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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. 

Initial 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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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.1–3

  First 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 Chonchobair

  Second quatrain only, with attribution: agus is de itbert Fland Mainistrech.

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Language

• Early Irish

Form

verse (primary)

Number of stanzas

2

Classification

Subjects

Tadg mac CéinTadg mac Céin
son of Cían son of Ailill Ólomm; father of Cormac Gaileng, ancestor of the Gailenga.
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No short description available
See more Conchobar mac NessaConchobar mac Nessa
(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle)
king of the Ulaid in tales of the Ulster Cycle; son either of Cathbad or Fachtna Fáthach (father) and Ness (mother); husband of Mugain; father of Cormac Cond Longas, Cúscraid Mend Macha, Furbaide Fer Bend and Fedelm Noíchrothach; fosterfather of Cú Chulainn.
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Keywords

GiantsGiants
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Physical appearancePhysical appearance
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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.] Meyer, Kuno [ed. and tr.], The death-tales of the Ulster heroes, Todd Lecture Series 14, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, 1906.

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

18–19 (version from RIA MS D iv 2)

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

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November 2021