Independent, Laídshenchas Laigen
Fothairt for clannaib Concorbverse
beg. Fothairt for clannaib Concorb
Poem on St Brigit's people, the Fothairt, and their expulsion from Tara. It is 19 stanzas long in both manuscripts.
Fritha gach da chosmuilius
verse
beg. Fritha gach da chosmuilius
Fuit (poem)
verse
beg. Fuit co bráth
Gabh mo chomhairle a mheic mhín
verse
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.
Gabriel lim i nDomhnaighibh
verse
9 st.
beg. Gabriel lim i nDomhnaighibh
An early Irish metrical prayer (8 st.) seeking the protection and support of the archangels, one for each day of the week.
Gáir na Gairbe glebinne
verse
beg. Gáir na Gairbe glebinne
Middle Irish poem (18qq) which occurs in a series of poems attributed to Mo Ling but which appears to be spoken by Suibne Geilt, the once-king turned wild man harboured by the saint at Tech Moling.
Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Gáirechprose
verse
3 st.
beg. Baile h-ir-ralsat gáir cen góe
Text on the dinnshenchas of Gáirech
Gébaid a ainm dim anmaim-se
verse
beg. Gébaid a ainm dim anmaim-se
Colum Cille
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Colum Cille
(fl. 6th century)
founder and abbot of Iona, Kells (Cenandas) and Derry (Daire).
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Early Irish prophetic poem attributed to Colum Cille
Dinnshenchas Érenn C supplement
Dinnshenchas of Glaise Bulgaprose
verse
1 st.
beg. Glais-ben, ingen Deadhadh Deirg
Text on the dinnshenchas of Glaisse Bulga
Gnímhradha in sheseadh lái láin
verse
63 st.
beg. Gnímhradha in sheseadh lái láin
Guidium mac Feidelmid
verse
9 st.
beg. Guidium mac Feidelmid
CainnechCainnech
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A prayer in verse attributed to Cainnech and addressed to Colum Cille.
He amae fet gae geir
verse
1 st.
beg. He amae fet gae geir
Cú Roí
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Cú Roí (mac Dáiri)
(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle)
Warrior and king of Munster in tales of the Ulster Cycle.
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An Irish quatrain said to have been uttered by Cú Roí before he was slain: CuRu[í] ro chan in so in la ro marbad [attribution]: He amae fet gae geir / Osnad mór mórmaic Neill: / Muin ar mug, run do mnai, / mairg dogni cechtar n-ai (transcription by Meyer), “CuRui had dieses gesungen, da er getötet wurde: O weh! Sausen des scharfen Speers! / Heftiges Aufstöhnen von Niall’s grossem Sohn! / Ein Juwel einem Knecht (anvertrauen), ein Geheimnis einer Frau – / Wehe dem, der beides tut!” (German translation by Thurneysen).
Hymn of Fíacc (Génair Pátraic)
verse
beg. Génair Pátraicc i nNemthur
Fíacc of Sletty
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Fíacc of Sletty
(supp. fl. 5th century)
reputed disciple of Saint Patrick, abbot and patron saint of Sléibte (Sletty, Co. Laois).
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Old Irish hymn attributed to Patrick’s pupil Fíacc of Sléibte (Sletty, Co. Laois).
Iarfaiged nech acaib dam
verse
beg. Iarfaiged nech acaib dam
Cormac mac Cuilennáin
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Cormac mac Cuilennáin
(d. 908)
bishop and king of Munster
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Dinnshenchas poem which explains the name of the ‘Yew of the Disputing Sons’ (Ibar mac nAngciss) with reference to the cause of the Battle of Mag Mucrama. 35 stanzas.
Imbu maccán cóic blíadnae
verse
48 st.
beg. Imbu maccán cóic blíadnae
Old Irish metrical version (48 qq) of the Infancy Gospel of Thomas, which is preserved in a late manuscript (NLI MS G 50) only. It relates a number of deeds which Jesus is supposed to have performed as an infant, such as the creation of sparrows out of clay, his encounters with boys thwarting him, his revelations to the scholar Zacharias and various miracles. The Irish poem may have been based on an Old Latin version, which ultimately goes back to a Greek or Syriac text.
Dinnshenchas of Temair (prose)
In chetbean luid i n-uaigh uairverse
1 st.
beg. In chetbean luid i n-uaigh uair
In chloch fors' tát mo dí sháil
verse
1 st.
beg. In chloch fors’ tát mo dí sháil
Cináed úa hArtacáin
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Cináed úa hArtacáin
(d. 975)
Middle Irish poet.
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A Middle Irish poem attributed to Cináed úa hArtacáin, of which one quatrain on the Lía Fáil in Tara is preserved in recensions of the Lebor gabála Érenn.
In clocán-sa na ríg ruad
verse
32 st.
beg. In clocán-sa na ríg ruad
Poem on the bell of Éimíne of Ros Glaise. In the manuscripts the poem is typically found in conjunction with the prose tale Cáin Éimíne Báin.
In matra cia beith do gairbe a gotha
verse
4 st.
beg. In matra, cia beith do gairbe a gotha
Feidlimid mac Crimthainn
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Feidlimid mac Crimthainn
(d. 847)
king of Munster
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Early Irish poem (4qq) attributed to Feidlimid mac Crimthainn, to which is appended a brief note in prose.
In Spirut nóeb immun
verse
3 st.
beg. In Spirut nóeb immun
Ua Brolcháin (Máel Ísu)
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Ua Brolcháin (Máel Ísu)
(d. (c.) 1086)
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In trá is Foich nó is Beach
verse
1 st.
beg. In trá is Foich nó is Beach
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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A single quatrain preserved in a genealogical tract in the Book of Ballymote and here attributed to Mac Liag.
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