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verse beg. Mochen, mochen, a Brénaind

  • Middle Irish
  • verse
  • Early Irish poetry
First words (verse)
  • Mochen, mochen, a Brénaind
Author
Anonymous.
Manuscripts
Dublin, University College, MS Franciscan A 3 = Detached folios from the Book of Leinster [s. xii]
pp. 366[12] and 369[15]
beg. ‘... mochen a Brenaind’
7 qq.
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D ii 1 (1225) = Leabhar Uí Mhaine (The Book of Uí Maine) [1394]
f. 53(109)va
beg. ‘Mochean, mochean, a Brenainn’
9 qq. Here foll. by a brief tale about Colum Cille and Brénainn.
Language
  • Middle Irish
Date
11th century?
Form
verse (primary)

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
...

Subjects

pilgrimages⟨religious practices and behaviours⟩, journeys
pilgrimages
id. 51678
Brénainn of Clonfert
Brénainn of Clonfert
(d. 577)
Brénainn (Brenden; Brendan) mac Findloga, early Connacht saint, patron of Clonfert, and legendary voyager
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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.] Oskamp, H. P. A., “Mochen, mochen, a Brénaind: ? By Máel Ísu Ó Brolchán”, Éigse 13 (1969–1970): 92–98.
Edited from both manuscripts.
[ed.] [tr.] Meyer, Kuno [ed. and tr.], “Eine mittelirisches Gedicht auf Brendan den Meerfahrer”, Sitzungsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften (1912): 436–443.
Internet Archive: <link> Dbooks.bodleian.ox.ac.uk: <link>
Edited from LL.

Secondary sources (select)

Clancy, Thomas Owen, “Brendan’s European tour: the Middle Irish poem Mochen, mochen, a Brénaind and the changing nature of pilgrimage in the eleventh century”, in: Clara Strijbosch, and Glyn S. Burgess (eds), The Brendan legend. Texts and versions, 24, Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2006. 35–52.
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Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
April 2016, last updated: January 2024
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