is Cú-cen-máthair ("hound without a mother"), a poem on the genealogy of the Eóganachta king Cathal Cú-cen-máthair (d. 665). It includes an early account of the 72 peoples said to have been dispersed from the plain of Shinar, each with their own language, following the Tower of Babel. However, their names, arranged in Irish metre, have been shown to derive not from Genesis, but rather from the roster of nations, former Roman provinces and other places mentioned in St. Isidore's Etymologiae (Books IX and XIV): "Bithin, Scithin, Scuitt, Scill, Scarthaig, Greic, Guitt, Gaill. Germain, Point, Pampil muaid,Moraind luind, Lugdoin uaig.Oatri, Cipri, Ciclaid, Creit,Corsic, Sardain, Sicil, Reit.Rigind, Rudi, Romain mair,Masail, Mussin, Macedoin nair.Numin, Noric, Nombithi braiss,Bretain, Belgaich, Boet maiss.Magoich, Armein, amais gairg,Galait, Achaid, Athain aird.Alain, Albain, Hircain oig,Etail, Espain, Guith goich.Grinne fairne Frainc, Frig,Fresin, Longbaird luind lir.Lacdemoin, Tessail, Traic,Troian, Dardain, Dalmait, Daic. This listing, in several variants, seems to have become well known in medieval Ireland, as forms of it appear in both Auraicept na n-Éces and the later Lebor Gabála Érenn. References External links Kuno Meyer, Uber die Alteste Irische Dichtung, vol I, 1913 Early Irish literature Irish-language literature People from County Kerry Medieval Irish poets 7th-century Irish writers 7th-century Irish poets Irish male poets