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Eachtra Conaill Gulbain ‘The otherworld adventures of Conall Gulban’

  • Early Modern Irish
  • Medieval Irish literature
Title
Eachtra Conaill Gulbain
‘The otherworld adventures of Conall Gulban’
Also known as Gabhaltas Conaill Gulbain mic Neill ar gairbhtrian Uladh (The conquests of Conall Gulban mac Néill in the rough places of Ulster)
Manuscripts
Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, MS 6131-6133 = Leabhar inghine Uí Dhomhnuill [s. xvii1]
ff. 74–76
Dublin, National Library of Ireland, MS G 20
Incomplete
Dublin, National Library of Ireland, MS G 80 [s. xviiimed]
Modern transcription
Dublin, National Library of Ireland, MS G 425
Dublin, National Library of Ireland, MS G 131 [s. xvii]
pp. 227–246 line 9
Incomplete: breaks off in the middle of the page. Title is included in the table of contents (p. 2).
Language
  • Early Modern Irish

  • Early Modern Irish.

Textual relationships
Related: Eachtra Lomnochtáin an tSléibhe RiffeEachtra Lomnochtáin an tSléibhe Riffe

Modern Irish prose tale of the Fenian Cycle, which may be described as a bruidhean-tale. A few copies form a considerably enlarged version containing an additional romance.

Classification

Medieval Irish literatureMedieval Irish literature
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Subjects

Otherworld journeysOtherworld journeys
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Conall Gulban
Conall Gulban mac Néill
(supp. fl. 5th c.)
son of Níall Noígíallach; ruler of what was to become Tír Conaill (‘Conall's land’) and eponymous ancestor of the Cenél Conaill.
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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.] Dobbs, Margaret E., and Seán Mac Airt, “Conall of Tír Conaill”, Donegal Annual 3:3 (1957): 25–65.
[ed.] [tr.] Lehmacher, Gustav [ed. and tr.], “Eine Brüsseler Handschrift der Eachtra Conaill Gulbain”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 14 (1923): 212–269.
Internet Archive: <link>
Edition with German translation.
Translation wanted
No English translation available.

Secondary sources (select)

Lacey, Brian, “Three ‘royal sites’ in Co. Donegal”, in: Roseanne Schot, Conor Newman, and Edel Bhreathnach (eds), Landscapes of cult and kingship, Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2011. 149–162.
159–161
Lacey, Brian, Cenél Conaill and the Donegal kingdoms, AD 500–800, Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2006.
29–48
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Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
December 2011, last updated: March 2024
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