Acallam na senórach ll. 1501-1559. Caílte on tour in Connacht

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Caílte on tour in Connacht (after he has taken leave of Patrick and before he meets Derg Díanscothach), ed. Whitley Stokes, ‘Acallamh na senórach’ in Irische Texte mit Wörterbuch... (1900): lines 1501–1559, beg. Dála Cáilti immorro, ráinic roime budthuaidh co leathan-Magh Luirg in Dagda; tr. Ann Dooley • Harry Roe, Tales of the elders of Ireland (1999): 47–48; discussed by Nollaig Ó Muraíle, ‘Agallamh na seanórach’ in An fhiannaíocht... (1995).

Incipit

Dála Cáilti immorro, ráinic roime budthuaidh co leathan-Magh Luirg in Dagda

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Caílte’s itinerary

As Caílte heads north, some of the most prominent places on his itinerary are mentioned:

north to Mag Luirg in Dagda (‘Plain of the Track of the Dagda’)
across Es Mac nEircc (‘Cataract of the Sons of Erc’), then called Corrshlíab na Féinne
north to Slíab Segsa ua Eibric (‘Mountain of Segais ua Eibric’)
to Céis Chorráin (Keshcorran, Co. Sligo), then called Berna na Cét (‘Gap of the Hundred’), and the level plain (clár machaire) of the area.

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Places

Mag Luirg

Mag Luirg ... Moylurg

County Roscommon

See more Es Mac nEirccEs Mac nEircc

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See more Corrshlíab

Corrshlíab ... Curlew Mountains

County Roscommon, IdCounty Sligo

See more Céis ChorráinCéis Chorráin