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Banshenchas
prose
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The title Banshenchas refers to two versions composed in the late Middle Irish period:
  1. [[Metrical Banshenchas

|a metrical version composed by Gilla Mo Dutu Úa Caiside in 1147]] and

  1. [[Prose Banshenchas

|a longer version in prose]].

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Middle Irish
Book of Leinster list of the gillai of warriors
prose
list

A brief list of names in the Book of Leinster belonging to the servants (gillai) of Ulster warriors and one, Conán, of Finn mac Cumaill.

Early Irish
Comainmnigud nóem nÉrenn
prose
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).

Early Irishsaints of Ireland
Comanmand nóebúag hÉrenn
prose
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.
Early Irishsaints of Ireland
Do mháithribh na náomh
prose
Tract on the mothers of Irish saints.
Irish languagesaints of Ireland
Fianshruth
form undefined
Lists A and B represent two versions of an alphabetically arranged list of personal names associated with the Finn Cycle. A prose introduction precedes both of these lists.
Late Middle IrishFinn mac Cumaill (Find úa Báiscni)
Genealogies of Irish saints
list
Irish language
Irish list of Patrick's household
prose

An Irish list of members of St Patrick’s household, possibly compiled during the abbacy of Joseph, bishop-abbot of Armagh (ob. 936).

Middle IrishSaint Patrick
List of Irish saints (Colum Cille o Dhoire)
prose
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.

Early Modern Irishsaints of Ireland
List of Irish saints and places
prose
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.
Middle Irish
Metrical Banshenchas
verse
beg. Adam oen-athair na ndoene
Úa Caiside (Gilla Mo Dutu)
Úa Caiside (Gilla Mo Dutu)
(fl. c. 1147)
Irish poet, credited as the author of Éri óg inis na náem and Ádam óenathair na ndóene (the metrical Banshenchas).

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Úa Caiside (Gilla Mo Dutu)
Úa Caiside (Gilla Mo Dutu)
(fl. c. 1147)
Irish poet, credited as the author of Éri óg inis na náem and Ádam óenathair na ndóene (the metrical Banshenchas).

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(ascr.)
Metrical version of the Banshenchas, composed by Gilla Mo Dutu Úa Caiside (1147).
Late Middle Irish
Nomina diaconorum Hibernensium
prose
list
List of Irish saints classified as deacons (diacones). It is closely associated in the manuscripts with two similar lists of saints who have been bishops or priests.
Early Irishdeaconssaints of Ireland
Nomina episcoporum Hibernensium
prose
list
List of 292 Irish saints classified as bishops. It is associated in the manuscripts with two similar lists of saints who have been priests or deacons.
Early Irishbishopssaints of Ireland
Nomina sacerdotum Hibernensium
prose
list
List of 277 Irish saints classified as priests (sacerdotes). It is closely associated in the manuscripts with two similar lists of saints who have been bishops or deacons.
Early Irishsaints of Ireland
Prose Banshenchas
prose
Prose version of the Banshenchas
Middle Irish