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Bonedd y saint
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A collection of genealogies of Welsh and Brittonic saints, which with the exception of later accretions, has been dated to the 12th or 13th century.

Brathir Fursu cóir a rad
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5 st.
beg. Brathir Fursu, cóir a rad
Brief Irish poem (5 qq) on Fursa and other saints supposed to have been the offspring of Brónach daughter of Miliuc.
Comainmnigud nóem nÉrenn
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list

Early Irish tract containing lists of Irish saints of the same name. Most copies of the text are followed by a similar tract focusing on female Irish ‘holy virgins’ (Comanmand nóebúag hÉrenn).

Comanmand nóebúag hÉrenn
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list
Early Irish tract containing lists of female Irish saints (nóebúag ‘holy virgins’) of the same name. In the manuscripts, the text immediately follows that of a similar tract known as Comainmnigud nóem nÉrenn.
Do mháithribh na náomh
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Tract on the mothers of Irish saints.
Félire Óengusso
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Óengus of Tallaght
Óengus (mac Óengobann) of Tallaght
(fl. early part of the 9th century)
author of Félire Óengusso

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Félire Uí Gormáin (Martyrology of Gorman)
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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.
Irish martyrology of York
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Irish version of the metrical Martyrology of York, which is found as a series of marginal notes, in Latin and Irish, to a copy of that text in Turin, Biblioteca Nazionale Universitaria, MS D IV 18.

List of Cornish saints (BAV MS Reg. lat. 191)
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list

A list of 48 personal names of Cornish parochial saints, datable to the 10th century, which is preserved on fly-leaves of a manuscript now in the Vatican, BAV MS Reg. lat. 191.

List of Irish saints (Colum Cille o Dhoire)
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list

A catalogue of roughly 150 saints of Ireland, whose selection may ultimately derive from the Martyrology of Donegal. It is extant in two versions, both of which may be linked to members of the Ó Cléirigh family: as a set of glosses to Cú Choigcríche Ó Cléirigh’s version of the versified list of Irish saints beg. Náemhshenchas náemh Insi Fáil; and as a list found at the end of Rawl. B 484, which may be in the hand of Mícheál Ó Cléirigh.

List of Irish saints and places
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list
A catalogue of Irish saints and the places associated with them. It is attested on page 353 of the Book of Leinster and includes a poem (6 qq) beg. Nonbur Síl Chonaire.
Litany of Irish saints II-a
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Óengus of Tallaght
Óengus (mac Óengobann) of Tallaght
(fl. early part of the 9th century)
author of Félire Óengusso

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Litany of Irish saints II-b
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Early Irish litany of saints whose invocations are usually grouped into sevens, e.g. ‘the seven holy bishops of Druim Urchailli (Dunmurraghill)’. In the manuscripts, it is always preceded by a litany of pilgrim saints, which appears to have been a separate text originally.

Martyrology of Cashel
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Martyrology of Donegal
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Ó Cléirigh (Mícheál)
Ó Cléirigh (Mícheál)
(d. 1643)
Irish scholar, historian and scribe.

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Extensive martyrology (calendar of saints) prepared by Mícheál Ó Cléirigh in the early part of the 17th century (c.1630).
Martyrology of Tallaght
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list

Martyrology, probably first created at Tallaght (Co. South Dublin) in the late eighth or early ninth century and receiving additions until the tenth. It consists of an abridged version of the Hieronymian martyrology whose Latin entries for Christian martyrs and saints were then supplemented with the names of Irish saints commemmorated on the same day.

Martyrology of Turin
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Metrical calendar of Hampson
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Latin metrical calendar consisting of 365 verses, with one hexametrical verse for each day of the year, primarily in commemoration of saints or church feasts. A striking feature is the inclusion of ten Irish saints, fourteen church feasts of Irish origin, six northern French and Flemish saints and the obits of King Alfred and his wife Ealhswith (d. 902). While much is unknown about the origin and authorship of the poem, it is usually thought to have been produced in England in the early part of the 10th century, probably during the reign of King Edward the Elder.
Náemhshenchas náemh Insi Fáil (Version A)
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173 st.
beg. Náemhshenchas náemh Insi Fáil
Versified list of the saints of Ireland.
Náemhshenchas náemh Insi Fáil (Version B)
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181 st.
beg. Naoimhsheanchas naomh Innsi Fáil
Versified list of the saints of Ireland.