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Táin bó Flidaise II
prose
verse
Early Modern Irish recension of Táin bó Flidais, which relates how the exiled Ulster hero Fergus mac Róich obtained his wife Flidais after killing her husband Ailill Finn, king of the Ciarraige. In the earliest manuscript, it forms part of a longer narrative work about Fergus, beginning with Oidheadh Chloinne Uisnigh and concluding with a sequel entitled Tóraigheacht tána bó Flidaise.
Early Modern Irish
Táin bó Fraích
form undefined
Old Irishremscéla to Táin bó CúailngeMedb of CrúachanAilill mac MátaConall CernachFráechFindabair
Táin bó Regamain
prose
Medb of CrúachanAilill mac MátaThe seven Maines
Táin bó Regamna
prose
(arguably) one of the remscéla to the Taín.
Early Irishremscéla to Táin bó CúailngeThe MorríganCú Chulainn
Táin bó Rúanaid
prose
Irish languageRúanaid
Tairired na nDéssi
form undefined
Old IrishMiddle Irish
Talland Étair
prose
Late Old IrishEarly Middle IrishgeisConall CernachCú ChulainnAthirneBenn Étair ... Hill of HowthLeborchamail-geis
Tathus drecht dron-amhnus
verse
beg. Tathus drecht dron-amhnus

Early Irish poem about Cú Chulainn, attested as an addition to several copies of the dinnshenchas of Srúb Brain.

Early IrishCú Chulainn
Teacht Chonnlaoich go hÉirinn
form undefined
Gaelic ballad version of the story of Cú Chulainn and the killing of his only son. This story is also known in an early prose form from Aided óenfir Aífe and in a later prose form from Oidheadh Chonlaoich.
Cú Chulainn
Dinnshenchas Érenn C supplement
Dinnshenchas of Tech nDuinn
prose
Text on the dinnshenchas of Tech nDuinn
Middle IrishdinnshenchasTech nDuinn
Tecosc Cuscraid
form undefined
A short series of precepts addressed to Cúscraid Mend Macha, Conchobor’s son and heir, by his foster-father Conall Cernach. The text is found in the introductory part of the tale of Cath Airtig.
Early IrishConall CernachCúscraid Mend Macha
Téighim ann do shúr na n-íath
verse
list
beg. Téighim ann do shúr (na) n-íath

A poem found in Agallamh na seanórach, where it is attributed to Cáilte. The poem is largely a topographical catalogue of birds and beasts from all over Ireland, which are pairs of wild animals collected by Caílte as a ransom for Finn, who is imprisoned by Cormac mac Airt, king of Tara.

Early Modern Irishtopographyanimals
Temaile fáid Miled Espáin
prose

A prose passage in the Book of Leinster about a certain Temaile or Témaile, a prophet (fáid) of Míl Espáine whose name is associated with Druim Témaile (place unidentified). Because the outer edge of the manuscript page is worn, the text is now only partly legible.

Early IrishTemaile ... prophet of Míl Espáine
Dinnshenchas of Temair (prose)
prose
Middle IrishHiberno-LatinDinnshenchasTemair ... Tara
Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Temair I
verse
11 st.
beg. Temair Breg, cid ní diatá
Fintan mac Bóchra
Fintan mac Bóchra
(time-frame ass. with universal history)
A figure of medieval Irish tradition who survives the Flood and lives to give eye-witness accounts of the history of Ireland

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Poem on the former names and legendary associations of the Hill of Tara. Versions are extant in recensions of LGÉ as well as the Dinnshenchas Érenn.
Middle Irishdinnshenchas
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Temair II
verse
19 st.
beg. Ní cheil maissi dona mnáib
Cináed úa hArtacáin
Cináed úa hArtacáin
(d. 975)
Middle Irish poet.

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Dinnshenchas of Temair.

Middle IrishdinnshenchasTemair ... Tara
Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Temair III
verse
47 st.
beg. Temair, toga na tulach
Cúán úa Lothcháin
Cúán úa Lothcháin
(d. 1024)
Early Irish poet.

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Cúán úa Lothcháin
Cúán úa Lothcháin
(d. 1024)
Early Irish poet.

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Cináed úa hArtacáin
Cináed úa hArtacáin
(d. 975)
Middle Irish poet.

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Dinnshenchas of Temair
Middle IrishDinnshenchasTemair ... Tara
Dinnshenchas of Temair IV
verse
28 st.
beg. Domun duthain (a lainde)
Cináed úa hArtacáin
Cináed úa hArtacáin
(d. 975)
Middle Irish poet.

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

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Dinnshenchas of Temair.

Middle IrishdinnshenchasTemair ... Tara
Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Temair V
verse
20 st.
beg. Temair, Tailtiu, tír n-óenaig
Poem on the dinnshenchas of Temair (Tara), consisting mostly of a long list of placenames.
Middle IrishDinnshenchasTemair ... Tara
Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Temair Lúachra
verse
prose
beg. In Lúachair dano, in Lúachair
Tract on the dinnshenchas of Temair Lúachra.
Middle IrishdinnshenchasTemair Lúachra
Tesmolta Cormaic ocus aided Finn
form undefined
Middle IrishFinn mac Cumaill (Find úa Báiscni)Cormac mac Airt
Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Tethba
prose
verse
4 st.
beg. Dorat Tethba don tír thúaid
Text on the dinnshenchas of Tethba
Middle IrishdinnshenchasTethba
Dinnshenchas Érenn C supplement
Dinnshenchas of Tipra Brothlaige
prose
verse
1 st.
beg. Tucsad cend Dornmáir dhaltaidh
Text on the dinnshenchas of Tipra Brothlaige
Middle IrishDinnshenchasTipra Brothlaige
Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dinnshenchas of Tipra Sengarmna
prose
verse
beg. Tipra Sen-Garmna fo a snas
Fergus Fínbél
Fergus Fínbél
(time-frame ass. with Finn mac Cumaill, Cormac mac Airt)
In tales of the Finn Cycle, a poet in the retinue of Finn mac Cumaill, sometimes identified as a son of a certain Finn.

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Text on the dinnshenchas of Tipra Sengarmna.

Middle IrishdinnshenchasTipra Sengarmna
Dinnshenchas Érenn C, Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas of Tlachtga
prose
verse
14 st.
beg. Tlachtga, tulach ordain úais
Text on the dinnshenchas of Tlachtga
Middle IrishdinnshenchaswheelMog RuithTlachtga ... Hill of WardSimon MagusTlachtga (mythological figure)
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