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Middle Irish
Eochair chéille coistecht
verse
12 st.
beg. Eochair chéille coistecht
Cormac mac Cuilennáin
Cormac mac Cuilennáin
(d. 908)
bishop and king of Munster
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Poem ascribed to Cormac mac Cuilennáin, which consists primarily of a list of gnomic formulas beginning with the word eochair (‘key’ in a metaphorical sense).
Eol dam aided, erctha gním
verse
8 st.
beg. Eol dam aided, erctha gním
Poem on the deaths of the seven Maines, sons of Medb and Ailill.
Laídshenchas Laigen
Eol dam i ndairib dréchta
verse
43 st.
beg. Eol dam i ndairib dréchta
Flann mac Máel Máedóc
Flann mac Máel Máedóc
(fl. 10th century)
early Irish poet, son of Máel Máedoc mac Díarmata
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Poem on the battles of the Leinstermen and the heroes who fell at their hands
Eól dam seiser cloinne Cuinn
verse
50 st.
beg. Eól dam seiser cloinne Cuinn
Néide ua MaolchonaireNéide ua Maolchonaire
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Ó Dálaigh (Aonghus Fionn)
Ó Dálaigh (Aonghus Fionn)
(c.1548–c.1602)
also Aonghus Ó Dálaigh Fionn;
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Praise poem tracing the descent of Toirrdelbach Ua Conchobair to Conn Cétchathach.
Éri íarthar talman torthig
verse
121 st.
beg. Éri íarthar talman torthig
Úa Duinn (Gilla na Náem)
Úa Duinn (Gilla na Náem)
(d. c. 1160)
Irish scholar and poet who was attached to the monastery of Inis Clothrann, now Inchcleraun (Island), in Lough Ree.
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A long poem (121 qq) giving a précis of the Dinnshenchas Érenn and included at the end of the version of that collection in the Book of Uí Maine. The last stanza attributes the poem to Gilla na Náem Úa Duinn and gives the year 1166.
Éri óg inis na náem
verse
beg. Éri óg inis na náem
Gilla Mo Dutu Úa CaisideGilla Mo Dutu Úa Caiside
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Érimón is Éber ard
verse
beg. Érimón is Éber ard
Flann Mainistrech
Flann Mainistrech
(d. 1056)
Middle Irish poet ass. with Monasterboice (Mainistir Buite)
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Flann Mainistrech
Flann Mainistrech
(d. 1056)
Middle Irish poet ass. with Monasterboice (Mainistir Buite)
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Middle Irish poem attributed to Flann Mainistrech.
Lebor gabála Érenn
Ériu co n-uaill, co n-idnaib
verse
beg. Ériu co n-uaill, co n-idnaib
Eochaid ua Flannucáin
Eochaid úa Flannucáin
(c.936–1004)
Irish poet and scholar, who was guestmaster at Armagh and superior at Cluain Fiachna (Clonfeacle). He was identified by Rudolf Thurneysen as the poet Eochaid úa Flainn, to whom several poems, most of them in the Lebor gabála, are attributed. This identification has gained favour over the years. In order not to pre-judge the matter, the two are distinguished in the present catalogue.
See more (ascr.)Eochaid úa Flainn
Eochaid úa Flainn
(fl. c.936–1004, if he is Eochaid úa Flannucáin)
A medieval Irish poet to whom a number of Middle Irish poems, most of them in the Lebor gabála Érenn, have been attributed. His identification with Eochaid úa Flannucáin, a poet and historian who was guestmaster at Armagh, has gained favour over the years. In order not to pre-judge the matter, the two are distinguished in the present catalogue.
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Poem in Lebor gabála Érenn.

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Ess Rúaid I
verse
prose
beg. A fhir dodechaid atúaid
Tract on the dinnshenchas of Ess Rúaid (Assaroe, on the r. Erne, Co. Donegal).
