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A fir ce no turcba raith
verse
beg. A fir ce no turcba raith
Irish poem (7qq) apparently concerning Emain Macha and Cimbáeth. It is found in NLI MS G 7, where it is prefaced with a short prose introduction (beg. Toforaint in Márrighan laithriuch nduine lie hAulta hi Machi) referring to the the dinnshenchas for Emain Macha. Editions, translations and discussions in secondary literature are unknown at this stage.
Irish languageEmain Macha ... Navan FortMacha MongrúadCimbáeth
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Achallverse
prose
beg. Achall ar aicce Temair
Cináed úa hArtacáin
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Cináed úa hArtacáin
(d. 975)
Middle Irish poet.
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Dinnshenchas poem mostly on Achall, i.e. the Hill of Skreen, Co. Meath, with prose on Duma nEirc and Duma nAichle. Both the poem and the prose text offer the story according to which Achall died of grief for her brother Erc, who was killed in vengeance for Cú Chulainn’s death, and was buried in the mound that would bear her name.
Middle IrishDinnshenchasrevenge
Táin bó Cúailnge I, Táin bó Cúailnge II
Aided Lóchaprose
Anecdote about the death of Medb's handmaid Lócha (Recension 1) or Loche (Recension 2).
DinnshenchasAidedMedb of CrúachanCú ChulainnRéid LóchaCuincheLócha
Táin bó Cúailnge I
Aided Lóthairprose
Story about the death of Medb’s cowherd Lóthar, with an additional anecdote about the search for the bull (tarb). It occurs only in the first recension of TBC.
AideddinnshenchasMedb of CrúachanDonn CúailngeGlenn GatSlíab Cuillinn ... Slieve GullionLóthar
Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Ailech (prose)prose
Prose tract on the dinnshenchas of Ailech
Middle IrishDinnshenchas
Dinnshenchas Érenn A
Dinnshenchas of Ailech Iverse
28 st.
beg. Decid Ailech n-Imchill n-úaib
Poem on the dinnshenchas of Ailech.
Middle IrishdinnshenchasAilech
Independent, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Ailech IIverse
35 st.
beg. Cía triallaid nech aisneis senchais Ailig eltaig
Flann Mainistrech
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Flann Mainistrech
(d. 1056)
Middle Irish poet ass. with Monasterboice (Mainistir Buite)
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Dinnshenchas of Ailech.
Middle IrishdinnshenchasAilech
Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Ailech IIIverse
beg. Ailech Frigrenn, faithche na ríg rígda in domain
Dinnshenchas of Ailech
Middle IrishDinnshenchasThe DagdaAilechÚa Lochlainn (Domnall)
Dinnshenchas Érenn C supplement
Dinnshenchas of Ailén Cobthaigprose
verse
14 st.
beg. A Fedelm, a fholt-buide
Text on the dinnshenchas of Ailén Cobthaig
Middle IrishDinnshenchasAilén Cobthaig
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Alendprose
verse
14 st.
beg. Alend óenach diar n-ócaib
Prose and verse dinnshenchas of Alend
Middle IrishDinnshenchasAlend/Dún Ailinne ... Knockaulin
Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Almu (prose)prose
Dinnshenchas prose text on Almu (the Hill of Allen, Co. Kildare)
DinnshenchasAlmu/Cnoc Almaine ... Hill of Allen
Dinnshenchas of Almu I
verse
beg. Almu Lagen, les na Fían
Dinnshenchas poem on Almu (the Hill of Allen, Co. Kildare), which recounts the tale of the conception of Finn mac Cumaill.
Middle IrishDinnshenchasconceptionFinn mac Cumaill (Find úa Báiscni)Almu/Cnoc Almaine ... Hill of Allen
Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Almu IIverse
4 st.
beg. Almu robo cháem dia cois
Dinnshenchas poem on Almu (the Hill of Allen, Co. Kildare).
dinnshenchasFinn mac Cumaill (Find úa Báiscni)IuchnaAlmu/Cnoc Almaine ... Hill of AllenClann BresailAlmu ... wife of IuchnaBeccán ... father of Almu
Cath Maige Mucrama, Dinnshenchas Érenn C supplement
Dinnshenchas of Áne Chlíachprose
An episode in Cath Maige Mucrama which tells of Ailill Ólomm's hostility towards two inhabitants of the síd-mound Áne Chlíach and of the blemish and curse he incurred on account of this. It gives an explanation of Ailill's nickname as well as the name of the hill.
