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The monastery of Tallaght

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Text on the precepts and religious habits of Máel Ruain, first abbot of Tallaght, and his pupil Máel Díthruib, of Terryglass.(1)n. 1 Westley Follett, Céli Dé in Ireland (2006): 101–102.
Author
Anonymous, a contemporary of Máel Díthruib.(4)n. 4 Westley Follett, Céli Dé in Ireland (2006): 101–102.
Manuscripts
First version(2)n. 2 Westley Follett, Céli Dé in Ireland (2006): 104–105.
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 3 B 23 (1227) = Tallaght manuscript [s. xv2]
pp. 33–47 and 51–52
Incomplete.
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 3 A, ff. 1-19 [c.1467]
f. 14v
rubric: ‘Bithbin menadaighi is e a h-uchtaras’
beg. ‘Robhoi telchomarc már a Muigh Lena do naebaib Erenn’
Fragment corresponding to ch. 73–74.
London, British Library, MS Additional 30512 = Leabhar Uí Maolconaire [s. xv-xvi]
f. 33v
Fragment.
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS C i 2 (1234) [s. xv-xvi (?)]
ff. 38r–38v
Fragment.
Second version:(3)n. 3 Westley Follett, Céli Dé in Ireland (2006): 106–109.
Dublin, University College, MS Franciscan A 31.10 [s. xvii1]
10 folios. Early Modern Irish version.
Rome, St Isidore's College, MS W 21.4 [s. xvii1]
4 pages. Fragment translated into Latin.
Language
  • Old Irish Early Modern Irish Latin
  • Old Irish (first version);Early Modern Irish and Latin (second version).(5)n. 5 Westley Follett, Céli Dé in Ireland (2006): 101–102.
Date
815 x 840.(6)n. 6 Westley Follett, Céli Dé in Ireland (2006): 101–102.
Textual relationships

Cf. Óentu Mail Ruain.

Related: Óentu Mail RuainÓentu Mail Ruainlisting 12 persons associated with Máel Ruain, founder of Tallaght.

Classification

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Subjects

Máel Ruain
Máel Ruain
(d. 792)
Founding bishop-abbot of the monastery of Tallaght (Ir. Tamlacht, Co. Dublin) and a pioneer and leader of a kind of monastic reform that inspired the emergence of the Céli Dé.
See more Máel DíthruibMáel Díthruib
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Sources

Notes

1.
Westley Follett, Céli Dé in Ireland (2006): 101–102.
2.
Westley Follett, Céli Dé in Ireland (2006): 104–105.
3.
Westley Follett, Céli Dé in Ireland (2006): 106–109.
4.
Westley Follett, Céli Dé in Ireland (2006): 101–102.
5.
Westley Follett, Céli Dé in Ireland (2006): 101–102.
6.
Westley Follett, Céli Dé in Ireland (2006): 101–102.

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.

[ed.] [tr.] Gwynn, E. J., and Walter J. Purton, “The monastery of Tallaght”, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 29 C (1911–1912): 115–179.
Internet Archive: <link> TLH – edition: <link> TLH – translation: <link>
[ed.] Scarre, Annie M. [ed.], “Bithbin menadaige”, in: Osborn Bergin, R. I. Best, Kuno Meyer, and J. G. OʼKeeffe (eds), Anecdota from Irish manuscripts, vol. 1, Halle and Dublin, 1907. 75.
Internet Archive: <link>
Ch. 73–74 from RIA MS 23 P 3.
[tr.] Ní Dhonnchadha, Máirín [ed.], “Mary, Eve and the Church (c. 600-1800)”, in: Angela Bourke, Siobhán Kilfeather, and Maria Luddy [et al.] (eds), The Field Day anthology of Irish writing, vol. IV: Irish women's writing and traditions, Cork: Cork University Press, 2002. 45–165.
105–106 Excerpts in English translation.
[tr.] McNeill, John T., and Helena M. Gamer, Medieval handbooks of penance; a translation of the principal libri poenitentiales and selections from related documents, Records of Civilization: Sources and Studies, 29, New York: Columbia University Press, 1938.  
comments: Reprinted in 1965 and 1991.
422ff (App. 2) Excerpts in English translation.

Secondary sources (select)

Follett, Westley, Céli Dé in Ireland: monastic writing and identity in the early Middle Ages, Studies in Celtic History, 23, Woodbridge, 2006.
Kenney, James F., “Chapter V: The monastic churches: II. The churches of the sixth to ninth centuries; general treatises”, in: James F. Kenney, The sources for the early history of Ireland: an introduction and guide. Volume 1: ecclesiastical, Revised ed., 11, New York: Octagon, 1966. 372–485.
471–472 (§ 264) [id. 264. ‘Notes on the customs of Tallaght’]
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Contributors
C. A., Dennis Groenewegen
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November 2010, last updated: January 2024
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