Bibliography
Caitríona Ó Dochartaigh
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Ó Dochartaigh
Works edited
includes: John Carey (ed.) • Caitríona Ó Dochartaigh (ed.) • Emma Nic Cárthaigh (ed.), The end and beyond: medieval Irish eschatology, vol. 1 • John Carey (ed.) • Caitríona Ó Dochartaigh (ed.) • Emma Nic Cárthaigh (ed.), The end and beyond: medieval Irish eschatology, vol. 2
Contributions to journals
Ó Dochartaigh, Caitríona, “Homiletic texts and the transmission of eschatological apocrypha in a medieval Irish context”, Apocrypha: International Journal of Apocryphal Literatures 23 (2012): 141–153.
abstract:
Within the corpus of extant vernacular medieval Irish sermons, the dominance of eschatological themes borrowed from apocrypha is striking. This raises the question whether this phenomenon is accidental or symptomatic of Irish preaching in the period. The answer may lie in the early medieval Latin collections of homilies which demonstrate affiliations with Insular material. Three eschatological apocrypha which were particularly popular in medieval Ireland and England were chosen as test cases to investigate the nature of this influence : ‘The Three Utterances’, ‘The Apocalypse of Thomas’ and ‘The Seven Heavens’ apocryphon. The interrelated manuscript sources in which these texts survive are discussed, as well as the possible context of their dissemination.
abstract:
Within the corpus of extant vernacular medieval Irish sermons, the dominance of eschatological themes borrowed from apocrypha is striking. This raises the question whether this phenomenon is accidental or symptomatic of Irish preaching in the period. The answer may lie in the early medieval Latin collections of homilies which demonstrate affiliations with Insular material. Three eschatological apocrypha which were particularly popular in medieval Ireland and England were chosen as test cases to investigate the nature of this influence : ‘The Three Utterances’, ‘The Apocalypse of Thomas’ and ‘The Seven Heavens’ apocryphon. The interrelated manuscript sources in which these texts survive are discussed, as well as the possible context of their dissemination.
Contributions to edited collections or authored works
Ó Dochartaigh, Caitríona, “Questions of orality, performance and transmission in relation to medieval Irish prayer”, in: Gisbert Hemprich (ed.), Festgabe für Hildegard L. C. Tristram: überreicht von Studenten, Kollegen und Freunden des ehemaligen Faches Keltologie der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, 1, Berlin: Curach Bhán, 2009. 69–79.
abstract:
A large corpus of devotional material survives in manuscript form from early medieval Ireland. On the occasions when these prayers, litanies and hymns have been discussed, it has usually been from a linguistic or doctrinal standpoint. There has been little investigation of their possible ritual contexts or of how the extant written texts relate to their oral performance in an act of worship. Theoretical models of orality are based primarily on narrative and are therefore not necessarily easily adapted to other genres of text. The hypothesis proposed here, however, is that applying the theories of orality to devotional material can add to our understanding of medieval religious practice as well as testing the universal applicability of these models. Such an exercise may also help to elucidate questions about the relationship between prayer in memory and written prayer. In addition, there is the significant issue of transmission, whether orally, or through a written medium, and the subtle interchange between the two. It is intended here to highlight some of the questions posed by these reflections and to suggest ways in which an indepth investigation might proceed.
(source: Publisher)
abstract:
A large corpus of devotional material survives in manuscript form from early medieval Ireland. On the occasions when these prayers, litanies and hymns have been discussed, it has usually been from a linguistic or doctrinal standpoint. There has been little investigation of their possible ritual contexts or of how the extant written texts relate to their oral performance in an act of worship. Theoretical models of orality are based primarily on narrative and are therefore not necessarily easily adapted to other genres of text. The hypothesis proposed here, however, is that applying the theories of orality to devotional material can add to our understanding of medieval religious practice as well as testing the universal applicability of these models. Such an exercise may also help to elucidate questions about the relationship between prayer in memory and written prayer. In addition, there is the significant issue of transmission, whether orally, or through a written medium, and the subtle interchange between the two. It is intended here to highlight some of the questions posed by these reflections and to suggest ways in which an indepth investigation might proceed.
(source: Publisher)
External links
Dr Caitríona Ó Dochartaigh, Department of Early and Medieval Irish, UCC.
