Texts

Críchad an Chaoilli

Early Modern Irish
prose
Irish texts

Topographical tract on the kingdom of Fir Maige Féne or Caílle (Caoille)

Manuscripts

Cork, University College, Book of Lismore = Book of Lismore (Leabhar Leasa Móir) [s. xv]

ff. 140rb (l. 26)–141va (l. 28)

London, British Library, MS Egerton 92 = Book of Fermoy fragment [s. xv]

ff. 13b–14

Illegible in places

Language

Early Modern Irish

Date

MacCotter (2013) suggests that the tract is Early Modern Irish in its received form, but “based upon original material, some of which can be dated to the period 1138 × 1151, and some of which appears earlier”.

Form

prose (primary)

Classification

Irish textsIrish texts
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Subjects

Fir Maige Féne

Fir Maige Féne

Irish dynasty and kingdom (also Caílle) that ultimately gave its name to the Anglo-Norman cantred of Fermoy, Co. Cork.

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.] OʼKeeffe, J. G., “The ancient territory of Fermoy”, Ériu 10 (1926–1928): 170–189.

CELT – edition, with preamble: <link> CELT – translation, with preamble: <link>

[ed.] [tr.] Power, P., Crichad an Chaoilli: being the topography of ancient Fermoy, Irish Historical Documents, 2, London, Cork: Longmans, Green & Co., Cork University Press, 1932.

Edition, translation, introduction and notes, with a facsimile of the text in the Book of Lismore (36–43).