Early Irish Literature

adventures Ailill alliteration asked bardic battle beauty birds Bodb Book Bran Bricriu Bruig Cailte chariot Cobthach Conaire Conall Conchobar Conle Conn Connacht Cormac cows Cú Chulainn Cycle Dagda daughter Dé Danann death Diarmaid druid Dublin early echtrae Eithne Emain Emain Macha Eochaid Eogan Étain fairy mounds father feast Fenian Cycle Fenians Fer Diad Fergus filid Finn Fir Bolg Fomorians girl Gráinne heaven Hero's Portion Irish island killed king of Ireland Kuno Meyer Labraid lament land Leinster Loegaire Lugaid Mac Cécht Mac Con Glinne Mael Dúin Mael Fothartaig Manannán manuscript Medb Midir Mór Munster night O'Rahilly Oengus Oilill Oisín poems poetry poets preserved prose rhyme Rónán sagas Síd story Suibne Táin Tara tells tenth century Thurneysen told tradition tree Tuatha Dé Tuatha Dé Danann Ulaid Ulster Ulster Cycle Ulstermen Usnech verse Vision Voyage warriors wife woman women