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Tairngire Bic mic Dé ar deireadh dhomain

verse beg. Olc bith aromthá

• verse
• Early Irish poetry

A verse prophecy attributed to the seer Becc mac Dé on evil things to come

Title

Tairngire Bic mic Dé ar deireadh dhomain

See note below

First words (verse)

• Olc bith aromthá

“An evil world is at hand”

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

• Aided Diarmata meic Cerbaill I
• beg. ‘Olc bith aromthá’

• Independent
• The copy in NLI G 1 is headed Tairngire Bic mic Dé ar deireadh dhomain

Author

Ascribed to: Becc mac DéBecc mac Dé
(d. 550s)
legendary seer, best known from literary sources as an Irish prophet associated with Díarmait mac Cerbaill
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Manuscripts

• London, British Library, MS Egerton 1782 [1516-1518]

  f. 40r (?) context: Aided Diarmata meic Cerbaill I

Independent copy

• Cork, University College, Book of Lismore = Book of Lismore (Leabhar Leasa Móir) [s. xv]

  f. 136rb (= 94rb in older foliation)beginning: ‘Olc bith, arupta’

  5 lines
• London, British Library, MS Additional 30512 = Leabhar Uí Maolconaire [s. xv-xvi]

  f. 34
• Dublin, National Library of Ireland, MS G 1 [s. xvi]

  f. 88rheading: ‘Tairngire Bic mic Dé ar deireadh dhomain’beginning: ‘Olc bith armthá’

Form

verse (primary)

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
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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.] OʼGrady, Standish Hayes, Silva Gadelica (I–XXXI): a collection of tales in Irish, vol. 1: Irish text, London: Williams & Norgate, 1892.

Digitale-sammlungen.de: <link> Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive – originally from Google Books: <link>, <link> CELT – various: <link>, <link>, <link>, <link>, <link>, <link>

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[tr.] OʼGrady, Standish Hayes, Silva Gadelica (I–XXXI): a collection of tales in Irish, vol. 2: translation and notes, London: Williams & Norgate, 1892.

Digitale-sammlungen.de: <link> Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive: <link>

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Secondary sources (select)

Bhreathnach, Edel, “Níell cáich úa Néill nasctar géill: the political context of Baile Chuinn Chétchathaig”, in: Edel Bhreathnach (ed.), The kingship and landscape of Tara, Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2005. 49–68.

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February 2013, last updated: December 2022