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• Early Modern Irish
• verse
• Classical Irish poetry

Religious Irish poem ascribed to Maelmhuire Ó Leannáin

First words (verse)

• Pecthach ar síl 'nar slúagaib

Author

Ascribed to: Maelmhuire Ó LeannáinÓ Leannáin (Maelmhuire)

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Manuscripts

• Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D ii 1 (1225) = Leabhar Uí Mhaine (The Book of Uí Maine) [1394]

  f. 65(122)va–66(123)raheading: ‘Maelmhuri Ó Leannáin cecinit’beginning: ‘Peccach ar sil nar sluaguaib’

  43 qq
• Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1337 24, pp. 844/1–870/ii [s. xvi/xvii?]

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Language

• Early Modern Irish

Form

verse (primary)

Number of stanzas

43

Classification

Classical Irish poetryClassical 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.] Meyer, Kuno [ed.], “Neue Mitteilungen aus irischen Handschriften: Der Mensch ist Kot”, Archiv für celtische Lexikographie 3 (1907): 238–240.

CELT – edition: <link> Celtic Digital Initiative – PDF: <link>

[ed.] Meyer, Kuno [ed.], “Mitteilungen aus irischen Handschriften: Der sündige Leib”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 12 (1918): 366–367.  

Edition of seven quatrains beg. Meisde an corp a thúar go trom (part of a longer poem which begins on p. 865).

Internet Archive: <link>

Final 7 qq from the copy in TCD 1337.

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Secondary sources (select)

Dooley, Ann, “Maelmhuire Ó Leannáin’s Peacach ar síol 'nar sluaghaibh: source and content”, Celtica 17 (1985): 145–157.

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August 2014, last updated: April 2023