Texts

Cáin Éimíne Báin

Old Irish, Middle Irish
prose
Irish hagiography

Miraculous story which relates how the community of St Éimíne Bán at Ros Glaise (probably Monasterevin, Co. Offaly) received a charter of privileges from the king of Leinster. It is said to have been granted after Éimine and his 49 monks sacrificed their lives to save Bran úa Fáeláin (d. 693), king of Leinster, and 49 chiefs of the province from the plague.

Manuscripts

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 3 A, ff. 1-19 [c.1467]

ff. 16r–16v

London, British Library, MS Additional 30512 = Leabhar Uí Maolconaire [s. xv-xvi]

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1285 (H 1. 11) [1752]

f. 133b ff

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

ff. 99r–101r

A modernised recension from BL Additional 30512

Language

Old Irish Middle Irish
Late Old Irish or early Middle Irish.

Form

prose (primary)

Textual relationships

Related: Laíd cluic ÉimíneLaíd cluic ÉimínePoem on the bell of Éimíne of Ros Glaise. In the manuscripts the poem is typically found in conjunction with the prose tale Cáin Éimíne Báin.

Classification

Irish hagiographyIrish hagiography
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Subjects

charters and cartulariescharters and cartularies
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Yellow plagueYellow plague
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Éimíne of Monasterevin

Éimíne of Monasterevin

patron of Rosglas (Ros Glaise), i.e. Monasterevin, Co. Kildare

See more Mainistir ÉimínMainistir Éimín

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Mainistir ÉimínMainistir Éimín

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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.] Poppe, Erich, “A new edition of Cáin Éimíne Báin”, Celtica 18 (1986): 35–52.

Critical edition of the texts from RIA 23 P 3 and BL Add. 30512, with notes and English translation.

[ed.] OʼKeeffe, J. G., “Cáin Eimíne Bán”, in: Osborn Bergin, R. I. Best, Kuno Meyer, and J. G. OʼKeeffe (eds), Anecdota from Irish manuscripts, vol. 1, Halle and Dublin, 1907. 40–45.

CELT – edition: <link> Internet Archive: <link>

A collation of RIA 23 P 3, BL Add. 30512, and TCD 1285.

[tr.] Plummer, Charles, “Cáin Eimíne Báin”, Ériu 4 (1908–1910): 39–46.

Internet Archive: <link>