Texts
verse beg. A bráthair, ma dia seichi for iris
- Early Irish
- verse
Two quatrains of an early Irish poem concerning Áed Dub mac Colmáin, abbot of Kildare. They are preserved as quotations in an Irish genealogical tract in LL.
Initial words (verse)
- A bráthair, ma dia seichi for iris
Manuscripts
- L1 = Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339 (H 2. 18) = Book of Leinster [s. xii2]ff. 316a.28heading: ‘Inde quidam cecinit’beginning: ‘A brathair .i. fri Aed Find mad dia sech for iris’ context: Tract on the Laigin2 qq.
- L2 =
- (Unidentified)Second quatrain cited in a glossary entry on coall .i. muinterus.
Language
- Early Irish
Form
verse (primary)
Number of stanzas
2
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.] Meyer, Kuno, “Aed Dub mac Colmáin, Bishop-Abbot of Kildare”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 9 (1913): 458–460.
Internet Archive: <link>
459–460
[dipl. ed.] O'Sullivan, Anne [ed.], The Book of Leinster, formerly Lebar na Núachongbála, vol. 6, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1983. xv + pp. 1327-1708.
CELT – pp. 1327–1595 (excl. pp. 1596–1708): <link>
1356 LL version.
Secondary sources (select)
Bhreathnach, Edel, “Perceptions of kingship in early medieval Irish vernacular literature”, in: Doran, Linda, and James Lyttleton (eds.), Lordship in medieval Ireland: image and reality, Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2007. 21–46.
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Ó Cróinín, Dáibhí, “Ireland, 400–800”, in: Ó Cróinín, Dáibhí [ed.], A new history of Ireland, vol. 1: Prehistoric and early Ireland, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. 182–234.
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December 2021, last updated: February 2022