A largely lost set of annals associated with the monastery of Cluain Eidnech (Clonenagh) in present-day Co. Laois.
‘Tract’, or assembled material, giving an account of different genealogical doctrines for the three Fothaid. The most common doctrine places them among the Laigin and has them descend, on the paternal side, from Núadu Necht. Another relates them to Dál Araide, making them descendants of Irél son of Conall Cernach, ancestor of the Dál Araide. Yet another doctrine makes them descendants of Cairpre Nia Fer and Fedelm Foltchaíme.
A short Irish account of Silvius, son of Ascanius and father of Brutus of Troy. The text is indebted to the Irish adaptation of the Historia Brittonum known as Lebor Bretnach, which it quotes in places, but also adds material to it, such its opening passage on Vulcan the smith.
First tract of Lebor gabála Érenn.
An introduction to the tract De gabálaib Érenn. It lists the peoples who are said to have invaded Ireland before the Goídil, namely Cessair, Partholón, Nemed, the Fir Bolg, the Fir Domnann, the Gáiléoin and the Túatha Dé Danann. Their narratives are told in the course of the tract.
