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A chóemu cláir Chuinn choímfhinn

verse

25 st.

beg. A chóemu cláir Chuinn choímfhinn

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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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

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

Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.

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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.

Adam primus pater (Irish tract)

prose

Áed Bennán bruth rígi ríg

verse

3.5 st.

beg. Áed Bennán / bruth rígi ríg

Luccreth moccu Chíara

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

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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.

Annals of Clonmacnoise (lost original)

prose

The lost, Irish original that underlies the early modern English translation known as Mageoghegan’s book or Annals of Clonmacnoise. To judge from the latter, the annals were updated into the beginning of the 15th century.

Annals of Connacht

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Annals of Loch Cé

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Annals of Mac Carthaigh’s book

prose

Annals of Saints' Island on Lough Ree

prose

Magraidhin (Aughuistín)

Magraidhin (Aughuistín)

(fl. c.1349–d. 1405)

Irish chronicler and canon regular at the Augustinian priory of All Saints on Oileán na Naomh (Saints Island) in Lough Ree (Co. Longford).

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Two sets of Irish annals for the years 1392-1398 (beg. after a lacuna) and 1401-1407. The copy extant in Rawl. B 488 is largely in the hand of Aughuistín Magraidhin, an Augustinian canon of Saints’ Island on Lough Ree, who also appears to have been responsible for compiling the annals.

Annals of the Four Masters

prose

Ó Cléirigh (Mícheál)

Ó Cléirigh (Mícheál)

(d. 1643)

Irish scholar, historian and scribe.

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Ó Maoil Chonaire (Fear Feasa)

(fl. 17th century)

Irish scribe; one of the scholars known as the Four Masters

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Ó Cléirigh (Cú Choigcríche)

(d. in or after 1664)

Irish scholar, poet, historian and scribe; one of the so-named ‘Four Masters’.

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Ó Duibhgeannáin (Cú Choigcríche)

(fl. 17th century)

Irish scribe, known as one of the Four Masters

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Ó Cléirigh (Conaire)

(s. xvii)

A brother of Mícheál Ó Cléirigh and one of the occasional assistants of the Four Masters.

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Ó Maoil Chonaire (Muiris mac Torna)

(d. 1645)

Irish scholar, poet and scribe of the Ó Maoil Chonaire family. He is known to have made a small contribution to the Annals of the Four Masters.

Apair ri síl nEógain Móir

verse

17 st.

beg. Apair ri síl nEógain Móir

Senchán Torpéist

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]].

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Beatha Giolla Íosa agus Maghnusa Mhég Uidhir Fhear Manach

prose

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.

Blodh d'annálaibh Innis Faithlionn

prose

Modern Irish compilation of annals concerned chiefly with Munster.

Caiseal cathair Chlann Mogha

verse

75 st.

beg. Caiseal cathair Chlann Mogha

Ó Dubhagáin (Seaán Mór)

Ó Dubhagáin (Seaán Mór)

(d. 1372)

Irish poet and historian.

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A list of kings of Munster in versified form (75 qq), attributed to Seaán Ó Dubhagáin.

Can a mbunadus na nGáedel

verse

beg. Can a mbunadus na nGáedel?

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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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.

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