verse beg. A maccáin ná cí
- Early Middle Irish
- verse
- Early Irish poetry
First words (verse)
- A maccáin ná cí
Author
Ascribed to: Ailill Ólomm
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Ailill Ólomm
(time-frame ass. with Irish legendary history)
king of Munster; reputed ancestor of the Éoganacht and Dál Cais; a prominent figure in various king-tales, such as those revolving around the Battle of Mag Mucrama.
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In the Book of Leinster, the ascription to Ailill Ólomm occurs in association with the previous poem, beg. ‘Beir mo scíath, sceo fri úath’.
Manuscripts
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS B iv 2 (1080) [1627-1628]
Ascribed to Ailill Ólomm.
Language
- Early Middle Irish
- early 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.
[ed.] [tr.] MacNeill, Eoin [ed. and tr.], “Three poems in Middle-Irish, relating to the Battle of Mucrama, with English translation and notes, and a short vocabulary”, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 3rd series, 3 (1893–1896): 529–563.
web page identifiers
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Contributors
C. A., Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
November 2012, last updated: January 2024
