Texts

Cath Muige Tuired Cunga ‘The battle of Mag Tuired at Cong’

Early Modern Irish
prose
Mythological Cycle

Early Modern Irish tale of the conflict fought between the Túatha Dé Danann and the Fir Bolg over the sovereignty of Ireland.

Title

Cath Muige Tuired Cunga

‘The battle of Mag Tuired at Cong’

Per one of the concluding lines (Conad é Cath Muige Tuired Cunga conuige sin). The central event of the tale is also referred as the first battle of Mag Tuired, distinguishing it from the battle between the Túatha Dé Danann and the Fomoire.

Manuscripts

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1319 pp. 90-110 [s. xv]

pp. 90a–99b

Language

Early Modern Irish

Form

prose (primary)

Textual relationships

Related: Lebor gabála Érenn 2G(1). Gabáil Tuath nDéLebor gabála Érenn 2G(1). Gabáil Tuath nDéAn account of the taking of Ireland by the Tuatha Dé Danann, from their previous whereabouts and first arrival in Ireland to the defeat of the Fir Bolg in the first battle of Mag Tuired.

Classification

Mythological CycleMythological Cycle
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Subjects

Túatha Dé Danann

Túatha Dé (Danann)

A common Irish designation for a group of supernatural or magical figures in Irish history, broadly equivalent to the áes síde. In the pseudo-historical tradition represented by Lebor gabála Érenn and other texts, they are presented and arguably, to some extent euhemerised as the pre-Christian people that conquered Ireland from the Fir Bolg and were later overcome by the sons of Míl (the Gaels).

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Fir Bolg

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Mag TuiredMag Tuired

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