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Éogan án éo cautmai cáem

form undefined

4 st.

beg. Éogan án / éo cautmai cáem

Luccreth moccu Chíara

Luccreth moccu Chíara

(fl. 7th century)

early Irish poet

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Versified genealogy (8 couplets) of Éogan mac Crundmaíl, chief of the Uí Choirpri branch of Uí Fhidgenti. It belongs to a group of genealogical poems that are attributed to Luccreth moccu Chíara.

Old IrishÉogan mac CrundmaílUí FhidgentiUí Choirpri branch of Uí Fhidgenti

Éoganacht poems attributed to Luccreth moccu Chíara

verse

A collection of genealogical poems relating to the Éoganachta, attributed to Luccreth moccu Chíara. It consists of a main poem beg. Cú cen máthair and six shorter, supplementary verses for other branches of the Éoganachta.

Old Irish

Lebor gabála Érenn

Ériu co n-uaill, co n-idnaib

verse

beg. Ériu co n-uaill, co n-idnaib

Eochaid ua Flannucáin

Eochaid úa Flannucáin

(c.936–1004)

Irish poet and scholar, who was guestmaster at Armagh and superior at Cluain Fiachna (Clonfeacle). He was identified by Rudolf Thurneysen as the poet Eochaid úa Flainn, to whom several poems, most of them in the Lebor gabála, are attributed. This identification has gained favour over the years. In order not to pre-judge the matter, the two are distinguished in the present catalogue.

See more (ascr.)Eochaid úa Flainn

Eochaid úa Flainn

(fl. c.936–1004, if he is Eochaid úa Flannucáin)

A medieval Irish poet to whom a number of Middle Irish poems, most of them in the Lebor gabála Érenn, have been attributed. His identification with Eochaid úa Flannucáin, a poet and historian who was guestmaster at Armagh, has gained favour over the years. In order not to pre-judge the matter, the two are distinguished in the present catalogue.

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Poem in Lebor gabála Érenn.

Middle Irish

Fáelgus Nad Fráech febda cland

verse

2.5 st.

beg. Fáelgus, Nad Fráech / febda cland

Luccreth moccu Chíara

Luccreth moccu Chíara

(fl. 7th century)

early Irish poet

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Versified genealogy (5 couplets) of Fáelgus mac Nad Froích, chief of the Éoganacht of Cashel. It belongs to a group of genealogical poems that are attributed to Luccreth moccu Chíara.

Old IrishÉoganacht ChaisilFáelgus mac Nad Froích

Foras feasa ar Éirinn

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Keating (Geoffrey)

Keating (Geoffrey)

(c.1580–1644)

Irish priest, historian and poet; author of Foras feasa ar Éirinn

The prose history of Ireland completed by Geoffrey Keating (Seathrún Céitinn) in c. 1634. Comprising an introduction, two books and appendices, it narrates the history of the island from the time of Creation to the Norman conquest in the 12th century. As set out by the vindicatory introduction (an díonbhrollach), the work was written in response to the cultural biases of Anglo-centric writers (e.g. William Camden and Edmund Spenser).

Early Modern IrishHistoryCompilationCompendium

Fragmentary annals of Ireland

prose

A fragmentarily preserved text of Irish annals and narrative expansions, possibly compiled in the 11th century and perhaps based on the lost Annals of Clonenagh (Radner). Five fragments now remain in a late, 17th-century transcript, each covering a part of the period between 573 and 914 and focusing on the province of Leinster.

Late Middle IrishEarly Modern Irish

Fragmentum annalium cuiusdam Connatiensis

prose

Irish annals known only from two fragments in Raw. B 488 containing entries for AD 1237–1249 and 1303–1314. The extant entries appear to focus on affairs in or relating to Connacht.

Early Modern IrishConnacht/Cúige Chonnacht

Genealogical tract on the Fothairt

prose

list

Irish genealogical tract, or tracts, dealing with the Fothairt. Common descent is traced to a pseudo-eponymous ancestor called Eochaid (Find) Fúath nAirt and his sons, Cian Cúldub (a quo Uí Chúlduib of Kildare) and Óengus Mend.

Early IrishCian CúldubBrigit of KildareFothairtEochaid Find Fúath nAirtÓengus Mend

Genealogical tract on the three Fothaid

prose

‘Tract’, or assembled material, giving an account of different genealogical doctrines for the three Fothaid. The most common doctrine places them among the Laigin and has them descend, on the paternal side, from Núadu Necht. Another relates them to Dál Araide, making them descendants of Irél son of Conall Cernach, ancestor of the Dál Araide. Yet another doctrine makes them descendants of Cairpre Nia Fer and Fedelm Foltchaíme.

