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|Initial words in translation=Almu of the Leinstermen, a fort of the ''fiana''
|Initial words in translation=Almu of the Leinstermen, a fort of the ''fiana''
|BelongstoComments=The poem survives as part of a number of texts or collections:
|BelongstoComments=The poem survives as part of a number of texts or collections:
# {{Belongs|Dinnshenchas Érenn A|LL p. 202|no=202.2}}
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# {{Belongs|Acallam na senórach/Ráith Glais and Ráith Almu|lines 1262–1281 (10 qq.): poem beg. ‘Almha Laigen, lis na fian’|Stokes 1900a|comments=This version shares stanzas 1, 2, 4 and 5 of the previous poem, one with an alternative couplet. The remaining six stanzas are not found in the ''Dinnshenchas Érenn'' version. }}
|Dinnshenchas Érenn A
# {{Belongs|Fotha catha Cnucha|quotes stanzas 3, 5, 21 and 22 of the ''Dinnshenchas Érenn'' poem.}}
|LL p. 202
|no=202.2}}
# {{Belongs
|Acallam na senórach/Ráith Glais and Ráith Almu
|lines 1262–1281 (10 qq.): poem beg. ‘Almha Laigen, lis na fian’
|Stokes 1900a
|comments=This version shares stanzas 1, 2, 4 and 5 of the previous poem, one with an alternative couplet. The remaining six stanzas are not found in the ''Dinnshenchas Érenn'' version. }}
# {{Belongs
|Fotha catha Cnucha
|quotes stanzas 3, 5, 21 and 22 of the ''Dinnshenchas Érenn'' poem.}}
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|Belongsto2=
|Categories=Early Irish poetry; Dinnshenchas Érenn; Early Irish poetry; Finn Cycle
|Categories=Early Irish poetry; Dinnshenchas Érenn; Early Irish poetry; Finn Cycle
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|LanguageAuto=Middle Irish
|LanguageAuto=Middle Irish
|Date=The poem would seem to predate the composition of both ''[[Fotha catha Cnucha]]'' and ''[[Acallam na senórach]]'', both of which contain quotations from the verse.  
|Date=The poem would seem to predate the composition of both ''[[Fotha catha Cnucha]]'' and ''[[Acallam na senórach]]'', both of which contain quotations from the verse.  
Kuno Meyer dates the poem to the 10th century;{{Note|{{C/s|Meyer 1910p|at= xxii}}.}} while Gerard Murphy suggests that the late 11th or early 12th century is more likely.{{Note|{{C/s|MacNeill and Murphy 1908-1953c|at=xxxiv}}; see also {{C/s|Murray (Kevin) 2012a|at=46-47}}.}}
Kuno Meyer dates the poem to the 10th century;{{Note
|Textual relationships=Cf. ''[[Dinnshenchas of Almu II]]'' and ''[[Dinnshenchas of Almu (prose)]]''. The conception of [[Finn mac Cumaill]] is told in prose as ''[[Fotha catha Cnucha]]'' and also forms the subject of an episode in ''[[Macgnímartha Find]]''.
|{{C/s
|Meyer 1910p
|at= xxii}}.}} while Gerard Murphy suggests that the late 11th or early 12th century is more likely.{{Note
|{{C/s
|MacNeill and Murphy 1908-1953c
|at=xxxiv}}; see also {{C/s
|Murray (Kevin) 2012a
|at=46-47}}.}}
|Textual relationships=Cf. <em>[[Dinnshenchas of Almu II]]</em> and <em>[[Dinnshenchas of Almu (prose)]]</em>. The conception of Finn mac Cumaill is told in prose as <em>[[Fotha catha Cnucha]]</em> and also forms the subject of an episode in <em>[[Macgnímartha Find]]</em>.
|Manuscripts=;''Dinnshenchas Érenn A''
|Manuscripts=;''Dinnshenchas Érenn A''
*{{MS|Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339|page=202}}
*{{MS
|Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339
|page=202}}
;''Fotha catha Cnucha''
;''Fotha catha Cnucha''
*{{MS|LU|comments=Four stanzas quoted}}
*{{MS
|LU
|comments=Four stanzas quoted}}
|Manuscripts2=
|Manuscripts2=
|FormPrimary=verse;
|FormPrimary=verse;
|SubjectCategory=Almu; Finn mac Cumaill;  
|SubjectCategory=Almu; Finn mac Cumaill;
|TitleComments=''Almu I'' in Gwynn's edition
|TitleComments=''Almu I'' in Gwynn's edition
}}
|Compare=Dinnshenchas of Almu II; Dinnshenchas of Almu (prose); Fotha catha Cnucha; Macgnímartha Find;
|Expansion=Aid:Dinnshenchas Érenn}}


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