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verse beg. A fhir iadas in tech

Cúán úa Lothcháin
  • Middle Irish
  • verse
  • Early Irish poetry

Poem in which the speaker Húa Locháin (l. 2), i.e. Cúán úa Lothcháin, seeks access to Tara by professing to know the lucky and unlucky things of a king.

First words (verse)
  • A fhir iadas in tech
Author
Cúán úa Lothcháin
Cúán úa Lothcháin
(d. 1024)
Early Irish poet.
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Manuscripts
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D ii 1 (1225) = Leabhar Uí Mhaine (The Book of Uí Maine) [1394]
f. . 155(214)rb.inf–...
Dillon appears to have been unaware of this copy.
Urgarta ocus búada ríg Érenn

Some of the main witnesses of the tract listed here as Urgarta ocus búada ríg Érenn incorporate the poem as a versified retelling of the prose. In the Books of Lecan and Lismore, the poem follows the prose, while in Egerton 1782, the text is broken up into sections with alternating prose and verse.

London, British Library, MS Egerton 1782 [1516-1518]
beg. ‘A fhir áin íadas in tech’
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 2 = Book of Lecan (Leabhar Leacain) [s. xvin]
beg. ‘A fhir áin íadas in teach’
Foll. the prose section.
Cork, University College, Book of Lismore = Book of Lismore (Leabhar Leasa Móir) [s. xv]
beg. ‘A fhir áin íadas in tech’

Foll. the prose section.

Language
  • Middle Irish
Form
verse (primary)

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
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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.] [tr.] Dillon, Myles [ed. and tr.], “The taboos of the kings of Ireland”, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 54 C (1951–1952): 1–36.  
comments: Paper read on 14 June, 1948
10–23

An edition of the recension of Egerton 1782, with variants from other witnesses in footnotes.

[dipl. ed.] Dillon, Myles [ed. and tr.], “The taboos of the kings of Ireland”, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 54 C (1951–1952): 1–36.  
comments: Paper read on 14 June, 1948
29–34

The poem in Lec. and Lismore in parallel.

[ed.] [tr.] OʼDonovan, John [ed. and tr.], Leabhar na g-Ceart, or the Book of rights, Dublin: Celtic Society, 1847.
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Dennis Groenewegen
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