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Cáin Éimíne Báin
prose
Miraculous story which relates how the community of St Éimíne Bán at Ros Glaise (probably Monasterevin, Co. Offaly) received a charter of privileges from the king of Leinster. It is said to have been granted after Éimine and his 49 monks sacrificed their lives to save Bran úa Fáeláin (d. 693), king of Leinster, and 49 chiefs of the province from the plague.
Old IrishMiddle IrishYellow plagueÉimíne of Monasterevincharters and cartulariesMainistir Éimín
Duanaire Finn
Cairdius Logha ré droing don Fhéinverse
13 st.
beg. Cairdius Logha ré droing don Fhéin / is meabhair liomsa budhdhein
Early Modern Irish
Caithréim Thoirdhealbhaigh
form undefined
Mac Craith (Seaán mac Ruaidhrí)
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Mac Craith (Seaán mac Ruaidhrí)
(fl. mid–14th century)
Irish historian, member of the Meic Craith (Magraths) who appear as a hereditary family of bardic poets. He is reputed to have written the Caithréim Thoirdhealbhaigh.
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Early Modern Irish historical saga dealing with events in Thomond from the late 13th to early 14th century.
Early Modern IrishÓ Briain (Toirrdelbach) ... d. 1306
Táin bó Cúailnge I, Táin bó Cúailnge II
Caladgleó Cethirnprose
Episode in the Táin bó Cúailnge (Recensions I and II), in which the warrior Cethern mac Fintain single-handedly fights the men of Ireland in their encampment (while Cú Chulainn is recovering), returns to receive treatment for his wounds, and launches a final attack on the encampment. It is the first of a final series of episodes in the Táin (the so-called dinda na Tána as Recension I describes them).
medicine
Can a mbunadus na nGáedel
verse
beg. Can a mbunadus na nGáedel?
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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Old Irish
Agallamh Oisín agus Phádraig
Caoineadh Áille Shnuaghealverse
91 st.
beg. A Mheargaigh (chruaidh) na nglas-lann (ngéar)
Early Modern Irishbattle of Cnoc an ÁirÁille ShnuaghealMeargachCnoc an Áir
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
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Carmanprose
verse
beg. Eistid, a Laigniu nal-lecht
Fulartach
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Fulartach
An early Irish poet whose name is invoked in ascriptions of certain poems of Dinnshenchas Érenn in the Book of Leinster (Carmun, Liamuin, Slíab Bladma, perhaps Faffand and Druim nDairbrech if the abbreviation F. refers to him).
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Dinnshenchas of Carman.
Middle IrishdinnshenchasCarman
Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Carn Amalgaidprose
verse
12 st.
beg. Seanchos chairnd Amalgaid fheil
Dinnshenchas of Carn Amalgaid
Middle IrishDinnshenchasCarn Amalgaid
Dinnshenchas of Carn Conaill
prose
verse
beg. Findaid in senchas diatá
Mac Líacc [Muirchertach]
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Mac Líacc ... Muirchertach
(d.. 1014 / 1016 (AU))
Middle Irish poet, who is described as 'chief poet of Ireland' (ard-ollamh Érenn) in the Annals of Ulster; becomes the subject of a body of later medieval Irish literature.
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Dinnshenchas poem on Carn Conaill
Middle IrishdinnshenchasCarn Conaill
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Carn Feradaigverse
prose
beg. In carn-sa atchíu co ndechair
Dinnshenchas of Carn Feradaig, “probably Cahirnarry, Limerick” (Gwynn).
Middle IrishDinnshenchasCarn Feradaig ... CahernarryFeradach mac Rochuirp
Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Carn Fraíchprose
verse
32 st.
beg. Carnd Fraich, ca hadbar dia fuil
Dinnshenchas of Carn Fraích.
Middle IrishdinnshenchasCarn Fraích ... CarnfreeFráech
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Carn Furbaideprose
verse
beg. Atá sund Carn uí Chathbath
Cúán úa Lothcháin
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Cúán úa Lothcháin
(d. 1024)
Early Irish poet.
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Poem on the dinnshenchas of Carn Furbaide (near Granard), also known as Carn Uí Chathbath.
Middle IrishdinnshenchasUlster CycleEithne, daughter of Eochaid FeidlechFurbaide Fer BendEithne ... riverCarn Furbaide
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Carn Máilprose
verse
35 st.
beg. Óebind a tarla ar m' aire
Dinnshenchas of Carn Máil
Middle IrishDinnshenchasCarn Máil
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Carn Uí Néitverse
prose
beg. Lecht Bressi co mbúada
Tract on the dinnshenchas of Carn Uí Néit. It tells of a fight between Lug (of the Túatha Dé) and Bres son of Elatha (of the Fomoire).
Middle IrishdinnshenchasCarn Uí Néit
Táin bó Cúailnge I, Táin bó Cúailnge II, Táin bó Cúailnge III
In carpat serda ocus in Breslech Mór Maige Murthemneform undefined
Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Carraic Lethdeirgprose
verse
6 st.
beg. Lethderg, taidbritis ar tuir
Tract on the dinnshenchas of Carraic Lethdeirg. The place has not been identified, apparently a “stronghold on some lake or seashore” (Gwynn). Roland M. Smith suggests that the name may refer to “Carrick on the shore of Lough Ennell” (Carrick on the Shannon).
Middle IrishDinnshenchasFothad Canann (Canainne)LethdergCarraic Lethdeirg
Cath Aichli
prose
Prose narrative about the battle fought by Tuathal Techtmar at Aichill.
Early Irish
Cath Airtig
form undefined
Early IrishMedb of CrúachanAilill mac MátaConall CernachUlaidConnachtaCúscraid Mend MachaFir DomnannAirtech, ArtechFir MalandCrích MalandAirtech Uchtlethan
Independent, Fragmentary annals of Ireland
Cath Almaineform undefined
Old IrishCathal mac FinguineFergal mac Máele DúinDonn Bó mac Con BrettanCú Bret(t)an mac Congusso
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