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Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B

Dinnshenchas of Irarus

prose

verse

21 st.

beg. In eól duíb fri derbthas

Text on the dinnshenchas of Irarus

Is aire charaim Doire

verse

1 st.

beg. Is aire charaim Doire

Colum Cille

Colum Cille

(fl. 6th century)

founder and abbot of Iona, Kells (Cenandas) and Derry (Daire).

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A single Middle Irish quatrain of verse attributed (in prose) to Colum Cille and referring to his foundation at Derry. It is attested in Betha Choluim Chille.

Dinnshenchas of Snám Dá Én

Is de sin atá Áth Lúain

verse

1 st.

beg. Is de sin atá Áth Lúain

Quatrain beginning ‘Is de sin atá Áth Lúain’ cited in the Dinnshenchas of Snám Dá Én.

Is é mo shámud re mnaí

verse

2 st.

beg. Is é mo shámud re mnaí

Scandlán Mór [poet]

Scandlán Mór ... poet

(fl. Middle Irish period?)

Irish poet to whom a Middle Irish love poem, beg. Is é mo shámud re mnái, is attributed. Nothing further is known of him.

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Brief Middle Irish poem (2 qq) atttributed to a certain Scandlán Mór.

Is imdha eccla ar mh'anmain

verse

9 st.

beg. Is imdha eccla ar mh'anmain

Cormac mac Cuilennáin

Cormac mac Cuilennáin

(d. 908)

bishop and king of Munster

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Poem (9 qq) attributed to Cormac mac Cuilennáin.

Is mebul dom imrádud

verse

beg. Is mebul dom imrádud

Laídshenchas Laigen

Is mo-chen, a Labraid láin

verse

11 st.

beg. Is mo-chen, a Labraid láin

Poem in the form of a dialogue between Scoriath, Labraid Loingsech and Muiriath

Is ór glan is nem im gréin

verse

beg. Is ór glan is nem im gréin

Old Irish praise poem in honour of a religious man, whom manuscript tradition identifies as the saint Mo Ling. This praise is delivered in the form of analogies with both natural and man-made things. In several manuscript versions, the poem is introduced by a prose anecdote which explains that the Devil had appeared to Mo Ling disguised as Christ but was unsuccessful in his attempts to deceive the saint. Mo Ling challenged the Devil and forced him into uttering this poem in his honour.

Is saoth lem in t-aos léigind

verse

4 st.

beg. Is saoth lem in t-aos léigind

Poem of 4 quatrains.

Is scíth mo chrob ón scríbainn

verse

beg. Is scíth mo chrob ón scríbainn

Colum Cille

Colum Cille

(fl. 6th century)

founder and abbot of Iona, Kells (Cenandas) and Derry (Daire).

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Is trúag in ces i mbiam

verse

beg. Is trúag in ces i mbiam

Religious poem (8 qq)

Acallam na senórach

Is úar geimred at-racht gáeth

verse

beg. Is úar geimred, at-racht gáeth

Isam aithrech febda fecht

verse

9 st.

beg. Isam aithrech, febda fecht

Óengus céile DéÓengus céile Dé

Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.

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First of two devotional Middle Irish poems (9 stanzas) that were added to the Saltair na rann in the Rawl. B 502 manuscript.

Ísucán

verse

beg. Ísucán

Poem cited in the [[Commentary to Félire Óengusso |Middle Irish commentary to the Félire Óengusso]], under 15 January (St Íte's feast-day).

It é saigte gona súain

verse

8 st.

beg. It é saigte gona súain

Créide ingen Gúairi AidniCréide ingen Gúairi Aidni

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Laídshenchas Laigen

verse

A collection of verse on the kings and other notables of Leinster. It is found under the heading laídshenchas Laigen in the second volume of Rawlinson B 502.

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C

Dinnshenchas of Laigin I

verse

beg. Rohort in rígrad 'moa ríg

Dinnshenchas of the Laigin, referring to the tale of the destruction of Dind Ríg.

Independent, Cóir anmann, Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Commentary on the Amra Choluim Chille, Dinnshenchas Érenn B, Lebor gabála Érenn

Dinnshenchas of Laigin II

verse

3 st.

beg. Labraid Loingsech, lór a lín

Dinnshenchas of the Laigin

Lámair lergga

verse

beg. Lámair lergga

One of the rhymeless ‘Leinster poems’

Lánellach rigi rích ocus ruirech

verse

Leasg amleasg sind gu Áth Clíath

verse

beg. Leasg amleasg sind gu Áth Clíath

Mac Líacc [Muirchertach]

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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Lebor na cert

verse

Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B

Dinnshenchas of Lecc Thollchinn

prose

verse

9 st.

beg. Lecc Thollchind, túachail in t-ainm

Text on the dinnshenchas of Lecc Thollchinn

Lecht Cormaic meic Culennáin

verse