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In cath catharda
prose

Medieval Irish adaptation of the first seven books of the classical Latin poem Pharsalia by Lucan. It rates as one of the longest literary prose texts to survive from medieval Ireland.

Cumtach na nIudaide n-ard
verse
beg. Cumtach na nIudaide n-ard

Short Middle Irish poem (4qq) on the defining characteristics of various peoples (the Jews, the Greeks, the Franks, the Welsh, the Picts, etc), which correspond closely to those listed in the tract De proprietatibus gentium.

De locis sanctis (Bede in Irish paraphrase)
prose
Middle Irish, abridged version of Bede’s De locis sanctis
Día feasaid lim nodas fuil
verse
4 st.
beg. Día feasaid lim nodas fuil
Mugrón [unidentified]
Mugrón (one or multiple unidentified authors)
The name Mugrón occurs in a number of textual attributions where the identity of the intended author cannot be ascertained. The references may be to Mugrón, abbot of Iona, to Mugrón of Tuam, or someone else entirely.

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Middle Irish poem (4qq) attributed to Mugrón, which offers a verse rendering or verse summary of the preface to De duodecim abusivis saeculi.

Imtheachta Æniasa
prose

Irish vernacular adaptation of Vergil’s Aeneid, produced perhaps in the 12th century.

Irish version of Bede's Historia ecclesiastica (Books I-II)
prose
Middle Irish version of the first two books of Bede’s Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum.
Is fisigh cidh dia ndernad Adham
prose
Irish text on the divisions of Adam
Lebor Bretnach
prose
Middle Irish adaptation of the Historia Brittonum ascribed to Nennius
Luid Iason ina luing lóir
verse
beg. Luid Iason ina luing lóir
Flann Mainistrech
Flann Mainistrech
(d. 1056)
Middle Irish poet ass. with Monasterboice (Mainistir Buite)

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Medieval Irish poem attributed to Flann Mainistrech on the destruction of Troy. Mac Eoin believed it to have been based on a prose text concerning the Trojan war but not a text of Togail Troí as we know it today.
Páis Cristoforus
prose
Medieval Irish passion of Saint Christopher, dog-headed saint, evangelist and martyr.
Riss in mundtuirc
prose
Middle Irish adaptation of episodes from the Theban Cycle, drawing on Statius and Ovid. It relates a number of unfortunate events which transpired after Vulcan forged a necklace for Harmonia.
Robo maith Aichil mac Pel
verse
14 st.
beg. Robo maith Aichil mac Péil
Irish poem on the deeds of Achilles (Aichill) in his younger years
Romul ocus Remul
prose
Story of the birth of Romulus and Remus.
Scéla Alaxandair maic Pilip
prose

Middle Irish saga on the career and conquests of Alexander the Great, based on an account in Orosius’ Historiae adversus paganos, Alexander’s letter to Aristotle about India and the correspondences known as the Collatio cum Dindimo.

Sloiged már rucsat Gréic co Hebríb fechtas n-aile
prose
Short Middle Irish prose text preserved in the Book of Leinster.
Solomon and the power of women
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Early Irish reworking of I Esdras, III ch. 3-4, with Solomon, king of the Greeks, and Nemiasserus replacing Darius and Zorobabel (Zerubbabel).

Togail na Tebe
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Middle Irish prose translation of the Thebaid, a Latin poem by Statius about the Seven against Thebes.
Togail Troí
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Middle Irish adaptation of the Historia de excidio Troiae (6th century) ascribed to Dares Phrygius.