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verse beg. Sloinfead scothadh na Gaoidhilge grinn

Tadhg Ó Neachtain
  • Modern Irish
  • verse
A versified Irish list (26 qq) of scholars and scribes active in Dublin in the early 18th century. T. F. O'Rahilly, who produced an edition of the poem, attributes the poem to Tadhg Ó Neachtain, who also wrote the manuscript in which the poem is attested.
First words (verse)
  • Sloinfead scothadh na Gaoidhilge grinn
Author
Ó Neachtain (Tadhg)
Ó Neachtain (Tadhg)
(c.1670–c. 1752)
Irish scribe and scholar, son of Seán Ó Neachtain.
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Manuscripts
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1361 (H 4. 20) [1725-1729]
p. 113
26 qq. O'Rahilly notes that an additional quatrain is added in a later hand, in honour of Seaán Ó Héidéin = John Heyden.
Language
  • Modern Irish
Form
verse (primary)
Length
Number of stanzas: 26

Classification

Subjects

Dublin
Baile Átha Clíath ... Dublin
County Dublin
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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.] OʼRahilly, T. F., “Irish scholars in Dublin in the early eighteenth century”, Gadelica: A Journal of Modern-Irish Studies 1:3 (1912–1913): 156–162.
CELT – Edition: <link> – Edition of the poem (pp. 158-161): <link>
[ed.] Connellan, Thaddeus, An duanaire, fonna seanma, danta, agus ranna ... : a selection of Irish melodies, poems and moral epigrams, collected from ancient manuscripts and oral tradition, Dublin: Printed for M. Goodwin, 1829.

Secondary sources (select)

Ní Shéaghdha, Nessa, “Irish scholars and scribes in eighteenth-century Dublin”, Eighteenth-Century Ireland 4 (1989): 41–54.
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Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
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March 2022, last updated: June 2023
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