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Yellow Book of Lecan

Index Yellow Book of Lecan

The Yellow Book of Lecan (Leabhar Buidhe Leacáin), or TCD MS 1318 (olim H 2.16), is a late medieval Irish manuscript. [1]

41 relations: Aided Óenfhir Aífe, Aimirgin Glúngel tuir tend, Aos Sí, Banban the Wise, British Library, MS Egerton 1782, Cathal mac Finguine, County Sligo, Dindsenchas, Elcmar, Fiachra mac Colmain, Fianshruth, Four Treasures of the Tuatha Dé Danann, Giolla Íosa Mór Mac Fir Bhisigh, Great Book of Lecan, Irish folklore, Irish mythology, List of Irish manuscripts, List of manuscripts, List of people from Sligo, Mac Fhirbhisigh, Macha, Manannán mac Lir, Máel Dúin, Mesca Ulad, Rathfran Friary, Sanas Cormaic, Scéla Cano meic Gartnáin, Sir John Sebright, 6th Baronet, Slieve Rushen, Tadg Óg Ó hUiginn, Táin Bó Cúailnge, The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig, The Voyage of Bran, Tochmarc Étaíne, Togail Bruidne Dá Derga, Triads of Ireland, Tristan and Iseult, Virgilius Maro Grammaticus, YBL, 14th century in literature, 1700 in Ireland.

Aided Óenfhir Aífe

Aided Óenfhir Aífe (The Death of Aífe's Only Son) is a story from the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology.

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Aimirgin Glúngel tuir tend

Aimirgin Glúngel tuir tend, Middle Irish poem by Gilla in Chomded húa Cormaic.

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Aos Sí

The aos sí (older form aes sídhe) is the Irish term for a supernatural race in Irish mythology and Scottish mythology (where it is usually spelled Sìth, but pronounced the same), comparable to the fairies or elves.

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Banban the Wise

Banban the Wise, Irish saint, fl.

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British Library, MS Egerton 1782

MS Egerton 1782 is the index title of an early sixteenth-century Irish vellum manuscript housed in the Egerton Collection of the British Library, London.

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Cathal mac Finguine

Cathal mac Finguine (died 742) was an Irish King of Munster or Cashel, and effectively High King of Ireland as well.

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County Sligo

County Sligo (Contae Shligigh) is a county in Ireland.

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Dindsenchas

Dindsenchas or Dindshenchas (modern spellings: Dinnseanchas or Dinnsheanchas or Dinnṡeanċas), meaning "lore of places" (the modern Irish word dinnseanchas means "topography"), is a class of onomastic text in early Irish literature, recounting the origins of place-names and traditions concerning events and characters associated with the places in question.

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Elcmar

In Irish mythology, Elcmar or Ecmar (modern spelling: Ealcmhar) was the husband of Boann and belonged to the semi-divine race the Tuatha de Danann, the people of Danu.

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Fiachra mac Colmain

Saint Fiachra (also called Fíachrach meic Colmáin; – 25 July 558) was the Bishop of Armagh, Ireland from 548 to 558.

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Fianshruth

The title Fianṡruth (Find) refers to two alphabetically arranged Middle Irish lists of names associated with the Finn Cycle, preserved only in the Yellow Book of Lecan and probably datable to the twelfth century.

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Four Treasures of the Tuatha Dé Danann

In the Mythological Cycle of early Irish literature, the four treasures (or jewels) of the Tuatha Dé Danann are four magical items which the mythological Tuatha Dé Danann are supposed to have brought with them from the four island cities Murias, Falias, Gorias and Findias, when they arrived in Ireland.

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Giolla Íosa Mór Mac Fir Bhisigh

Gilla Íosa Mor mac Donnchadh MacFhirbhisigh (fl. 1390 – 1418) was a historian, scribe and poet of the learned Clan MacFhirbhisigh based at Lackan in Tír Fhíacrach, now part of County Sligo.

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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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Irish folklore

Due to its complexity folklore does not have a single definition.

