§§ 1–7, ed. and tr. Elizabeth A. Gray, Cath Maige Tuired: The second battle of Mag Tuired (1982) and also Whitley Stokes, ‘The second battle of Moytura’, Revue Celtique 12 (1891): on the origins of the Tuatha Dé (from Harleian 5280, f. 63r ff); discussed in John Carey, ‘Myth and mythography in Cath Maige Tuired’, Studia Celtica 24-25 (1989–1990), Tomás Ó Cathasaigh, ‘Cath Maige Tuired as exemplary myth’ in Folia Gadelica... (1983) and Elizabeth A. Gray, ‘Cath Maige Tuired: myth and structure (24-120)’, Éigse 19 (1982). Regarded as a later addition to the text, e.g. in Gerard Murphy, ‘Notes on Cath Maige Tuired’, Éigse 7 (1953–1955). A longer version of this introduction is found as a separate text, edited in Vernam Hull, ‘The four jewels of the Tuatha Dé Danann’, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 18 (1930), and a recension of the Lebor gabála also includes a version.
§ 8, ed. and tr. Elizabeth A. Gray, Cath Maige Tuired: The second battle of Mag Tuired (1982) and also Whitley Stokes, ‘The second battle of Moytura’, Revue Celtique 12 (1891): on intermarriages of the Túatha Dé with the wives of the Fomoire; discussed in John Carey, ‘Myth and mythography in Cath Maige Tuired’, Studia Celtica 24-25 (1989–1990), Tomás Ó Cathasaigh, ‘Cath Maige Tuired as exemplary myth’ in Folia Gadelica... (1983), Elizabeth A. Gray, ‘Cath Maige Tuired: myth and structure (1-24)’, Éigse 18 (1981) and Gerard Murphy, ‘Notes on Cath Maige Tuired’, Éigse 7 (1953–1955).
Beg.
Tángatar Túad Dé i morloinges mór d'indsaigid Érionn dia gabáil ar écin for Feraib Bolc.
§§ 9–13, ed. and tr. Elizabeth A. Gray, Cath Maige Tuired: The second battle of Mag Tuired (1982) and also Whitley Stokes, ‘The second battle of Moytura’, Revue Celtique 12 (1891): on the taking of Ireland from the Fir Bolg; discussed in John Carey, ‘Myth and mythography in Cath Maige Tuired’, Studia Celtica 24-25 (1989–1990), Tomás Ó Cathasaigh, ‘Cath Maige Tuired as exemplary myth’ in Folia Gadelica... (1983), Elizabeth A. Gray, ‘Cath Maige Tuired: myth and structure (1-24)’, Éigse 18 (1981) and Gerard Murphy, ‘Notes on Cath Maige Tuired’, Éigse 7 (1953–1955). Like §§ 1–7, this section is often regarded as an interpolation based on Lebor gabála Érenn (see e.g. Gerard Murphy, ‘Notes on Cath Maige Tuired’, Éigse 7 (1953–1955)).
§§ 14 and 24, ed. and tr. Elizabeth A. Gray, Cath Maige Tuired: The second battle of Mag Tuired (1982) and also Whitley Stokes, ‘The second battle of Moytura’, Revue Celtique 12 (1891): on the accesssion of Bres; discussed in John Carey, ‘Myth and mythography in Cath Maige Tuired’, Studia Celtica 24-25 (1989–1990), Tomás Ó Cathasaigh, ‘Cath Maige Tuired as exemplary myth’ in Folia Gadelica... (1983), Elizabeth A. Gray, ‘Cath Maige Tuired: myth and structure (1-24)’, Éigse 18 (1981) and Gerard Murphy, ‘Notes on Cath Maige Tuired’, Éigse 7 (1953–1955).
