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Dia do betha a Cormaic cain

verse

beg. Dia do betha, a Chormaic cáin

Irish poem presented as a dialogue between Colum Cille and Cormac úa Liatháin.

Dialog etre Arzur Roe d'an Bretounet ha Guynglaff

verse

Middle Breton poem (247 lines) of political prophecy written c.1450. The poem is framed as a dialogue between King Arthur, who asks the questions, and Guynglaff (Gwenc'hlan), a wild man of the woods who is able to prophesy future events of a calamitous nature.

Dialogue between Fachtnae and Sogen

prose

Short Irish law-tract cast as a dialogue between the legendary judge Fachtna(e) and Sogen, son of Cernall Cernach, on a variety of legal topics.

The dialogue of Cummíne and Comgán

verse

Early Irish poem in the form of a dialogue between Cummíne Fota and Comgán Mac Dá Cherda, with a prose prologue of later date about the two characters.

Dúan in cethrachat cest

verse

prose

beg. Apraid a éolchu Elga

Eochaid ua Céirín

Eochaid (Eolach) úa Céirín

(fl. 11th century?)

Middle Irish poet

Eochaid ua Céirín

Eochaid (Eolach) úa Céirín

(fl. 11th century?)

Middle Irish poet

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Poem consisting of a series of questions concerning miscellaneous bits of lore, with the answer given in prose form in interlinear gloss.

Dúan in chóicat cest

verse

prose

23 st.

beg. Iarfaigid lib cóecait cest

Middle Irish poem (23 quatrains)

Elucidarium (Honorius Augustodunensis)

prose

Honorius Augustodunensis

Honorius Augustodunensis

(fl. 1098–1140)

Honorius Augustodunensis is a medieval theologian and author, active between ca. 1190 and ca. 1140. He is also referred to as Honorius Inclusus or Honorius of Autun. He has written several works, including the Speculum ecclesiae, the Elucidarium, and the Imago mundi. Two of his works (the Elucidarium and the Imago mundi) have been translated into Middle Welsh.

A Latin encyclopedic and didactic work written by Benedictine monk Honorius Augustodunensis and presented as a dialogue between teacher and pupil about a variety of theological subjects. The work enjoyed immense popularity over a long period of time and was translated into many languages, including Middle Welsh (Ystoria Lucidar).

Fingal Rónáin

prose

Foscél ar Brénainn (dialogue with Moínenn of Clonfert)

form undefined

A Middle Irish short story about a dialogue between Brénainn of Clonfert with one of his successors, Moínenn, bishop of Clonfert, on the subject of death and the afterlife.

Gúbretha Caratniad

prose

Early Irish legal tract consisting of a brief prologue and an extended dialogue between Conn Cétchathach and his judge Caratnia concerning 51 judgments that are ostensibly flawed yet are supported by exceptions to the norm.

Gwên a Llywarch

verse

beg. Na wisc wedy kwyn, na vit vrwyn dy vryt

Early Welsh dialogue poem between Llywarch Hen and his son Gwên, who utter single englynion in turns.

Homilia de die iudicii

prose

Táin bó Cúailnge I, Táin bó Cúailnge II

Imacallaim na Mórígna fri Coin Culaind

form undefined

Episode in Táin bó Cúailnge.

Immacallam Choluim Cille ⁊ ind óclaig

prose

Immacallam Cormaic ocus Fíthail

form undefined

Immacallam in dá thúarad

form undefined

Early Irish wisdom text

Irish Liber de passione Christi

form undefined

Ua Conchubhair (Seán) [translator]

Ua Conchubhair (Seán) ... translator

(d. 1391?)

Seán Ua/Ó Conchubhair, Irish scholar, or possibly scholars of the same name, credited with the translation into Irish of the Dialogus de passione Christi attributed to St Anselm and the Liber de passione Christi attributed to Bernard of Clairvaux. AFM s.a. 1391 records the killing of one Seaan mac Mathgamhna Uí Choncobhair. Their names may but need not refer to the same person.

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Irish version of the Liber de passione Christi et doloribus et planctibus matris eius usually attributed to Bernard of Clairvaux. It is in the form of a dialogue between St Bernard and the Virgin Mary about the passion of Christ. The text is anonymous and may have been the work of Irish scholar Seán Ó Conchubhair.

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

Joca monachorum

prose

A family of medieval question-and-answer texts on biblical topics and events, typically using humour as a pedagogical tool. A few of the earliest manuscript witnesses are known for their Irish connections.

Kanu y byt bychan

verse

beg. Keingeneis, kanaf / bet vndyd mwyhaf

Taliesin

Taliesin

(fl. 6th century)

renowned British poet, known both as a historical poet at the court of Urien and other rulers and as a more fictionalised persona of supreme status. Poems attributed to him survive in the 14th-century manuscript now known as the Book of Taliesin (NLW Peniarth 2).

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Middle Welsh poem put in the mouth of the legendary poet Taliesin.

Konungs skuggsjá

prose

In lebor ollaman

prose

A Middle Irish commentary on the Auraicept na n-éces and some of its companion material. McLaughlin has suggested that “the author was working with an annotated copy of that text”. The text opens with a list of the judges and authors of Ireland and a prologue. Much of the commentary is structured using didactic formulae (e.g. ceist ... ní hansa, and similar).

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C

Dinnshenchas of Mag Femin II

verse

prose

Poem on the dinnshenchas of Mag Femin. In the Book of Leinster version, the poem is presented as a dialogue between the poets Cuimíne and Mac Dá Cherda.

Marthain duit, a Ioraird fhéil

verse

beg. Marthain duit, a Ioraird fhéil

Dialogue poem between Mac Líacc and Urard mac Coise.

Nas-geib ferg in rigan de

verse

4 st.

beg. Nas-geib ferg in rigan de

A poem (4 qq) cited in the prose preface to the Amra Choluim Cille and closely related textual contexts, all dealing with the convention at Druim Cett. The prose relates that when Colum Cille blessed Domnall, son of Áed mac Ainmirech, and promised the kingship to him, he incurred the anger of Domnall’s stepmother, Áed’s then wife. After she had accused the saint of corrgainecht (‘sorcery’), he uttered words that transformed her and her handmaiden into cranes (corr ‘crane’). Part of the poem renders the exchange between Colum Cille and the queen.

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