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verse beg. Fil súil n-glais

• Middle Irish
• verse
• Early Irish poetry, Early Irish lyrics

First words (verse)

• Fil súil n-glais

“There is a blue eye”

Speaker/Addressee

Speaker: Colum Cille

Colum Cille

(fl. 6th century)

founder and abbot of Iona, Kells (Cenandas) and Derry (Daire).

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Author

Ascribed to: Colum Cille

Colum Cille

(fl. 6th century)

founder and abbot of Iona, Kells (Cenandas) and Derry (Daire).

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Anonymous. Attributed to Colum Cille as he leaves Ireland.

Manuscripts

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Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 E 25 (1229) = Lebor na hUidre [s. xi/xii]

p. 5a

beg. ‘Fil suil nglais’

context: Commentary on the Amra Choluim Chille

1 q.

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Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1318 cols 573–958 = section of the Yellow Book of Lecan [s. xiv^ex/xvⁱⁿ]

col. 682

context: Commentary on the Amra Choluim Chille, Preface (remfhocul) to Amra Choluim Chille and its commentary

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Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, MS 4190-4200 (3409) [s. xvii¹]

beg. ‘Fuil súil nglais’

context: Betha Farannáin

1 q.

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context: Oibind beith ar Beinn Edair

Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 512 IV, ff. 123-144

f. 126rb.2

context: Oibind beith ar Beinn Edair

1 q.

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context: Beatha Cholaim Chille (Maghnus Ó Domhnaill)

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Language

• Middle Irish

Date

11th century (Murphy)

Form

verse (primary)

Textual relationships

Related: Betha FarannáinBetha Farannáin

Vernacular Irish Life of St Farannán (or Forannán), a local saint associated with Alt Fharannáin (townland of Alternan Park, Co. Sligo). In the opening passage, he is claimed to be fifth in descent from Éogan son of Níall Noígíallach.

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
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Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
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Early Irish lyricsEarly Irish lyrics
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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.] Murphy, Gerard [ed. and tr.], “Anonymous: A blue eye will look back”, in: Gerard Murphy [ed. and tr.], Early Irish lyrics: eighth to twelfth century, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1956. 64–65, 201–202.

CELT – edition: <link>

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Contributors

C. A., Dennis Groenewegen

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April 2012, last updated: January 2024