Acallam na senórach ll. 530-610. Finn’s brothers and his grandson Mag Lugach

Short description

Ed. Whitley Stokes, ‘Acallamh na senórach’ in Irische Texte mit Wörterbuch... (1900): Lines 530–610, beg. Is and sin ro fhiarfaig Pátraic do Cháilte: ‘ga lín m-bráthar do bhi ac Finn?’; tr. Ann Dooley • Harry Roe, Tales of the elders of Ireland (1999): 18–20. Second day of the acallam (fifth part). Caílte tells of Finn’s two brothers Fíthal and Cithramach Féinnid and Finn’s incestuously begotten grandson Mag Lugach.

Incipit

Is and sin ro fhiarfaig Pátraic do Cháilte: ‘ga lín m-bráthar do bhi ac Finn?’

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Items

On Fíthal and Cithramach Féinnid [...]

Devices

framed narrative⟨narrative devices⟩
framed narrative

id. 26550

verse embeddingpoetic device, verse
verse embedding

id. 26200

Agents

FíthalFíthal
Poet and judge associated with Cormac mac Airt
See more Cithramach [brother of Finn]Cithramach ... brother of Finn

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Beg. Diamair ar senchaidi sund

Verse beg. Diamair ar senchaidi sund, attributed to: Caílte mac RónáinCaílte mac Rónáin
Caílte mac Crundchon meic Rónáin
(time-frame ass. with Finn Cycle)
or Caílte mac Crundchon meic Rónáin, kinsman of Finn mac Cumaill and a prominent member of his fían; accomplished warrior and hunter; one of the protagonists of Acallam na senórach
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Mag Lugach is, at first, a troublemaker who incurs the displeasure of his fellow fían members, but later receives wholesome advice from his grandfather. [...]

Devices

framed narrative⟨narrative devices⟩
framed narrative

id. 26550

Agents

Mag LugachMag Lugach

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Included

Beg. Gaeine ainm Meic Lugach luinn • A Meic Lugach, toluib snas

Verse beg. Gaeine ainm Meic Lugach luinn (1 q.)

Verse beg. A Meic Lugach, toluib snas, attributed to: Finn mac CumaillFinn mac Cumaill (Find úa Báiscni)
Fionn mac Cumhaill;Find úa Báiscni
(time-frame ass. with Finn Cycle, Finn mac Cumaill, Cormac mac Airt)
Finn mac Cumaill (earlier mac Umaill?), Find úa Báiscni: central hero in medieval Irish and Scottish literature of the so-called Finn Cycle; warrior-hunter and leader of a fían
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12 qq.

Verse beg. A Meic Lugach, toluib snas, attributed to: Finn mac CumaillFinn mac Cumaill (Find úa Báiscni)
Fionn mac Cumhaill;Find úa Báiscni
(time-frame ass. with Finn Cycle, Finn mac Cumaill, Cormac mac Airt)
Finn mac Cumaill (earlier mac Umaill?), Find úa Báiscni: central hero in medieval Irish and Scottish literature of the so-called Finn Cycle; warrior-hunter and leader of a fían
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The version in Franciscan MS A 4 contains an additional quatrain after the tenth one.

Broccán, Patrick’s scribe, is told to record the tale in writing.

Devices

framing narrative⟨narrative devices⟩
framing narrative

id. 26551

Agents

Broccán [scribe]Broccán ... scribe
(suppl fl. 5th century)
Broccán scríbnid
Irish saint noted for having been a scribe (scríbnid) of Saint Patrick’s household. There are other saints of the same name or name-group (Broc, Broccaid, Broccán) who were said to be related to St Patrick, such as Broccaid of Emlagh (Co. Roscommon) and Broccán of Breachmagh/Breaghey (Co. Armagh), both of whom are given as a son of Patrick’s sister Darerca. Ó Riain has suggested that they may have all originated as a single individual.
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