Texts

On the settlement of the Fotharta and the Laígsi

Early Irish
prose

Manuscripts

Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 502 2, ff. 19–89 = Lebar Glinne Dá Locha (?) [1125 x 1150]

f. 70ra

beg. ‘Is aire dano do-ratait na sáere-se do Laíchsib arin dochratti báe i n-amsir Con Corb do dingbáil do Laignib’

context: Tract on the Laigin, Genealogical tract on the Fothaid

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 2 = Book of Lecan (Leabhar Leacain) [s. xvⁱⁿ]

f. 95(104)vc

beg. ‘Dochraiti mor robui for Laignib i n-aimsir Conchorb’

This version incorporates a rosc ascribed to the magician Mac Da Churr (corresponding to Moccu Mugairn in the Rawl. B 502 version of the rosc) and is followed by the poem Fothairt for trebaib Concorb and a genealogical tract on the Fothaid.

Language

Early Irish
It must be older than the date in which Rawl. B 502 was compiled (1125 x 1150). No published linguistic analysis is known at this stage. Dobbs states that the Book of Lecan version is most probably younger than the Rawl. B 502 version, but does not attempt a linguistic dating of the text.

Form

prose (primary)

Associated items

A Eochaid Airtt Fuath arafalnather iath aneoilA Eochaid Airtt Fuath arafalnather iath aneoil

An exchange of two roscada found in the context of an origin legend concerning the Fothairt. The first, shorter rosc (beg. Huait a meic hui Moguirni) is uttered by Eochaid Fúath Airt, ancestor of the Fothairt, and addressed to one Moccu Mugairne, who utters the second, longer rosc to him (beg. A Eochaid Airtt Fuath arafalnather iath aneoil), in the course of which he prophecies the coming of Brigit (Brig eoit).

Fothairt for clannaib ConcorbFothairt for clannaib Concorb

Poem on St Brigit's people, the Fothairt, and their expulsion from Tara. It is 19 stanzas long in both manuscripts.

Subjects

Cú Chorb mac Moga Corb

Cú Chorb mac Moga Corb

prehistoric king of Leinster; son of Mug Corb; given as the father of four eponymous progenitors of Leinster ruling families: Nia Corb (a quo Dál Niad Corb), Mess Corb (a quo Dál Messe/Messin Corb), Cormac (a quo Dál Cor(b)maic) and Cairpre Cluithechair (a quo Dál Coirbbri)

See more Eochaid Find Fúath nAirt

Eochaid Find Fúath nAirt

(supp. fl. c.2nd century)

In Irish historical tradition, eponymous ancestor of the Fothairt, a son of Feidlimid Rechtaid and brother of Conn Cétchathach.

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Fothairt

No short description available

See more Lugaid Laígsech Cendmár

Lugaid Laígsech Cendmár

(supp. fl. c.reign of Cú Chorb)

(time-frame ass. with Cú Chorb mac Moga Corb)

In Irish historical tradition, Lugaid Laígsech Cendmár, or Laígsech Cendmár, al. Lugaid Loígse, is the eponymous ancestor of the Laígsi/Loígis/Loíges and a son of Conall Cernach. In a number of genealogies, his persona is artificially divided into a son and his father, Lugaid Laígse and Loigsech Cendmár. While he is not prominent in saga literatue, he is given a role in an origin legend concerning the Loígis, according to which he helped Cú Chorb, king of Leinster, repel the Munstermen.

See more LaígsiLaígsi

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