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Ní mo cossa esce fetad

  • prose
  • Finn Cycle, Irish religious texts
Prophecy attributed to Finn ua Baiscne about the coming of Patrick (the Adze-Head or Tailcenn) and a (flag)stone (lecc or cloch) associated with him.
First words (prose)
  • Ní mo cossa esce fetad
This is the beginning of the prophecy. For the introduction, see below.
Author
Ascribed to: Finn mac CumaillFinn mac Cumaill (Find úa Báiscni)
Fionn mac Cumhaill, Find úa Báiscni
(time-frame ass. with Finn Cycle, Finn mac Cumaill, Cormac mac Airt)
Finn mac Cumaill (earlier mac Umaill?), Find úa Báiscni: central hero in medieval Irish and Scottish literature of the so-called Finn Cycle; warrior-hunter and leader of a fían
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The ascription occurs in the prose introduction (Find ua Baiscne cecinit, occ taircetal Pátraic, in tan do ro-chair dond leic for a tanic iarsin co hErind).
Manuscripts
Form
prose (primary)

Classification

Finn Cycle
Finn Cycle
id. 578
Irish religious textsIrish religious texts
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Subjects

Finn mac CumaillFinn mac Cumaill (Find úa Báiscni)
Fionn mac Cumhaill, Find úa Báiscni
(time-frame ass. with Finn Cycle, Finn mac Cumaill, Cormac mac Airt)
Finn mac Cumaill (earlier mac Umaill?), Find úa Báiscni: central hero in medieval Irish and Scottish literature of the so-called Finn Cycle; warrior-hunter and leader of a fían
See more Saint PatrickSaint Patrick
(fl. 5th century)
St Patrick
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Keywords

PropheciesProphecies
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Sources

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[ed.] [tr.] OʼCurry, Eugene, Lectures on the manuscript materials of ancient Irish history, delivered at the Catholic University of Ireland during the sessions of 1855 and 1856, Dublin, 1861.
Internet Archive: <link>, <link> Internet Archive – Originally from Google Books: <link>, <link>, <link> Internet Archive – multiple copies: <link>
622–623 direct link

Secondary sources (select)

OʼCurry, Eugene, Lectures on the manuscript materials of ancient Irish history, delivered at the Catholic University of Ireland during the sessions of 1855 and 1856, Dublin, 1861.
Internet Archive: <link>, <link> Internet Archive – Originally from Google Books: <link>, <link>, <link> Internet Archive – multiple copies: <link>
392–394 An interpretation is offered here. direct link
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Contributors
C. A., Dennis Groenewegen
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February 2013, last updated: November 2022
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