Texts

verse beg. Torach, aitreab nemnech naomh

  • Irish
  • verse
Irish poem (17 qq) attributed to Colum Cille.
First words (verse)
  • Torach, aitreab nemnech naomh
Author
Ascribed to: Colum Cille
Colum Cille
(fl. 6th century)
founder and abbot of Iona, Kells (Cenandas) and Derry (Daire).

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The poem is attributed to Colum Cille in the preceding rubric as well as in the final two quatrains (Misi as brethem ar Toraig, / Colum cain, ni cel oraib ... Colum mac Feidlimid me fein).
Manuscripts
pp. 96.9–97.6
rubric: ‘Colum Cille cecinit’
beg. ‘Torach aitreab nemnech naomh’
17 qq.
Language
  • Irish
  • “Wie der Reim zeigt, ist das Gedicht im Dialekt von Connacht abgefasst” (Meyer, p. 342 n. 2 to line 14).
Form
verse (primary)
Length
Number of stanzas: 17 qq.

Classification

Subjects

Torach
Torach ... Tory Island
County Donegal
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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.

[ed.] Meyer, Kuno [ed.], “Mitteilungen aus irischen Handschriften: Aus Laud 615. Colum Cille cecinit”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 10 (1915): 341–342.
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[ed.] Ó Tuathail, Éamonn, “Dánta de chuid Uladh: 7. Buadha Thoraighe [Torach, aitreabh neimhneach naomh]”, An tUltach 26:9 (Meán Fómhair, 1950): 7.
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Page created
December 2022, last updated: September 2023