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Oisín in Elphin

verse beg. Is fada anocht a nOilfinn

• Early Modern Irish
• verse
• Duanaire Finn, Classical Irish poetry, Finn Cycle

First words (verse)

• Is fada anocht a nOilfinn

“Time passes wearily in Elphin tonight”

Context(s)The (textual) context(s) to which the present text belongs or in which it is cited in part or in whole.

• Duanaire Finn
• no. 55

Author

Anonymous

Manuscripts

Dublin, University College, MS Franciscan A 20 (b) = Duanaire Finn [s. xvii¹]

f. 73v.4ff)

View manuscript in Mirador

Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland, Adv. MS 72.1.37 = Book of the Dean of Lismore (Leabhar Deathan Lios Mòir) [s. xvi]

p. 50

View manuscript in Mirador

See also results from manuscript descriptions

Language

• Early Modern Irish

• Early Modern Irish (Murphy).

Form

verse (primary)

Length

Number of stanzas: 8

Classification

Duanaire Finn
Duanaire Finn

id. 11031

Collection of Fenian poems.

Classical Irish poetryClassical Irish poetry
...
Finn Cycle
Finn Cycle

id. 578

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.], Duanaire Finn: The book of the lays of Fionn, 3 vols, vol. 2: Irish text, with translation into English, Irish Texts Society, 28, London: Irish Texts Society, 1933.

CELT – edition: <link> Internet Archive: <link>

194–197 Poem LV. Edition and translation

Secondary sources (select)

Murphy, Gerard, Duanaire Finn: The book of the lays of Fionn, 3 vols, vol. 3: Introduction, notes, appendices and glossary, Irish Texts Society, 43, London: Irish Texts Society, 1953.

Internet Archive: <link>

121–122

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April 2012, last updated: January 2024