Éstid a éolchu cen ón
verse
37 st.
beg. Éstid a éolchu cen ón
Flann Mainistrech
Flann Mainistrech
(d. 1056)
Middle Irish poet ass. with Monasterboice (Mainistir Buite)
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Middle Irish poem attributed to Flann Mainistrech, embedded in a number of recensions of the Lebor gabála Érenn (Min, A and C, but not in B).
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Faffand
verse
prose
beg. Broccaid brogmar co n-gním gíall
Fulartach
Fulartach
An early Irish poet whose name is invoked in ascriptions of certain poems of Dinnshenchas Érenn in the Book of Leinster (Carmun, Liamuin, Slíab Bladma, perhaps Faffand and Druim nDairbrech if the abbreviation F. refers to him).
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Dinnshenchas of Faffand
Fástini Airt meic Cuind ocus a chretem
prose
verse
beg. Cáin do Denna Den doma addonrúacht
Feidlimid athair Echach
verse
beg. Feidlimid athair Echach
Middle Irish poem on battles fought by Cú Chorb, king of Leinster, with Eochaid Find Fúath nAirt, ancestor of the Fothairt, against the men of Munster.
Félire Uí Gormáin (Martyrology of Gorman)
verse
Úa Gormáin (Máel Muire)Úa Gormáin (Máel Muire)
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Irish metrical calendar of saints compiled by Máel Muire Ua Gormáin in the 12th century.
Dinnshenchas Érenn A
Dinnshenchas of Fert Medba
verse
3 st.
beg. Fegaid fert, forum nglinni
Dinnshenchas of Fert Medba.
Fianna bátar i nEmain
verse
beg. Fianna bátar i nEmain
Cináed úa hArtacáin
Cináed úa hArtacáin
(d. 975)
Middle Irish poet.
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Cináed úa hArtacáin
Cináed úa hArtacáin
(d. 975)
Middle Irish poet.
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Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Fích mBúana
prose
verse
6 st.
beg. Dorat Búan, in ben nár bán
Text on the dinnshenchas of Fích mBuana
Fichi ríg cía rím as ferr
verse
61 st.
beg. Fichi ríg cía rím as ferr
Airbertach mac Cosse Dobráin
Airbertach mac Cosse Dobráin
(d. 1016)
Irish poet; fer légind of Ros Ailithir (Rosscarbery, Co. Cork)
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Verse history of the kings of Israel and Judah residing in Jerusalem, from Saul to the destruction of the city.
Fidbadach mac Feda Ruscaig
verse
beg. Fidbadach mac Feda Ruscaig
Flann mac Lonáin
Flann mac Lonáin
(d. 891 x 918)
early Irish poet; called ‘the Virgil of the Irish’ (Firgil Gáedel) and ‘King of the Poets of Ireland’ respectively.
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Poem attributed to Flann mac Lonáin. It is preceded by a prose story about the poet, beginning ‘Bó bithblicht meic Lonán’ (YBL col. 917 ff, facs. page 195b ff; D iv 2, fol. 51d ff).
Commentary on the Amra Choluim Chille
Fil duine
verse
beg. Fil duine
Fil súil n-glais
verse
beg. Fil súil n-glais
Colum Cille
Colum Cille
(fl. 6th century)
founder and abbot of Iona, Kells (Cenandas) and Derry (Daire).
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Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Findloch Cera
verse
prose
beg. Atbér frib co húain iar n-an
Dinnshenchas on Findloch Cera
Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Finnglais
verse
prose
beg. Roort Bláthnat ingen Mind
Tract on the dinnshenchas of Finnglais
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Fornocht
verse
prose
beg. Fornocht do dún, a Druim nDen
Finn mac Cumaill
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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Dinnshenchas of Fornocht, formerly Druim Den.
Acallam na senórach
Forud na Fíann fás in-nocht
verse
beg. Forud na Fíann fás in-nocht
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Irish/Gaelic
Irish > Early Irish
Irish > Early > Old Irish
Irish > Early > Old Irish > Late Old Irish
Irish > Early > Middle Irish
Irish > Early > Middle Irish > Early Middle Irish
Irish > Early > Middle Irish > Late Middle Irish
Irish > Early Modern Irish
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