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Dinnshenchas of Descert, possibly Descert Laigen
  • Middle Irish
  • dinnshenchas
  • Early Irish poetry
  • Dinnshenchas Érenn
  • Finn Cycle
  • Descert

Short anecdote
  • Early Modern Irish
  • Finn Cycle
  • Bran and Sceólang

  • Late Middle Irish
  • Early Modern Irish
  • Classical Irish poetry
  • Duanaire Finn
  • Finn Cycle

  • Late Middle Irish
  • Early Modern Irish
  • early Irish lyrics
  • Early Irish poetry
  • Classical Irish poetry
  • Duanaire Finn
  • Finn Cycle

  • Late Middle Irish
  • Early Modern Irish
  • Classical Irish poetry
  • Duanaire Finn
  • Finn Cycle

Dinnshenchas of Druim nDairbrech
  • Middle Irish
  • dinnshenchas
  • Early Irish poetry
  • Dinnshenchas Érenn
  • Finn Cycle
  • Druim nDairbrech

Collection of Fenian poems.

  • Irish language
  • Classical Irish poetry
  • Duanaire Finn
  • Finn Cycle

  • Early Modern Irish
  • Classical Irish poetry
  • Duanaire Finn
  • Finn Cycle

  • Finn Cycle

  • Early Middle Irish
  • Finn Cycle
  • Finn mac Cumaill (Find úa Báiscni)
  • Caílte mac Rónáin

  • Early Modern Irish
  • Classical Irish poetry
  • Duanaire Finn
  • Finn Cycle

  • Eirigh suas a Oscair
  • verse
  • (6 st.)
  • beg. Eirigh súas, a Oscair
  • (part of/cited in Duanaire Finn, Acallam na senórach)
  • Late Middle Irish
  • Classical Irish poetry
  • Duanaire Finn
  • Finn Cycle

  • Late Middle Irish
  • Early Modern Irish
  • Classical Irish poetry
  • Duanaire Finn
  • Finn Cycle

  • Early Modern Irish
  • Classical Irish poetry
  • Duanaire Finn
  • Finn Cycle

  • Early Modern Irish
  • Classical Irish poetry
  • Duanaire Finn
  • Finn Cycle

  • Late Middle Irish
  • Early Modern Irish
  • Classical Irish poetry
  • Duanaire Finn
  • Finn Cycle

  • Middle Irish
  • Finn Cycle
  • Finn mac Cumaill (Find úa Báiscni)
  • Conán

  • Late Middle Irish
  • Early Modern Irish
  • Classical Irish poetry
  • Duanaire Finn
  • Finn Cycle

  • Late Middle Irish
  • Early Modern Irish
  • Classical Irish poetry
  • Duanaire Finn
  • Finn Cycle

Lists A and B represent two versions of an alphabetically arranged list of personal names associated with the Finn Cycle. A prose introduction precedes both of these lists.
  • Late Middle Irish
  • Finn Cycle
  • Finn mac Cumaill (Find úa Báiscni)

  • Fil duine
  • verse
  • beg. Fil duine
  • (part of/cited in Commentary on the Amra Choluim Chille)
  • Late Old Irish
  • Early Middle Irish
  • early Irish lyrics
  • Early Irish poetry
  • Finn Cycle

  • Middle Irish
  • minor Irish prose tales
  • Finn Cycle
  • Finn mac Cumaill (Find úa Báiscni)

An anecdote told in Sanas Cormaic, under the entry for ‘Orc tréith’.
  • Sanas Cormaic
  • Finn Cycle
  • Finn mac Cumaill (Find úa Báiscni)
  • Lomnae ... druth

Two short prose stories about Finn, cited in the commentary to the Senchas Már as a gloss on the term imbas forosnai. The first, about Finn's encounter with the supernatural thief Cúldub, tells how Finn acquired the gift of imbas, while the second story, about Finn and the gilla Derg Corra, tells how Finn put this gift to use.
  • Old Irish
  • minor Irish prose tales
  • Finn Cycle
  • Imbas forosnai
  • Finn mac Cumaill (Find úa Báiscni)
  • Cúldub mac uí Birgge
  • Anonymous ... woman of the síd
  • Derg Corra mac hUí Daigre

  • Finn Cycle

  • Late Middle Irish
  • Early Modern Irish
  • Classical Irish poetry
  • Duanaire Finn
  • Finn Cycle

  • Early Modern Irish
  • Classical Irish poetry
  • Duanaire Finn
  • Finn Cycle

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).
  • KEATING (GEOFFREY)
  • Early Modern Irish
  • history
  • compilation
  • compendium
  • Mythological Cycle
  • Irish texts
  • Cycles of the Kings
  • Ulster Cycle
  • Irish legendary history
  • Finn Cycle

  • Dinnshenchas of Fornocht
  • verse
  • beg. Fornocht do dún, a Druim nDen
  • (part of/cited in Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C)
Dinnshenchas of Fornocht, formerly Druim Den.

