Texts

verse beg. Marthain duit, a Ioraird fhéil

Irish
verse
Early Irish poetry

Dialogue poem between Mac Líacc and Urard mac Coise.

First words (verse)

Marthain duit, a Ioraird fhéil

(Long life to you, generous Urard)

Speaker/Addressee

Speaker: 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.
See more Urard mac CoiseUrard mac Coise
(d. 983 x 1023)
Irard mac Coise, Erard mac Coise
Irish poet
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Manuscripts

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS B iv 2 (1080) [1627-1628]

f. 89b

beg. ‘Marthain duit a Ioraird fheil’

52qq.

Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, MS 2569-2572 (4640) [s. xvii]

ff. 63r.m–65v

beg. ‘Marthain duit a Uraird feil’

52qq.

Language

Irish

Form

verse (primary)

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
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Subjects

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.
See more Urard mac CoiseUrard mac Coise
(d. 983 x 1023)
Irard mac Coise, Erard mac Coise
Irish poet
See more

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: Zweigespräch zwischen Mac Liac und Irard Mac Coisse”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 8 (1912): 218–222.

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Edited from B iv 2.