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A chóemu cláir Chuinn choímfhinn

verse

25 st.

beg. A chóemu cláir Chuinn choímfhinn

Eochaid úa Flainn

Eochaid úa Flainn

(fl. c.936–1004, if he is Eochaid úa Flannucáin)

A medieval Irish poet to whom a number of Middle Irish poems, most of them in the Lebor gabála Érenn, have been attributed. His identification with Eochaid úa Flannucáin, a poet and historian who was guestmaster at Armagh, has gained favour over the years. In order not to pre-judge the matter, the two are distinguished in the present catalogue.

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Middle Irish poem (25 qq) attributed to Eochaid úa Flainn concerning the first settlements of Ireland by Cessair and Partholón. The poem as we have it was incorporated in the Lebor gabála Érenn and is common to all major recensions.

Middle IrishPartholónCesair

A fhir thall triallus

verse

30 st.

beg. A fhir thall tríallus in scél

Fíngen mac Flainn

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

Ab Adam usque ad diluuium (Irish tract)

prose

Latin tract on the ages of the world.

Latin language

Adam primus pater (Irish tract)

prose

Middle Irish

Airne Fíngein

form undefined

Late Old IrishEarly Middle IrishFíngen mac LuchtaConn Cétchathach

Assia ingen Neir (Irish tract)

prose

Irish tract on the origins of the names of the continents (Asia, Africa and Europe) and other aetiological lore.

Middle Irish

Auraicept na n-éces

prose

Old IrishMiddle Irish

Banshenchas

prose

verse

The title Banshenchas refers to two versions composed in the late Middle Irish period:

[[Metrical Banshenchas

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

[[Prose Banshenchas

|a longer version in prose]].

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Middle Irish

Can a mbunadus na nGáedel

verse

beg. Can a mbunadus na nGáedel?

Máel Muru Othna

Máel Muru Othna

(d. 887)

Early Irish poet and historian, who was apparently attached to the monastery of Othain (now Fahan, Inishowen barony, Co. Donegal), as his epithet suggests

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Old Irish

Capa is Laigni is Luasad grind

verse

9 st.

beg. Capa is Laigni is Luasad grind

Early Irish poem (9 st.) in Lebor gabála Érenn concerning the arrival of three fishermen from Spain to Ireland before the Flood.

Early Irish

Cét breth rucad i nÉirinn

prose

Anecdote about the first judgment made in Ireland, which is said to have been uttered by Amairgen.

Early IrishAmairgen (Glúngel) mac Míled

Cethri arda in domain

form undefined

Early Irish tract. The text in LU is incomplete, preserving the prose section only.

Early Irish

Cía cétliaigh robúi ind-Érinn

prose

beg. Cía cétliaigh robúi ind-Érinn

Irish note on the first physician in Ireland.

Irish language

Cóir anmann

form undefined

Late Middle Irish

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

Independent, Lebor gabála Érenn (Recension B)

Comaimsera ríg nÉrenn ocus ríg na Cóiced iar Creitim

prose

A tract that synchronises the reigns of the high-kings and provincial kings of Ireland. The list extends from Lóegaire mac Néill to Muirchertach mac Toirrdelbaig Ua Briain.

Middle IrishKing-list

Connachta cid dia tá in t-ainm

verse

15 st.

beg. Connachta cid dia tá int ainm

Poem which offers a mythological account for the origin of the name Connacht, formerly Cóiced Ol nÉcmacht. 15 stanzas.

Late Middle IrishConnacht/Cúige Chonnacht

Cú cen máthair

verse

36 st.

beg. Cú cen máthair, maith cland

Luccreth moccu Chíara

Luccreth moccu Chíara

(fl. 7th century)

early Irish poet

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Old Irish poem (36st) attributed to Luccreth moccu Chíara, which traces the ancestry of Cú cen Máthair (d. 665), king of Munster and grandfather of Cathal mac Finguine, all the way back to Adam. A large part of the pedigree, from Míl to Adam, closely resembles that found in another Old Irish poem of a similar metrical type, beg. Énna Labraid luad cáich and dealing with Leinster kings. Myles Dillon has argued that these pedigrees represent (respectively) Munster and Leinster recensions of the same core material.

Old IrishCathal Cú Cen Máthair

De causis torchi Corc' Óche

form undefined

Early Irish tale on the migration of the Corco Óche. It offers a mythological account of the origin of Lough Neagh (Loch nEchach), which is said to be named after Echu mac Maireda.

Old IrishLoch nEchach ... Lough NeaghEochu mac MairedaCorcu Óche

Diluuium factum est

prose

Latin language

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Lebor gabála Érenn

Dinnshenchas of Druim Fíngin I

verse

3 st.

beg. A éicse Banba co m-blaid

Short poem (3 qq) on the dinnshenchas of Druim Fíngin.

Middle IrishdinnshenchasDruim Fíngin

Dúan in cethrachat cest

verse

prose

beg. Apraid a éolchu Elga

Eochaid ua Céirín

Eochaid (Eolach) úa Céirín

(fl. 11th century?)

Middle Irish poet

Eochaid ua Céirín

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

Tochmarc Emire, Lebor gabála Érenn, Dinnshenchas Érenn C supplement

Dinnshenchas of Emain Macha

prose

Prose story relating the dinnshenchas for Emain Macha.

Middle IrishdinnshenchasEmain Macha ... Navan FortMacha MongrúadDíthorbaCimbáethÁed Rúad mac Báduirn

Énna Labraid luad cáich

verse

beg. Énna Labraid luad cáich

Laidcenn mac Bairceda

Laidcenn mac Bairc(h)eda

(supp. fl. 5th century ?)

early Irish poet, said to be of the Dál nAraidi. Two early poems (beg. Énna, Labraid and Nidu dír dermait) belonging to the so-called rhyming ‘Leinster poems’ are ascribed to him.

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One of the rhyming Leinster poems, attributed to Laidcenn mac Bairceda

Old Irishrhyming Leinster poems

Lebor gabála Érenn

Ériu co n-uaill, co n-idnaib

verse

beg. Ériu co n-uaill, co n-idnaib

Eochaid ua Flannucáin

Eochaid úa Flannucáin

(c.936–1004)

Irish poet and scholar, who was guestmaster at Armagh and superior at Cluain Fiachna (Clonfeacle). He was identified by Rudolf Thurneysen as the poet Eochaid úa Flainn, to whom several poems, most of them in the Lebor gabála, are attributed. This identification has gained favour over the years. In order not to pre-judge the matter, the two are distinguished in the present catalogue.

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Eochaid úa Flainn

(fl. c.936–1004, if he is Eochaid úa Flannucáin)

A medieval Irish poet to whom a number of Middle Irish poems, most of them in the Lebor gabála Érenn, have been attributed. His identification with Eochaid úa Flannucáin, a poet and historian who was guestmaster at Armagh, has gained favour over the years. In order not to pre-judge the matter, the two are distinguished in the present catalogue.

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Poem in Lebor gabála Érenn.

Middle Irish

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