Texts

verse beg. Trí croind Éirenn oiregda

Middle Irish
verse
Early Irish poetry

First words (verse)

Trí croind Éirenn oiregda

Author

Ascribed to: Cuán ua LothcháinCuán ua Lothcháin

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Manuscripts

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D ii 1 (1225) = Leabhar Uí Mhaine (The Book of Uí Maine) [1394]

f. 112b

Language

Middle Irish

Form

verse (primary)

Length

Number of stanzas: 29

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
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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.] [tr.] Downey, Clodagh, “Trí croind Éirenn oiregdha: a medieval poem on three famous trees of Ireland”, Éigse 36 (2008): 1–34.

[ed.] Meyer, Kuno [ed.], “Mitteilungen aus irischen Handschriften”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 5 (1905): 21–25, 495–504.

A. Three texts from the Book of Uí Maine: 1. Drei berühmte Bäume Irlands (Trí croind Éirenn oiregda), fol. 112b; 2. Irische Mirabilia (Inganta Éirend uili), fol. 115b; 3. Die siebzehn Wunder bei Christi Geburt (Inn aidchi geini Críst cain), fol. 116b. B. Fortsetzung (pp. 495-504): 1. Eine Anekdote von Adamnan (H 2. 15), p. 59; 2. Ein Gedicht Columcille's (Brussels 5100-5104, p. 34); 3. Eine mystische Auslegung der Tonleiter (H 3. 18), p. 39b; 4. Vier Gründe für fleißigen Kreuzesgang (H 3. 18, p. 45); 5. Siebenteilung aller geistlichen und weltlichen Rangstufen (Laud 610, f. 92 b 1); 6. Bitte eines Klostervorstehers um hilfe (Book of Lecan, f. 369a); 7. Feis Tige Becḟoltaig; 8. Compert Con Culainn (D iv 2, ff. 49 a 1 – 49 b 2.); 8. Von dem Schleuderstein Táthlum (Egerton 1782, f. 41 a 1).

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