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Dinnshenchas Érenn A
Dinnshenchas of Slíab Mairge Iverse
3 st.
beg. Ba garg in gein im gním nhgá
Poem on the dinnshenchas of Slíab Mairge
Middle IrishDinnshenchasSlíab MairgeMarg ingen Rotmand
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Slíab Mairge IIverse
prose
5 st.
beg. Margg mac Giúsca co ngné glain
Tract on the dinnshenchas of Slíab Mairge.
Middle IrishDinnshenchasSlíab Mairge
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Slíab Misverse
prose
beg. Míss, ingen Maireda múaid
Tract on the dinnshenchas of Slíab Mis.
Middle IrishDinnshenchasSlíab Mis
Dinnshenchas Érenn C supplement
Dinnshenchas of Slíab Slangaprose
verse
1 st.
beg. Slanga, mac Pártholáin grínd
Text on the dinnshenchas of Slíab Slanga
Middle IrishdinnshenchasSlíab Slanga
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Slige Dálaverse
prose
beg. Senchas cía lín noniarfaig
Dinnshenchas tale, in prose and in verse, which begins with an etymological explanation of Slige Dála and proceeds to account for the names of the five chief roads leading out of Tara (Slige Dála, Slige Mór, Slige Midlúachra, Slige Chúalann and Slige Assail). In copies of the prose text of recension C, the story of Airne Fíngein is cited as a source and followed by a poem said to have been uttered by Fíngen mac Luchta on the night he witnessed the wonders from that tale.
Middle IrishdinnshenchasSlige MidlúachraSlige AssailSlige DálaSlige MórSlige Chúalann
Sloiged már rucsat Gréic co Hebríb fechtas n-aile
prose
Short Middle Irish prose text preserved in the Book of Leinster.
Middle Irish
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C supplement
Dinnshenchas of Snám Dá Énprose
verse
beg. Snám Da Én, na éoin diatá
Prose tract and poem giving two versions of the dinnshenchas of Snám Dá Én. The first story also explains the origin of the names of Áth Lúain, Móin Tíre Náir and Mag nEstin.
Middle IrishDinnshenchasFinn mac Cumaill (Find úa Báiscni)Snám Dá ÉnÁth Lúain
Solomon and the power of women
form undefined
Early Irish reworking of I Esdras, III ch. 3-4, with Solomon, king of the Greeks, and Nemiasserus replacing Darius and Zorobabel (Zerubbabel).
Late Old IrishEarly Middle IrishNemiasserusSolomon ... king of the Greeks
Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Srúb Bóprose
Dinnshenchas of Srúb Bó
Middle IrishDinnshenchasSrúb BóLoch Sithgal
Dinnshenchas of Srúb Brain
verse
prose
beg. Matan do Choin na Cerdda
Dinnshenchas of Srúb Brain. The placename is etymologised as ‘Raven’s Bill’ with reference to an account of how Cú Chulainn killed a multitude of giant ravens or black birds and placed the bill of the last bird on the rock (Srúb Brain).
Middle IrishdinnshenchasCú ChulainnDún Delga ... Castletown HillSrúb Brain ... Stroove PointRamannRedg
Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Sruthar Mathaprose
verse
11 st.;7 st.
beg. Sruthar Matha, maídid lib
Text on the dinnshenchas of Sruthar Matha
Middle IrishDinnshenchasSruthar Matha
Story of Mo Chóe and the angel
prose
A short story in which Mo Chóe (Caelán), while building his church at Nendrum, is approached by an angel in the form of a magnificent bird. Two versions of it are known, one of which is found in the entry for the saint's feast-day in the Martyrology of Donegal.
Irish languageMo Chóe of Nendrum
Story of the abbot of Druimenaig
prose
Brief medieval Irish story about a young, unnamed abbot of Druimenaig (Druim Eanaig, now Drimnagh, Co. Dublin), who at Easter finds himself transformed into a woman, sleeps with the erenagh of Croimglenn (Crumlin, Co. Dublin), gives birth to seven children, and changes back to being a man again.
Early Modern IrishDruimenaig (Druim Enaig?) ... DrimnaghCroimglenn ... Crumlin, Co. DublinAnonymous ... abbot of DruimenaigAnonymous ... erenagh of Croimglenn
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Tailtiuverse
prose
beg. A chóemu críche Cuind chain
Cúán úa Lothcháin
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Cúán úa Lothcháin
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Cúán úa Lothcháin
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Cúán úa Lothcháin
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Poem on the dinsenchas of Tailtiu (Co. Meath).
Middle IrishdinnshenchasTailtiu ... Teltown
Táin bó Cúailnge
prose
Old IrishMiddle IrishEarly Modern IrishMedb of CrúachanFindabair, FinnabairFergus mac RóichDubthach Dóel UladConall CernachThe MorríganCú ChulainnLugAmairgen mac Eccit (Salaig)The seven MainesCathbadFer DiadConchobar mac NessaCú Roí (mac Dáiri)Cormac Cond LongasFráechCethern mac FintainMunremar mac GerrcindEógan mac DurthachtAillil mac Máta
Táin bó Dartada
form undefined
Late Old IrishEarly Middle IrishAilill mac MátaDartaidEochu Becc mac CoirpriOrlám mac Ailella
Táin bó Flidais
form undefined
Early Irish tale which relates how Fergus mac Róich came to slay Ailill Find, king of the Ciarraige, and gained the latter's wife Flidais. It is regarded as one of the remscéla to the Táin bó Cúailnge.
Old Irishremscéla to Táin bó CúailngeAilill mac MátaFergus mac RóichFlidaisBricriuDubthach Dóel Ulad
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