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verse beg. Dá mac déc Cennéitig cháid

  • Middle Irish
  • verse
  • Early Irish poetry
Poem of eight quatrains on the twelve sons of Cennétig (Brian Bóruma's father), king of the Dál Cais.
First words (verse)
  • Dá mac déc Cennéitig cháid
Author
Ascribed to: Mac Líacc [Muirchertach]
Mac Líacc ... Muirchertach
(d.. 1014 / 1016 (AU))
Middle Irish poet, who is described as 'chief poet of Ireland' (ard-ollamh Érenn) in the Annals of Ulster; becomes the subject of a body of later medieval Irish literature.
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Ascribed to Mac Líacc.
Manuscripts
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 2 = Book of Lecan (Leabhar Leacain) [s. xvin]
f. 230va
beg. ‘Da mac dec Ceindeitig chaid’
Attributed to Mac Liag. 8 qq. Meyer's edition refers to f. 220vb.
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 E 26 (756) [s. xviiiin]
p. 244
Meyer writes 23 G 26 in error (for 23 E 26). Meyer includes a note saying that this text was copied in 1717.
Language
  • Middle Irish
Form
verse (primary)
Length
Number of stanzas: 8

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
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Subjects

Brian BórumaBrian Bóruma
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Cennétig mac Lorcáin
(d. 951)
king of the Dál Cais, father of Brían Bóruma.
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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.] Meyer, Kuno [ed.], “Mitteilungen aus irischen Handschriften: Wie die zwölf Söhne Cennétigs ihren Tod fanden”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 8 (1912): 119–120.
CELT – edition: <link> Internet Archive: <link>
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Contributors
C. A., Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
July 2011, last updated: March 2024
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