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Cath Maige Tuired
Ní accus bith na mbéoverse
rosc
beg. Ní accus bith na mbéo
The Morrígan
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The Morrígan
(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle, Túatha Dé Danann)
deity or supernatural figure in medieval Irish literature, frequently associated with war and destruction; she sometimes appears as part of a triad with Macha and the Badb; also associated with Nemain.
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A phophetic rosc attributed to the Morrígan about the unhappy end of the world. It occurs at the very end of the Middle Irish text Cath Maige Tuired, following a rosc attributed to the same deity about wealth and prosperity.
Early Irish
Ní mo cossa esce fetad
prose
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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Prophecy attributed to Finn ua Baiscne about the coming of Patrick (the Adze-Head or Tailcenn) and a (flag)stone (lecc or cloch) associated with him.
propheciesFinn mac Cumaill (Find úa Báiscni)Saint Patrick
Nin mac Bel roga na ríg
verse
21 st.
beg. Nin mac Bel, roga na ríg
Late Middle Irish poem on Assyrian kings and synchronic history in Ireland.
Late Middle Irish
Noínden Ulad
form undefined
One of the remscéla of the Ulster Cycle. Not to be confused with Ces Ulad, which attributes the weakness of the Ulstermen to a different event.
Early Irish
Nomina diaconorum Hibernensium
prose
list
List of Irish saints classified as deacons (diacones). It is closely associated in the manuscripts with two similar lists of saints who have been bishops or priests.
Early Irishdeaconssaints of Ireland
Nomina episcoporum Hibernensium
prose
list
List of 292 Irish saints classified as bishops. It is associated in the manuscripts with two similar lists of saints who have been priests or deacons.
Early Irishbishopssaints of Ireland
Nomina sacerdotum Hibernensium
prose
list
List of 277 Irish saints classified as priests (sacerdotes). It is closely associated in the manuscripts with two similar lists of saints who have been bishops or deacons.
Early Irishsaints of Ireland
Note on Corcrán and Máel Suthain
prose
retoiric
Short Irish note which mentions Corcrán búachaill (lit. ‘herdsman’, also ‘guardian’ or ‘servant’) and Máel Suthain. As it stands in the manuscript, where it follows a monastic poem uttered by a hermit, beg. M'óenurán im aireclán, it consists of no more than a single line in prose and a retoiric. Cf. perhaps the anchorite Corcrán Clérech (d. 1040) and Máel Suthain Úa Cerbaill (d. 1010) or his namesake and scholar (d. 1031).
Nuadu Necht ní dámair anflaith
verse
52 st.
beg. Nuadu Necht ní dámair anflaith
Find Fili mac Rossa Rúaid
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Find Fili mac Rossa Rúaid
legendary poet and king of Leinster; son of Russ Rúad
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One of the rhyming ‘Leinster poems’.
Early IrishNúadu Necht
Nuallghubha Oilella Óluim
prose
An early Modern Irish prose text that embeds some older rhetorical verse.
Modern IrishBattle of Mag MucramaAilill ÓlommArt mac CuinnDíchorbDub Mac ConMog Corb
Dinnshenchas of Ochan
verse
prose
beg. Déiccid ferta níthaig Néill
Cináed úa hArtacáin
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Cináed úa hArtacáin
(d. 975)
Middle Irish poet.
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Texts on a burial mound near Tara, relating a version of the death of Níall Noígiallach.
Middle IrishdinnshenchasNíall NoígíallachOchan
Óchtur Criathar cid diatá
verse
7 st.
beg. Óchtur Criathar cid diatá
Poem relating the dinnshenchas of Óchtur Criathar.
Early IrishÓchtur Criathar
Ochtur táncamar anuas
verse
beg. Ochtur táncamar anuas
Oisín mac Finn
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Oisín mac Finn
(time-frame ass. with Finn Cycle, Finn mac Cumaill, Saint Patrick, Cormac mac Airt)
A fían-warrior, son of Finn, in the Finn Cycle of medieval Irish literature
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Poem attributed to Oisín.
Middle Irish
Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Odbaprose
verse
6 st.
beg. Sund rohadnacht Odba úais
Text on the dinnshenchas of Odba.
Middle IrishDinnshenchasOdba
Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Odrasprose
verse
17 st.
beg. Odras, úais ind ingen
Text on the dinnshenchas of Odras
Middle IrishdinnshenchasThe MorríganOdras
Duanaire Finn
Oenach indiu luid in ríverse
54 st.;44 st.
beg. Oenach indiu luid in rí
Middle IrishEarly Modern Irish
Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Óenach Uchbadverse
5 st.
beg. A caithir naem, comall ngle
Dinnshenchas of Óenach Uchbad
Middle IrishDinnshenchasÓenach Uchbad
Ogam il-lia, lia uas lecht
verse
beg. Ogam il-lia, lia uas lecht
Seven quatrains attributed to Oisín, on the battle of Gabair Aichle.
Middle Irish
Oidheadh chloinne hUisneach
prose
verse
prosimetrum
Tale of the Ulster Cycle which can be described as a later, Early Modern Irish version of Longes mac nUislenn.
Early Modern Irish
Oidheadh Chuinn Chéadchathaigh
form undefined
Early Modern Irish tale of the death of Conn Cétchathach.
Early Modern IrishAidedaConn Cétchathach
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