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verse beg. Apair ri síl nEógain Móir

  • Early Irish
  • verse
Early Irish poem on the descendants of Éogan Mór, attributed in one version to Senchán Torpéist.
First words (verse)
  • Apair ri síl nEógain Móir
Author
Ascribed to: Senchán Torpéist
Senchán Torpéist
(fl. 6th–7th century)
Irish poet associated with Gúaire Aidne, king of Connacht; popular figure in Irish literary tradition, notably as one credited for having retrieved the Táin and, especially in Tromdám Gúaire, as the leader of a band of poets seeking to test the limits of Gúaire’s hospitality.
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Manuscripts
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339 (H 2. 18) = Book of Leinster [s. xii2]
p. 146a
beg. ‘APair ri sil nEogain Móir’
17 qq.
Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Laud Misc. 610 ff. 1–58 and ff. 73–122 = Leabhar na Rátha [1453–1454]
ff. 73vb.5–vb.i, 75ra.1–16
rubric: ‘Senchan Torpeist cecinit so sis’
beg. ‘Abbair fri sil nEogain Moir’
17 qq.
Language
  • Early Irish
Form
verse (primary)
Length
Number of stanzas: 17 qq.
Textual relationships
Related: Clann Ailella Oluim uillClann Ailella Oluim uillEarly Irish poem (8 qq) on the descendants of Ailill Ólom, king of Munster.

Classification

Subjects

Éogan MórÉogan Mór
Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.
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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.] Best, Richard Irvine, and M. A. OʼBrien, The Book of Leinster, formerly Lebar na Núachongbála, vol. 3, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1957. xxi + pp. 471-760.
CELT – pp. 471-638 and 663: <link>
594–596 Version in LL.
[ed.] Meyer, Kuno [ed.], “Mitteilungen aus irischen Handschriften: Senchan Torpēist cecinit”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 12 (1918): 378–379.
Internet Archive: <link>
Version in Laud 610, collated with LL.
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Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
April 2023, last updated: June 2023
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