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verse beg. Eol dam i ndairib dréchta

  • Middle Irish
  • verse
  • Early Irish poetry, Ulster Cycle, Irish historical verse
Poem on the battles of the Leinstermen and the heroes who fell at their hands
First words (verse)
  • Eol dam i ndairib dréchta
Context(s)The (textual) context(s) to which the present text belongs or in which it is cited in part or in whole.
Author
Ascribed to: Flann mac Máel Máedóc
Flann mac Máel Máedóc
(fl. 10th century)
early Irish poet, son of Máel Máedoc mac Díarmata
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Manuscripts
Language
  • Middle Irish
Date
10th century
Form
verse (primary)
Length
Number of stanzas: 43

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
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Ulster Cycle
Ulster Cycle
id. 1797

The term ‘Ulster Cycle’ is used in modern scholarship to refer to a body of Irish narrative literature set in the heroic age of the Ulaid around the time of Conchobar mac Nessa.

Irish historical verseIrish poetry and verse (vernacular), Irish histories
Irish historical verse
id. 29741

Here intended to be understood in the sense of vernacular Irish ‘verse which purports to record knowledge of the historical traditions of Ireland’ (Smith 2002).

Subjects

Laigin
Laigin
No short description available
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Leinster
Leinster/Cúige Laighean
No short description available
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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: Do chomramaib Laigen inso sís”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 8 (1912): 117–119.
CELT – edition: <link> Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive: <link>
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Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
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May 2011, last updated: January 2024
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