Aniar táinic tuitim Bhriain
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beg. Aniar táinic tuitim Bhriain
Elegiac poem on the fall of Brian Bóruma. It is cast in the form of a dialogue between two poets, Mac Líacc, who asks questions about those fallen in the battle of Clontarf, and Mac Coise of Clonmacnoise, who is able to provide answers.
Coimétor liph cend an rígh
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30 st.
beg. Coimétor liph cend an rígh
Medieval Irish poem attributed in the final stanza to Aífe ingen Shogain, a síd-woman from Carn Treóin, and addressed by her to the Érainn, asking them to preserve the head of Cú Roí and recite his deeds.
Gabh mo chomhairle a mheic mhín
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beg. Gabh mo chomhairle a mheic mhín
Mac Aodhagáin (Giolla na Naomh) [d. 1309]
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Mac Aodhagáin (Giolla na Naomh) ... d. 1309
(d. 1309)
Irish legal scholar.
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Early Modern Irish poem (25 qq) instructing a student of Irish law.
Mesce Chúanach
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8 st.
beg. Is pind limp / In tan gabther mo dúan dam
Cúanu mac Ailchíne
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Cúanu mac Ailchíne
King of the Fir Maige Féne.
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Medieval Irish poem (8 st.) attributed to Cúanu mac Cailchíni, king of the Fir Maige Féne.
Samhoin so, sodham go Tadg
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beg. Samhoin so, sodham go Tadg
Mac Líacc [Muirchertach]
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Mac Líacc ... Muirchertach
(d.. 1014 / 1016 (AU))
Middle Irish poet, who is described as 'chief poet of Ireland' (ard-ollamh Érenn) in the Annals of Ulster; becomes the subject of a body of later medieval Irish literature.
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Poem of 47 quatrains. The speaker of the poem is Mac Líacc, poet to Brian Bóruma, who describes his journey from Limerick to the residence of Tadg Úa Cellaig, king of Uí Maine, with whom he is accustomed to spend the other half of the year. Tadg is one of the chieftains who died fighting on Brian’s side in the Battle of Clontarf in 1014.
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