Triallam timcheall na Fodla
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Triallam timcheall na Fodla, medieval Irish
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 topographical text
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Composed by Seán Mór Ó Dubhagáin
Seán Mór Ó Dubhagáin
Seán Mór Ó Dubhagáin was an Irish Gaelic poet.-Background:Ó Dubhagáinn was among the first notable members of the bardic family Baile Uí Dhubhagáin , near Loughrea, County Galway...

, Triallam consists of twenty verses divided into four (but sometimes five or even six) lines. The full poem is nine hundred and sixteen lines in length. It identifies various tribes, dynasties and territories of the Gaelic
Gaels
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-Irish
Irish people
The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...

, as they were immedially before the arrival of the Anglo-Norman
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s. Ó Dubhagáin devotes one hundred and fifty-two lines to Meath
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, three hundrd and fifty-four to Ulster
Ulster
Ulster is one of the four provinces of Ireland, located in the north of the island. In ancient Ireland, it was one of the fifths ruled by a "king of over-kings" . Following the Norman invasion of Ireland, the ancient kingdoms were shired into a number of counties for administrative and judicial...

, three hundred and twenty-eight to Connacht
Connacht
Connacht , formerly anglicised as Connaught, is one of the Provinces of Ireland situated in the west of Ireland. In Ancient Ireland, it was one of the fifths ruled by a "king of over-kings" . Following the Norman invasion of Ireland, the ancient kingdoms were shired into a number of counties for...

, and fifty-six to Leinster
Leinster
Leinster is one of the Provinces of Ireland situated in the east of Ireland. It comprises the ancient Kingdoms of Mide, Osraige and Leinster. Following the Norman invasion of Ireland, the historic fifths of Leinster and Mide gradually merged, mainly due to the impact of the Pale, which straddled...

. Possibly the work was unfinished at the time of Ó Dubhagáin's death in 1372.

Sometime after Ó Dubhagáin's death, Giolla na Naomh Ó hUidhrín
Giolla na Naomh Ó hUidhrín
Giolla na Naomh O hUidhrin, Irish historian and poet, died 1420.O hUidhrin is known as the author of Tuilleadh feasa ar Éirinn óigh, a topographical poem of a kind with Seán Mór Ó Dubhagáin's Triallam timcheall na Fodla, of which it is a supplement....

 (d. 1420) completed the poem.

See also

  • Críchad an Chaoilli
    Críchad an Chaoilli
    -Overview:Written in Middle Irish sometime between 1100 - 1300, Críchad an Chaoilli is a topographical text that takes its title from its opening verse:* Crichad an caoilli gu cruaidh* in fuil uaibh nech noimluaidh ?* tucad do mac Sonaisc sin...

  • Crichaireacht cinedach nduchasa Muintiri Murchada
    Crichaireacht cinedach nduchasa Muintiri Murchada
    Crichaireacht cinedach nduchasa Muintiri Murchada is a tract concerning the medieval territory called Muintir Murchada, located in County Galway, Ireland.-Outline:...

  • Tuilleadh feasa ar Éirinn óigh
    Tuilleadh feasa ar Éirinn óigh
    Tuilleadh feasa ar Éirinn óigh, medieval Gaelic-Irish topographical text, composed by Giolla na Naomh Ó hUidhrín .-Overview:Tuilleadh feasa ... is both a supplement and a continuation of Seán Mór Ó Dubhagáin's Triallam timcheall na Fodla...

  • Giolla na Naomh Ó hUidhrín
    Giolla na Naomh Ó hUidhrín
    Giolla na Naomh O hUidhrin, Irish historian and poet, died 1420.O hUidhrin is known as the author of Tuilleadh feasa ar Éirinn óigh, a topographical poem of a kind with Seán Mór Ó Dubhagáin's Triallam timcheall na Fodla, of which it is a supplement....

  • Leabhar Adhamh Ó Cianáin
    Leabhar Adhamh Ó Cianáin
    Leabhar Adhamh Ó Cianáin or The Book of Adhamh Ó Cianáin, now G 2-3 NLI , is a book written in or about the 1340s by Adhamh Ó Cianáin by and for himself, and out of the book of his teacher, Seán Mór Ó Dubhagáin....

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