A Chinn Choradh, caidhi Brian
verse
beg. A Chinn Choradh, caidhi Brian?
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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Elegiac poem lamenting the desolation of Kincora (Co. Clare), Brian Bóruma's seat, after the battle of Clontarf.
A chros thall ar an dtulaigh
verse
39 st.
beg. A chros thall ar an dtulaigh
Ó Dálaigh (Gofraidh Fionn)
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Ó Dálaigh (Gofraidh Fionn)
(d. 1387)
also Gofraidh Ó Dálaigh Fionn; Irish bardic poet of the Ó Dálaigh family
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Ó Dálaigh (Gofraidh Fionn)
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Ó Dálaigh (Gofraidh Fionn)
(d. 1387)
also Gofraidh Ó Dálaigh Fionn; Irish bardic poet of the Ó Dálaigh family
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Medieval Irish elegiac poem attributed to Gofraidh Fionn Ó Dálaigh, in which the poet mourns the death of his young son Eoghan. References are made to Irish stories in which fathers, such as Cathbad or the Dagda, survive their son or restore their son to life.
Aithbe dam-sa bés mora
verse
beg. Aithbe dam-sa bés mora
Old woman of BeareOld woman of Beare
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Aniar táinic tuitim Bhriain
verse
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.
Apair damsa re Der Fáil
verse
15 st.
beg. Apair damsa re Der Fáil
Urard mac Coise
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Urard mac Coise
(d. 983 x 1023)
Irish poet
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Urard mac Coise
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Urard mac Coise
(d. 983 x 1023)
Irish poet
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Middle Irish poem (15 qq) attributed to (Urard) mac Coise and composed for Derb Áil (Der Fáil), who was a daughter of Tadc mac Cathail, king of Connacht, and the consort of Domnall úa Néill, high-king of Ireland (d. 980). The poem laments the death of her young son Áed. In the process, it cites several tragedies of bereavement from Irish history (one from Trojan history) and adds a religious dimension to her grief and consolation.
Agallamh Oisín agus Phádraig
Caoineadh Áille Shnuaghealverse
91 st.
beg. A Mheargaigh (chruaidh) na nglas-lann (ngéar)
Dúnta in tech i-táit na ríg
verse
12 st.
beg. Dúnta in tech i-táit na ríg
Ó Rónán (Flann)Ó Rónán (Flann)
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Medieval irish poem (12 qq) lamenting the death of Máelshechlainn II. It is attributed to one Flann Ó Rónán.
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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Marbh anocht mo cholann-sa
verse
38 st.
beg. Marbh anocht mo cholann-sa
Medieval Irish poem (38 qq), unattributed but apparently uttered by Colum Cille, who laments the disintegration of his familia in Ireland and Scotland.
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