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verse beg. Cainnech mo chomarci

  • Early Irish
  • verse
  • Early Irish poetry
Early Irish poem (7st in ochtfhoclach) representing a eulogy by Colum Cille for Cainnech.
Title
Headed Colum Cille’s Lobgesang auf Cainnech in Meyer’s edition of the text.
First words (verse)
  • Cainnech mo chomarci
Author
Ascribed to: Colum Cille
Colum Cille
(fl. 6th century)
founder and abbot of Iona, Kells (Cenandas) and Derry (Daire).
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Manuscripts
Language
  • Early Irish
Form
verse (primary)
Metre
  • ocht-fhoclach
Length
Number of stanzas: 7

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
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Subjects

Colum Cille
Colum Cille
(fl. 6th century)
founder and abbot of Iona, Kells (Cenandas) and Derry (Daire).
See more Cainnech of Aghaboe
Cainnech of Aghaboe
Cainnech moccu Dalonn, patron saint of Achad Bó Chainnig (Aghaboe, Co. Laois) and Cell Chainnig (Kilkenny)
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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.] Meyer, Kuno [ed.], “Neue Mitteilungen aus irischen Handschriften: Colum Cille’s Lobgesang auf Cainnech”, Archiv für celtische Lexikographie 3 (1907): 219–221.
TLH – edition: <link> Celtic Digital Initiative – PDF: <link>
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Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
July 2014, last updated: January 2024
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