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The chase of Sliabh Truim
verse beg. La robhámar ar Slíabh Truim

  • verse
  • Duanaire Finn, Classical Irish poetry, Finn Cycle
First words (verse)
  • La robhámar ar Slíabh Truim
“A day that we were on Sliabh Truim”
Context(s)The (textual) context(s) to which the present text belongs or in which it is cited in part or in whole.
Author
Anonymous
Language
  • Early Modern Irish (Murphy)

Form
verse (primary)
Length
Number of stanzas: 80
The poem ends etcetera (abbreviated), suggesting that the exemplar was longer

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.] MacNeill, Eoin [ed.], Duanaire Finn: The book of the lays of Fionn, 3 vols, vol. 1: Irish text, with translation into English, Irish Texts Society, 7, London: Irish Texts Society, 1908.
Foclóir na Nua-Ghaeilge – editions: <link> Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive – originally from Google Books: <link>
75–80; 187–193 Poem XXIV. 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>
59–63
Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
April 2012, last updated: January 2024