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verse beg. Rofessa i curp domuin dúir

Airbertach mac Cosse Dobráin
  • Middle Irish
  • verse
  • Early Irish poetry
Poem (68 stanzas) on the geography of the world.
First words (verse)
  • Rofessa i curp domuin dúir
‘In the body of the hard world were known’
Author
Airbertach mac Cosse Dobráin
Airbertach mac Cosse Dobráin
(d. 1016)
Irish poet; fer légind of Ros Ailithir (Rosscarbery, Co. Cork)
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Ascribed to: Airbertach mac Cosse Dobráin
Airbertach mac Cosse Dobráin
(d. 1016)
Irish poet; fer légind of Ros Ailithir (Rosscarbery, Co. Cork)
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Ascribed to and probably composed by Airbertach mac Cosse Dobráin.
Manuscripts
Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 502 2, ff. 19–89 = Lebar Glinne Dá Locha (?) [1125 x 1150]
f. 45
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339 (H 2. 18) = Book of Leinster [s. xii2]
ff. 135a–136b pp. 524–... (facsimile)
rubric: ‘Mac Cosse fer legind Ruis Ailithir cecinit’
66 stanzas
Language
  • Middle Irish
Form
verse (primary)
Length
Number of stanzas: 68

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
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Subjects

Ros Ailithir
Ros Ailithir ... Roscarbery
County Cork
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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.] Best, Richard Irvine, and M. A. OʼBrien, The Book of Leinster, formerly Lebar na Núachongbála, vol. 3, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1957. xxi + pp. 471-760.
CELT – pp. 471-638 and 663: <link>
Diplomatic edition of the LL text direct link
[ed.] [tr.] Olden, Thomas [ed. and tr.], “The geography of Ros Ailithir”, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 2nd series, 2 (1879–1888): 219–252.
Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive: <link>
web page identifiers
Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen, Patrick Brown
Page created
May 2011, last updated: January 2024
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