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Saltair na Muice ‘The Psalter of the Pig’

  • Middle Irish
  • Irish religious texts

Legend of Cáenchomrach, bishop of Clonmacnoise, and his dealings with an underwater monastery located in Lough Ree after two of its monks were expelled in the shape of swine and were (accidentally) killed in a hunting trip by two clerics, Éogan and Écertach.

Title
Saltair na Muice
‘The Psalter of the Pig’
or Imthecht Caenchomraic ("The disappearance of Caenchomrac")
Manuscripts
Cork, University College, Book of Lismore = Book of Lismore (Leabhar Leasa Móir) [s. xv]
ff. 143b, col. 1 – ...
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 E 29 pp. 17-216 = Book of Fermoy ‘proper’ [s. xiv/xv]
pp. 54b.18–56b.16
rubric: ‘Scel Saltrach na Muic ann so’
A gap of 15 lines on p. 55. A very different version.
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 C 19 (726) [s. xix]
pp. 318.6–321
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 M 47 (973) [1776]
pp. 93–95
[section 5]
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 M 50 (1008) [s. xviii]
pp. 154.1–156.6
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 24 B 27 (645) [s. xix]
pp. 292, 294, 296, 298
Given together with a “rough English translation”.
Language
  • Middle Irish

  • Middle Irish.

Classification

Irish religious textsIrish religious texts
...

Subjects

Underwater monasteriesUnderwater monasteries
...
Maundy ThursdayMaundy Thursday
...
AbstinenceAbstinence
...
Caínchomrac [abbot of Louth]
Caínchomrac ... abbot of Louth
(903?)
Caínchomrac, abbot of Lugmad/Lugbad (Louth), described in AU as bishop and princeps of that monastery; associated with Inis Éndaim/-doim (now Inchenagh) in Loch Rí (Lough Ree).
See more Éogan mac ÁeducáinÉogan mac Áeducáin
Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.
See more Écertach mac ÁeducáinÉcertach mac Áeducáin
Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.
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Clúain Moccu Nóis
Clúain Moccu Nóis ... Clonmacnoise
County Offaly
No short description available
See more Sliab LiatromaSliab Liatroma
Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.
See more Loch Rí
Loch Rí ... Lough Ree
County Westmeath, County Roscommon, County Longford
Lake on the Shannon.
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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.] Cross, Tom Peete [ed. and tr.], “‘The Psalter of the Pig,’ an Irish legend”, Modern Philology 18:8 (1920): 443–455.
Internet Archive: <link>
Edited and translated from the Book of Fermoy (447[103]-452[108]); and the modernised version edited from the paper manuscript RIA MS 23 C 19, with variants (452[108]-455[111]).
[ed.] OʼGrady, Standish Hayes, Silva Gadelica (I–XXXI): a collection of tales in Irish, vol. 1: Irish text, London: Williams & Norgate, 1892.
Digitale-sammlungen.de: <link> Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive – originally from Google Books: <link>, <link> CELT – various: <link>, <link>, <link>, <link>, <link>, <link>
87–89 [‘Imthecht Caenchomraic’] edited from the Book of Lismore.
[tr.] OʼGrady, Standish Hayes, Silva Gadelica (I–XXXI): a collection of tales in Irish, vol. 2: translation and notes, London: Williams & Norgate, 1892.
Digitale-sammlungen.de: <link> Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive: <link>
94–96 [‘Disappearance of Caenchomrac’]
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Contributors
C. A., Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
February 2011, last updated: January 2024
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