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Lebor gabála Érenn/4. Comaimsera ríg in domuin fri rígaib Érenn

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Fourth tract of Lebor gabála Érenn. It contains synchronisms (comaimsera) that place Irish national history, from the legendary Partholón to the historical king Fergal mac Maíle Dúin, in the Eusebian chronological scheme of world history.

SynchronismsKing-listsRegnal lists

Lebor gabála Érenn/5. Christian kings of Ireland

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Fifth tract of Lebor gabála Érenn

Lebor gabála Érenn/5. Christian kings of Ireland

Lebor gabála Érenn/5A. Do fhlaithiusaib ocus aimseraib hÉrend iar Creitim

prose

A king-list in continuation of Réim rígraide. The greater part runs from Lóegaire mac Néill in the 5th century to Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill (d. 1022), while a final section deals with a number of ‘kings with opposition’ until Ruaidrí mac Toirrdelbaig Ua Conchobair (late 12th century).

Middle Irish

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

Liber Cuanach (lost)

prose

Cuanu [author of Liber Cuanach]

Cuanu ... author of Liber Cuanach

author of Liber Cuanach; identified by Mc Carthy with Cúán úa Lothcháin

An early Irish historical compilation, now lost, which is referred to thirteen times in the Annals of Ulster in various entries between the years 467 and 629 (i.e. 467, 468, 471, 475, 482, 490, 545, 553, 599, 601, 603, 611, 629). Mc Carthy suggests that this work was completed in c. 1022 and written by Cuán úa Lothcháin (d. 1024).

Early Irish

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B

Dinnshenchas of Loch Garman

verse

prose

beg. Rí na loch in loch-sa thess

Eochaid ua Céirín

Eochaid (Eolach) úa Céirín

(fl. 11th century?)

Middle Irish poet

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Text, in prose and verse, on the dinnshenchas of Loch Garman.

Middle IrishdinnshenchasFir BolgCathaír MórLoch GarmanInber Dea

Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B

Dinnshenchas of Mag Coba

prose

verse

4 st.

beg. Amra in mag imríadat fir

Dinnshenchas of Mag Coba (according to Gwynn, a plain in the barony of Iveagh, Co. Down)

Middle IrishDinnshenchasÉrimónCoba ... eponym of Mag CobaMag Coba

Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B

Dinnshenchas of Mag nÍtha

verse

7 st.

beg. In mag itám sund 'nar socht

dinnshenchas of Mag nÍtha

Middle IrishDinnshenchasMag nÍtha

Memoranda Gadelica

prose

A set of Irish annals for 1582-1666 focused on the province of Ulster.

Irish languageUlster/Cúige Uladh

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).

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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Metrical version of the Banshenchas, composed by Gilla Mo Dutu Úa Caiside (1147).

Late Middle Irish

The Milesian invasion of Ireland

prose

Old Irish

Mionannála

form undefined

Middle Irish

Mug Ruith, rígfhili cen goí

verse

37 st.

beg. Mug Ruith, rígfhili cen goí

Poem about Mog Ruith

Old IrishMog Ruith

Mugdorn ingen Moga Duib

verse

2 st.

beg. Mugdorn ingen Moga Duib

Two Early Irish quatrains found in the Book of Leinster, which are concerned with prehistoric female slaves in Ireland: the first on Mugdorn (Mugdorn ingen Moga Duib / de chuiciud Ulad ardmuir / cétben ra meil bróin mbind. / ria mnáib) and the second on Nabal (Nabal in ben fiad cach slóg / ba cumal la Partholon / Nabal tuc na seotu ille. / Nabal tuc na hindile.).

Early IrishslaverycumalslaveryPartholónMugdorn ingen MogaNabal ... slave-woman

Names of the plains beneath the lakes of Ireland

list

List of names for plains that are said to exist beneath the lakes of Ireland.

Early Irishlakes

Neidhi mac Onchon

form undefined

Connacht/Cúige ChonnachtConmaicne, ConmhaicneNéide mac Onchon

Nin mac Bel roga na ríg

verse

21 st.

beg. Nin mac Bel, roga na ríg

Late Middle Irish poem on Assyrian kings and synchronic history in Ireland.

Late Middle Irish

Nuadu Necht ní dámair anflaith

verse

52 st.

beg. Nuadu Necht ní dámair anflaith

Find Fili mac Rossa Rúaid

Find Fili mac Rossa Rúaid

legendary poet and king of Leinster; son of Russ Rúad

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One of the rhyming ‘Leinster poems’.

Early IrishNúadu Necht

Óengus crobderg cathach rí

verse

3 st.

beg. Óengus Crobderg / cathach rí

Versified genealogy (6 couplets) of Óengus Crobderg, chief of the ‘Éoganacht of Gabra’, i.e. Uí Chonaill Gabra branch of Uí Fhidgenti. It belongs to a group of genealogical poems that are attributed to Luccreth moccu Chíara.

Old IrishÓengus CrobdergÉoganacht GabraUí FhidgentiUí Chonaill Gabra branch of Uí Fhidgenti

Ogygia seu rerum Hibernicarum chronologia

prose

O'Flaherty (Roderic)

O'Flaherty (Roderic)

(1627/30–1716/18)

Roderic(k) O'Flaherty / Ruaidhrí (Óg) Ó Flaithbheartaigh, Irish nobleman, historian and collector of manuscripts; author of Ogygia seu rerum Hibernicarum chronologia (1685).

Latin language

Oiris oirdhearca Tíre Conaill

prose

A short set of Irish annals for the period 1241-1621 (although not running in a continuous fashion). Its primary concern lies with members of the Ó Domhnaill family.

Irish languageÓ Domhnaill family

Prima etas mundi (Irish tract)

prose

An Irish prose tract on the first five ‘ages of the world’ and synchronisms of Irish prehistory with Assyrian, Greek and Roman history.

Middle Irish

Prose Banshenchas

prose

Prose version of the Banshenchas

Middle Irish

Register of the mayors of Drogheda

prose

An English-language register of the mayors of Drogheda, including a set of annals relating to Irish affairs between the 12th and 16th centuries. The original does not survive, but extracts were made by James Ware (Rawl. B 484).

Early Modern English

Réidig dam, a Dé, do nim (Flann Mainistrech)

verse

beg. Réidig dam, a Dé, do nim

Flann Mainistrech

Flann Mainistrech

(d. 1056)

Middle Irish poet ass. with Monasterboice (Mainistir Buite)

Flann Mainistrech

Flann Mainistrech

(d. 1056)