§§ 15–23, ed. and tr. Elizabeth A. Gray, Cath Maige Tuired: The second battle of Mag Tuired (1982) and also Whitley Stokes, ‘The second battle of Moytura’, Revue Celtique 12 (1891): on the conception and birth of Bres; discussed in John Carey, ‘Myth and mythography in Cath Maige Tuired’, Studia Celtica 24-25 (1989–1990), Tomás Ó Cathasaigh, ‘Cath Maige Tuired as exemplary myth’ in Folia Gadelica... (1983), Elizabeth A. Gray, ‘Cath Maige Tuired: myth and structure (1-24)’, Éigse 18 (1981) and Gerard Murphy, ‘Notes on Cath Maige Tuired’, Éigse 7 (1953–1955).
§§ 25–32, ed. and tr. Elizabeth A. Gray, Cath Maige Tuired: The second battle of Mag Tuired (1982) and also Whitley Stokes, ‘The second battle of Moytura’, Revue Celtique 12 (1891): on the reign of Bres: tribute and the story of the Dagda, Mac Óc and the satirist Cridenbél; discussed in John Carey, ‘Myth and mythography in Cath Maige Tuired’, Studia Celtica 24-25 (1989–1990), Tomás Ó Cathasaigh, ‘Cath Maige Tuired as exemplary myth’ in Folia Gadelica... (1983) and Elizabeth A. Gray, ‘Cath Maige Tuired: myth and structure (24-120)’, Éigse 19 (1982).
§§ 33–35, ed. and tr. Elizabeth A. Gray, Cath Maige Tuired: The second battle of Mag Tuired (1982) and also Whitley Stokes, ‘The second battle of Moytura’, Revue Celtique 12 (1891): during Bres’s reign, the story of Núadu, Dían Cecht and the killing of the latter’s son Míach; discussed in John Carey, ‘Myth and mythography in Cath Maige Tuired’, Studia Celtica 24-25 (1989–1990), Tomás Ó Cathasaigh, ‘Cath Maige Tuired as exemplary myth’ in Folia Gadelica... (1983) and Elizabeth A. Gray, ‘Cath Maige Tuired: myth and structure (24-120)’, Éigse 19 (1982).
§§ 36–40, ed. and tr. Elizabeth A. Gray, Cath Maige Tuired: The second battle of Mag Tuired (1982) and also Whitley Stokes, ‘The second battle of Moytura’, Revue Celtique 12 (1891): on the reign of Bres (continued), marks of bad kingship and the decision to depose Bres after seven years of rule; discussed in John Carey, ‘Myth and mythography in Cath Maige Tuired’, Studia Celtica 24-25 (1989–1990), Tomás Ó Cathasaigh, ‘Cath Maige Tuired as exemplary myth’ in Folia Gadelica... (1983) and Elizabeth A. Gray, ‘Cath Maige Tuired: myth and structure (24-120)’, Éigse 19 (1982).
§§ 41–51, ed. and tr. Elizabeth A. Gray, Cath Maige Tuired: The second battle of Mag Tuired (1982) and also Whitley Stokes, ‘The second battle of Moytura’, Revue Celtique 12 (1891): how Bres, following the decision to oust him from the kingship after seven years, seeks the Fomoire, meets his father and requests military support to regain the kingship of Ireland; discussed in John Carey, ‘Myth and mythography in Cath Maige Tuired’, Studia Celtica 24-25 (1989–1990), Tomás Ó Cathasaigh, ‘Cath Maige Tuired as exemplary myth’ in Folia Gadelica... (1983) and Elizabeth A. Gray, ‘Cath Maige Tuired: myth and structure (24-120)’, Éigse 19 (1982).
§§ 52–74, ed. and tr. Elizabeth A. Gray, Cath Maige Tuired: The second battle of Mag Tuired (1982) and also Whitley Stokes, ‘The second battle of Moytura’, Revue Celtique 12 (1891): on the arrival of Lug (Samildánach) at Tara and his attainment of the leadership over the Túatha Dé; discussed in John Carey, ‘Myth and mythography in Cath Maige Tuired’, Studia Celtica 24-25 (1989–1990), Tomás Ó Cathasaigh, ‘Cath Maige Tuired as exemplary myth’ in Folia Gadelica... (1983) and Elizabeth A. Gray, ‘Cath Maige Tuired: myth and structure (24-120)’, Éigse 19 (1982).
