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Áed Bennán bruth rígi ríg

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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.

Amalgaid Énna én ar gart

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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

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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.

Biblical genealogies in TCD 1336

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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

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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.

Clann Ailella Oluim uill

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8 st.

beg. Clann Ailella Oluim uill

Early Irish poem (8 qq) on the descendants of Ailill Ólom, king of Munster.

Cú cen máthair

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36 st.

beg. Cú cen máthair, maith cland

Luccreth moccu Chíara

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 forslointib hÉrend (miscellany from TCD H 2. 7)

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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.

Dúngal Raithlind rui a chuirn

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2.5 st.

beg. Dúngal Raithlind / rui a chuirn

Luccreth moccu Chíara

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.

Éogan án éo cautmai cáem

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4 st.

beg. Éogan án / éo cautmai cáem

Luccreth moccu Chíara

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.

Fáelgus Nad Fráech febda cland

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2.5 st.

beg. Fáelgus, Nad Fráech / febda cland

Luccreth moccu Chíara

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.

Genealogical tract on the Fothairt

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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.

Óengus crobderg cathach rí

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3 st.

beg. Óengus Crobderg / cathach rí

Versified genealogy (6 couplets) of Óengus Crobderg, chief of the ‘Éoganacht of Gabra’, i.e. Uí Chonaill Gabra branch of Uí Fhidgenti. It belongs to a group of genealogical poems that are attributed to Luccreth moccu Chíara.

Secht meic Carbaid cróda in chrech

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8 st.

beg. Secht meic Carbaid, cróda in chrech

Early Irish genealogical poem (8qq) on the sons of Carbad mac Cais meic Fachtna Fáthaig.

Senchus fer n-Alban

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