Texts

Clann Ollaman uaisle Emna

Incoming data

Anonymous Irish poem (80 st.) on the Christian kings of Ulster, thought by F. J. Fyrne to have been written in the reign of Eochaidh Mac Duinnshléibhe (1158-1166).

Manuscript witnesses

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Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, MS 2569-2572

ff. 69r.i–73r.7

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Dublin, National Library of Ireland, MS G 131

Not mentioned by Byrne.

pp. 142–147

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Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 1

p. 589

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Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 12

f. 34b

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Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 24 M 8

Modern transcript.

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Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS B iv 2

p. 40

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Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS C i 1

p. 113

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Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS C vi 2

Transcript.

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Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D iii 2

p. 141

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Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1289

Transcript.

p. 125

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Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1296

Transcript.

p. 109

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London, British Library, MS Egerton 90/section 4 (ff. 17-20)

f. 20

Sources

Primary sources Text editions and/or modern translations – in whole or in part – along with publications containing additions and corrections, if known. Diplomatic editions, facsimiles and digital image reproductions of the manuscripts are not always listed here but may be found in entries for the relevant manuscripts. For historical purposes, early editions, transcriptions and translations are not excluded, even if their reliability does not meet modern standards.

[ed.] [tr.] Byrne, F. J. [ed. and tr.], “Clann Ollaman uaisle Emna”, Studia Hibernica 4 (1964): 54–94.

Secondary sources (select)

Ní Mhaonaigh, Máire, “The Hectors of Ireland and the western world”, in: John Carey, Kevin Murray, and Caitríona Ó Dochartaigh (eds), Sacred histories: a Festschrift for Máire Herbert, Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2015. 258–268.

Clarke, Michael, “An Irish Achilles and a Greek Cú Chulainn”, in: Ruairí Ó hUiginn, and Brian Ó Catháin (eds), Ulidia 2: proceedings of the Second International Conference on the Ulster Cycle of Tales, Maynooth 24-27 July 2005, Maynooth: An Sagart, 2009. 238–251.