Texts
Cath Almaine‘The battle of Allen’
- Old Irish
- Cycles of the Kings
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Manuscripts
- Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, MS 5301-5320 (4641) [s. xvii]pp. 8–12 context: Fragmentary annals of IrelandIncluded in the Fragmentary annals
- Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1318 cols 573–958 = section of the Yellow Book of Lecan [s. xivex/xvin]pp. 206a–207b (facsimile) cols 939.8–942.35
- Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 E 29 pp. 17-216 = Book of Fermoy ‘proper’ [s. xiv / s. xv]part II pp. 128b.1–130b.13
Language
- Old Irish
Textual relationships
Related: Scéla Cormaic meic Cuilennáin ⁊ na crosánScéla Cormaic meic Cuilennáin ⁊ na crosánA brief Irish prose story, with poem, concerning the death of Cormac mac Cuilennáin, who was slain in the battle of Mag Ailbe (908). On the night before the battle, three entertainers (crossáin) promise the king to perform before him the following night, but the king and the crossáin do not live to meet again. By some act of divine providence, however, the crossáin are allowed to perform their art and utter a poem beg. Truaghán sin, a Rí na righ (10qq).
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.] Ó Riain, Pádraig [ed.], Cath Almaine, Mediaeval and Modern Irish Series 25, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1978.
CELT – edition: <link>
[tr.] Ford, Patrick K. [tr.], The Celtic poets: songs and tales from early Ireland and Wales, Belmont, Massachusetts: Ford & Bailie, 1999.
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October 2010, last updated: August 2020