LaiginUlaidDál nAraidiFothad Airctech (Airgtech)Fothad CairptechFothad Canann (Canainne)

Genealogies of Irish saints

list

Irish language

Gionnallach Í Duinn

prose

Pedgrees and r notes relating to the Í Dhuinn.

Early Modern EnglishEarly Modern IrishÓ Duinn familyÓ Duinn (Tadhg mac Laighnigh)

Góedel Glas ó tát Goídil

verse

beg. Góedel Glas ó tát Goídil

Gilla Cóemáin

Gilla Cóemáin

(fl. 1072)

Middle Irish poet

Gilla Cóemáin

Gilla Cóemáin

(fl. 1072)

Middle Irish poet

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Middle Irish

Hériu ard inis na rríg

verse

beg. Hériu ard inis na rríg

Gilla Cóemáin

Gilla Cóemáin

(fl. 1072)

Middle Irish poet

Gilla Cóemáin

Gilla Cóemáin

(fl. 1072)

Middle Irish poet

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Middle IrishFinn mac Cumaill (Find úa Báiscni)

Imthechta Moga Ruith

prose

Irish languageMog RuithSimon Magus

Dinnshenchas of Temair (prose)

In chetbean luid i n-uaigh uair

verse

1 st.

beg. In chetbean luid i n-uaigh uair

Middle Irish

Dinnshenchas Érenn C

Dinnshenchas of Inber mBuada

prose

verse

8 st.

beg. Inber mBuada sloindter sin

Dinnshenchas of Inber mBuada

Middle IrishDinnshenchasPartholónInber Múada/Múaide ... Moy Estuary

Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B

Introduction to the Dinnshenchas Érenn

prose

Introduction to the Dinnshenchas Érenn. It is in the form of a short story which asserts that the collection was composed by Amairgen mac Amalgada, poet of Diarmait mac Cerbaill (d. 565), high-king of Ireland. When the men of Ireland were convened at Tara, the poet fasted on Fintan mac Bóchra (a survivor of the Flood, according to other tales) for three days and nights, so that the latter would reveal his knowledge of the notable places of Ireland.

Middle IrishFintan mac BóchraAmairgen mac AmalgadaDíarmait mac CerbaillTaraCenn Fáelad (mac Ailella)

Irish story of Silvius

prose

A short Irish account of Silvius, son of Ascanius and father of Brutus of Troy. The text is indebted to the Irish adaptation of the Historia Brittonum known as Lebor Bretnach, which it quotes in places, but also adds material to it, such its opening passage on Vulcan the smith.

AeneasBrutus legendSilviusAscaniusLavinia

Irish tract on the origins of alphabets

prose

A Middle Irish tract on the invention or discovery of the Hebrew, Greek and Latin alphabets.

Middle Irish

Irish tract relating to the Confederate Wars (Conchabhar Ó Luinín)

prose

Ó Luinín (Conchabhar)Ó Luinín (Conchabhar)

Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.

An Irish historical tract written by Conchabhar Ó Luinín about the Irish Confederate Wars and his views and experiences concerning these events.

Irish language17th centuryIrish Confederate Wars

Kilkenny chronicle

prose

Compilation of Latin annals for the period 1264-1330 (and a later addition), compiled by Anglo-Irish Franciscans in the 14th century. It consists of two chronicles that originated in roll form. An origin in the Franciscan house of Castledermot (Co. Kildare) has been suggested for one of these.

Latin language

Leabhar Muimhneach

prose

Large Irish genealogical compilation, which covers the whole of Ireland but devotes special attention to Munster families. All extant manuscript copies date from the 18th century or later and are thought to derive from an original of unknown date. There are two complete manuscript copies and these may be said to represent a conflation of three tracts: an introductory world history based on Lebor gabála, the ‘Book of Thomond’, which is concerned with the Dál Cáis, and a tract concerned with the Eóganacht, designated by Paul Walsh as the ‘Book of Desmond’.

Irish language

Leabhar Oiris

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History of the battles fought by Brian Bóruma since c. 979, with annals for events up to 1027.

Lebor Bretnach

prose

Middle Irish adaptation of the Historia Brittonum ascribed to Nennius

Middle IrishAdaptation

Lebor gabála Érenn

Lebor gabála Érenn (Ó Cléirigh)

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A modern version of Lebor gabála Érenn, revised by Micheál Ó Cléirigh and his associates in 1631.