Texts

verse beg. Leasg amleasg sind gu Áth Clíath

Middle Irish
verse
Early Irish poetry

First words (verse)

Leasg amleasg sind gu Áth Clíath

Author

Ascribed to: Mac Líacc [Muirchertach]Mac Líacc ... Muirchertach
(d.. 1014 / 1016 (AU))
Muirchertach ... Mac Líacc
Middle Irish poet, who is described as 'chief poet of Ireland' (ard-ollamh Érenn) in the Annals of Ulster; becomes the subject of a body of later medieval Irish literature.
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Ascribed to Mac Líacc.

Manuscripts

London, British Library, MS Egerton 90 4, ff. 17-20 = Fragments of the Book of Uí Maine [s. xiv]
f. 20a
The text breaks off after the first words of the 28th quatrain.

Language

Middle Irish

Form

verse (primary)

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish 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.] Meyer, Kuno [ed.], “Mitteilungen aus irischen Handschriften: Mac Liacs Totenklage um Tadg úa Cellaig”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 8 (1912): 229–231.

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July 2011, last updated: August 2021