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Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B

Dinnshenchas of Clóenloch

prose

verse

4 st.

beg. Sund dodechaid Clóen ar chel

Text on the dinnshenchas of Clóenloch

Sanas Cormaic, Dinnshenchas Érenn A

Dinnshenchas of Cnocc Rafann

verse

prose

1 st.

beg. Inráith morsa (ł hisa) forsna mfil

Mac Dá CherdaMac Dá Cherda

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Dinnshenchas of Cnocc Rafann

Coeca fichet filed

verse

beg. Coeca fichet filed

One of the rhymeless ‘Leinster poems’

Cóic adnaicthi ní mod mend

verse

7 st.

beg. Cóic adnaicthi, ní mod mend

Short, early Irish poem (7 qq) found in the Leabhar Breac.

Cóic Mumain i Mumain móir

verse

7 st.

beg. Cóic Mumain i Mumain móir

Topographical poem on the five divisions of Munster.

Cóic ríg tríchat do Laignib

verse

beg. Cóic ríg tríchat do Laignib

Middle Irish poem which, as the opening quatrain announces, lists 35 kings of Leinster who were high-kings of early Ireland, from Labraid Loingsech to Nad Buidb mac Eirc.

Cóic ríg tríchat triallsat róe

verse

55 st.

beg. Cóic ríg tríchat triallsat róe

Middle Irish poem (55qq) which enumerates early medieval kings of Leinster since the arrival of Christianity. According to M. A. O'Brien, who published an edition of the text, the poem is a composite work consisting of two parts: the first, longer series of stanzas (1-38) listing 35 kings from Crimthann mac Énnai Chennselaig to Fáelán mac Muiredaig (d. 934), together with two additional quatrains of slightly later date (39-40), and a final series (41-55) ending with Donnchadh mac Dúnlaing (d. 1036). The final kings in both parts are represented as being still alive.

Cóica traighedh tólaibh tlacht

verse

2 st.

beg. Cóica traighedh tólaibh tlacht

Flann Mainistrech

Flann Mainistrech

(d. 1056)

Middle Irish poet ass. with Monasterboice (Mainistir Buite)

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Two sts of a medieval Irish poem concerning the gigantic physical heights of Tadg mac Céin and Conchobar mac Nessa.

Cóictach descipul foglaintid

verse

10 st.

beg. Cóictach, descipul, foglaintid

Úa Cerbaill (Máel Suthain)Úa Cerbaill (Máel Suthain)

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Medieval Irish poem attributed to the Munster scholar Máel Suthain Úa Cerbaill (d. 1010), dealing with the ecclesiastical and secular grades.

Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B

Dinnshenchas of Coire mBreccáin

prose

verse

23 st.

beg. Coire Breccáin, bail i fail

Dinnshenchas of Coire mBreccáin

The colloquy between Fintan and the hawk of Achill

verse

116 st.

beg. Arsaidh sin, a eoúin Accla

Poem presenting a conversation between Fintan mac Bóchra, the sole survivor of the Flood, and an ancient hawk (seboc) of the island of Achill.

Colum caid cumachtach

verse

5 st.

beg. Colum cáid cumachtach

Cainnech of Aghaboe

Cainnech of Aghaboe

Cainnech moccu Dalonn, patron saint of Achad Bó Chainnig (Aghaboe, Co. Laois) and Cell Chainnig (Kilkenny)

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Prayer (5st in ochtfhoclach metre) for Colum Cille attributed to Cainnech.

Colum Cille cend Alban

verse

beg. Colum Cille cend Alban

Mugrón [abbot of Iona]

Mugrón ... abbot of Iona

(d. c.981)

Abbot of Iona and supposed author of a number of vernacular Irish poems. His obit in AFM remembers him as ‘scribe/writer and bishop, sage of the three divisions’ (scribhnidh ⁊ epscop, saoi na t-Tri Rand).

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Colum Cille co Dia domerail

verse

beg. Colum Cille co Dia domerail

Adomnán

Adomnán

(fl. c.628–704)

Adomnán mac Rónáin was abbot of Iona (r. 679–704) and author of the Latin Life of St Columba and an account of the holy places of the Near East (De locis sanctis). He is credited with the proclamation of the Lex innocentium or Cáin Adomnáin at the Synod of Birr.

See more (ascr.)Baíthéne mac Brénainn

Baíthéne mac Brénainn

(d. 598)

Second abbot of Iona, in succession to Colum Cille.

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Early Irish devotional poem addressed to Colum Cille and usually attributed to Adomnán.

Comad croiche Críst

verse

7 st.

beg. Creidim-si Críst israeracht

Comae ríaguil in Choimded

verse

beg. Comae ríaguil in Choimded

Early Irish religious poem which prescribes a set of moral guidelines that together make up ‘the rule of the Lord’ (ríagal in Choimded). Strachan, who first edited the poem, distinguishes between two recensions, A and B, both of which carry some interpolations of their own.

Comrac Líadaine ocus Cuirithir

prosimetrum

prose

verse

Prosimetric story about the tragic love relationship between two professional poets, Líadain, a poetess of the Corcu Duibne, and Cuirithir, a Connachtman.

Comrainter in airigid

verse

beg. Comrainter in airigid

Middle Irish poem on the honorific food portions that are due to different classes of society.

Conailla Medb míchuru

verse

beg. Conailla Medb míchuru

Luccreth moccu Chíara

Luccreth moccu Chíara

(fl. 7th century)

early Irish poet

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Obscure 'accentual poem' by or at least attributed to Luccreth moccu Chíara. The first section deals with the Ulster hero Fergus mac Róich, his situation as an exile in the service of Medb and Ailill, and his participation in their wars over the cattle (bó) of the Ulstermen. The account is thought to refer to an early version of the Táin bó Cúailnge.

Coneigius dúib geisi ulchai

verse

beg. Coneigius dúib geisi ulchai

Connachta cid dia tá in t-ainm

verse

15 st.

beg. Connachta cid dia tá int ainm

Poem which offers a mythological account for the origin of the name Connacht, formerly Cóiced Ol nÉcmacht. 15 stanzas.

Duanaire Finn

Cotail becán becán bec

verse

15 st.