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Betha Ruadáin

• Irish
• Irish hagiography

Irish Life of Ruadán of Lothra (Lorrha, Co. North Tipperary)

Manuscripts

• Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, MS 2324-2340 (3410) [1629]

  ff. 193–202
• Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS A iv 1 (968) [c. 1627]

  p. 287 ff

  Shorter copy

Language

• Irish

Classification

Irish hagiography

Subjects

Ruadán of LorrhaRuadán of Lorrha
(d. 584)
Ruadán mac Fergusa Birn
(time-frame ass. with Díarmait mac Cerbaill)
Ruadán mac Fergusa Birn, patron saint of Lothra (Lorrha, Co. North Tipperary)
See more Díarmait mac CerbaillDíarmait mac Cerbaill
(supp. d. 565)
In Irish historical tradition, high-king of Ireland, son of Fergus Cerrbél.
See more Áed GúaireÁed Gúaire
(supp. fl. 6th century)
Áed Guaire
(time-frame ass. with Díarmait mac Cerbaill, Ruadán of Lorrha)
A king or chieftain of Uí Máine in tales about Rúadán of Lorrha and Díarmait mac Cerbaill, who is said to have slain Áed in spite of the saint’s protection.
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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.

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317–329

[tr.] Plummer, Charles, Bethada náem nÉrenn: Lives of Irish saints, 2 vols, vol. 2: Translations, notes, indexes, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1922.

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308–320 (English translation); 362–363 (textual notes)

Secondary sources (select)

Plummer, Charles, Bethada náem nÉrenn: Lives of Irish saints, 2 vols, vol. 1: Introduction, texts, glossary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1922.

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May 2014, last updated: July 2021