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verse beg. A Dé mair / conagabaind mo di erail

  • Irish
  • verse
  • Early Irish poetry
A prophecy in verse attributed to Mo Ling. 29 lines. It is cited at the end of the Scúap a Fánait narrative in Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 16.
First words (verse)
  • A Dé mair / conagabaind mo di erail
Author
Ascribed to: Mo Ling
Mo Ling
(d. 697)
Irish saint, abbot and patron saint of Tech Mo Ling (St Mullins, Co. Carlow) and reputed ‘bishop’ of Ferna (Ferns).

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Language
  • Irish
Form
verse (primary)
Length
Number of lines: 29

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
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Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
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Subjects

Mo Ling
Mo Ling
(d. 697)
Irish saint, abbot and patron saint of Tech Mo Ling (St Mullins, Co. Carlow) and reputed ‘bishop’ of Ferna (Ferns).

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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.] OʼCurry, Eugene, “Appendices”, in: Eugene OʼCurry, Lectures on the manuscript materials of ancient Irish history, delivered at the Catholic University of Ireland during the sessions of 1855 and 1856, Dublin, 1861. 461–648.
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633–634 (Appendix CLII). Edition only. direct link

Secondary sources (select)

Flower, Robin, Catalogue of Irish manuscripts in the [British Library, formerly the] British Museum, vol. 2, London: British Museum, 1926.
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