Texts

verse beg. A aingil / beir a Míchíl mórfhertaig

Máel Ísu Ua Brolcháin

Middle Irish
verse
Early Irish poetry

Metrical invocation (9qq, treochair) of Michael the archangel.

First words (verse)

A aingil / beir a Míchíl mórfhertaig

Author

Ua Brolcháin (Máel Ísu)

Ua Brolcháin (Máel Ísu)

(d. (c.) 1086)

No short description available

Manuscripts

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1318 6, cols 281-344 = Section of YBL

col. 336

Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Laud Misc. 610 ff. 1–58 and ff. 73–122 = Leabhar na Rátha [1453–1454]

f. 118rb.6–rb.23

9qq.

Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, MS 20978-20979 [s. xvii]

Language

Middle Irish

Date

11th century

Form

verse (primary)

Metre

treochair (3²+7³+7²)

Length

Number of stanzas: 9

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
...

Subjects

Michael the archangel

Michael the archangel

Archangel in Christianity and other Abrahamic religions.

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.] Ní Bhrolcháin, Muireann, Maol Íosa Ó Brolcháin, Maynooth: An Sagart, 1986.

42–43 (no. 1) Edition, with Irish translation.

[ed.] [tr.] Greene, David, and Frank OʼConnor, “41: Hymn to St. Michael”, in: David Greene, and Frank OʼConnor [Michael O'Donovan], A golden treasury of Irish poetry, A.D. 600 to 1200, London: Macmillan, 1967. 165–166.

[ed.] [tr.] Plummer, Charles, Irish litanies: text and translation, Henry Bradshaw Society, 62, London: Henry Bradshaw Society, 1925.

Edition, with English translation, introduction and textual notes. of a selection of Irish litanies.

CELT – edition: <link>

88–89 (Litany of St Michael)

[ed.] [tr.] Meyer, Kuno, “Maelisu’s hymn to the archangel Michael”, Gaelic Journal 4:35 (1890): 56–57, 70 (corr.).

Internet Archive: <link>

[tr.] Meyer, Kuno, Selections from ancient Irish poetry, London, 1911.

A collection of early and medieval Irish poetry in English translation. The individual items are reprinted from earlier publications.

Internet Archive: <link>, <link>, <link>, <link>, <link>

41

[ed.] Meyer, Kuno [ed. and tr.], Cath Finntrága or The Battle of Ventry, Anecdota Oxoniensia, Mediaeval and Modern Series, 1.4, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1885.

Edition based on Oxford, Bodleian Library, Rawlinson B 487; variants from BL Egerton 149.

Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive: <link>

88–89, 118