Texts

verse beg. Samthann fri soillsi sainmann

  • Old Irish
  • verse
  • Early Irish poetry
Poem on St Samthann of Clúain Brónaig (3 qq), ascr. to Áed Allán (ob. 743), who was king of Ailech and high-king of Ireland
First words (verse)
  • Samthann fri soillsi sainmann
Author
Ascribed to: Áed Allán mac Fergaile
Áed Allán mac Fergaile
(d. 743)
king of Ailech and high-king of Ireland; son of Fergal mac Máele Dúin

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Manuscripts
Language
  • Old Irish
Date
Probaby first half of the 8th century (Meyer): “Ich sehe keinen Grund, warum alle obigen Verse nicht aus der ersten Hälfte des 8. Jhs. und also wohl von den Personen denen sie zugeschreben werden, stammen sollten”.
Form
verse (primary)

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
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Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
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Subjects

Samthann of Clonbroney
Samthann of Clonbroney
(d. 739)
Samthann ingen Díaráin, patron saint of Clúain Brónaig (Clonbroney, Co. Longford)

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Sources

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[ed.] [tr.] Meyer, Kuno, “König Aed Allán als Dichter”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 13 (1921): 143–144.
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144 Edition, with German translation.
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Dennis Groenewegen
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June 2011, last updated: January 2024