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verse beg. Druimm Cetta, céte na noem

  • Early Irish
  • verse
Early Irish poem (31 qq, unattributed) on the convention of Druim Cett and those who attended the meeting.
First words (verse)
  • Druimm Cetta, céte na noem
Manuscripts
rubric: ‘Do tathmet na rig ⁊ no noeb batar 'sin mórdail inso sis’
beg. ‘Druimm Cetta cete na noem’
31 qq.
pp. 111.1–112.12
beg. ‘Druim Cet ceidi na naomh’
30 qq.
f. 10rb.1–bottom
beg. ‘Druim Ceta cede na naom’

Lacks 5 qq that are in Rawl. B 502. Preceding the poem is a line at the bottom of col. 1 reading don logaimsir so sis do reir lebuir Glinn da Lacha (‘Concerning the time and place here according to the Book of Glendalough’), which has been taken (by Carney, Ó Riain and Breatnach) to apply to the present poem.

Language
  • Early Irish
Form
verse (primary)
Length
Number of stanzas: 30 qq. or 31 qq.
Textual relationships
Related: Aod mac Ainmerech na n-allAod mac Ainmerech na n-allIrish poem (10 qq) on different persons called Áed who were present at the convention of Druim Cett.

Classification

Subjects

Colum Cille
Colum Cille
(fl. 6th century)
founder and abbot of Iona, Kells (Cenandas) and Derry (Daire).

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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.] Stokes, Whitley [ed. and tr.], “The Bodleian Amra Choluimb Chille”, Revue Celtique 20 (1899): 31–55, 132–183, 248–289, 400–437. Corrigenda in Revue Celtique 21 (1900): 133–136.
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136–141
Breatnach, Caoimhín, “Aspects of the textual transmission of Sex aetates mundi and Druimm Cetta céte na noem”, Éigse 35 (2005): 9–26.

Offers some variants from RIA MS C iii 2 and Laud 615.

Secondary sources (select)

Breatnach, Caoimhín, “Aspects of the textual transmission of Sex aetates mundi and Druimm Cetta céte na noem”, Éigse 35 (2005): 9–26.
Ó Riain, Pádraig, “The Book of Glendalough or Rawlinson B 502”, Éigse 18 (1981): 161–176.
172–173
Carney, James P. [ed.], The poems of Blathmac, son of Cú Brettan: together with the Irish Gospel of Thomas and a poem on the Virgin Mary, Irish Texts Society, 47, London: Irish Texts Society, 1964.
xii
Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
December 2022, last updated: June 2023