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verse beg. Beannacht, a Bruin, ar Brigit

  • Middle Irish
  • verse
  • Early Irish poetry
First words (verse)
  • Beannacht, a Bruin, ar Brigit
Author
Ascribed to: Mac Líacc [Muirchertach]
Mac Líacc ... Muirchertach
(d.. 1014 / 1016 (AU))
Middle Irish poet, who is described as 'chief poet of Ireland' (ard-ollamh Érenn) in the Annals of Ulster; becomes the subject of a body of later medieval Irish literature.
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Attributed to Mac Líacc.
Manuscripts
London, British Library, MS Egerton 90 4, ff. 17-20 = Fragments of the Book of Uí Maine [s. xiv]
f. 19a
beg. ‘Incipit do dúanaib sochair clainne Ceallaig dorinni Mac Líag et alii poete do Thadg catha Bríain’
Language
  • Middle Irish
Form
verse (primary)
Length
Number of stanzas: 23

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.] Meyer, Kuno [ed.], “Mitteilungen aus irischen Handschriften: Incipit do dūanaib sochair clainne Ceallaig dorinni Mac Līag et alii poete do Thadg catha Brīain”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 8 (1912): 225–227.
Internet Archive: <link>
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Contributors
C. A., Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
July 2011, last updated: January 2024
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