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Orcuin Néill Noígíallaig‘The violent death of Níall Noígíallach’

• Early Irish
• prose, verse, prosimetrum
• Cycles of the Kings, Aideda

Early Irish literary account of the death of Níall Noígíallach.

Manuscripts

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

  f. 47r(81)a–b
• Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1318 cols 573–958 = section of the Yellow Book of Lecan [s. xiv^ex/xvⁱⁿ]

  pp. 126b–127b (facsimile) cols 783–785
• Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 12 (536) = Book of Ballymote (Leabhar Bhaile an Mhóta) [1384 x 1406]

  ff. 77vb–78rb pp. 134b–135b (facsimile)
  
  
  Other copies/versions identified by Ní Mhaonaigh (2004: 181):
• Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339 pp. 377–410 = Supplement to the Book of Leinster [c. s. xvi]

  Fragmentary
• Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 K 32 (617) [s. xvii]
  • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS C iv 3 (1192) [s. xvii]

See also results from manuscript descriptions

Language

• Early Irish

Form

prose, verse, prosimetrum (primary)

Textual relationships

See also the shorter version in Aided Néill Noígíallaig, and a poetic version in the dinnshenchas poem Déiccid ferta níthaig Néill.

Related: Aided Néill NoígíallaigAided Néill NoígíallaigDinnshenchas of Ochan (Ochonn Midi)Dinnshenchas of Ochan (Ochonn Midi)Texts on a burial mound near Tara, relating a version of the death of Níall Noígiallach.Dinnshenchas of Ochan (Ochonn Midi)Dinnshenchas of Ochan (Ochonn Midi)Texts on a burial mound near Tara, relating a version of the death of Níall Noígiallach.

Classification

Cycles of the Kings
Cycles of the Kings

id. 80

AidedaAideda
...

Subjects

Níall NoígíallachNíall Noígíallach
(supp. fl. 4th/5th century)
Níall mac Echach Muigmedóin
high-king of Ireland in early and medieval Irish tradition
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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.] Meyer, Kuno [ed.], “Stories and songs from Irish manuscripts: V. How King Niall of the Nine Hostages was slain”, Otia Merseiana 2 (1900–1901): 84–92.

CELT – edition: <link> CELT – translation: <link> Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive: <link>

Edition based on Rawlinson B 502, with variants from YBL and BB.

Secondary sources (select)

Ní Mhaonaigh, Máire, “Níall Noígíallach’s death-tale”, in: John Carey, Máire Herbert, and Kevin Murray (eds), Cín Chille Cúile: texts, saints and places. Essays in honour of Pádraig Ó Riain, 9, Aberystwyth: Celtic Studies Publications, 2004. 178–191.

web page identifiers

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February 2011, last updated: November 2019