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verse beg. Tiughulbh in tighe abadh

  • Irish
  • verse

Medieval Irish poem attributed to Colum Cille, which tells of three Pictish brothers and their building works (mounds, etc.) in the area of land belonging to Dairmag (Durrow) at a time when Laisrén was prior of the monastery.

First words (verse)
  • Tiughulbh in tighe abadh
Author
Ascribed to: Colum Cille
Colum Cille
(fl. 6th century)
founder and abbot of Iona, Kells (Cenandas) and Derry (Daire).
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Manuscripts
Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Laud Misc. 615 = Saltair Choluim Chille [s. xvi1]
pp. 106.8–107.7
rubric: ‘Colum Cille cecinit’
beg. ‘Tiughulbh in tighe abadh’
17 qq.
Language
  • Irish
Form
verse (primary)
Length
Number of stanzas: 17 qq.

Classification

Subjects

Laisrén mac Feradaig
Laisrén mac Feradaig
(d. 605)
Third abbot of Iona, in succession to Baíthéne; previously prior of Dairmag (Durrow, Co. Offaly) and one of Colum Cille’s companions in Scotland.
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Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.
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Dairmag
Dairmag/Dermag ... Durrow
County Offaly
No short description available
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Sources

Primary sources Text editions and/or modern translations – in whole or in part – along with publications containing additions and corrections, if known. Diplomatic editions, facsimiles and digital image reproductions of the manuscripts are not always listed here but may be found in entries for the relevant manuscripts. For historical purposes, early editions, transcriptions and translations are not excluded, even if their reliability does not meet modern standards.

Edition wanted
[tr.] Williams, Sterling De Courcy, “The termon of Durrow”, The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 9 (1899): 44–55, 219–232.  

Incl., on pp. 220-221, a translation, by Whitley Stokes, of the poem beg. Tiughulbh in tighe abadh (Laud 615).

220–221 Translation by Whitley Stokes.
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Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
December 2022, last updated: June 2023
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