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Commentary on the Amra Choluim Chille
Longes Labrada (ACC)form undefined
The version of the story of Labraid’s exile, Moriath and her harper, and his return to Ireland as it occurs in longer copies of the Amra Choluim Chille commentary.
Middle IrishLabraid Loingsech
Longes Labrada (presumed lost)
prose
A version of the story of Labraid’s exile was known to the compilers of the medieval Irish tale list A (LL and TCD 1336), where the title Longes Labrada occurs among a number of immrama and loingesa. It is unknown in what ways this version might have related to attested versions of the tale.
Labraid Loingsech
Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Luibnechprose
verse
4 st.
beg. Sund rocoscrad in cétach
Text on the dinnshenchas of Luibnech.
Middle IrishdinnshenchasLuibnech
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Luimnechverse
prose
beg. A fir fadlas sós na sen
Dinnshenchas of Luimnech
Middle IrishDinnshenchasLuimnech
Dinnshenchas of Lumman Tige Srafáin
verse
prose
beg. Dubgilla dub-airm n-aisse
Dallán Forgaill
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Dallán Forgaill
(fl. 597)
early Irish poet, known as the author of Amra Choluim Chille
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Poem in praise of Aodh’s shield.
Middle Irishdinnshenchaseulogies and panegyricsLumman Tige Srafáin
Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Lusmagprose
verse
5 st.
beg. In eól duíb aní dia fail
Text on the dinnshenchas of Lusmag
Middle IrishDinnshenchasLusmag
Mac Lesc mac Ladáin aithech
prose
verse
Story in which Finn mac Cumaill and his servant Mac Lesc mac Ladáin are separated from the Fían. A number of verses are exchanged (cf. ‘Fuit (poem)’).
Middle IrishFinn mac Cumaill (Find úa Báiscni)Mac Lesc mac Ladáin
Macgnímartha Find
prose
Late Middle Irish narrative about the exploits and fortunes of Finn mac Cumaill as a boy. The sole extant manuscript copy is imperfect, breaking off in the middle of an episode about Finn's encounter with an Otherworldly rival.
Middle IrishFinn mac Cumaill (Find úa Báiscni)
Táin bó Cúailnge I, Táin bó Cúailnge II
Macgnímrada Con Culainnprose
Not an independent(ly preserved) tale, but a story included in Táin bó Cúailnge, recension I and II.
Cú Chulainn
Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Mag nAíprose
verse
6 st.
beg. A fir, dia téis i mag n-Ái
Dinnshenchas of Mag nAí
Middle IrishdinnshenchasÁe mac AllgubaMag nAidne
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Mag nAidneverse
prose
beg. Mag nAidni, co muriur mag
Dinnshenchas on Mag nAidne
Middle IrishDinnshenchasMag nAidne
Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Mag mBregprose
verse
7 st.
beg. Secht maic Breogain, bríg cen brón
Text on the dinnshenchas of Mag mBreg.
Middle IrishDinnshenchasMag mBreg
Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Mag Cobaprose
verse
4 st.
beg. Amra in mag imríadat fir
Dinnshenchas of Mag Coba (according to Gwynn, a plain in the barony of Iveagh, Co. Down)
Middle IrishDinnshenchasÉrimónCoba ... eponym of Mag CobaMag Coba
Dinnshenchas Érenn B, Dinnshenchas Érenn C supplement
Dinnshenchas of Mag Corainnprose
Text on the dinnshenchas of Mag Corainn
Middle IrishDinnshenchasMag Corainn
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Mag Dá Gésiverse
prose
beg. In lia notheilginn do grés
Finn mac Cumaill
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Finn mac Cumaill (Find úa Báiscni)
(time-frame ass. with Finn Cycle, Finn mac Cumaill, Cormac mac Airt)
Finn mac Cumaill (earlier mac Umaill?), Find úa Báiscni: central hero in medieval Irish and Scottish literature of the so-called Finn Cycle; warrior-hunter and leader of a fían
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Dinnshenchas of Mag Dá Gési (Mag Dá Géise).
Middle IrishdinnshenchasMag Dá Gési
Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Mag nDumachprose
verse
17 st.
beg. Tír Úa Failge, fót na fían
Text on the dinnshenchas of Mag nDumach
Middle IrishdinnshenchasMag nDumach
Dinnshenchas Érenn C supplement
Dinnshenchas of Mag nEtrigeprose
verse
1 st.
beg. Líag is Lecmagh cona lí
Text on the dinnshenchas of Mag nEtrige
Middle IrishDinnshenchasMag nEtrige
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Mag Femin Iverse
prose
beg. Femen ocus Fera find
Text on the dinnshenchas of Mag Femin (Mag Femen).
Middle IrishDinnshenchasMag Femin
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Mag Femin IIverse
prose
Poem on the dinnshenchas of Mag Femin. In the Book of Leinster version, the poem is presented as a dialogue between the poets Cuimíne and Mac Dá Cherda.
Middle IrishdinnshenchasMag Femin
Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Mag Findabrachprose
verse
7 st.
beg. Diambad mé nothecmad tair
Text on the dinnshenchas of Mag Findabrach
Middle IrishdinnshenchasMag Findabrach
Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Mag nÍthaverse
7 st.
beg. In mag itám sund 'nar socht
dinnshenchas of Mag nÍtha
Middle IrishDinnshenchasMag nÍtha
Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Mag Lénaprose
verse
6 st.
beg. Inmain in fert, fichtib slúag
Text on the dinnshenchas of Mag Léna
Middle IrishDinnshenchasMag Léna ... Moylen
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