Texts

verse beg. Eol dam i ndairib dréchta

  • Middle Irish
  • verse
  • Early Irish poetry, Ulster Cycle, Irish historical verse
Poem on the battles of the Leinstermen and the heroes who fell at their hands
First words (verse)
  • Eol dam i ndairib dréchta
Context(s)The (textual) context(s) to which the present text belongs or in which it is cited in part or in whole.
Author
Ascribed to: Flann mac Máel Máedóc
Flann mac Máel Máedóc
(fl. 10th century)
early Irish poet, son of Máel Máedoc mac Díarmata

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Language
  • Middle Irish
Date
10th century
Form
verse (primary)
Length
Number of stanzas: 43

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
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Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
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Ulster Cycle
Ulster Cycle
id. 1797
Irish historical versevernacular Irish verse, Irish histories
Irish historical verse
id. 29741

Here intended to be understood in the sense of vernacular Irish ‘verse which purports to record knowledge of the historical traditions of Ireland’ (Smith 2002).

Subjects

Laigin
Laigin
No short description available

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Leinster
Leinster/Cúige Laighean
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Sources

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[ed.] Meyer, Kuno [ed.], “Mitteilungen aus irischen Handschriften: Do chomramaib Laigen inso sís”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 8 (1912): 117–119.
CELT – edition: <link> Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive: <link>
Contributors
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May 2011, last updated: January 2024