Manuscripts

Dublin, University College, MS Franciscan A 20 (b) Duanaire Finn

Irish
s. xvii¹
Irish manuscripts

Identifiers

Location

Ireland Dublin, University College Archives

Collection: Franciscan A: Irish-language manuscripts

Shelfmark

Franciscan A 20 (b)

Title

Duanaire Finn

Type

duanairí

Description

A manuscript of the Duanaire Finn, part of Dublin, University College, MS Franciscan A 20.

Provenance and related aspects

Language

Irish

Date

s. xvii¹

17th century, 1626–1627

Hands, scribes

Ó Dochartaigh (Aodh)

Ó Dochartaigh (Aodh)

(fl. 17th century, first half)

Irish soldier and scribe. His patron was Capt. Somhairle Mac Domhnaill for whom he compiled two volumes of Irish verse, namely volume b of UCD Franciscan MS A 20 (Duanaire Finn) and the Book of the O'Conor Don.

Patron

Mac Domhnaill (Somhairle)

Mac Domhnaill (Somhairle)

(c. 1586–1632)

(Captain) Somhairle Mac Domhnaill, soldier who belonged to Clann Dhomhnaill of Co. Antrim; ended up in Flanders in 1616 to join the Irish regiment of the Spanish army; a patron who commissioned the compilation of Irish manuscripts.

Captain Somhairle Mac Domhnaill

Table of contents

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Irish manuscripts

Sources

Primary sources This section typically includes references to diplomatic editions, facsimiles and photographic reproductions, notably digital image archives, of at least a major portion of the manuscript. For editions of individual texts, see their separate entries.

[dig. img.] “University College Dublin”, Anne-Marie OʼBrien, and Pádraig Ó Macháin, Irish Script on Screen (ISOS) – Meamrám Páipéar Ríomhaire, Online: School of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1999–present. URL: <https://www.isos.dias.ie/collection/ucd.html>.

direct link

For editions, see Duanaire Finn.

Secondary sources (select)

Ó hUiginn, Ruairí, “Duanaire Finn: patron and text”, in: John Carey (ed.), Duanaire Finn: reassessments, 13, London: Irish Texts Society, 2003. 79–106.

MacNeill, Eoin [ed.], Duanaire Finn: The book of the lays of Fionn, 3 vols, vol. 1: Irish text, with translation into English, Irish Texts Society, 7, London: Irish Texts Society, 1908.

Foclóir na Nua-Ghaeilge – editions: <link> Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive – originally from Google Books: <link>

xviii–xxiv

Murphy, Gerard, Duanaire Finn: The book of the lays of Fionn, 3 vols, vol. 3: Introduction, notes, appendices and glossary, Irish Texts Society, 43, London: Irish Texts Society, 1953.

Internet Archive: <link>

ix–xi direct link