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Irish note on Conaire Mór and the Ulster Cycle

  • Irish
  • prose
An Irish note found in BL Harley MS 5280 on the chronological relationship between Conaire Mór and certain tales of the Ulster Cycle.
First words (prose)
  • Cair (.i. comaircim) cia boi ind Eriu i flait[h] Conairi ...
Manuscripts
London, British Library, MS Harley 5280 [s. xvi1]
f. 54r
beg. ‘Cair (.i. comaircim) cia boi ind Eriu i flait[h] Conairi ...’
Language
  • Irish
Form
prose (primary)
Textual relationships
(Possible) sources: Remscéla Tána bó CuailngiRemscéla Tána bó CuailngiView incoming dataMedieval Irish tale listsMedieval Irish tale lists

Classification

Subjects

Conaire Mór
Conaire Mór
legendary high-king of Ireland; son of Eterscél (Mór) and Mess Búachalla; tragic protagonist of Togail bruidne Da Derga
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Samples

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Irish note on Conaire Mór (Harl. 5280, f. 54r) Cair (.i. comaircim) cia boi ind Eriu i flaith Conairi no cia fot boi Eri cen rig no cia dogab Eri d'es Conaire no cia is taeisce Tain no Bruighen no cia ba ri Erind oc inarbad mac n-Usnech no cia haeis Conculaind ar Tain no cia fot iar Tain co fuair bas ? Ni ansa emh. Secht m-bliadna décc ⁊ tri .xx. di Conaire i rigi n-Eirenn ⁊ .v. bliadhna d'Erind cen rig co n-erracht Lugaid Sriab n-Derg ⁊ re lind Conairi robith maic Uisnech a n-Emain Macha. A cind mis ar di bliadna ar n-dith Conuiri a m-Bruigin Sluaiged na Tana in alio loco dicitur. xiii. bliadna .xx. ria Tain ⁊ .x. m-bliadna .xx. ier Tain soegal Conculaind in alio loco dicitur. Echtrai Nera ⁊ Tain Bo Fraich ⁊ Tain Bo Flidhisi ⁊ Cath Ruis na Righ for Boinn ⁊ Cath Findcorad ria Concobur re lind Conaire in sin uili. Finis.
Irish note on Conaire Mór and the Ulster Cycle •

Sources

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[ed.] Meyer, Kuno [ed.], “Mélanges: Addenda to the Echtra Nerai”, Revue Celtique 11 (1890): 210.  
comments: BL, Harley 5280, f. 54a.
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Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
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November 2023, last updated: December 2023
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