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33 relations: Bard, Book of Ballymote, Book of Fenagh, Book of Leinster, Caillín, Ceallach ua Maílcorgus, Dallán Forgaill, Diarmaid the Just, Dubthach maccu Lugair, Epic poetry, Femia, Fergus mac Róich, Gaels, Geoffrey Keating, Great Book of Lecan, Guaire Aidne mac Colmáin, Inniskeen, Kilmore, County Cavan, Lóegaire mac Néill, Mainchín of Corann, Margaret Dobbs, Máel Muire Othain, Mead, Ollamh Érenn, Rudolf Thurneysen, Saint Felim, Sanas Cormaic, Scéla Cano meic Gartnáin, Senan of Laraghbrine, Skald, Táin Bó Cúailnge, Tromdámh Guaire, William Shakespeare.
Bard
In medieval Gaelic and British culture, a bard was a professional story teller, verse-maker and music composer, employed by a patron (such as a monarch or noble), to commemorate one or more of the patron's ancestors and to praise the patron's own activities.
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Book of Ballymote
The Book of Ballymote (RIA MS 23 P 12, 275 foll.), was written in 1390 or 1391 in or near the town of Ballymote, now in County Sligo, but then in the tuath of Corann.
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Book of Fenagh
The Book of Fenagh Leabar Fidhnacha is a manuscript of prose and poetry written in Classical Irish by Muirgheas mac Pháidín Ó Maolconaire in the monastery at Fenagh, County Leitrim.
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Book of Leinster
The Book of Leinster (Irish Lebor Laignech), is a medieval Irish manuscript compiled ca.
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Caillín
Saint Caillin (fl. c. 464) was an Irish medieval saint and monastic founder.
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Ceallach ua Maílcorgus
Ceallach ua Maílcorgus (died 999), Chief Poet of Connacht.
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Dallán Forgaill
Eochaid mac Colla (530 – 598), better known as Saint Dallán or Dallán Forgaill (Dallán Forchella; Dallanus Forcellius; Primitive Irish Dallagnas Worgēllas), was an early Christian Irish poet known as the writer of the "Amra Choluim Chille" ("Elegy of Saint Columba") and, traditionally, "Rop Tú Mo Baile"("Be Thou My Vision").
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Diarmaid the Just
Saint Diarmaid the Just (also known as Diermit, Dhiarmuit, Dermod, Diermedus, Diermetus, Diermitius, Diermitius) was a Catholic abbot of Inis Clothrann (Inchcleraun), Lough Ree, County Longford and of Faughalstown, County Westmeath and a famous Irish confessor of the late-sixth century.
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Dubthach maccu Lugair
Dubthach maccu Lugair (fl. fifth century), is a legendary Irish poet and lawyer who supposedly lived at the time of St Patrick's mission in Ireland and in the reign of Lóegaire mac Néill, high-king of Ireland.
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Epic poetry
An epic poem, epic, epos, or epopee is a lengthy narrative poem, ordinarily involving a time beyond living memory in which occurred the extraordinary doings of the extraordinary men and women who, in dealings with the gods or other superhuman forces, gave shape to the moral universe that their descendants, the poet and his audience, must understand to understand themselves as a people or nation.
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Femia
Saint Femia (also spelled Femme, Feme, and Eufemia; fl. 6th century) was an Irish Christian saint, a sister of Saint Felim of Kilmore and Saint Daig of Inniskeen.
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Fergus mac Róich
Fergus mac Róich (son of Ró-ech or "great horse"; also mac Róig, mac Rossa) is a character of the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology.
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Gaels
The Gaels (Na Gaeil, Na Gàidheil, Ny Gaeil) are an ethnolinguistic group native to northwestern Europe.
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Geoffrey Keating
Seathrún Céitinn (c. 1569 – c. 1644; known in English as Geoffrey Keating) was a 17th-century historian.
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Great Book of Lecan
The (Great) Book of Lecan (Irish: Leabhar (Mór) Leacain) (RIA, MS 23 P 2) is a medieval Irish manuscript written between 1397 and 1418 in Castle Forbes, Lecan (Lackan, Leckan; Irish Leacan) in the territory of Tír Fhíacrach, near modern Enniscrone, County Sligo.
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Guaire Aidne mac Colmáin
Guaire Aidne mac Colmáin (died 663) was a king of Connacht.
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Inniskeen
Inniskeen, officially Inishkeen, is a small village and parish in County Monaghan, Ireland, close to the County Louth and County Armagh borders.
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Kilmore, County Cavan
Kilmore is a civil and ecclesiastical parish of County Cavan in Ireland.
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Lóegaire mac Néill
Lóegaire (floruit fifth century) (reigned 428–458 AD, according to the Annals of the Four Masters of the Kingdom of Ireland)(died c. 462), also Lóeguire, is said to have been a son of Niall of the Nine Hostages.
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Mainchín of Corann
Mainchín mac Colláin was an Irish saint in Corran who is supposed to have flourished in the late 5th or 6th century.
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Margaret Dobbs
Margaret Emmeline Dobbs (19 November 1871- 2 January 1962) was an Irish scholar and playwright, best known for her work to preserve the Irish language.
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Máel Muire Othain
Máel Muire Othain (died 887) was an Irish poet.
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Mead
Mead (archaic and dialectal meath or meathe, from Old English medu) is an alcoholic beverage created by fermenting honey with water, sometimes with various fruits, spices, grains, or hops.
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Ollamh Érenn
The Ollamh Érenn or Chief Ollam of Ireland was a professional title of Gaelic Ireland.
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Rudolf Thurneysen
Eduard Rudolf Thurneysen (March 14, 1857 – 9 August 1940) was a Swiss linguist and Celticist.
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Saint Felim
Saint Felim (also called Feilim, Feidlimid, Feidhlimidh, Felimy, Feidhilmethie, Feidlimthe, Fedlimid, Fedlimidh, Phelim, Phelime), an Irish Christian hermit and priest, was born, probably in Kiennacta Breagh, County Meath in the mid sixth century.
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Sanas Cormaic
Sanas Cormaic (or Sanas Chormaic, Irish for "Cormac's narrative"), also known as Cormac's Glossary, is an early Irish glossary containing etymologies and explanations of over 1,400 Irish words, many of which are difficult or outdated.
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Scéla Cano meic Gartnáin
The Scéla Cano meic Gartnáin (The Story of Cano mac Gartnáin) is an Old Irish prose tale of the ninth century or later.
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Senan of Laraghbrine
Saint Senan of Laraghbrine (Laithrech-Briuin in Irish), County Kildare, was an Irish Christian monk who lived towards the end of the 6th century.
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Skald
The term skald, or skáld (Old Norse:, later;, meaning "poet"), is generally used for poets who composed at the courts of Scandinavian and Icelandic leaders during the Viking Age and Middle Ages.
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Táin Bó Cúailnge
Táin Bó Cúailnge ("the driving-off of cows of Cooley", commonly known as The Cattle Raid of Cooley or The Táin) is a legendary tale from early Irish literature which is often considered an epic, although it is written primarily in prose rather than verse.
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Tromdámh Guaire
Tromdámh Guaire (also known as Imtheacht na Tromdhaimhe, Imthecht na Tromdaime) is an Irish piece of prose satire about the relationship between the patron and poet and the abuse of privilege.
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William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare (26 April 1564 (baptised)—23 April 1616) was an English poet, playwright and actor, widely regarded as both the greatest writer in the English language, and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.
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