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verse beg. A chros thall ar an dtulaigh

Ó Dálaigh (Gofraidh Fionn)
  • Early Modern Irish
  • verse
  • Classical Irish poetry, Mythological Cycle
Medieval Irish elegiac poem attributed to Gofraidh Fionn Ó Dálaigh, in which the poet mourns the death of his young son Eoghan. References are made to Irish stories in which fathers, such as Cathbad or the Dagda, survive their son or restore their son to life.
First words (verse)
  • A chros thall ar an dtulaigh
“O cross yonder on the hill”
Author
Gofraidh Fionn Ó DálaighÓ Dálaigh (Gofraidh Fionn)
(d. 1387)
also Gofraidh Ó Dálaigh Fionn; Irish bardic poet of the Ó Dálaigh family
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Ascribed to: Gofraidh Fionn Ó DálaighÓ Dálaigh (Gofraidh Fionn)
(d. 1387)
also Gofraidh Ó Dálaigh Fionn; Irish bardic poet of the Ó Dálaigh family
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Manuscripts
Language
  • Early Modern Irish
Form
verse (primary)
Number of stanzas
39

Classification

Classical Irish poetryClassical Irish poetry
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Mythological CycleMythological Cycle
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Subjects

Eoghan mac Gofraidh Fionn Ó DálaighÓ Dálaigh (Eoghan mac Gofraidh Fionn)
Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.

See more The DagdaThe Dagda
Eochaid Ollathair, In Dagda
No short description available
See more CermaitCermait
Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.

See more CathbadCathbad
(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle)
druid to Conchobar mac Nessa, king of Ulster, in the Ulster Cycle; husband of Ness and possible father of Conchobar mac Nessa.
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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.] McKenna, Lambert [ed.], “65: A chros thall ar an dtulaigh”, in: Lambert McKenna [ed.], Dioghluim dána, Dublin: Government Publication Office, 1938. 196–199.
CELT: <link>
[ed.] [tr.] McKenna, L., “Historical poems of Gofraidh Fionn Ó Dálaigh”, The Irish Monthly 47 (1919): 1–5, 102–107, 166–170, 224–228, 283–286, 341–344, 397–403, 455–459, 509–514, 563–569, 622–626.
Celtic Digital Initiative: <link>
622–626 Edition, with translation by Osborn Bergin (stanzas 1-16, 36-39) and McKenna (17-35)
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Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
September 2012, last updated: September 2020
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