. 7th century)
early Irish poet
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Old Irish poem (36st) attributed to Luccreth moccu Chíara, which traces the ancestry of Cú cen Máthair (d. 665), king of Munster and grandfather of Cathal mac Finguine, all the way back to Adam. A large part of the pedigree, from Míl to Adam, closely resembles that found in another Old Irish poem of a similar metrical type, beg. Énna Labraid luad cáich and dealing with Leinster kings. Myles Dillon has argued that these pedigrees represent (respectively) Munster and Leinster recensions of the same core material.
De causis torchi Corc' Óche
form undefined
Early Irish tale on the migration of the Corco Óche. It offers a mythological account of the origin of Lough Neagh (Loch nEchach), which is said to be named after Echu mac Maireda.
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