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

• http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005B/index.html

References

• 1000 Years of Irish poetry, Kathleen Hoagland New York, 1947, pp. 6–8. ISBN 1-56852-235-5.