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Eachtra mhacaoimh an iolair ‘The adventure of the eagle-boy’

Brian Ó Corcráin
  • Early Modern Irish
  • prose, prosimetrum
  • Irish Arthurian romances
Irish Arthurian romance
Author
Ó Corcráin (Brian)Ó Corcráin (Brian)
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Manuscripts
London, British Library, MS Egerton 128
London, British Library, MS Additional 18945
Language
  • Early Modern Irish
Date
early 17th century (?)
Form
prose, prosimetrum (primary)
verse (secondary)

Classification

Irish Arthurian romancesIrish Arthurian romances
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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.] Macalister, R. A. S. [ed. and tr.], Two Irish Arthurian romances. Eachtra an Mhadra Mhaoil, Eachtra Mhacaoimh-an-Iolair: The story of the Crop Eared Dog, the Story of Eagle Boy, Irish Texts Society, 10, London: Irish Texts Society, 1908.
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Edition based on Egerton 128, collated to an extent with the copies in Egerton 170 and Additional 18945

Secondary sources (select)

Smelik, Bernadette, “The structure of the Eachtra Mhacaoimh-an-Iolair”, Cambrian Medieval Celtic Studies 45 (Summer, 2003): 43–57.
Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
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August 2013, last updated: January 2024