  • Late Middle Irish
  • early Irish lyrics
  • Early Irish poetry
  • Finn Cycle

The tale of the conception and birth of Finn mac Cumaill.
  • Middle Irish
  • Cycles of the Kings
  • Finn Cycle
  • Finn mac Cumaill (Find úa Báiscni)

  • Late Middle Irish
  • Early Modern Irish
  • Classical Irish poetry
  • Duanaire Finn
  • Finn Cycle

  • Late Middle Irish
  • Early Modern Irish
  • Classical Irish poetry
  • Duanaire Finn
  • Finn Cycle

  • Géisid cúan
  • verse
  • beg. Géisid cúan
  • (part of/cited in Acallam na senórach)
  • Late Middle Irish
  • early Irish lyrics
  • Early Irish poetry
  • Finn Cycle

Text on the dinnshenchas of Glaisse Bulga
  • Middle Irish
  • dinnshenchas
  • Early Irish poetry
  • Dinnshenchas Érenn
  • Finn Cycle
  • Oscar mac Oisín
  • Glas ingen Deirg meic Dedad
  • Derg mac Dedad
  • Glaise Bulgáin

  • Early Modern Irish
  • Classical Irish poetry
  • Duanaire Finn
  • Finn Cycle

  • Early Modern Irish
  • Classical Irish poetry
  • Duanaire Finn
  • Finn Cycle

  • Early Modern Irish
  • Classical Irish poetry
  • Duanaire Finn
  • Finn Cycle

  • Early Modern Irish
  • Classical Irish poetry
  • Duanaire Finn
  • Finn Cycle

A ballad on the death of Garaid’s son Aod. The story of Aod's quarrel with Muc Smaile for killing his uncle Goll mac Morna, which is known from the Acallam na senórach (ed. Stokes, ending on line 2009), is continued here. E. J. Gwynn(1)n. 1 E. J. Gwynn • J. H. Lloyd, ‘The burning of Finn’s house’, Ériu 1 (1904): 13. summarises the tale as follows:
“Muc Smaile had killed Aod's uncle Goll mac Morna, and had refused to give an eric that Aod considered sufficient. Aod seeks him out at Sliabh Cua, and kills him in single combat: whereupon he is surrounded, with a handful of the Clann Morna, by six hundred of Muc Smaile's men, all of whom are slain in the fight that follows, except their leader Fionn mac Cubhain. But Aod has been twice wounded; 'clouds of weakness' fall on him; the sea comes in, he is unable to stir, and is drowned by the rising tide”.
  • Irish language
  • Irish poetry
  • Finn Cycle

  • Is cuimhin liom an imirt
  • verse
  • (27 st.;21 st.)
  • beg. Is cuimhin liom an imirt
  • (part of/cited in Duanaire Finn, Tóruigheacht Dhiarmada agus Ghráinne)
  • Early Modern Irish
  • Classical Irish poetry
  • Duanaire Finn
  • Finn Cycle

  • Early Modern Irish
  • Classical Irish poetry
  • Duanaire Finn
  • Finn Cycle

  • Late Middle Irish
  • early Irish lyrics
  • Early Irish poetry
  • Finn Cycle

  • Late Middle Irish
  • Early Modern Irish
  • Classical Irish poetry
  • Duanaire Finn
  • Finn Cycle

  • Early Modern Irish
  • Classical Irish poetry
  • Duanaire Finn
  • Finn Cycle

  • Early Modern Irish
  • Classical Irish poetry
  • Duanaire Finn
  • Finn Cycle

  • La da raibh Fionn ag ol
  • verse
  • (19 st.;127 st.)
  • beg. La da raibh Fionn ag ol
  • (part of/cited in Independent, Duanaire Finn, Agallamh Oisín agus Phádraig)
  • Early Modern Irish
  • Classical Irish poetry
  • Duanaire Finn
  • Finn Cycle

  • Early Modern Irish
  • Classical Irish poetry
  • Duanaire Finn
  • Finn Cycle

  • Early Modern Irish
  • Classical Irish poetry
  • Duanaire Finn
  • Finn Cycle

  • Classical Irish poetry
  • Duanaire Finn
  • Finn Cycle

  • Early Modern Irish
  • Classical Irish poetry
  • Finn Cycle

  • Laoi na seilge
  • verse
  • (37 st.)
  • (part of/cited in Agallamh Oisín agus Phádraig)
  • Early Modern Irish
  • Classical Irish poetry
  • Finn Cycle

