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verse beg. Ránag i Rachrainn na rígh

  • Middle Irish
  • verse

Medieval Irish poem (16 qq) concerning Colum Cille and the monastery of Rachra, presumably Lambay Island (off the coast of north Co. Dublin).

First words (verse)
  • Ránag i Rachrainn na rígh
Manuscripts
Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Laud Misc. 615 = Saltair Choluim Chille [s. xvi1]
p. 103.1–16
beg. ‘Ranag i Rachrainn na righ / gu slánab síl Cuinn is chen’
16 qq.
Language
  • Middle Irish
Form
verse (primary)
Length
Number of stanzas: 16 qq.

Classification

Subjects

Colum Cille
Colum Cille
(fl. 6th century)
founder and abbot of Iona, Kells (Cenandas) and Derry (Daire).
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Rechru [Lambay Island foundation]
Rechru (Rechra)
County Dublin
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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.], “Mitteilungen aus irischen Handschriften: [Laud 615] S. 103”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 10 (1915): 53–54.
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Translation wanted

Secondary sources (select)

Herbert, Máire, Iona, Kells, and Derry: the history and hagiography of the monastic familia of Columba, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1988.
42–43
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Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
December 2022, last updated: June 2023
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