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A fhir thall triallus
verse
30 st.
beg. A fhir thall tríallus in scél
Fíngen mac Flainn
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Fíngen mac Flainn
(fl. 9th century (?))
early Irish poet to whom is ascribed a threat of satire (a tréfhocal fócrai, beg. A mo Choimdiu nél) to the Fir Arddae; said to be a pupil to one Dubdhartach.
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Middle Irish poem (30qq) attributed to Fíngen mac Flainn, in the form of a series of questions and interlined answers concerning Irish history and pseudo-history.
Middle Irish
Duanaire Finn, Agallamh Oisín agus Phádraig
A Oisín, is fada do shúanverse
39 st.;167 st.
beg. A Oisín, as fada do shúan
Early Modern Irish fíanaigecht poem, which occurs in the collection Duanaire Finn as well as the later Agallamh Oisín agus Phádraig.
Early Modern IrishOisín mac Finn
Acallam bec
prose
verse
A prosimetric narrative, related to Acallam na senórach, concerning the wanderings of Caílte and other survivors of the Fían at the time of Patrick’s advent in Ireland. While the dialogue between Patrick and a representative of Finn’s old fían is central to both Acallam na senórach and the later Agallamh na seanórach, the meeting between Patrick and Caílte occupies comparatively little space in this text.
Late Middle IrishEarly Modern Irish
Acallam na senórach
prose
verse
Middle IrishFinn mac Cumaill (Find úa Báiscni)Saint PatrickCaílte mac Rónáin
Agallamh Fhinn agus Ailbhe
verse
A modernised Irish version of the riddle episode in Tochmarc Ailbe. Three versions of this collection of riddles are found in the manuscripts.
Early Modern IrishAilbe ingen ChormaicFinn mac Cumaill (Find úa Báiscni)
The colloquy between Fintan and the hawk of Achill
verse
116 st.
beg. Arsaidh sin, a eoúin Accla
Poem presenting a conversation between Fintan mac Bóchra, the sole survivor of the Flood, and an ancient hawk (seboc) of the island of Achill.
Middle IrishFintan mac Bóchrahawk of Achill
Comrac Líadaine ocus Cuirithir
prosimetrum
prose
verse
Prosimetric story about the tragic love relationship between two professional poets, Líadain, a poetess of the Corcu Duibne, and Cuirithir, a Connachtman.
Early IrishLyricCummíne FotaCuirithir mac DoborchonLíadainpilgrimages
Dúan in cethrachat cest
verse
prose
beg. Apraid a éolchu Elga
Eochaid ua Céirín
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Eochaid (Eolach) úa Céirín
(fl. 11th century?)
Middle Irish poet
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Eochaid ua Céirín
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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.
Middle Irish
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.
Middle Irishminor Irish prose talesdeathMóenu of ClonfertBrénainn of Clonfert
Táin bó Cúailnge I, Táin bó Cúailnge II
Imacallaim na Mórígna fri Coin Culaindform undefined
Episode in Táin bó Cúailnge.
The MorríganCú Chulainn
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).
Middle Irish
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Mag Femin IIverse
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.
Middle IrishdinnshenchasMag Femin
The quarrel between Finn and Oisín
verse
beg. Is derb lem-sae, cia domaimse in fer líath
Poem cast as a dialogue between Finn and Oisín, with prose introduction and conclusion.
Old IrishFinn mac Cumaill (Find úa Báiscni)Oisín mac Finn
Tochmarc Ailbe
prose
prosimetrum
Early Irish prosimetric text which relates the story how an aging Finn mac Cumaill wooed Ailbe Grúadbrecc, daughter of Cormac mac Airt. A significant part of the text is taken up by their conversations, which involve a series of riddles and verbal games that establish their mental and intellectual complementarity.
Early IrishAilbe ingen ChormaicFinn mac Cumaill (Find úa Báiscni)Cormac mac Airt
Tochmarc Emire
prose
Early Irishremscéla to Táin bó CúailngeAífe ingen AirdgemeConall CernachCú ChulainnConchobar mac NessaEmer ingen ForgaillScáthachLóegaire Búadach
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