Flann mac Lonáin
- d. 891 x 918
- Irish poets
early Irish poet; called ‘the Virgil of the Irish’ (Firgil Gáedel) and ‘King of the Poets of Ireland’ respectively.
See also references for related subjects.
Clifford, Diarmuid, “Bó bithblicht meic Lonán: eagrán de scéal faoi Fhlann mac Lonán”, Celtica 25 (2007): 9–39.
Smith, Peter J., “Flann mac Lonáin (d. 891x918)”, Oxford dictionary of national biography, Online: Oxford University Press, 2004–. URL: <http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/17683>.
OʼKeeffe, J. G. [ed.], “Flann mac Lonain: in repentant mood the day after his death”, in: J. Fraser, Paul Grosjean, and J. G. OʼKeeffe (eds), Irish texts, fasciculus I, London, 1931. 22–24, i (corrigenda) + fasc. V: 100 (corrigenda).
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OʼKeeffe, J. G. [ed.], “Eulogy of Echnechan son of Dálach king of Tír Conaill, † 906”, in: J. Fraser, Paul Grosjean, and J. G. OʼKeeffe (eds), Irish texts, fasciculus I, London, 1931. 54–62, i (corrigenda) + fasc. V: 100 (corrigenda).
Edition of a poem ascribed to Flann mac Lonáin, beginning ‘Ard do scela a mic na cuach’; from Rawlinson B 504, fol. 63v
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Bergin, O. J., “A story of Flann mac Lonáin”, in: Osborn Bergin, R. I. Best, Kuno Meyer, and J. G. OʼKeeffe (eds), Anecdota from Irish manuscripts, vol. 1, Halle and Dublin, 1907. 45–50.
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