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Lebor gabála Érenn 2F(2). Immirgi Mac nÚmóir

prose
Lebor gabála Érenn, Ulster Cycle

An account of the flight of the Fir Bolg to a number of islands following their defeat in the battle of Mag Tuired; their expulsion by the Picts; and their return to Ireland with the aid of Ailill and Medb of Connacht.

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Lebor gabála Érenn/2. De gabálaib Érenn

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Form

prose (primary)

Classification

Lebor gabála Érenn
Lebor gabála Érenn

id. 4019

Ulster Cycle
Ulster Cycle

id. 1797

The term ‘Ulster Cycle’ is used in modern scholarship to refer to a body of Irish narrative literature set in the heroic age of the Ulaid around the time of Conchobar mac Nessa.

Subjects

Battle of Mag TuiredBattle of Mag Tuired
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Fir Bolg

Fir Bolg

No short description available

See more PictsPicts

Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.

See more CruithneCruithne

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See more MedbMedb

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See more Ailill mac Máta

Ailill mac Máta

(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle)

king of Connacht, husband of Medb of Connacht

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.] Macalister, R. A. Stewart [ed.], Lebor gabála Érenn: The book of the taking of Ireland, 5 vols, vol. 4, Irish Texts Society, 41, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, 1939.

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22–27 (§§ 291–293, Rec. B); 34–41 (§§ 298–300, Rec. C); + verse texts