Acallam na senórach - ll. 1064–1092. The stories of Airnélach and Sálbuide
l. 1064ff: concerning Airnélach
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ll. 1064–1092. The stories of Airnélach and Sálbuide —
The stories of Airnélach and Sálbuide, ed. Whitley Stokes, ‘Acallamh na senórach’ in Irische Texte mit Wörterbuch... (1900): ll. 1064–1092, beg. ‘Maith, a anum, a Cháilte’, ar Pátraic, ‘cia in fert-sa ar an tulaig ar a tám?’; tr. Ann Dooley • Harry Roe, Tales of the elders of Ireland (1999): 34–35.
Having identified the burial mounds of two royal sons of the Fían, Caílte tells the stories of their deaths: Airnélach, who died of shame from the threat of satire, and Sálbuide, who died in pursuit of a fairy deer. Patrick grants Heaven to both of them.
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Caílte first tells the story of Airnélach, the man buried in the hill beneath their feet. Airnélach, son of the king of Leinster, was a warrior of the Fían. One day, a poet eulogised him in verse, but threatened to make him the butt of satire if he did not receive his reward the same day. Airnélach died of shame and a mound and a stone were raised over him.
Caílte first tells the story of Airnélach, the man buried in the hill beneath their feet. Airnélach, son of the king of Leinster, was a warrior of the Fían. One day, a poet eulogised him in verse, but threatened to make him the butt of satire if he did not receive his reward the same day. Airnélach died of shame and a mound and a stone were raised over him.
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1064] ‘Maith, a anum, a Cháilte’, ar Pátraic, ‘cia in fert-sa ar an
1065] tulaig ar a tám?’ ‘Ní annsa’, ar Cáilte, ‘óclach d' fianuibh
1066] Eirenn fuair bás annso .i. Airnélach mac Adhmalláin, mac
1067] rígh Laigen, & táinic fer dána le duain do annso, & do ghabh
1068] a dhuan. ‘Maith a anum, a fhir dhána’, ar eisiumh, ‘léic cairdi
1069] dam no gu rabat mu sheoit & mh' innmusa im fharrad.’ ‘Dar
1070] mo bhréithir ámh’, ar an fer dána, ‘ní leiceabh gan do ghlamad
1071] & t' aeradh isin ló aniuaniu mun bá am buidech.’ Mar at-chuala-seom
1072] sin, tuc a airgid re talmain & nir' thócaib a ghnúis no gu
1073] bh-fhuair bás do [SG page 118] náire; & do muiredh in tuluch thonn-ghlas so air,
1074] ⁊ ro tócbad a lia ós a chinn, gurab ris ata do dhruim-si, a
1075] naemh Phádraic.’
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Subjects
dying of shame • Irish poets
Keywords
satire;
Agents
Airnélach mac Admalláin <strong>Airnélach mac Admalláin</strong> <br>In one of the subtales told in the course of <em>Acallam na sénorach</em>, a son of the king of Leinster and a warrior of the Fían, who died of shame in the face of satire and was released by Patrick to attain a place in Heaven.
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Admallán ... king of Leinster<strong>Admallán ... king of Leinster</strong> (<em>supp. fl.</em> 5th century) – A king of Leinster in the <em>Acallam na senórach</em>, where he presented as Airnélach’s father. <small>(link to subject index)</small>.
Admallán ... king of Leinster<strong>Admallán ... king of Leinster</strong> (<em>supp. fl.</em> 5th century) – A king of Leinster in the <em>Acallam na senórach</em>, where he presented as Airnélach’s father. <small>(link to subject index)</small>.
Speaker: Caílte mac Rónáin
