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Aided óenfir Aífe
prose
Short tale about the only son of Cú Chulainn and Aífe, and the boy’s death at the hands of his father. This entry covers two versions: (1) AOA I = a late Old Irish text preserved in the Yellow Book of Lecan, which is the best known version, and (2) AOA II = a younger, much abridged version in TCD 1336, which serves to introduce the topic of legal accountability and compensation (corpdíre).
Aífe ingen AirdgemeCú ChulainnConchobar mac NessaConnla (var. Connláech) or Conlaor Óenfir Aífe (‘Aífe’s only son’)ScáthachTrácht Éise
Táin bó Cúailnge I, Táin bó Cúailnge II
Aided Óengussa meic Óenlámaform undefined
Episode in the Táin bó Cúailnge (Recensions I and II).
Slíab FúaitÓengus mac Óenláime
Táin bó Cúailnge I, Táin bó Cúailnge II, Táin bó Cúailnge III
Aided Orláimform undefined
Orlám mac Ailella
Táin bó Cúailnge I, Táin bó Cúailnge III
Aided Redg cáinteform undefined
Episode found in recensions I and III of Táin bó Cúailnge
Aided Rogallaig meic Fuatach
prose
One of the historical narrative texts found in the Mionannála.
AidedaRogallach mac Fuatach
Táin bó Cúailnge I, Táin bó Cúailnge II, Táin bó Cúailnge III
Aided trí mac nGárachform undefined
Episode found in all three recensions of Táin bó Cúailnge
Táin bó Cúailnge I, Táin bó Cúailnge II
Aided Úalandprose
A series of episodes found in Táin bó Cúailnge (recensions I and II), in which the river Cronn and one or two other streams rise against the hosts of Connacht, hindering their progress and leading to the death of Úalu and the loss of many more warriors.
Medb of CrúachanÚaluGlais CruindClúain CarpatLía ÚalandCronn ... river
Aígidecht Aithirni
prose
verse
prosimetrum
The short prose text includes eight poems ascribed to Athirne.
Middle IrishAmairgen mac Eccit (Salaig)Athirne
Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Ailech (prose)prose
Prose tract on the dinnshenchas of Ailech
Middle IrishDinnshenchas
Dinnshenchas Érenn A
Dinnshenchas of Ailech Iverse
28 st.
beg. Decid Ailech n-Imchill n-úaib
Poem on the dinnshenchas of Ailech.
Middle IrishdinnshenchasAilech
Independent, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Ailech IIverse
35 st.
beg. Cía triallaid nech aisneis senchais Ailig eltaig
Flann Mainistrech
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Flann Mainistrech
(d. 1056)
Middle Irish poet ass. with Monasterboice (Mainistir Buite)
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Dinnshenchas of Ailech.
Middle IrishdinnshenchasAilech
Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Ailech IIIverse
beg. Ailech Frigrenn, faithche na ríg rígda in domain
Dinnshenchas of Ailech
Middle IrishDinnshenchasThe DagdaAilechÚa Lochlainn (Domnall)
Dinnshenchas Érenn C supplement
Dinnshenchas of Ailén Cobthaigprose
verse
14 st.
beg. A Fedelm, a fholt-buide
Text on the dinnshenchas of Ailén Cobthaig
Middle IrishDinnshenchasAilén Cobthaig
Airec menman Uraird maic Coisse
prose
Urard mac Coise
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Urard mac Coise
(d. 983 x 1023)
Irish poet
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Urard mac Coise
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Urard mac Coise
(d. 983 x 1023)
Irish poet
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A Middle Irish saga which relates how the poet Urard/Aurard mac Cosse (fl. 10th/11th century) obtained compensation from Domnall mac Muirchertaig, king of Tara, following a raid on his home. It includes version B of the medieval Irish tale lists.
Middle IrishUrard mac CoiseDomnall mac Muirchertaig
Aislinge Cormaic
prose
King Cormac mac Airt experiences a dream vision in which his wife Eithne Thóebfhota sleeps with the Ulsterman Eochu Gunnat and later returns to Cormac. The druids explains the dream to Cormac, saying that Eochu will be king of Tara for one year.(1)n. 1 31 note 109 Tomás Ó Cathasaigh, The heroic biography of Cormac mac Airt (1977).
Cormac mac AirtEochu Gunnat mac FéiccEithne Thóebfhota
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