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Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Cnucha IIprose
verse
6 st.
beg. Cnucha, cnoc ós lind Life
Text on the dinnshenchas of Cnucha
Middle IrishdinnshenchasCnucha
Dinnshenchas of Codal
prose
verse
3 st.
beg. Tug mac an Dagdha dhimoír
Prose narrative and a few quatrains of verse on the dinnshenchas of Codal (location uncertain).
Middle IrishdinnshenchasThe DagdaÁed mac in DagdaCodalCodal ... eponymous figure
Cogad Gáedel re Gallaib
prose
prosimetrum
Long Middle Irish narrative work on the achievements of Brían Bóruma, especially those against the vikings.
Brían Bóruma (Brian Boru)
Cóica traighedh tólaibh tlacht
verse
2 st.
beg. Cóica traighedh tólaibh tlacht
Flann Mainistrech
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Flann Mainistrech
(d. 1056)
Middle Irish poet ass. with Monasterboice (Mainistir Buite)
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Two sts of a medieval Irish poem concerning the gigantic physical heights of Tadg mac Céin and Conchobar mac Nessa.
Early Irishgiantsphysical appearanceConchobar mac NessaTadg mac CéinCiannachta
Coimétor liph cend an rígh
verse
30 st.
beg. Coimétor liph cend an rígh
Medieval Irish poem attributed in the final stanza to Aífe ingen Shogain, a síd-woman from Carn Treóin, and addressed by her to the Érainn, asking them to preserve the head of Cú Roí and recite his deeds.
Early Modern IrishCú Roí (mac Dáiri)Érainn
Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Coire mBreccáinprose
verse
23 st.
beg. Coire Breccáin, bail i fail
Dinnshenchas of Coire mBreccáin
Middle Irishdinnshenchasearly Irish verseColum CilleCoire mBreccáinBreccán mac PartholóinBreccán mac Maine meic Néill
Collectanea (Tírechán)
prose
Tírechán
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Tírechán
(c. 690)
Irish bishop and author of the Collectanea about St Patrick
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A collection of hagiographical anecdotes written by Tírechán concerning St Patrick’s travels through the midlands and the northern half of Ireland as well as a southern leg to Cashel.
Hiberno-LatinLatin languageSaint PatrickDomnach Pátraic (Co. Meath)
The colloquy between Fintan and the hawk of Achill
verse
116 st.
beg. Arsaidh sin, a eoúin Accla
Poem presenting a conversation between Fintan mac Bóchra, the sole survivor of the Flood, and an ancient hawk (seboc) of the island of Achill.
Middle IrishFintan mac Bóchrahawk of Achill
Independent, Lebor gabála Érenn (Recension B)
Comaimsera ríg nÉrenn ocus ríg na Cóiced iar Creitimprose
A tract that synchronises the reigns of the high-kings and provincial kings of Ireland. The list extends from Lóegaire mac Néill to Muirchertach mac Toirrdelbaig Ua Briain.
Middle IrishKing-list
Comainmnigud nóem nÉrenn
prose
list
Early Irish tract containing lists of Irish saints of the same name. Most copies of the text are followed by a similar tract focusing on female Irish ‘holy virgins’ (Comanmand nóebúag hÉrenn).
Early Irishsaints of Ireland
Comanmand nóebúag hÉrenn
prose
list
Early Irish tract containing lists of female Irish saints (nóebúag ‘holy virgins’) of the same name. In the manuscripts, the text immediately follows that of a similar tract known as Comainmnigud nóem nÉrenn.
Early Irishsaints of Ireland
Commentary on the Amra Choluim Chille
prose
Middle Irish commentary in the form of scholia accompanying copies of the Amra Choluim Chille.
Middle Irishcommentaries
Compert Conchobuir
form undefined
The story of the conception and birth of Conchobar mac Nessa.
remscéla to Táin bó CúailngeNess ingen Echach SálbuidiCathbadConchobar mac Nessa
Compert Fiachach Muillethain
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Brief anecdote about Éogan Mór mac Ailello and the birth of Fíachu Muillethan.
Early IrishBirth-talesCompertaminor Irish prose talesFíachu Muillethan mac ÉogainÉogan Mór mac AilellaDíl maccu Chrecga
Compert Mongáin
prose
Brief early Irish story of the conception and birth of Mongán
Early IrishCompertconceptionbirthMongán mac FíachnaiManannán mac LirRáith Mór ... Rathmore
Comrac Con Culainn re Senbecc
prose
Two different versions of the story of Cú Chulainn and Senbecc.
Cú ChulainnSenbecc (úa Ébricc/E(i)bricc)
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