Texts

Ba mol Midend midlaige ‘It was the prophetic utterance of Midend the fool’
verse beg. Ba mol Midend midlaige

Old Irish
verse
Early Irish poetry, Ulster Cycle

Genealogical poem on the mythological Ulster origins of the Corcu Óchae of west Limerick, including their descent from the Ulster Cycle character Dubthach Dóel Ulad.

First words (verse)

Ba mol Midend midlaige

Context(s)The (textual) context(s) to which the present text belongs or in which it is cited in part or in whole.

De causis torchi Corc' Óche

Author

Ascribed to: Luccreth moccu Chíara

Luccreth moccu Chíara

(fl. 7th century)

early Irish poet

Manuscripts

Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Laud Misc. 610 ff. 1–58 and ff. 73–122 = Leabhar na Rátha [1453–1454]

f. 94b1

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 12 (536) = Book of Ballymote (Leabhar Bhaile an Mhóta) [1384 x 1406]

f. 96rb p. 169b

beg. ‘Ba mol Midand midlaide’

8 qq.

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 2 = Book of Lecan (Leabhar Leacain) [s. xvⁱⁿ]

p. 125b

beg. ‘Ba mol midend midlaidi’

8 qq.

Language

Old Irish

Date

7th century

Form

verse (primary)

Length

Number of stanzas: 8

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
...
Ulster Cycle
Ulster Cycle

id. 1797

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.] Meyer, Kuno [ed.], “The Laud genealogies and tribal histories”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 8 (1912): 291–338.

CELT – edition: <link> Celtic Digital Initiative – PDF: <link> Internet Archive: <link>

Secondary sources (select)

Ó Cróinín, Dáibhí, “Prosopographical analysis of Táin bó Cuailnge in a historical setting”, in: Hildegard L. C. Tristram (ed.), New methods in the research of epic / Neue Methoden der Epenforschung, 107, Tübingen: Gunter Narr Verlag, 1998. 153–159.

Carney, James P., “Three Old Irish accentual poems”, Ériu 22 (1971): 23–80.

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May 2011, last updated: January 2024