  • Early Modern Irish
  • Classical Irish poetry
  • Duanaire Finn
  • Finn Cycle

  • Lige Guill
  • verse
  • beg. Derg ruathar cloinne Morna
  • (part of/cited in Duanaire Finn)
  • Late Middle Irish
  • Early Irish poetry
  • Duanaire Finn
  • Finn Cycle

Story in which Finn mac Cumaill and his servant Mac Lesc mac Ladáin are separated from the Fían. A number of verses are exchanged (cf. ‘Fuit (poem)’).
  • Middle Irish
  • Finn Cycle
  • Finn mac Cumaill (Find úa Báiscni)
  • Mac Lesc mac Ladáin

Late Middle Irish narrative about the exploits and fortunes of Finn mac Cumaill as a boy. The sole extant manuscript copy is imperfect, breaking off in the middle of an episode about Finn's encounter with an Otherworldly rival.
  • Middle Irish
  • Finn Cycle
  • Finn mac Cumaill (Find úa Báiscni)

Dinnshenchas of Mag Dá Gési (Mag Dá Géise).
  • Middle Irish
  • dinnshenchas
  • Early Irish poetry
  • Dinnshenchas Érenn
  • Finn Cycle
  • Mag Dá Gési

  • Middle Irish
  • Early Modern Irish
  • Classical Irish poetry
  • Duanaire Finn
  • Finn Cycle

  • Early Modern Irish
  • Classical Irish poetry
  • Duanaire Finn
  • Finn Cycle

  • Early Modern Irish
  • Classical Irish poetry
  • Duanaire Finn
  • Finn Cycle

Two quatrains alluding to a story about the birth of Oisín.
  • Middle Irish
  • Early Irish poetry
  • Finn Cycle
  • Oisín mac Finn

Metrical version of the Banshenchas, composed by Gilla Mo Dutu Úa Caiside (1147).
  • ÚA CAISIDE (GILLA MO DUTU)
  • Late Middle Irish
  • Mythological Cycle
  • Cycles of the Kings
  • Ulster Cycle
  • Early Irish poetry
  • Irish legendary history
  • Finn Cycle

  • Early Modern Irish
  • Classical Irish poetry
  • Duanaire Finn
  • Finn Cycle

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.
  • Irish religious texts
  • Finn Cycle
  • prophecies
  • Finn mac Cumaill (Find úa Báiscni)
  • Saint Patrick

Poem attributed to Oisín.

  • Middle Irish
  • Early Modern Irish
  • Early Irish poetry
  • Classical Irish poetry
  • Duanaire Finn
  • Finn Cycle

Seven quatrains attributed to Oisín, on the battle of Gabair Aichle.

  • Middle Irish
  • Early Irish poetry
  • Finn Cycle

  • Early Modern Irish
  • Classical Irish poetry
  • Duanaire Finn
  • Finn Cycle

Prose version of the Banshenchas
  • Middle Irish
  • Mythological Cycle
  • Cycles of the Kings
  • Ulster Cycle
  • Early Irish poetry
  • Irish legendary history
  • Finn Cycle

Poem cast as a dialogue between Finn and Oisín, with prose introduction and conclusion.

  • Old Irish
  • Early Irish poetry
  • Finn Cycle
  • Finn mac Cumaill (Find úa Báiscni)
  • Oisín mac Finn

Old Irish poem, with later prose introduction.
  • Old Irish
  • Early Irish poetry
  • Finn Cycle
  • The Morrígan
  • Fothad Airctech (Airgtech)
  • Fothad Cairptech
  • Fothad Canann (Canainne)
  • Ailill Flann Bec

Four quatrains ascribed to Oisín in his old age.

A single quatrain alluding to a story about the death of Finn mac Cumaill.
  • Early Middle Irish
  • Early Irish poetry
  • Finn Cycle
  • Finn mac Cumaill (Find úa Báiscni)

Dinnshenchas of Róiriu in Uí Failge (Róiriu i nUíb Failge).


Dinnshenchas of Róiriu in in Uí Muiredaig (Róiriu i nUíb Muiredaig)
  • Middle Irish
  • dinnshenchas
  • Early Irish poetry
  • Dinnshenchas Érenn
  • Finn Cycle
  • Róiriu in Uí Muiredaig

Entry for ‘rincne’ in Sanas Cormaic, with an anecdote about Ferchess, Mac Con and Finn úa Báiscni.

