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verse beg. Samhoin so, sodham go Tadg

  • Early Modern Irish
  • verse
  • Early Irish poetry
Poem of 47 quatrains. The speaker of the poem is Mac Líacc, poet to Brian Bóruma, who describes his journey from Limerick to the residence of Tadg Úa Cellaig, king of Uí Maine, with whom he is accustomed to spend the other half of the year. Tadg is one of the chieftains who died fighting on Brian’s side in the Battle of Clontarf in 1014.
First words (verse)
  • Samhoin so, sodham go Tadg
Speaker/Addressee
Speaker: Mac Líacc [Muirchertach]
Mac Líacc ... Muirchertach
(d.. 1014 / 1016 (AU))
Middle Irish poet, who is described as 'chief poet of Ireland' (ard-ollamh Érenn) in the Annals of Ulster; becomes the subject of a body of later medieval Irish literature.
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Author
Ascribed to: Mac Líacc [Muirchertach]
Mac Líacc ... Muirchertach
(d.. 1014 / 1016 (AU))
Middle Irish poet, who is described as 'chief poet of Ireland' (ard-ollamh Érenn) in the Annals of Ulster; becomes the subject of a body of later medieval Irish literature.
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Ascr. to Mac Líacc.
Manuscripts
Language
  • Early Modern Irish
  • Early Modern Irish? “It is unnecessary to remark that this is all modern Irish” (Ó Lochlainn).(1)n. 1 Colm Ó Lochlainn, ‘Poets on the battle of Clontarf [part 2]’, Éigse 4 (1945): 40.
Form
verse (primary)
Textual relationships
Cf. Mac Líacc's lament for Tadg Úa Cellaig, beginning ‘Leasg amleasg sind gu Áth Clíath’ (and other poems attributed to Mac Líacc); the dindsenchas poem ‘[[Dinnshenchas of Slíab Echtge II |Áibind, áibind, Echtge ard]]’ (Sliab nEchtga II).

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
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Subjects

battle of ClontarfIreland c.800-c.1169
battle of Clontarf
id. 27255

Series of events leading up to and during the battle of Clontarf as well as its aftermath.

Mac Líacc [Muirchertach]
Mac Líacc ... Muirchertach
(d.. 1014 / 1016 (AU))
Middle Irish poet, who is described as 'chief poet of Ireland' (ard-ollamh Érenn) in the Annals of Ulster; becomes the subject of a body of later medieval Irish literature.
See more Úa Cellaig (Tadg)Úa Cellaig (Tadg)
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Sources

Notes

1.
Colm Ó Lochlainn, ‘Poets on the battle of Clontarf [part 2]’, Éigse 4 (1945): 40.

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: Mac Līac .cc.”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 8 (1912): 222–225.
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Secondary sources (select)

Ó Lochlainn, Colm [ed.], “Poets on the battle of Clontarf [part 2]”, Éigse 4:1 (1945): 33–47.
39–40
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Contributors
C. A., Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
July 2011, last updated: March 2024
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