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Irish mythology

The mythology of pre-Christian Ireland did not entirely survive the conversion to Christianity.

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List of Irish manuscripts

This is a list of manuscripts produced in Ireland as well as other manuscripts of Irish interest, including both vellum and paper manuscripts.

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List of manuscripts

This is a list of famous manuscripts.

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List of people from Sligo

Sligo is a town in the North West of the Republic of Ireland and the county town of County Sligo, and has produced several noted artists, entertainers, politicians and business-people.

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Mac Fhirbhisigh

MacFirbis (Mac Fhirbhisigh), also known as Forbes, was the surname of a family of Irish hereditary historians based for much of their known history at Lecan, Tireragh (now Lackan, Kilglass parish, County Sligo).

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Macha

Macha was a sovereignty goddessÓ hÓgáin, Dáithí.

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Manannán mac Lir

Manannán (Irish), “Manannan” (Manx) or Manann, also known as Manannán mac Lir (Irish) or “Manannan Mac y Lir” (Manx) (Mac Lir meaning "son of the sea"), is a sea deity in Manx and Irish mythology.

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Máel Dúin

Máel Dúin is the protagonist of Immram Maele Dúin or the Voyage of Máel Dúin, a tale of a sea voyage written in Old Irish around the end of the 1st millennium AD.

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Mesca Ulad

Mesca Ulad (English: The Intoxication of the Ulaid; the Ulstermen) is a narrative from the Ulster Cycle preserved in the 12th century manuscripts the Book of Leinster and in the Lebor na hUidre.

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Rathfran Friary

The Priory of the Holy Cross, also called Rathfran Friary or Rathfran Priory, is a former Dominican Friary and National Monument located in County Mayo, Ireland.

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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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Sir John Sebright, 6th Baronet

General Sir John Saunders Sebright, 6th Baronet (19 October 1725 – 23 February 1794) was the sixth Sebright baronet, an officer in the British Army and a Member of Parliament.

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Slieve Rushen

Slieve Rushen is a mountain which straddles the border between County Cavan in the Republic of Ireland and County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland.

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Tadg Óg Ó hUiginn

Tadg Óg Ó hUiginn (died 1448) was an Irish poet.

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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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The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig

The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig (Old Irish: Scéla Muicce Meicc Da Thó) is a legendary tale from early Irish literature, written primarily in prose and heroic saga form and placed within the Ulster Cycle.

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The Voyage of Bran

Immram Brain (maic Febail) (The Voyage of Bran (son of Febail)) is a medieval Irish narrative.

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Tochmarc Étaíne

Tochmarc Étaíne, meaning "The Wooing of Étaín/Éadaoin", is an early text of the Irish Mythological Cycle, and also features characters from the Ulster Cycle and the Cycles of the Kings.

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Togail Bruidne Dá Derga

Togail Bruidne Dá Derga (The Destruction of Da Derga's Hostel) is an Irish tale belonging to the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology.

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Triads of Ireland

The title Trecheng Breth Féne "A Triad of Judgments of the Irish", more widely known as "The Triads of Ireland", refers to a miscellaneous collection of about 214 Old Irish triads (and some numerical variants) on a variety of topics, such as nature, geography, law, custom and behaviour.

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Tristan and Iseult

Tristan and Iseult is a tale made popular during the 12th century through Anglo-Norman literature, inspired by Celtic legend, particularly the stories of Deirdre and Naoise and Diarmuid Ua Duibhne and Gráinne.

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Virgilius Maro Grammaticus

Virgilius Maro Grammaticus (Virgil the Grammarian, fl. c. 7th century) is the author of two early medieval grammatical texts known as the Epitomae and the Epistolae.

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YBL

YBL or Ybl may refer to.

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14th century in literature

This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in the 14th century.

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1700 in Ireland

Events from the year 1700 in Ireland.

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H 2.16, Leabhar Buidhe Lecain, Lebor Buide Lecain, Lebor Buide Lecáin, TCD MS 1318.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Book_of_Lecan

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