Middle Irishdinnshenchasbarren landOtherworldsoporific musicAilill ÓlommCnoc Áine ... KnockainyFerchess mac CommáinÉogabal (var. Éogabul, Eogabál), sometimes mac DurgabuilÁne ingen Éogabuil
Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B, Dinnshenchas Érenn C supplement
Dinnshenchas of Ard Fothaidprose
verse
5 st.
beg. Ard Fothaid, in fetabair
Dinnshenchas of Ard Fothaid
Middle IrishDinnshenchasArd Fothaid
Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Ard Machaverse
prose
27 st.
beg. In mag imríadat ar n-eich
Tract on the dinnshenchas of Ard Macha.
Middle IrishDinnshenchasArd Macha ... ArmaghMacha
Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Ard na Riagprose
verse
10 st.
beg. Ard na Riag, raid a fhoros
Dinnshenchas of Ard na Riag, which has been identified as the former village of Castle Hill near Ardnaree (Co. Mayo) by the river Moy. It offers a brief version of a tale found in Caithréim Cellaig.
Middle IrishDinnshenchasArd na Riag ... Castle Hill
Acallam na senórach, Dinnshenchas Érenn A
Dinnshenchas of Ard Ruideverse
10 st.
beg. Trí tuili / bít i n-dún Ardda Ruidi
Dinnshenchas of Ard Ruide, a royal seat in Munster.
Middle IrishdinnshenchasFer Tuinne mac TrogainArd RuideRuide mac Luigdech
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Áth Clíath Medraigeverse
prose
beg. Diambad mé nochinged ind
Flann mac Lonáin
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Flann mac Lonáin
(d. 891 x 918)
early Irish poet; called ‘the Virgil of the Irish’ (Firgil Gáedel) and ‘King of the Poets of Ireland’ respectively.
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Dinnshenchas on Áth Clíath Medraige, in prose and verse.
Middle IrishdinnshenchasThe seven MainesÁth Clíath MedraigeEochu Becc mac Coirpri
Dinnshenchas Érenn C supplement
Dinnshenchas of Áth Crochaprose
verse
1 st.
beg. Atorchair leo na h-inis
Text on the dinnshenchas of Áth Crocha
Middle IrishDinnshenchasÁth Crocha
Dinnshenchas Érenn C, In scél iar n-urd
Dinnshenchas of Áth nGablaprose
verse
6 st.;10 st.
beg. Áth nGrencha, coímchlóifid ainm
Dinnshenchas of Áth nGabla (Áth nGrencha) and some other places. It is first attested as a poem (6qq) in the LL Táin and elaborated, using additional quatrains and prose, in one of the recensions of Dinnshenchas Érenn.
Middle IrishDinnshenchasAurard mac Ainchinne
Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Áth Líac Find (prose)prose
Dinnshenchas of Áth Líac Find.
Middle IrishDinnshenchasÁth Líac Find
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Áth Líac Find Iverse
beg. Áth Liac Find, cid dia tá?
Máel Muru Othna
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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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Máel Muru Othna
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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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Tract on the dinnshenchas of Áth Líac Find, a ford of the Shannon.
Middle IrishdinnshenchasFinn mac Cumaill (Find úa Báiscni)Gúaire GollÁth Líac FindSinand ingen Mongáin
Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Áth Líac Find IIverse
prose
beg. Ath Líac Find, cía lía diatá
Tract on the dinnshenchas of Áth Líac Find.
Middle IrishdinnshenchasÁth Líac Find
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Áth Lúainverse
prose
beg. A fhir théit im-mag Medba
Dinnshenchas on Áth Lúain
Middle IrishdinnshenchasÁth Lúain
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