Texts

Scél Tuáin meic Cairill do Finnen Maige Bile ‘Tuan mac Cairill's story to Finnén of Mag Bile’

Middle Irish
Irish legendary history

Manuscripts

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 E 25 (1229) = Lebor na hUidre [s. xi/xii]

ff. 15a–16b

Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Laud Misc. 610 ff. 1–58 and ff. 73–122 = Leabhar na Rátha [1453–1454]

ff. 102rb–103rb

Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 512 [s. xv–xviⁱⁿ]

Followed by the poem Tuán mac Cairill ro clos

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1337 3, pp. 15-58 [s. xv/xvi?]

pp. 38–39

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 E 29 pp. 17-216 = Book of Fermoy ‘proper’ [s. xiv/xv]

pp. 155a–156a

Followed by the poem Tuán mac Cairill ro clos

Language

Middle Irish
Middle Irish.

Textual relationships

Cf. ‘Tuán mac Cairill ro clos’

Classification

Irish legendary historyIrish legendary history
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Subjects

Tuán mac Cairill

Tuán mac Cairill

(time-frame ass. with Irish legendary history)

Tuán son of Cairell; an ancient figure of Irish legendary history, who is said to have witnessed, in the shapes of various animals, the course of Irish history since the Flood; said to have survived into the time of Patrick, when he resumed a human appearance.

See more Finnian of Moville

Finnian of Moville

Findbarr, patron saint of Mag Bile (Moville)

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.] Carey, John, “Scél Tuáin meic Chairill”, Ériu 35 (1984): 93–111.

Celtic Digital Initiative – PDF: <link>

[ed.] [tr.] Meyer, Kuno [ed. and tr.], “Appendix A. Tuan mac Cairill's story to Finnen of Moville”, in: Alfred Nutt, and Kuno Meyer, The voyage of Bran, son of Febal to the land of the living, 2 vols, vol. 2: The Celtic doctrine of rebirth, London: David Nutt, 1897. 285–301.

CELT – edition: <link> Internet Archive: <link>, <link> Internet Archive – originally from Google Books: <link>, <link>

[tr.] Carey, John [tr.], “[Various contributions]”, in: John T. Koch, and John Carey (eds), The Celtic Heroic Age. Literary sources for ancient Celtic Europe and early Ireland & Wales, 4th ed., 1, Aberystwyth: Celtic Studies Publications, 2003. [Various].

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May 2011, last updated: March 2024