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Metrical Banshenchas ‘The metrical ‘Lore of women’’
verse beg. Adam oen-athair na ndoene

Gilla Mo Dutu Úa Caiside
  • Late Middle Irish
  • verse
  • Early Irish poetry, Cycles of the Kings, Finn Cycle, Irish legendary history, Mythological Cycle, Ulster Cycle
Metrical version of the Banshenchas, composed by Gilla Mo Dutu Úa Caiside (1147).
First words (verse)
  • Adam oen-athair na ndoene
Author
Úa Caiside (Gilla Mo Dutu)
Úa Caiside (Gilla Mo Dutu)
(fl. c. 1147)
Irish poet, credited as the author of Éri óg inis na náem and Ádam óenathair na ndóene (the metrical Banshenchas).
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Ascribed to: Úa Caiside (Gilla Mo Dutu)
Úa Caiside (Gilla Mo Dutu)
(fl. c. 1147)
Irish poet, credited as the author of Éri óg inis na náem and Ádam óenathair na ndóene (the metrical Banshenchas).
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Gilla Mo Dutu Úa Caiside identifies himself at the end of the poem.
Manuscripts
Language
  • Late Middle Irish
Date
1147
Form
verse (primary)
Textual relationships
Related: Prose BanshenchasProse BanshenchasProse version of the Banshenchas

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
...
Cycles of the Kings
Cycles of the Kings
id. 80
Finn Cycle
Finn Cycle
id. 578
Irish legendary historyIrish legendary history
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Mythological CycleMythological Cycle
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Ulster Cycle
Ulster Cycle
id. 1797

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.] Dobbs, Margaret E. [ed. and tr.], “The Ban-shenchus [part 1]”, Revue Celtique 47 (1930): 283–339.
Gallica: <link>
283–288 (introduction); 289–315 (text of the poem); 315–339 (English translation)
[index] Dobbs, Margaret E. [ed. and tr.], “The Ban-shenchus [part 3]”, Revue Celtique 49 (1932): 437–489.
Gallica: <link>
Index

Secondary sources (select)

Connon, Anne, “The Banshenchas and the Uí Néill queens of Tara”, in: Alfred P. Smyth (ed.), Seanchas. Studies in early and medieval Irish archaeology, history and literature in honour of Francis J. Byrne, Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2000. 98–108.
Ní Bhrolcháin, Muireann, “The Banshenchas revisited”, in: Mary OʼDowd, and Sabine Wichert (eds), Chattel, servant or citizen: women’s status in church, state and society, 19, Belfast: Institute of Irish Studies, Queen's University, 1995. 70–81.
Ní Bhrolcháin, Muireann, “The manuscript tradition of the Banshenchas”, Ériu 33 (1982): 109–135.
Ní Bhrolcháin, Muireann, “A possible source for Keating’s Forus feasa ar Éirinn”, Éigse 19:1 (1982): 61–81.
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Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
October 2016, last updated: January 2024
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