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Chronicon Scotorum

prose

Old IrishMiddle IrishLatin languageIrish annals

Cía cétliaigh robúi ind-Érinn

prose

beg. Cía cétliaigh robúi ind-Érinn

Irish note on the first physician in Ireland.

Irish language

Cín lae Uí Mhealláin

prose

Ó Mealláin (Toirdhealbhach)

Ó Mealláin (Toirdhealbhach)

(fl.1641–1647)

Franciscan friar of Brantry (Co. Tyrone), who has been identified as the author of a journal describing the first years (1641-1647) of the Irish Confederate Wars.

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An account of the first years (1641-1647) of the Irish Confederate Wars, written by (or at least attributed to) the Franciscian friar Toirdhealbhach Ó Mealláin.

Irish language17th centuryIrish Confederate WarsÓ Néill (Eoghan Ruadh)

Cinnlae Amhlaoibh Uí Shúileabháin

prose

Ó Súilleabháin (Amhlaoibh)

Ó Súilleabháin (Amhlaoibh)

(1783–1838)

Irish businessman, storyteller and schoolteacher, known for writing a diary, largely in Irish, between 1827 and 1835.

Diary or journal written largely in Irish by Amhlaoibh Ó Súilleabháin of Callan (Co. Kilkenny) between January 1827 and July 1835. Its observations on different aspects of Irish society are considered an invaluable resource for the history of 19th-century Ireland.

Modern IrishLeinster/Cúige LaigheanMunster/Cúige Mumhan

Clann Ailella Oluim uill

verse

8 st.

beg. Clann Ailella Oluim uill

Early Irish poem (8 qq) on the descendants of Ailill Ólom, king of Munster.

Early IrishAilill Ólomm

Cóir anmann

form undefined

Late Middle Irish

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 Creitim

prose

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

Connachta cid dia tá in t-ainm

verse

15 st.

beg. Connachta cid dia tá int ainm

Poem which offers a mythological account for the origin of the name Connacht, formerly Cóiced Ol nÉcmacht. 15 stanzas.

Late Middle IrishConnacht/Cúige Chonnacht

Cú cen máthair

verse

36 st.

beg. Cú cen máthair, maith cland

Luccreth moccu Chíara

Luccreth moccu Chíara

(fl. 7th century)

early Irish poet

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Old Irish poem (36st) attributed to Luccreth moccu Chíara, which traces the ancestry of Cú cen Máthair (d. 665), king of Munster and grandfather of Cathal mac Finguine, all the way back to Adam. A large part of the pedigree, from Míl to Adam, closely resembles that found in another Old Irish poem of a similar metrical type, beg. Énna Labraid luad cáich and dealing with Leinster kings. Myles Dillon has argued that these pedigrees represent (respectively) Munster and Leinster recensions of the same core material.

Old IrishCathal Cú Cen Máthair

De causis torchi Corc' Óche

form undefined

Early Irish tale on the migration of the Corco Óche. It offers a mythological account of the origin of Lough Neagh (Loch nEchach), which is said to be named after Echu mac Maireda.

Old IrishLoch nEchach ... Lough NeaghEochu mac MairedaCorcu Óche

De forslointib hÉrend (miscellany from TCD H 2. 7)

list

prose

Miscellany of genealogical notes on Irish persons and families prior to the year 800, especially concerning the Éoganacht Chaisil and the Corcu Loígde of Munster. It also includes a section on the Déisi of Waterford.

Old IrishDéisi MumanCorcu LoígdeÉoganacht Chaisil

De genelogia Con Culaind

form undefined

Two pedigrees of Cú Chulainn, which follow the text of Síaburcharpat Con Culaind in Lebor na hUidre.

Cú Chulainn

De praesulibus Hiberniae (John Lynch)

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Lynch (John)

Lynch (John)

(c. 1599–1677)

Irish priest and scholar; author of Cambrensis eversus (1662), under the Latin pseudonym Gratianus Lucius.

A Latin history of the Catholic bishops and archbishops of Ireland, from early times to his own day, completed by John Lynch in 1672.

