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Tochmarc Lúaine ⁊ aided Athairne ‘The wooing of Luan and the death of Athirne’

  • Middle Irish
  • Medieval Irish literature about poets, Ulster Cycle
Manuscripts
Language
  • Middle Irish
Date
second half of the 12th century (Breatnach)

Classification

Medieval Irish literature about poetsMedieval Irish literature about poets
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Ulster Cycle
Ulster Cycle
id. 1797

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Subjects

AthirneAthirne
Athairne
(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle)
Chief poet and satirist of the Ulstermen in the Ulster Cycle.
See more CathbadCathbad
(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle)
druid to Conchobar mac Nessa, king of Ulster, in the Ulster Cycle; husband of Ness and possible father of Conchobar mac Nessa.
See more CeltcharCeltchar (mac Uithechair)
Celtchar mac Uthechair, Celtchar mac Uithechair
(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle)
Celtcha(i)r mac U(i)thechair, warrior in the Ulster Cycle of tales.
See more Conall CernachConall Cernach
(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle)
Warrior of the Ulaid in the Ulster Cycle; son of Amergin and Findchóem. In Irish genealogies, he is presented as an ancestor of the kings of the Dál nAraidi and the Uí Echach Coba.
See more Conchobar mac NessaConchobar mac Nessa
(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle)
king of the Ulaid in tales of the Ulster Cycle; son either of Cathbad or Fachtna Fáthach (father) and Ness (mother); husband of Mugain; father of Cormac Cond Longas, Cúscraid Mend Macha, Furbaide Fer Bend and Fedelm Noíchrothach; fosterfather of Cú Chulainn.
See more Cú ChulainnCú Chulainn
Young Ulster hero and chief character of Táin bó Cuailnge and other tales of the Ulster Cycle; son of Súaltam or Lug and Deichtire (sister to Conchobor); husband of Emer (ingen Forgaill)
See more Cúscraid Mend MachaCúscraid Mend Macha
(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle)
warrior in the Ulster Cycle, son of the Ulster king Conchobar mac Nessa.
See more Eógan mac DurthachtEógan mac Durthacht
No short description available
See more LeborchamLeborcham
Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.

See more Manannán mac LirManannán mac Lir
mythological figure in Irish literature, typically associated with the sea
See more Munremar mac GerrcindMunremar mac Gerrcind
(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle)
warrior in tales of the Ulster Cycle; commonly identified as a son of Gerrcend
See more Sencha mac AilellaSencha mac Ailella
Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.

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Sources

Notes

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Johan Corthals, Manuscript sources to Old and Middle Irish tales (MsOmit) (2010).

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.] Breatnach, Liam [ed.], “Tochmarc Luaine ocus Aided Athairne”, Celtica 13 (1980): 1–31.
[ed.] [tr.] Stokes, Whitley [ed. and tr.], “The wooing of Luaine and the death of Athirne”, Revue Celtique 24 (1903): 270–287, 446 (add. and corr.).
Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive: <link>
[corr.] Stokes, Whitley, “Corrections and additions [Rev. Celt. t. XXIV]”, Revue Celtique 25 (1904): 458.
Internet Archive: <link>

Secondary sources (select)

Findon, Joanne, “Nes, Deirdriu, Luaine: fated women in Conchobar’s life”, in: Sarah Sheehan, Joanne Findon, and Westley Follett (eds), Gablánach in scélaigecht: Celtic studies in honour of Ann Dooley, Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2013. 154–170.
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