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Iomarbhágh na bhfileadh ‘The contention of the bards’

  • Early Modern Irish
  • verse
  • Irish poetry
Manuscripts
Maynooth Cu
Maynooth B
Maynooth K
Maynooth R
MSS, c. 1744, formerly belonging to Douglas Hyde (yet to be identified)
Stonyhurst, Stonyhurst College Archives, MSS (yet to be identified)
Dublin, University College, MS (yet to be identified)
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 K 6
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 K 13
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 K 45
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 L 3
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 L 37
Language
  • Early Modern Irish
Form
verse (primary)

Classification

Irish poetryIrish poetry
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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.] McKenna, Lambert [ed.], Iomarbhágh na bhfileadh: The contention of the bards, 2 vols, Irish Texts Society, 20, 21, London: Irish Texts Society, 1918.
Internet Archive – vol. 1: <link> Internet Archive – vol. 2: <link>

Secondary sources (select)

Leerssen, Joep, The contention of the bards (Iomarbhágh na bhFileadh) and its place in Irish political and literary history, Irish Texts Society, Subsidiary Series, 2, London: Irish Texts Society, 1994.
Contributors
C. A., Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
February 2012, last updated: March 2024