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Cath Cairnd Chonaill
prose
Díarmait mac Áedo SláineCaimín of Inis CeltraGúaire Aidne mac ColmáinSinech Cró
In cath catharda
prose
Medieval Irish adaptation of the first seven books of the classical Latin poem Pharsalia by Lucan. It rates as one of the longest literary prose texts to survive from medieval Ireland.
Middle Irish
Agallamh Oisín agus Phádraig
Cath Chnoic an Áirverse
76 st.
beg. Do bhamar uile Fhian a's Fionn
Early Modern Irish
Cath Crinna
prose
prosimetrum
Late Middle Irish account of the battle of Crinna, in which Cormac mac Airt is said to have defeated the Ulstermen with the aid of Tadg son of Cían. The saga offers an origin legend of the Cíannacht Breg, explaining how it came to settle near Tara but did not attain the kingship of Tara.
Middle IrishTaraCormac mac AirtTadg mac CéinCíannachtaCíannacht Breg
Cath Maige Mucrama
prose
Old IrishMiddle IrishBattle of Mag MucramaAilill ÓlommSadb ingen ChuinnLugaid Mac ConLugaid Lága(e)Do DéraÉogan Mór mac AilellaFerchess mac CommáinÉogabal (var. Éogabul, Eogabál), sometimes mac DurgabuilFer Fí
Cath Maige Rath
form undefined
First and shorter recension of the tale of the battle of Mag Rath.
Old IrishEarly Middle IrishCongal CáechDomnall mac Áeda meic AinmirechDomnall mac Echach Buidi
Cath Maige Rath II
prose
Second and longer recension of the tale of the battle of Mag Rath.
Late Middle IrishEarly Modern Irish
Cath Muige Tuired Cunga
prose
Early Modern Irish tale of the conflict fought between the Túatha Dé Danann and the Fir Bolg over the sovereignty of Ireland.
Early Modern IrishFir BolgTúatha Dé (Danann)Mag Tuired
Cath Sléphe Cáin
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A prose anecdote on matter of the Finn Cycle, which mentions Oisín son of Finn.
Oisín mac Finn
Scél na Fír Flatha, Echtra Cormaic i Tír Tairngiri, ocus Ceart Claidib Cormaic
Ceart claidib Cormaicprose
This is the third and last tale in the composite text known as Scél na Fír Flatha, Echtra Cormaic i Tír Tairngiri, ocus Ceart Claidib Cormaic, corresponding to §§ 59-80 of Stokes' edition.
Late Middle Irish
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