verse beg. Rige duit, a Choirpri chain
- Early Irish
- verse
Early Irish dialogue poem (8 qq) between Colum Cille and Coirpre mac Lugdach, with whom he bargains the terms and conditions of his kingship. It is found in the prose preface to the Amra Choluim Chille, according to which Coirpre Líath mac Lugdach was made king instead of his brother Crimthann, although he was later killed while under Colum Cille’s protection (fáessam).
- Rige duit, a Choirpri chain
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Does not discuss the poem as such, but comments on the succession dispute and the identity of Cairpre Líath. He makes a case for identification with a Cairpre Líath who appears in genealogies as the son of Sétna, of the Cenél Conaill.
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