Texts

Cath Leitrech Ruide ‘The battle of Leitir Ruide’

Ulster Cycle

Manuscripts

Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland, Adv. MS 72.1.5 [s. xv (?)]

ff. 1va.1–2va.m

Acephalous.

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS C i 2 (1234) [s. xv-xvi (?)]

f. 19b

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 K 37 (152) [s. xviii]

pp. 190–193

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS E iv 3 (11) = Leabhar Uí Lochlainn (Book of Ó Lochlainn or the O’Loughlins) [1727]

London, British Library, MS Egerton 106 [1715]

f. 50v

Classification

Ulster Cycle
Ulster Cycle

id. 1797

Subjects

Fachtna Fáthach

Fachtna Fáthach

(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle)

In the Ulster Cycle, a king of the Ulaid who is regarded in one strand of the tradition as husband of Ness and father of Conchobar mac Nessa.

See more Eochaid Feidlech

Eochaid Feidlech

in Irish legendary history, high-king of Ireland, descendant of Labraid Lorc and father of multiple daughters and sons, including Medb ruler of Connacht, Clothru and the triplets known as the three Findemna.

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.] Dobbs, Margaret E. [ed. and tr.], “La bataille de Leitir Ruibhe (Cath Leitreach Ruibhe)”, Revue Celtique 39 (1922): 1–32.

Celtic Digital Initiative: <link> Internet Archive: <link>, <link>

Secondary sources (select)

Bhreathnach, Edel, “Tales of Connacht: Cath Airtig, Táin bó Flidhais, Cath Leitreach Ruibhe, and Cath Cumair”, Cambrian Medieval Celtic Studies 45 (Summer, 2003): 21–42.

Hamel, A. G. van, “The battle of Leitir Ruide”, Revue Celtique 44 (1927): 59–67.

Internet Archive: <link>

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April 2011, last updated: January 2024