Dallán mac Móre
Dallán mac Móre, fl. c. 900, was an Irish poet, and chief bard to King Cerball mac Muirecáin of Leinster (reigned 885-909. The poem The Song of Cerball's Sword is attributed to Dallán.
Cath Bealach Mughna
Sub anno 903, the Annals of the Four Masters preserve part of a lament on those killed at the battle of Bealach Mugna:
- Cormac of Feimhin, Fogartach,
- Colman, Ceallach of the hard conflicts,
- They perished with many thousands
- in the great battle of Bealach-Mughna.
- Flann of Teamhair, of the plain of Tailltin,
- Cearbhall of Carman without fail,
- On the seventh of the Calends of September,
- gained the battle of which hundreds were joyful.
- The bishop, the souls' director,
- the renowned, illustrious doctor,
- King of Caiseal, King of Iarmumha;
- O God! alas for Cormac!
External links
References
- 1000 Years of Irish poetry, Kathleen Hoagland New York, 1947, pp. 6–8. ISBN 1-56852-235-5.
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