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verse beg. Mór liach Life lonngalach

• Early Irish
• verse
• Early Irish poetry, Elegy

Poem (5 qq) on the death of Cerball mac Muirecán, king of Leinster (d. 909). It is attributed to his court poet Dallán (mac Móre).

First words (verse)

• Mór liach Life lonngalach

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

• Fragmentary annals of Ireland
• Fragment 5, s.a. 909 (FA § 424)

Author

Ascribed to: Dallán mac Móre

Dallán mac Móre

(fl. c. 909)

early Irish poet; reputedly a bardic poet to Cerball mac Muirecáin, king of Leinster (d. c. 909)

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The poem is ascribed to Dallán, which has been understood to refer to Dallán mac Móre, the king's court poet.

Manuscripts

Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, MS 5301-5320 (4641) [s. xvii]

context: Fragmentary annals of Ireland

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Language

• Early Irish

Form

verse (primary)

Length

Number of stanzas: 5

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
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ElegyElegy
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Subjects

Cerball mac Muirecáin

Cerball mac Muirecáin

(d. c. 909)

king of Leinster from the Uí Fáeláin sept of the Uí Dúnlainge.

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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.] [tr.] Radner, Joan N. [ed. and tr.], Fragmentary annals of Ireland, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1978.

CELT – edition (2–182),: <link> CELT – translation (3–183): <link> CELT – introduction (vii–ix): <link>

164–165

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September 2013, last updated: January 2024