Latin language

Déisi genealogies (L-group)

prose

list

Group of pedigrees of the Déisi Muman, possibly of 8th-century origin, in Irish genealogical tracts.

Irish languageDéisi Muman

Diluuium factum est

prose

Latin language

Do mháithribh na náomh

prose

Tract on the mothers of Irish saints.

Irish languagesaints of Ireland

Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Lebor gabála Érenn

Dinnshenchas of Druim Fíngin I

verse

3 st.

beg. A éicse Banba co m-blaid

Short poem (3 qq) on the dinnshenchas of Druim Fíngin.

Middle IrishdinnshenchasDruim Fíngin

Dúan in cethrachat cest

verse

prose

beg. Apraid a éolchu Elga

Eochaid ua Céirín

Eochaid (Eolach) úa Céirín

(fl. 11th century?)

Middle Irish poet

Eochaid ua Céirín

Eochaid (Eolach) úa Céirín

(fl. 11th century?)

Middle Irish poet

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Poem consisting of a series of questions concerning miscellaneous bits of lore, with the answer given in prose form in interlinear gloss.

Middle Irish

Dublin Annals of Inisfallen

prose

Ó Conaire (Seán) [ob. 1773]

Ó Conaire (Seán) ... ob. 1773

(c.1739–1773)

Irish priest and scholar

A compilation of annals made in Paris by John O’Conor (Seán Ó Conaire) for John O’Brien (Seán Ó Briain), bishop of Cloyne (d. 1769). The annals run from AD 250 to 1320 and focus on events concerning the province of Munster.

Modern IrishAnnals

Dublin fragment of pre-Palladian annals

prose

Set of pre-Palladian Irish annals found in a single manuscript, TCD MS 1282 (H. 1. 8). The first leaves are wanting and the extant fragment runs from AD 81 (death of Iriel Glúnmar) to AD 378. Current scholarship is divided whether to regard the annals as a part of the Annals of Ulster, as argued by Daniel Mc Carthy, or a separate compilation altogether. It was previously held to be part of the Annals of Tigernach and on that account, Whitley Stokes published an edition with the title ‘Dublin fragment of Tigernach's annals’.

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1297/Preface

prose

A preface to Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1297, written on a flyleaf in honour of the probable patron of the manuscript, captain Brian Mág Uidhir (d. 1726). It gives his pedigree, followed by a eulogy in which he is praised for his generosity towards poets and musicians, almsgiving to the poor and for his patronage of the preservation and renewal of manuscripts, including redeeming or ransoming (fuascladh) many of them “from the foreigners and from the Gaels”.

Early Modern IrishMág Uidhir (Brian mac Conchubhair)

Dúngal Raithlind rui a chuirn

verse

2.5 st.

beg. Dúngal Raithlind / rui a chuirn

Luccreth moccu Chíara

Luccreth moccu Chíara

(fl. 7th century)

early Irish poet

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Versified genealogy (5 couplets) of Dúngal Raithlind, chief of the Éoganacht Raithlind. It belongs to a group of genealogical poems that are attributed to Luccreth moccu Chíara.

Old IrishÉoganacht RaithlinnDúngal Raithlind

Tochmarc Emire, Lebor gabála Érenn, Dinnshenchas Érenn C supplement

Dinnshenchas of Emain Macha

prose

Prose story relating the dinnshenchas for Emain Macha.

Middle IrishdinnshenchasEmain Macha ... Navan FortMacha MongrúadDíthorbaCimbáethÁed Rúad mac Báduirn

Énna Labraid luad cáich

verse

beg. Énna Labraid luad cáich

Laidcenn mac Bairceda

Laidcenn mac Bairc(h)eda

(supp. fl. 5th century ?)

early Irish poet, said to be of the Dál nAraidi. Two early poems (beg. Énna, Labraid and Nidu dír dermait) belonging to the so-called rhyming ‘Leinster poems’ are ascribed to him.

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One of the rhyming Leinster poems, attributed to Laidcenn mac Bairceda

Old Irishrhyming Leinster poems

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