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verse beg. Coinne Mongáin is Coluim caim

  • Irish
  • verse

Irish poem on Colum Cille, attributed to Mura.

First words (verse)
  • Coinne Mongáin is Coluim caim
Author
Ascribed to: Muru of Fahan
Muru of Fahan
(c.600–c.650)
founder and patron saint of Othain (now Fahan, Inishowen barony, Co. Donegal)
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Ascribed to Mura, possibly the first abbot and patron saint of Othain Mór (Fahan, Co. Donegal).
Manuscripts
Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Laud Misc. 615 = Saltair Choluim Chille [s. xvi1]
pp. 21.4–22.5
rubric: ‘Mura cecinit’
beg. ‘Coinne Mongain is Coluim caim’

22 qq.

beg. ‘Dardaein cedlabhra Colaim’
2 qq cited in the Ó Domhnaill life, § 50.
Language
  • Irish
Form
verse (primary)
Length
Number of stanzas: 22 qq.
Textual relationships
Related: Immacallam Choluim Cille ⁊ ind óclaigImmacallam Choluim Cille ⁊ ind óclaig

Classification

Subjects

Colum Cille
Colum Cille
(fl. 6th century)
founder and abbot of Iona, Kells (Cenandas) and Derry (Daire).
See more MongánMongán
Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.
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Carraic EolairgCarraic Eolairg
Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.
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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.

Edition wanted
Translation wanted
[ed.] [tr.] Meyer, Kuno, and Alfred Nutt, The voyage of Bran, son of Febal to the land of the living, 2 vols, vol. 1: The happy otherworld, London: David Nutt, 1895.
Internet Archive: <link>
87 3 quatrains only.

Secondary sources (select)

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Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
December 2022, last updated: September 2023
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