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Lebor gabála Érenn/2. De gabálaib Érenn
Lebor gabála Érenn/2F(2). Immirgi Mac nÚmóirprose
An account of the flight of the Fir Bolg to a number of islands following their defeat in the battle of Mag Tuired; their expulsion by the Picts; and their return to Ireland with the aid of Ailill and Medb of Connacht.
Battle of Mag TuiredAilill mac MátaFir BolgPictsCruithneMedb
Lebor gabála Érenn/2. De gabálaib Érenn
Lebor gabála Érenn/2G(1). Gabáil Tuath nDéprose
An account of the taking of Ireland by the Tuatha Dé Danann, from their previous whereabouts and first arrival in Ireland to the defeat of the Fir Bolg in the first battle of Mag Tuired.
Túatha Dé (Danann)
Lebor gabála Érenn/2. De gabálaib Érenn
Lebor gabála Érenn/2G(2). Kings of the Tuatha Dé Danannprose
An account of the kings of the Tuatha Dé Danann, namely Nuadu, Lug, the Dagda, Delbaeth, Fíacha and the trio Mac Cuill, Mac Cécht and Mac Gréine; and their conflict with the Fomoire, culmimating in the second battle of Mag Tuired.
Túatha Dé (Danann)
Lebor gabála Érenn/2. De gabálaib Érenn
Lebor gabála Érenn/2G(3). Genelach Tuath Déprose
An enumeration of the deities of the Tuatha Dé Danann, their pedigrees and other items of interest.
Túatha Dé (Danann)
Lebor gabála Érenn/2. De gabálaib Érenn
Lebor gabála Érenn/2H(1). The death of Íthprose
An account of the meeting between Íth mac Breogain and three kings of the Tuatha Dé Danann at Ailech Néit; and of Íth’s death in his attempt to arbritrate a dispute among the Tuatha Dé.
Lebor gabála Érenn/2. De gabálaib Érenn
Lebor gabála Érenn/2H(2). Gabáil Mac Míledprose
An account of the taking of Ireland by the sons of Míl. The first part or textual layer is concerned with Milesian history until the time when Ireland is divided between Érimón and Éber. The second enumerates the tuatha that spring from the sons of Míl.
Lebor gabála Érenn/3A. Érimón and the Cruithni
prose
An account of the reign of Érimón mac Míled, notably the contention with his brother Éber, a series of battles, the bursting forth of lakes and streams, and Érimón’s own death. A number of versions also insert a tract on the Picts into the narrative.
Middle IrishPictsCruithneÉrimón mac MíledÉber (Finn) mac Míled
Lebor gabála Érenn/4. Comaimsera ríg in domuin fri rígaib Érenn
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Fourth tract of Lebor gabála Érenn. It contains synchronisms (comaimsera) that place Irish national history, from the legendary Partholón to the historical king Fergal mac Maíle Dúin, in the Eusebian chronological scheme of world history.
SynchronismsKing-listsRegnal lists
Lebor gabála Érenn/5. Christian kings of Ireland
Lebor gabála Érenn/5A. Do fhlaithiusaib ocus aimseraib hÉrend iar Creitimprose
A king-list in continuation of Réim rígraide. The greater part runs from Lóegaire mac Néill in the 5th century to Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill (d. 1022), while a final section deals with a number of ‘kings with opposition’ until Ruaidrí mac Toirrdelbaig Ua Conchobair (late 12th century).
Middle Irish
In lebor ollaman
prose
A Middle Irish commentary on the Auraicept na n-éces and some of its companion material. McLaughlin has suggested that “the author was working with an annotated copy of that text”. The text opens with a list of the judges and authors of Ireland and a prologue. Much of the commentary is structured using didactic formulae (e.g. ceist ... ní hansa, and similar).
Middle Irish
Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Lecc Thollchinnprose
verse
9 st.
beg. Lecc Thollchind, túachail in t-ainm
Text on the dinnshenchas of Lecc Thollchinn
Middle IrishdinnshenchasLecc Tholchinn
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Lecht hÉileverse
prose
beg. Is eol dam-sa in dluig diatá
Dinnshenchas of Lecht hÉile
Middle IrishDinnshenchasLecht hÉile
Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Lechtán Óenfhir Aífeprose
verse
beg. Lechtán sund óen-fhir Aífe
Dinnshenchas of Lechtán Óenfhir Aífe.
Middle IrishdinnshenchasAífe ingen AirdgemeCú ChulainnLechtán Óenfhir AífeAirbe Rofhir
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Légeprose
verse
19 st.
beg. Senchas Lége, láthar sain
Text on the dinnshenchas of Lége
Middle Irishdinnshenchas
Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Lía Lindgadainprose
verse
4 st.
beg. Is eól dam aní dia fil
Text on the dinnshenchas of Lía Lindgadain
Middle IrishdinnshenchasLía Lindgadain
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Lía Nothainprose
verse
beg. Atá sund fo choirthe chrúaid
Dinnshenchas of Lía Nothain
Middle IrishDinnshenchasLía Nothain
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Liamuinverse
prose
beg. Dindgnai Lagen, líth ngaile
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 Liamuin
Middle IrishdinnshenchasLiamuin
Liber de virtutibus sancti Columbae (Cumméne)
prose
Cumméne Ailbe
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Cumméne Ailbe
(ob. 669)
Al. Cumméne Find, seventh abbot of Iona; author of Liber de virtutibus sancti Columbae.
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Hiberno-LatinÁedán mac GabráinColum Cille
Dinnshenchas Érenn C supplement
Dinnshenchas of Lind Féicprose
Text on the dinnshenchas of Lind Féic
Middle IrishdinnshenchasLind Féic
Táin bó Cúailnge I
Lingid Fergus darsin n-omnai ina charputprose
Episode found in the first recension of Táin bó Cúailnge
List of Irish saints (Colum Cille o Dhoire)
prose
list
A catalogue of roughly 150 saints of Ireland, whose selection may ultimately derive from the Martyrology of Donegal. It is extant in two versions, both of which may be linked to members of the Ó Cléirigh family: as a set of glosses to Cú Choigcríche Ó Cléirigh’s version of the versified list of Irish saints beg. Náemhshenchas náemh Insi Fáil; and as a list found at the end of Rawl. B 484, which may be in the hand of Mícheál Ó Cléirigh.
Early Modern Irishsaints of Ireland
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