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Comrád chindcherchailli ‘Pillow talk’

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  • Táin bó Cúailnge
First words (prose)
  • Incipit Táin Bó Cúalnge / Fecht n-óen do Ailill ⁊ do Meidb íar ndérgud a rígleptha dóib i Crúachanráith Chonnacht, arrecaim comrád chind cherchailli eturru
First words from the LL version, translated by Cecile O'Rahilly as “Once upon a time it befell Ailill and Medb that, when their royal bed had been prepared for them in Ráth Crúachain in Connacht, they spoke together as they lay on their pillow.”(1)n. 1 Cecile O'Rahilly, Táin bó Cúalnge: from the Book of Leinster (1967): 1, 137.
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Táin bó Cúailnge
Táin bó Cúailnge
id. 624

Sources

Notes

Cecile O'Rahilly, Táin bó Cúalnge: from the Book of Leinster (1967): 1, 137.

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[ed.] [tr.] OʼRahilly, Cecile [ed. and tr.], Táin bó Cúalnge: from the Book of Leinster, Irish Texts Society, 49, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1967.
CELT – edition: <link> CELT – translation: <link>
lines 1–146
[ed.] [tr.] Windisch, Ernst, Die altirische Heldensage Táin Bó Cúalnge nach dem Buch von Leinster, Leipzig: Hirzel, 1905.
Internet Archive: <link> Steve Taylor, ''The Cattle-Raid of Cooley'' – HTML transcript together with the English translation of Dunn (1914): <link>  : View in Mirador
[ed.] OʼRahilly, Cecile [ed.], The Stowe version of Táin Bó Cuailnge, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1961.
[tr.] Dunn, Joseph [tr.], The ancient Irish epic tale Táin bó Cúalnge, London: Nutt, 1914.  
An English translation of TBC based on the edition by Ernst Windisch (1905).
Internet Archive: <link> Steve Taylor, ''The Cattle-Raid of Cooley'' – HTML transcript paired with the 1905 edition by Windisch: <link>
[tr.] Kinsella, Thomas [tr.], The Tain: translated from the Irish epic Táin Bó Cuailnge, London: Oxford University Press, 1969.
[tr.] Carson, Ciarán [tr.], The Táin: translated from the old Irish epic Táin Bó Cúailnge, Penguin Classics, London: Penguin, 2007.  
Translation based on O’Rahilly’s editions of Recension II, LL, and Recension I.
Translation based on O'Rahilly 1967 (Recension II, LL) and O'Rahilly 1976 (Recension I).
[tr.] OʼGrady, Standish Hayes [tr.], “The Táin bó Cuailgne”, in: Eleanor Hull (ed.), The Cuchullin saga in Irish literature: being a collection of stories relating to the hero Cuchullin, 8, London, 1898. 109–227.
Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive: <link>
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