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Dinnshenchas of Slíab Comailt

prose

A version of the beginning of the text known as Immathchor nAilella ocus Airt.

Early IrishdinnshenchasSlíab Comailt ... Keeper HillSlievekimalta

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn B

Dinnshenchas of Slíab Cúa

prose

verse

9 st.

beg. Tanic tam, truag ind airle

Dinnshenchas of Slíab Cúa.

Middle IrishDinnshenchasSlíab Cúa

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B

Dinnshenchas of Slíab Echtge I

verse

prose

beg. Senchas Echtga áine

Dinnshenchas on Slíab Echtge

Middle IrishDinnshenchasSlíab EchtgeFergus mac Ruide

Dinnshenchas of Slíab Echtge II

verse

beg. Áibind, áibind, Echtge ard

Flann mac Lonáin

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 Slíab Echtge.

Middle IrishdinnshenchasSlíab Echtge

Dinnshenchas Érenn A

Dinnshenchas of Slíab Fúait I

verse

14 st.

beg. Foderc dam fri sellad suairc

Irish poem on the dinnshenchas for Slíab Fúait as represented by a single copy in the Book of Leinster.

Middle IrishDinnshenchasSlíab Fúait

Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B

Dinnshenchas of Slíab Fúait II

prose

verse

11 st.;3 st.

beg. Finnaid úaim, co ségda suairc

Úa Duinn (Gilla na Náem)

Úa Duinn (Gilla na Náem)

(d. c. 1160)

Irish scholar and poet who was attached to the monastery of Inis Clothrann, now Inchcleraun (Island), in Lough Ree.

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Prose text and poem on the dinnshenchas of Slíab Fúait.

Middle IrishdinnshenchasSlíab Fúait

Dinnshenchas Érenn C

Dinnshenchas of Slíab nGam

prose

verse

4 st.

beg. Gam, gilla Eireamanon oirrdric

Dinnshenchas of Slíab nGam

Middle IrishDinnshenchasSlíab nGam

Dinnshenchas Érenn A

Dinnshenchas of Slíab Mairge I

verse

3 st.

beg. Ba garg in gein im gním nhgá

Poem on the dinnshenchas of Slíab Mairge

Middle IrishDinnshenchasSlíab MairgeMarg ingen Rotmand

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B

Dinnshenchas of Slíab Mairge II

verse

prose

5 st.

beg. Margg mac Giúsca co ngné glain

Tract on the dinnshenchas of Slíab Mairge.

Middle IrishDinnshenchasSlíab Mairge

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B

Dinnshenchas of Slíab Mis

verse

prose

beg. Míss, ingen Maireda múaid

Tract on the dinnshenchas of Slíab Mis.

Middle IrishDinnshenchasSlíab Mis

Dinnshenchas Érenn C supplement

Dinnshenchas of Slíab Slanga

prose

verse

1 st.

beg. Slanga, mac Pártholáin grínd

Text on the dinnshenchas of Slíab Slanga

Middle IrishdinnshenchasSlíab Slanga

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C

Dinnshenchas of Slige Dála

verse

prose

beg. Senchas cía lín noniarfaig

Dinnshenchas tale, in prose and in verse, which begins with an etymological explanation of Slige Dála and proceeds to account for the names of the five chief roads leading out of Tara (Slige Dála, Slige Mór, Slige Midlúachra, Slige Chúalann and Slige Assail). In copies of the prose text of recension C, the story of Airne Fíngein is cited as a source and followed by a poem said to have been uttered by Fíngen mac Luchta on the night he witnessed the wonders from that tale.

Middle IrishdinnshenchasSlige MidlúachraSlige AssailSlige DálaSlige MórSlige Chúalann

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C supplement

Dinnshenchas of Snám Dá Én

prose

verse

beg. Snám Da Én, na éoin diatá

Prose tract and poem giving two versions of the dinnshenchas of Snám Dá Én. The first story also explains the origin of the names of Áth Lúain, Móin Tíre Náir and Mag nEstin.

Middle IrishDinnshenchasFinn mac Cumaill (Find úa Báiscni)Snám Dá ÉnÁth Lúain

Dinnshenchas Érenn B

Dinnshenchas of Srúb Bó

prose

Dinnshenchas of Srúb Bó

Middle IrishDinnshenchasSrúb BóLoch Sithgal

Dinnshenchas of Srúb Brain

verse

prose

beg. Matan do Choin na Cerdda

Dinnshenchas of Srúb Brain. The placename is etymologised as ‘Raven’s Bill’ with reference to an account of how Cú Chulainn killed a multitude of giant ravens or black birds and placed the bill of the last bird on the rock (Srúb Brain).

Middle IrishdinnshenchasCú ChulainnDún Delga ... Castletown HillSrúb Brain ... Stroove PointRamannRedg

Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B

Dinnshenchas of Sruthar Matha

prose

verse

11 st.;7 st.

beg. Sruthar Matha, maídid lib

Text on the dinnshenchas of Sruthar Matha

Middle IrishDinnshenchasSruthar Matha

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B

Dinnshenchas of Tailtiu

verse

prose

beg. A chóemu críche Cuind chain

Cúán úa Lothcháin

Cúán úa Lothcháin

(d. 1024)

Early Irish poet.

Cúán úa Lothcháin

Cúán úa Lothcháin

(d. 1024)

Early Irish poet.

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Poem on the dinsenchas of Tailtiu (Co. Meath).

Middle IrishdinnshenchasTailtiu ... Teltown

Dinnshenchas Érenn C supplement

Dinnshenchas of Tech nDuinn

prose

Text on the dinnshenchas of Tech nDuinn

Middle IrishdinnshenchasTech nDuinn

Dinnshenchas of Temair (prose)

prose

Middle IrishHiberno-LatinDinnshenchasTemair ... Tara

Dinnshenchas Érenn C

Dinnshenchas of Temair I

verse

11 st.

beg. Temair Breg, cid ní diatá

Fintan mac Bóchra

Fintan mac Bóchra

(time-frame ass. with universal history)

A figure of medieval Irish tradition who survives the Flood and lives to give eye-witness accounts of the history of Ireland

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Poem on the former names and legendary associations of the Hill of Tara. Versions are extant in recensions of LGÉ as well as the Dinnshenchas Érenn.

Middle Irishdinnshenchas

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C

Dinnshenchas of Temair II

verse

19 st.

beg. Ní cheil maissi dona mnáib

Cináed úa hArtacáin

Cináed úa hArtacáin

(d. 975)

Middle Irish poet.

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Dinnshenchas of Temair.