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Betha Brénainn Clúana Ferta (II) ‘The life of Brénainn of Clonfert (II)’

  • prose
  • Irish hagiography
So-called second Irish Life of Brénainn of Clúain Fertae (Clonfert, Co. Galway)
Manuscripts
Leabhar do sgriobh Sioghraidh úa Maolconaire do Roisi ingin Aoda Duibh
A lost book written in 1536 by Sioghraidh Ó Maoil Chonaire for Rose, wife of Niall Óg Ó Néill.
(Unidentified)
Paper copy by Mícheál Ó Cléirigh.
Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, MS 4190-4200 (3409) [s. xvii1]
ff. 224r–263v
Form
prose (primary)

Classification

Irish hagiographyIrish hagiography
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Irish hagiographyIrish hagiography
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Subjects

Brénainn of Clonfert
Brénainn of Clonfert
(d. 577)
Brénainn (Brenden; Brendan) mac Findloga, early Connacht saint, patron of Clonfert, and legendary voyager
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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.] Plummer, Charles, Bethada náem nÉrenn: Lives of Irish saints, 2 vols, vol. 1: Introduction, texts, glossary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1922.
CELT – edition: <link> Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive: <link>
44–95
[tr.] Plummer, Charles, Bethada náem nÉrenn: Lives of Irish saints, 2 vols, vol. 2: Translations, notes, indexes, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1922.
CELT – translations: <link> Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive: <link>
44–92

Secondary sources (select)

Mac Mathúna, Séamus, “The Irish Life of Saint Brendan: textual history, structure and date”, in: Clara Strijbosch, and Glyn S. Burgess (eds), The Brendan legend. Texts and versions, 24, Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2006. 117–158.
Plummer, Charles, Bethada náem nÉrenn: Lives of Irish saints, 2 vols, vol. 1: Introduction, texts, glossary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1922.
CELT – edition: <link> Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive: <link>
xvi–xxiii
Kenney, James F., “Chapter V: The monastic churches: II. The churches of the sixth to ninth centuries; general treatises”, in: James F. Kenney, The sources for the early history of Ireland: an introduction and guide. Volume 1: ecclesiastical, Revised ed., 11, New York: Octagon, 1966. 372–485.
414 (VB7) [id. 202.]
Plummer, Charles, “A tentative catalogue of Irish hagiography”, in: Charles Plummer, Miscellanea hagiographica Hibernica: vitae adhuc ineditae sanctorum Mac Creiche, Naile, Cranat, 15, Brussels: Société des Bollandistes, 1925. 171–285.
Utrecht University Library: <link>
181 [id. 10.]
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Contributors
C. A., Dennis Groenewegen
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April 2014, last updated: January 2024
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