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Mugrón (abbot of Iona)
  • Middle Irish
  • verse
  • Early Irish poetry, Early Irish lyrics, Irish lyrical verse
First words (verse)
  • Cros Chríst tarsin n-gnúisse
Author
Mugrón [abbot of Iona]
Mugrón ... abbot of Iona
(d. c.981)
Abbot of Iona and supposed author of a number of vernacular Irish poems. His obit in AFM remembers him as ‘scribe/writer and bishop, sage of the three divisions’ (scribhnidh ⁊ epscop, saoi na t-Tri Rand).
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In RIA MS 23 G 4, the poem is ascribed to Mugrón, who was coarb of Colum Cille between 965 and 981. This "is linguistically probable, and as Mugrón is not a person to whom Irish scribes frequenty attribute poems it may be taken to be based on genuine tradition" (Murphy).
Manuscripts
Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Laud Misc. 615 = Saltair Choluim Chille [s. xvi1]
p. 55
rubric: ‘An crosradhach Coluim Chille innso’
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 G 4 (679) [s. xviii1]
p. 355
rubric: ‘Mugron comharba choluim cille cecinit’
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 G 5 (781) [s. xviii]
p. 78
Copy based on 23 G 4
Language
  • Middle Irish

  • "G's attribution to Mugrón [fl. AD 965-981] is linguistically probable" (Murphy)

Form
verse (primary)
Metre
  • rinnard (6²+6²+6²+6²)

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
...
Early Irish lyricsEarly Irish lyrics
...
Irish lyrical verseIrish poetry and verse (vernacular)
Irish lyrical verse
id. 32604

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.] Murphy, Gerard [ed. and tr.], “Mugrón: Christ's cross”, in: Gerard Murphy [ed. and tr.], Early Irish lyrics: eighth to twelfth century, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1956. 32–35, 186–187.
CELT – edition: <link>
[ed.] Meyer, Kuno [ed.], “Mitteilungen aus irischen Handschriften: An crosradhach Colum Chille innso”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 12 (1918): 387.
Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive: <link>

Secondary sources (select)

Kenney, James F., “Chapter VII: Religious literature and ecclesiastical culture”, in: James F. Kenney, The sources for the early history of Ireland: an introduction and guide. Volume 1: ecclesiastical, Revised ed., 11, New York: Octagon, 1966. 622–744.
727 [id. 584.2.]
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Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
January 2012, last updated: March 2024
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