§§ 75–83, ed. and tr. Elizabeth A. Gray, Cath Maige Tuired: The second battle of Mag Tuired (1982) and also Whitley Stokes, ‘The second battle of Moytura’, Revue Celtique 12 (1891): on the secret council convened by the Túatha Dé in preparation for the battle against the Fomoire; discussed in John Carey, ‘Myth and mythography in Cath Maige Tuired’, Studia Celtica 24-25 (1989–1990), Tomás Ó Cathasaigh, ‘Cath Maige Tuired as exemplary myth’ in Folia Gadelica... (1983) and Elizabeth A. Gray, ‘Cath Maige Tuired: myth and structure (24-120)’, Éigse 19 (1982).
§§ 84–93, ed. and tr. Elizabeth A. Gray, Cath Maige Tuired: The second battle of Mag Tuired (1982) and also Whitley Stokes, ‘The second battle of Moytura’, Revue Celtique 12 (1891): on two of the Dagda’s missions concerning the battle of Mag Tuired, both of which involve him sleeping with a female deity; discussed in Patrick K. Ford, ‘The which on the wall: obscenity exposed in early Ireland’ in Obscenity... (1998), John Carey, ‘Myth and mythography in Cath Maige Tuired’, Studia Celtica 24-25 (1989–1990), Tomás Ó Cathasaigh, ‘Cath Maige Tuired as exemplary myth’ in Folia Gadelica... (1983), Elizabeth A. Gray, ‘Cath Maige Tuired: myth and structure (24-120)’, Éigse 19 (1982) and Elizabeth A. Gray, ‘Cath Maige Tuired: myth and structure (84-93, 120-67)’, Éigse 19 (1983).
§§ 94–120, ed. and tr. Elizabeth A. Gray, Cath Maige Tuired: The second battle of Mag Tuired (1982) and also Whitley Stokes, ‘The second battle of Moytura’, Revue Celtique 12 (1891): some events and conversations shortly before the battle of Mag Tuired, especially concerning the special skills and abilities of the Túatha Dé [prelude to §§ 121–126]; discussed in John Carey, ‘Myth and mythography in Cath Maige Tuired’, Studia Celtica 24-25 (1989–1990), Tomás Ó Cathasaigh, ‘Cath Maige Tuired as exemplary myth’ in Folia Gadelica... (1983), Elizabeth A. Gray, ‘Cath Maige Tuired: myth and structure (24-120)’, Éigse 19 (1982) and Elizabeth A. Gray, ‘Cath Maige Tuired: myth and structure (84-93, 120-67)’, Éigse 19 (1983).
§§ 121–126, ed. and tr. Elizabeth A. Gray, Cath Maige Tuired: The second battle of Mag Tuired (1982) and also Whitley Stokes, ‘The second battle of Moytura’, Revue Celtique 12 (1891): first part of the narrative describing the battle of Mag Tuired. Eager to know why their opponents excel in the quality of weapons and treatment of the wounded, the Fomoire send a spy, who does not, however, survive his mission. Discussed in John Carey, ‘Myth and mythography in Cath Maige Tuired’, Studia Celtica 24-25 (1989–1990), Tomás Ó Cathasaigh, ‘Cath Maige Tuired as exemplary myth’ in Folia Gadelica... (1983) and Elizabeth A. Gray, ‘Cath Maige Tuired: myth and structure (84-93, 120-67)’, Éigse 19 (1983).
Beg.
