Texts
verse beg. A chloch thall for elaid úair
- Middle Irish
- verse
- Early Irish poetry, Ulster Cycle
Poem on a stone at Monasterboice, Co. Louth.
Initial words (verse)
- A chloch thall for elaid úair
“O stone yonder upon the cold tomb”
Author
Ascribed to: Cináed úa hArtacáinCináed úa hArtacáin
(d. 975)
Cináed ua hArtacáin, Úa hArtacáin (Cináed)
Middle Irish poet.
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(d. 975)
Cináed ua hArtacáin, Úa hArtacáin (Cináed)
Middle Irish poet.
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Cináed ua hArtacáin (d. 975).
Manuscripts
- Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339 (H 2. 18) = Book of Leinster [s. xii2]f. 150a, line 26 ffAscribed to Cináed ua hArtacáin
- Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D iv 2 (992) [s. xv]f. 54 a context: Aided Chonchobuir (version D)Cited by version D of Aided Chonchobuir, where it occupies most of the text. It is laconally ascribed to ‘the poet’ (file). No name is given, although the preceding quatrain is ascribed to Flann Mainistrech.
Language
- Middle Irish
Form
verse (primary)
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.
[dipl. ed.] Best, Richard Irvine, Osborn Bergin, M. A. O'Brien, and Anne O'Sullivan (eds.), The Book of Leinster, formerly Lebar na Núachongbála, 6 vols, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1954–1983.
CELT – 1-260: <link> CELT – 400-470 (excl. Táin bó Cúailnge): <link> CELT – 471-638 and 663 (excl. Dinnshenchas Érenn): <link> CELT – 761-781 and 785-841 (excl. Dinnshenchas Érenn and Togail Troí): <link> CELT – 1119-1192 and 1202-1325 (excl. Esnada tige Buchet and Fingal Rónáin ): <link>
633–634 Diplomatic edition of the text in LL.
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