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Area:
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1. Unknown
2. Ulster
3. Connacht
4. Leinster
5. Munster
6. Meath (ie midlands)
7. Scotland
8. Elsewhere
Motif:
Christian Name
Poet
Patron
Length:
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3. Long
4. Very Long
Surname
Poet
Patron
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In Period:
12th C and earlier
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12th C and earlier
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Late 16th C
Early 17th C
Mid 17th C
Late 17th C
Early 18th C
Meter Var:
0. Any
1. Unidentifiable
2. Deibhidhe
3. Rann(aigheacht) Mhór
4. Rann(aigheacht) Bheag
5. Leathrann(aigheacht) Mhór
6. Séadhna
7. Dian Midsheng, Séadhna Mór
8. Dechnadh Mór
9. Dechnadh Mrechtfelesach
10. Ae freislighe
11. Droighneach
12. Rionnaird
13. Ollbhairde
14. Casbhairdne
15. Snéadhbhairdne
16. Crosántacht
17. Amhrán
18. Ochtfhoclach
19. Rannaigheacht ghairid
20. Trian Rannaigheachta
21. Ollchasbhairdne
22. Alliterative unrimed
23. Dian airseng (MViii 21)
24. Seadhna ghairid (MViii 108)
Class:
0. Any
30. Unknown=poem not yet read and catalogued
31. Miscellaneous
32. Religious
33. Historical
34. Genealogical
35. On customary rights (Dánta sochar)
36. Topographical (Dinnshenchus etc.)
37. Other educational or memnonic e.g. (Blia
38. Prophetic
39. Satires
40. Eulogy to lay patron
41. Elegy
42. Petition
43. Warning (of impending satire)
44. Apology
45. Thanks
46. Inauguration Ode
47. In praise of house
48. Praise of other possessions (harp, dog,
49. Other poems to lay patron
50. Eulogy to woman patron
51. Elegy
52. Petition
53. Warning (of impending satire)
54. Apology
55. Thanks
56. Condolence
57. Poem to celebrate marriage
58. Other poems to woman patron
59. Eulogy to clerical patron
60. Elegy
61. Petition
62. Warning (of impending satire)
63. Apology
64. Thanks
65. In praise of house or church
66. Other poems to clerical patron
67. Poems addressed to another poet
68. Poem about another poet (elegy, satire e
69. Bardic Contention
70. Personal Poetry (on family, friends etc.
71. Political
72. Didactic
73. Love Poetry
74. Riddles, Acrostics
75. Poems from Saga or Romance cycle
76. On the decay of poetry / in defence of p
77. Epigram
78. Aisling
79. Dán Leath-aoire
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