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Introduction to the Táin bó Cúailnge
Atchíu fer find firfes clesverse
10 st.
beg. Atchíu fer find firfes cles
Fedelm [Connacht prophetess]
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Fedelm ... Connacht prophetess
female poet (banfhili) and seeress (banfáith) associated with Connacht at the beginning of recensions I and II of the Táin; trained in Alba, according to the first recension; may ultimately be identical with the Fedelm Foltcháin who features in the fore-tale (remscél) known as Ces Ulad.
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Poem attributed to Fedelm, a poetess (banfhili) and seeress from Connacht, in the first two recensions of the Táin bó Cúailnge. In this poem, she prophesies the coming of Cú Chulainn and his heroic deeds.
Middle Irish
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
Dinnshenchas Érenn C supplement
Dinnshenchas of Athais Mideprose
Text on the dinnshenchas of Athais Mide
Middle IrishdinnshenchasAthais Mide
De causis torchi Corc' Óche
Ba mol Midend midlaigeverse
8 st.
beg. Ba mol Midend midlaige
Luccreth moccu Chíara
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Luccreth moccu Chíara
(fl. 7th century)
early Irish poet
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Old Irish
Baile Binnbérlach mac Búain
prose
verse
Middle Irishtreestaball filidDál nAraidiTráigh mBaileBaile Binnbérlach mac BuainDál mBuain
Baile Bricín
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Early Irish tale in which an angel visits St Bricín(e), abbot of Túaim Dreccon (Tomregan, Co. Cavan), and reveals to him the names of many future churchmen in Ireland.
Late Old IrishEarly Middle IrishBricín of Tomregan
Táin bó Cúailnge I
Bánchath Rochadaprose
Episode found in the first recension of Táin bó Cúailnge.
Ailill mac MátaFindabair, FinnabairFergus mac RóichCú ChulainnLóeg mac RíangabraRochad mac Fathemáin
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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Bás Chearbhaill agus Fhearbhlaidhe
prose
Early Modern Irish romance about the tragic love relationship between poet-harper Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh from Corcomroe and Fearbhlaidh, daughter of the king of Scotland, who falls in love with the poet after he is revealed to her in a dream-vision. This Cearbhall, though clearly a creation of narrative fiction, might have been based on an historical poet of this name who was ollamh of Corcomroe and died in 1404. In the tale, Cearbhall is buried at the monastic site.
Early Modern IrishwooingsromancesMunster/Cúige MumhanScotlandFearbhlaidhÓ Dálaigh (Cearbhall) ... literary figureÓ Dálaigh (Cearbhall) ... ollamh of Corcomroe
Beatha Aodha Ruaidh Uí Dhomhnaill
prose
Ó Cléirigh (Lughaidh)
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Ó Cléirigh (Lughaidh)
(c.1580–c.1630)
Irish historian and poet, known best as the author of a ‘biography’ of Aodh Ruadh Ó Domhnaill (Beatha Aodha Ruaidh Uí Dhomhnaill) and as one of the initiators of the ‘Contention of the Bards’; was one of the sons of Mac Con Ó Cléirigh and a cousin of Mícheál Ó Cléirigh.
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Early Modern IrishÓ Domhnaill (Aodh Ruadh)Nine Years WarBattle of Kinsale
Beatha Giolla Íosa agus Maghnusa Mhég Uidhir Fhear Manach
prose
Modern IrishEarly Modern IrishMág Uidhir (Giolla Íosa)Mág Uidhir (Maghnus)
Beatha Mhairghréad
prose
verse
An Irish Life of St Margaret of Antioch.
Early Modern IrishMargaret of Antioch
Bec innocht lúth mo dá lúa
verse
4 st.
beg. Bec innocht lúth mo dá lúa
Caílte mac Rónáin
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Caílte mac Rónáin
(time-frame ass. with Finn Cycle)
or Caílte mac Crundchon meic Rónáin, kinsman of Finn mac Cumaill and a prominent member of his fían; accomplished warrior and hunter; one of the protagonists of Acallam na senórach
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Poem of four stanzas, attributed to Caílte. It uses a special, learned vocabulary known as bérla na filed.
Middle Irish
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