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Collectanea

Tírechán
  • Latin
  • prose
  • Hiberno-Latin texts, Irish hagiography
A collection of hagiographical anecdotes written by Tírechán concerning St Patrick’s travels through the midlands and the northern half of Ireland as well as a southern leg to Cashel.
Title
Collectanea
Thus known since James Ussher used this title.
Author
Tírechán
Tírechán
(c. 690)
Irish bishop and author of the Collectanea about St Patrick
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Manuscripts
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 52 = Book of Armagh (Liber Ardmachanus) [c. 807]
ff. 9rb–15vb
rubric: ‘Tirechan episcopus haec scripsit ex ore uel libro Ultani episcopi, cuius ipse alumpnus uel discipulus fuit’
beg. ‘Inueni quattuor nomina in libro scripta Patricio apud Ultanum episcopum Conchuburnensium’
Language
  • Latin
Date
c. 690
Form
prose (primary)
Textual relationships
Related: Cartulary of LandévennecCartulary of Landévennec

A cartulary of the monastery of Landévennec. It largely consists of records purporting to document gifts of land, property and privileges to Gwenolé (Winwaloe), founder and patron saint of the monastery, many of them from Gradlon, the legendary king in Brittany.

Pátraicc Macha mártai GaídilPátraicc Macha mártai GaídilMiddle Irish poem (13 st.) in praise of St Patrick.

Classification

Hiberno-Latin textsHiberno-Latin texts
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Irish hagiographyIrish hagiography
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Subjects

Saint Patrick
Saint Patrick
(fl. 5th century)
No short description available
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Domnach Pátraic (Co. Meath)Domnach Pátraic (Co. Meath)
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.

[ed.] [tr.] Bieler, Ludwig [ed. and tr.], The Patrician texts in the Book of Armagh, Scriptores Latini Hiberniae, 10, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1979.
124–163 direct link direct link
[ed.] Gwynn, John [ed.], Liber Ardmachanus: The book of Armagh, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis & Co, 1913.
Confessio.ie: <link> Internet Archive: <link>

Secondary sources (select)

OʼHagan, Terry, “Tírechán: biography and character study”, Anthony Harvey [project leader], Jane Conroy [principal investigator], and Franz Fischer [principal researcher], Saint Patrick’s Confessio Hypertext Stack Project, Online: Royal Irish Academy, 2011–. URL: <http://www.confessio.ie/more/article_ohagan>.
Dawson, Elizabeth, “Pillars of conversion in Muirchú and Tírechán: two case studies”, Anthony Harvey [project leader], Jane Conroy [principal investigator], and Franz Fischer [principal researcher], Saint Patrick’s Confessio Hypertext Stack Project, Online: Royal Irish Academy, 2011–. URL: <http://www.confessio.ie/more/article_dawson>.
Woods, David, “Tírechán on St Patrick's writing tablets”, Studia Celtica 45 (2011): 197–203.
Thornton, David E., “Tírechán <St Tírechán> (fl. c.690)”, Oxford dictionary of national biography, Online: Oxford University Press, 2004–.
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Contributors
C. A., Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
January 2015, last updated: October 2024
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