Texts
verse beg. Cóica traighedh tólaibh tlacht
- Early Irish
- verse
Two sts of a medieval Irish poem concerning the gigantic physical heights of Tadg mac Céin and Conchobar mac Nessa.
First words (verse)
- Cóica traighedh tólaibh tlacht
Author
Ascribed to: Flann MainistrechFlann Mainistrech
(d. 1056)
Middle Irish poet ass. with Monasterboice (Mainistir Buite)
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(d. 1056)
Middle Irish poet ass. with Monasterboice (Mainistir Buite)
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Attributed to Flann or Flann Mainistrech. See the notes to the manuscript evidence.
Manuscripts
The manuscript evidence is helpfully summarised by Thanisch (2015):
- Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D iv 2 (992) [s. xv]f. 52rb.11–16 context: Aided Chonchobuir (version D)Two qq (qq 1–2), with attribution: ut dixit poeta .i. Flann.
- Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Laud Misc. 610 ff. 1–58 and ff. 73–122 = Leabhar na Rátha [1453–1454]f. 74ra.1–3First quatrain only, without attribution. While the first paragraph of version D of Aided Chonchobuir is contained in this manuscript (see f. 42v), this quatrain is found independently from that text.
- Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland, Adv. MS 72.1.5 [s. xv (?)]f. 8ra.8–12 context: Aided ChonchobairSecond quatrain only, with attribution: agus is de itbert Fland Mainistrech.
Language
- Early Irish
Form
verse (primary)
Number of stanzas
2
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.
Secondary sources (select)
Thanisch, Eystein P., “The reception and use of Flann Mainistrech and his work in medieval Gaelic manuscript culture”, 2 vols, vol. 1, PhD thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2015.
Edinburgh Research Archive – PDF: <link>
165–166
web page identifiers
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Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
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November 2021