Ó tánic trá airis an cathai móir
§§ 127–138, ed. and tr. Elizabeth A. Gray, Cath Maige Tuired: The second battle of Mag Tuired (1982) and also Whitley Stokes, ‘The second battle of Moytura’, Revue Celtique 12 (1891): second part of the narrative describing the battle of Mag Tuired; discussed in John Carey, ‘Myth and mythography in Cath Maige Tuired’, Studia Celtica 24-25 (1989–1990), Tomás Ó Cathasaigh, ‘Cath Maige Tuired as exemplary myth’ in Folia Gadelica... (1983) and Elizabeth A. Gray, ‘Cath Maige Tuired: myth and structure (84-93, 120-67)’, Éigse 19 (1983).
§§ 139–148, ed. and tr. Elizabeth A. Gray, Cath Maige Tuired: The second battle of Mag Tuired (1982) and Whitley Stokes, ‘The second battle of Moytura’, Revue Celtique 12 (1891): how after the battle of Mag Tuired, Lóch Lethglas is spared and offers Lug detailed reports of the battle and its outcome; discussed in John Carey, ‘Myth and mythography in Cath Maige Tuired’, Studia Celtica 24-25 (1989–1990), Tomás Ó Cathasaigh, ‘Cath Maige Tuired as exemplary myth’ in Folia Gadelica... (1983) and Elizabeth A. Gray, ‘Cath Maige Tuired: myth and structure (84-93, 120-67)’, Éigse 19 (1983).
§§ 149–161, ed. and tr. Elizabeth A. Gray, Cath Maige Tuired: The second battle of Mag Tuired (1982) and also, Whitley Stokes, ‘The second battle of Moytura’, Revue Celtique 12 (1891): how after the battle of Mag Tuired, the defeated king Bres is spared and Lug arranges a deal with him; discussed in William Sayers, ‘Bargaining for the life of Bres in Cath Maige Tuired’, Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies 34 (1987), John Carey, ‘Myth and mythography in Cath Maige Tuired’, Studia Celtica 24-25 (1989–1990), Tomás Ó Cathasaigh, ‘Cath Maige Tuired as exemplary myth’ in Folia Gadelica... (1983) and Elizabeth A. Gray, ‘Cath Maige Tuired: myth and structure (84-93, 120-67)’, Éigse 19 (1983).
§§ 162–165, ed. and tr. Elizabeth A. Gray, Cath Maige Tuired: The second battle of Mag Tuired (1982) and also Whitley Stokes, ‘The second battle of Moytura’, Revue Celtique 12 (1891): three miscellaneous anecdotes after the account of the battle of Mag Tuired; discussed in John Carey, ‘Myth and mythography in Cath Maige Tuired’, Studia Celtica 24-25 (1989–1990), Tomás Ó Cathasaigh, ‘Cath Maige Tuired as exemplary myth’ in Folia Gadelica... (1983) and Elizabeth A. Gray, ‘Cath Maige Tuired: myth and structure (84-93, 120-67)’, Éigse 19 (1983).
Beg.
Íar mbrisiud íerum an catha ⁊ íar nglanad ind áir, fochard an Morrígan ingen Ernmais do táscc an catha-sin ⁊ an coscair móair forcóemnochair ann do rídingnaib Érenn ⁊ dia sídhcairib, ⁊ dia arduscib ⁊ dia inberaiph.
§§ 166–167, ed. and tr. Elizabeth A. Gray, Cath Maige Tuired: The second battle of Mag Tuired (1982) and Whitley Stokes, ‘The second battle of Moytura’, Revue Celtique 12 (1891): conclusion in which the Morrígan utters two roscada; discussed by John Carey, ‘Myth and mythography in Cath Maige Tuired’, Studia Celtica 24-25 (1989–1990), Tomás Ó Cathasaigh, ‘Cath Maige Tuired as exemplary myth’ in Folia Gadelica... (1983) and Elizabeth A. Gray, ‘Cath Maige Tuired: myth and structure (84-93, 120-67)’, Éigse 19 (1983).
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