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A écsiu Fáil fégam sein
verse
9 st.
beg. A écsiu Fáil fégam sein
A poem of nine quatrains giving the fifteen names of the river Boyne
A maccáin ná cí
verse
beg. A maccáin ná cí
Ailill Ólomm
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Ailill Ólomm
(time-frame ass. with Irish legendary history)
king of Munster; reputed ancestor of the Éoganacht and Dál Cais; a prominent figure in various king-tales, such as those revolving around the Battle of Mag Mucrama.
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Brinna Ferchertne
verse
36 st.
beg. Atchīu dā choin ac congail
A rhymed poem about the death of Cú Roí, preserved as part of a version of Aided Chon Roí. In a dream-vision, the poet Ferchertne utters a prophecy of Cú Roí’s death.
Dinnshenchas Érenn A
Dinnshenchas of Cell Chorbbáinverse
25 st.
beg. Cell Chorbbain, clár cen chreidim
Dinnshenchas of Cell Chorbbáin (Kilcorban).
Dia ngaire dam dum láim chlí
verse
8 st.
beg. Dia ngaire dam dum láim chlí
Gnímhradha in sheseadh lái láin
verse
63 st.
beg. Gnímhradha in sheseadh lái láin
Is mebul dom imrádud
verse
beg. Is mebul dom imrádud
Pátraicc Macha mártai Gaídil
verse
13 st.
beg. Pátraicc Macha mártai Gaídil
Middle Irish poem (13 st.) in praise of St Patrick.
Immram curaig Mail Dúin
Ráisit d'inis nárbo dermarRodíchned Find, ba fer tend
verse
1 st.
beg. Rodíchned Find, ba fer tend
A single quatrain alluding to a story about the death of Finn mac Cumaill.
Rop tú mo baile
verse
beg. Rop tú mo baile
Commentary on the Amra Choluim Chille
Scél lem dúibverse
beg. Scél lem duib
Finn mac Cumaill
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Finn mac Cumaill (Find úa Báiscni)
(time-frame ass. with Finn Cycle, Finn mac Cumaill, Cormac mac Airt)
Finn mac Cumaill (earlier mac Umaill?), Find úa Báiscni: central hero in medieval Irish and Scottish literature of the so-called Finn Cycle; warrior-hunter and leader of a fían
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Early Irish poem on the coming of winter.
Truag a dála domnán dil
verse
5 st.
beg. Truag a dála domnán dil
Poem (5qq) lamenting the death of Cormac mac Cuilennáin (d. 908).
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