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Betha Chiaráin Clúana meic Nois ‘The Life of Ciarán of Clonmacnoise’

  • Irish
  • prose
  • Irish hagiography
Late vernacular Life of St Ciarán of Clonmacnoise
Manuscripts
Cork, University College, Book of Lismore = Book of Lismore (Leabhar Leasa Móir) [s. xv]
ff. 77(35)rb1–81vb9
rubric: ‘Betha Ciarain Cluana Maic Nois’
Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, MS 4190-4200 (3409) [s. xvii1]
ff. 154r–170v
This copy is said to be derive from the ‘Book of Aodh Óg Úa Dálacháin of Les Cluaine in Meath’: I c-Coill an Iubhair h-i c-conueint brathar Atha Luain do scriobhus betha Ciarain an ceid-fhecht as leabhar Aodha Óig Úi Dálacháin ó Lios Cluaine h-i Midhe; & do aithscriobhus anosá ag Drobaois. 18 Feb. 1629
Language
  • Irish
Form
prose (primary)

Classification

Irish hagiographyIrish hagiography
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Subjects

Ciarán of Clonmacnoise
Ciarán (mac int Shaír) of Clonmacnoise
(c. 515–c. 549)
Irish saint, patron of Clúain Moccu Nóis (Clonmacnoise). Feast-day: 9 September.
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Clúain Moccu Nóis
Clúain Moccu Nóis ... Clonmacnoise
County Offaly
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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.] [tr.] Stokes, Whitley [ed. and tr.], Lives of saints from the Book of Lismore, Anecdota Oxoniensia, Mediaeval and Modern Series, 5, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1890.
CELT: <link> Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive: <link>, <link> Internet Archive: <link>
117–134 (text); 262–280 (translation); 355–359 (notes) Based on the Book of Lismore text, with variants from the Brussels MS.
[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>
124 n. 6 Ó Cléirigh’s colophon in the Brussels MS, here erroneously associated with the (second) Life of Ciarán of Saigir.
[tr.] Macalister, R. A. S. [tr.], The Latin & Irish lives of Ciaran, Translations of Christian Literature, 5, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1921.
Internet Archive – originally from Google Books: <link> Internet Archive: <link>
66–97 direct link
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Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
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November 2014, last updated: January 2024
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