Tuilleadh feasa ar Éirinn óigh ("More knowledge on the entirety of Ireland") is a

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- Irish

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, composed by Giolla na Naomh Ó hUidhrín (died 1420).

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''Tuilleadh feasa ...'' is both a supplement and a continuation of

Seán Mór Ó Dubhagáin Seán Mór Ó Dubhagáin (died 1372) was an Irish Gaelic poet. Background Ó Dubhagáinn was among the first notable members of the bardic family Baile Uí Dhubhagáin (Ballyduggan), near Loughrea, County Galway. He was accorded the rank o ...

's '' Triallam timcheall na Fodla''. Of the two, James Carney wrote: * "These two poems together constitute a

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of the

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of pre-Norman

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, as seen, however, by poets who lived two centuries after the invasion. ''Triallam timcheall na Fodla'' ... is an account of the territories of the northern half of Ireland and

Leinster Leinster ( ; or ) is one of the four provinces of Ireland, in the southeast of Ireland. The modern province comprises the ancient Kingdoms of Meath, Leinster and Osraige, which existed during Gaelic Ireland. Following the 12th-century ...

, indicating the ruling family or families of each

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. ''Tuilleadh feasa ar Éirinn óigh'' ... treats in similar fashion of the southern half of Ireland, including Leinster, of which we have therefore two independent accounts. The introductory

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s of Ó hUidhrín's poem, in which he defines the scope of his work and its relation to that of his predecessor, may be summarised as follows: ''I shall tell you here of the noble kindreds of Ireland who have been omitted by Ó Dubhagáin. It is not through want of knowledge that he has not described Leinster, for he has treated of Conn's half only. To describe the southern half,

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, Leinster, and the lands about the lower Shannon, falls within my province.''"

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* ''Topographical Poems by Seaán Mór Ó Dubhagáin and Giolla-Na-Naomh Ó Huidhrín'', ed. James Carney, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1943. * ''O hUidhrin, Giolla-na-naomh'', Aidan Breen, in ''Dictionary of Irish Biography'', p. 574, Cambridge, 2009. {{DEFAULTSORT:Tuilleadh Feasa Ar Eirinn Oigh Irish-language manuscripts Medieval manuscripts Medieval genealogies and succession lists

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