Early Irish literature, is commonly dated from the 8th or 9th to the 15th century, a period during which modern literature in Irish began to emerge. It...

Irish literature is literature written in the Irish, Latin, English and Scots (Ulster Scots) languages on the island of Ireland. The earliest recorded...

manuscript traditions (Old Irish, Old Welsh) early Germanic (Old High German, Old English, Old Saxon, Old Norse) literature, from the 8th century Old Church...

BRIJ-id, BREE-id, Irish: [ˈbʲɾʲiːdʲ]; meaning 'exalted one'), also Bríd, is a goddess of pre-Christian Ireland. She appears in Irish mythology as a member...

(RIA). Second part missing. Middle Irish version. Lebor na hUidre (LU): p 19a-20b (TCD). First part missing. Old Irish version. G4 or Yellow Book of Lecan...

Lanka): Cūḷavaṃsa Irish: Early Irish literature Dallán Forgaill: Amra (life of Saint Columba) Literature portal Early Medieval literature List of languages...

"lore of places" (the modern Irish word dinnseanchas means "topography"), is a class of onomastic text in early Irish literature, recounting the origins of...

are a body of Old and Middle Irish literature. They comprise legends about historical and semi-historical kings of Ireland (such as Buile Shuibhne, "The...

Irish mythology is the body of myths indigenous to the island of Ireland. It was originally passed down orally in the prehistoric era. In the early medieval...

an early age, when he became fascinated by Irish legends and the occult. While in London he became part of the Irish literary revival. His early poetry...

104, ISBN 9780198609674. Robert Welch, The Concise Oxford Companion to Irish Literature (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000), ISBN 9780192800800....

dictionary. An ollam or ollamh (Old Irish: [ˈol͈aṽ]; anglicised as ollave or ollav), plural ollomain, in early Irish literature, was a master in a particular...

be controversial to describe Irish literature as British. For some this includes works by authors from Northern Ireland. The United Kingdom publishes...

Although Irish has been used as a literary language for more than 1,500 years (see Irish literature), and modern literature in Irish dates – as in most...

In the Mythological Cycle of early Irish literature, the four treasures of the Tuatha Dé Danann are four magical items which the mythological Tuatha Dé...

Early Modern Irish (Irish: Gaeilge Chlasaiceach, lit. 'Classical Irish') represented a transition between Middle Irish and Modern Irish. Its literary...

of literature, including the entire Ulster Cycle. Early Modern Irish (c. 1200–1600) represents a transition between Middle Irish and Modern Irish. Its...

The Ulster Cycle (Irish: an Rúraíocht), formerly known as the Red Branch Cycle, is a body of medieval Irish heroic legends and sagas of the Ulaid. It...

(Irish pronunciation: [ˈsˠanˠəsˠ ˈkɔɾˠəmˠəc]; or Sanas Chormaic, Irish for "Cormac's narrative"), also known as Cormac's Glossary, is an early Irish glossary...

Ireland includes the art, music, dance, folklore, traditional clothing, language, literature, cuisine and sport associated with Ireland and the Irish...

Shuibhne or Buile Suibne (Irish pronunciation: [ˈbˠɪlʲə ˈhɪvʲnʲə], The Madness of Suibhne or Suibhne's Frenzy) is a medieval Irish tale about Suibhne mac...

Early Irish law, also called Brehon law (from the old Irish word breithim meaning judge), comprised the statutes which governed everyday life in Early...

Gabála became one of the most popular and influential works of early Irish literature. Mark Williams says it was "written in order to bridge the chasm...

Cycle (/ˈfiːniən/), Fianna Cycle or Finn Cycle (Irish: an Fhiannaíocht) is a body of early Irish literature focusing on the exploits of the mythical hero...

Cooley, is an epic from Irish mythology. It is often called "the Irish Iliad", although like most other early Irish literature, the Táin is written in...

"Pangur Bán" is an Old Irish poem written in about the 9th century at or near Reichenau Abbey, in what is now Germany, by an Irish monk about his cat. Pangur...

the early Irish saints. FF Communications 252. Helsinki: Academia Scientiarum Fennica. Cross, Tom Peete (1952). Motif-Index of Early Irish Literature. Indiana...

was a legendary Irish prophet, known from saga literature surrounding the historical High King Diarmait mac Cerbaill and from the Irish Annals, where he...

An immram (/ˈɪmrəm/; plural immrama; Irish: iomramh [ˈʊmˠɾˠəw], 'voyage') is a class of Old Irish tales concerning a hero's sea journey to the Otherworld...

followed by generations of Irish-language writers. It has been said that it had "an influence on Irish language and literature as significant as Shakespeare's...