  • Middle Irish
  • Medieval Irish literature about poets
  • Sanas Cormaic
  • Finn Cycle
  • Finn mac Cumaill (Find úa Báiscni)
  • Lugaid Mac Con
  • Ferchess mac Commáin

  • aided
  • Cycles of the Kings
  • Finn Cycle
  • Finn mac Cumaill (Find úa Báiscni)
  • Mongán mac Fíachnai
  • Fothad Airctech (Airgtech)
  • Forgoll ... poet

  • Finn Cycle
  • Ailill Ólomm
  • Finn mac Cumaill (Find úa Báiscni)
  • Lugaid Mac Con
  • Ferchess mac Commáin
  • Dáire Doimthech

  • Seilg Sléibhe Fuaid
  • verse
  • (190 st.)
  • beg. Lá dá raibh Fionn sa shlóighte
  • (part of/cited in Agallamh Oisín agus Phádraig)
  • Early Modern Irish
  • Classical Irish poetry
  • Finn Cycle

  • Early Modern Irish
  • Classical Irish poetry
  • Finn Cycle

  • Early Modern Irish
  • Classical Irish poetry
  • Duanaire Finn
  • Finn Cycle

  • Early Modern Irish
  • Classical Irish poetry
  • Duanaire Finn
  • Finn Cycle

  • Early Modern Irish
  • Classical Irish poetry
  • Duanaire Finn
  • Finn Cycle

  • Early Modern Irish
  • Classical Irish poetry
  • Duanaire Finn
  • Finn Cycle

  • Late Middle Irish
  • Early Modern Irish
  • Classical Irish poetry
  • Duanaire Finn
  • Finn Cycle

  • Dinnshenchas of Snám Dá Én
  • verse
  • beg. Snám Da Én, na éoin diatá
  • (part of/cited in Dinnshenchas Érenn A, Dinnshenchas Érenn C supplement)
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 Irish
  • dinnshenchas
  • Early Irish poetry
  • Dinnshenchas Érenn
  • Finn Cycle
  • Finn mac Cumaill (Find úa Báiscni)
  • Snám Dá Én
  • Áth Lúain

  • Middle Irish
  • Finn Cycle
  • Finn mac Cumaill (Find úa Báiscni)
  • Cormac mac Airt

Text on the dinnshenchas of Tipra Sengarmna.

  • Middle Irish
  • dinnshenchas
  • Early Irish poetry
  • Dinnshenchas Érenn
  • Finn Cycle
  • Tipra Sengarmna

Early Irish prosimetric text which relates the story how an aging Finn mac Cumaill wooed Ailbe Grúadbrecc, daughter of Cormac mac Airt. A significant part of the text is taken up by their conversations, which involve a series of riddles and verbal games that establish their mental and intellectual complementarity.

  • Early Irish
  • Finn Cycle
  • Ailbe ingen Chormaic
  • Finn mac Cumaill (Find úa Báiscni)
  • Cormac mac Airt

A ballad about a tragic event and its aftermath in Fenian tradition. It relates how Garad mac Morna burnt to death the wives of the fían-warriors in Finn's house and how he was afterwards slain by his son Aod.
  • Early Modern Irish
  • Finn Cycle
  • Ailbe ingen Chormaic
  • Garad mac Morna
  • Áed mac Garaid
  • Finn mac Cumaill (Find úa Báiscni)

Poem on the dinnshenchas of Tond Clidna, attributed to Caílte.
  • Middle Irish
  • dinnshenchas
  • Early Irish poetry
  • Dinnshenchas Érenn
  • Finn Cycle
  • Tonn Chlidna
  • Clidna

Late, burlesque prose tale of the Finn Cycle.
  • Finn Cycle

  • Early Modern Irish
  • Finn Cycle

  • Late Middle Irish
  • Early Modern Irish
  • Classical Irish poetry
  • Duanaire Finn
  • Finn Cycle

  • Late Middle Irish
  • Early Modern Irish
  • early Irish lyrics
  • Early Irish poetry
  • Classical Irish poetry
  • Duanaire Finn
  • Finn Cycle

  • Early Irish
  • Finn Cycle

Poem on the boar of Muir Talláin, ascribed to Oisín.

  • Late Middle Irish
  • early Irish lyrics
  • Early Irish poetry
  • Finn Cycle

Short Fenian prose tale, with poem. It recounts how Diarmait, who is persecuted by Finn for having carried off Gráinne, daughter of Cormac mac Airt, the King of Ireland, takes refuge in a cave in the Hill of Howth and is betrayed by an old woman.
  • Middle Irish
  • Finn Cycle

  • Early Modern Irish
  • Classical Irish poetry
  • Duanaire Finn
  • Finn Cycle