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Foras feasa ar Éirinn - 0 - Prologue
II. On cannibalism among the Irish, Strabo and Eithne Uathach ingen Crimthainn.
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An díonbhrollach: a vindicatory introduction in 9 subdivisions (ailt), ed. and tr. David Comyn, Foras feasa ar Éirinn: The history of Ireland by Geoffrey Keating D. D. Volume I, containing the introduction and first book of the history, vol. 1 (1902).
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Atáid cuid do na sean-úghdaraibh chuireas neithe breugacha i leith na n-Éireannach
II. On cannibalism among the Irish, Strabo and Eithne Uathach ingen Crimthainn.
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Atáid cuid do na sean-úghdaraibh chuireas neithe breugacha i leith na n-Éireannach; mar adeir Strabo, 'san g-ceathramhadh leabhar, gurab lucht feola daoine d'ithe na h-Éireannaigh. Mo fhreagradh ar Strabo, gurab breug dó a rádh gurab lucht feola daoine d'ithe na h-Éireannaigh;
There are some ancient authors who lay lying charges against the Irish; such as Strabo, who says in his fourth book that the Irish are a man-eating people. My answer to Strabo is, that it is a lie for him to say that the Irish are a people who eat human flesh;
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óir ní léaghtar i san Seanchus go raibhe neach i n-Éirinn riamh ler' cleachtadh feoil daoine d'ithe, acht Eithne Úathach inghean Chriomhthainn mic Eanna Chinnsiolaigh rí Laighean, do bhí ar daltachas ag Déisibh Múmhan: agus do hoileadh riu ar fheoil naoidhean í, i ndóigh go mbadh luathaide do bhiadh ionnuachair é. Óir do tairrngireadh dhóibh féin fearann d'fhaghbháil ó'n bhfear le mbiadh sí pósda; agus is le [p.10] h-Aonghus mac Nadfraoich rí Múmhan do pósadh í, amhail adéaram d'á éir so i gcorp na stáire.
for it is not read in the ancient record that there was ever one in Ireland who used to eat human flesh, but Eithne the loathsome, daughter of Criomhthann, son of Eanna Cinnsiolach, king of Leinster, who was in fosterage with the Deisi of Munster: and she was reared by them on the flesh of children, in hope that thereby she would be the sooner marriageable. For it had been promised to them that they should receive land from the man to whom [p.11] she would be married; and it is to Aonghus, son of Nadfraoch, king of Munster, she was married, as we shall relate hereafter in the body of the history.
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Tuig, a léaghthóir, mar nach sochtaid na seanchadha an nídh déistineach so, do budh masla d'inghin rígh Laighean agus do mhnaoi rígh Múmhan, nach ceilfidísgan a nochtadh ar dhaoinibh budh lúgha ioná iad sin é, dá madh nós [do bhiadh] ar aithidhe i n-Éirinn é:
Understand, reader, since the antiquaries do not suppress this disgusting fact, which was a reproach to the daughter of a king of Leinster, and the wife of a king of Munster, that they would not conceal, without recounting it in the case of lesser people than they, if it had been a custom practised in Ireland:
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mar sin gurab breugach do Strabo a rádh gurab nós d'Éireannchaibh feoil daoine d'ithe, agus nach déarnadh riamh an nós so aca acht leis an inghin reamhráidhte, agus sin féin re linn na págántachta. Mo fhreagradh fós ar San Ieróm, luaidheas an nídh ceudna so, ag scríobhadh i n-aghaidh Iobhinian, go bhfeudfadh ainteastach breug do reic ris, agus mar sin ná'r dhligh sí dul í bhfiachaibh ar Éireannchaibh.
wherefore it is false for Strabo to say that it was a custom for the Irish to eat human flesh, since this was never done among them but by the aforesaid girl, and even that in time of paganism. My answer also to St. Jerome, who relates this same thing, writing against Jovinian, is that it must have been a base asserter of lies who informed him, and therefore it ought not be brought as a charge against the Irish.
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cannibals and cannibalism (theme)
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cannibalism
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Strabo <strong>Strabo</strong> <br>(d. <em>c.</em>20s AD) <br>Greek geographer and historian from Pontus (Asia Minor, modern-day Turkey). He is known primarily for his <em>Geographica</em>, a considerable collection of geographical knowledge.
Jerome <strong>Jerome</strong> <br>(c.340s–420 (Prosper)) <br>Church father, born in Dalmatia, and biblical scholar who translated the greater part of the Bible into Latin and whose labours led to the Vulgate version.
Jovinian No associated entry available from the subject index
Eithne Uathach ingen Crimthainn <strong>Eithne Úathach ingen Crimthainn</strong> <br>daughter of Crimthann mac Énnai Chennselaig (king of Leinster); wife of Óengus mac Nad Froích, king of Munster
Óengus mac Nad Froích <strong>Óengus mac Nad Froích (var. Fraích)</strong> <br>(<i>d</i>. 489) <br>king of Munster; son of Nad Froích mac Cuirc; husband of Eithne Uathach ingen Crimthainn; killed in the battle of Cenn Losnada (or Cell Losnaig in Mag Fea) (<i>AU</i>).
Déisi Muman No associated entry available from the subject index
Jerome <strong>Jerome</strong> <br>(c.340s–420 (Prosper)) <br>Church father, born in Dalmatia, and biblical scholar who translated the greater part of the Bible into Latin and whose labours led to the Vulgate version.
Jovinian No associated entry available from the subject index
Eithne Uathach ingen Crimthainn <strong>Eithne Úathach ingen Crimthainn</strong> <br>daughter of Crimthann mac Énnai Chennselaig (king of Leinster); wife of Óengus mac Nad Froích, king of Munster
Óengus mac Nad Froích <strong>Óengus mac Nad Froích (var. Fraích)</strong> <br>(<i>d</i>. 489) <br>king of Munster; son of Nad Froích mac Cuirc; husband of Eithne Uathach ingen Crimthainn; killed in the battle of Cenn Losnada (or Cell Losnaig in Mag Fea) (<i>AU</i>).
Déisi Muman No associated entry available from the subject index
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(probable) source: GeographicaGeographicaContra Jovinianum (Jerome)Contra Jovinianum (Jerome)View incoming data
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Strabo, Geo. 4.5.4
