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verse beg. Tuán mac Cairill ro clos

  • Middle Irish
  • verse
  • Early Irish poetry, Irish legendary history
Poem. Metre: debide scáilte.(2)n. 2 R. A. S. Macalister, Lebor gabála Érenn: The book of the taking of Ireland (1932–1942): 114.
First words (verse)
  • Tuán mac Cairill ro clos
Context(s)The (textual) context(s) to which the present text belongs or in which it is cited in part or in whole.
Manuscripts
(semi-)independent text added after Scél Tuáin meic Cairill do Finnen Maige Bile:
Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 512 [s. xv–xviin]
f. 98vb
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 E 29 pp. 17-216 = Book of Fermoy ‘proper’ [s. xiv/xv]
Inferior version inserted in the third recension of Lebor gabála Érenn:(1)n. 1 John Carey, ‘Scél Tuáin meic Chairill’, Ériu 35 (1984): 99 and 111.
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 2 = Book of Lecan (Leabhar Leacain) [s. xvin]
f. 275 (facsimile)
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 3 A 17 (803) [s. xix]
p. 181
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 12 (536) = Book of Ballymote (Leabhar Bhaile an Mhóta) [1384 x 1406]
p. 25 (facsimile)
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D iii 2 (619) [s. xviii]
p. 41
Language
Form
verse (primary)
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Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
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Irish legendary historyIrish legendary history
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Subjects

Tuán mac Cairill
Tuán mac Cairill
(time-frame ass. with Irish legendary history)
Tuán son of Cairell; an ancient figure of Irish legendary history, who is said to have witnessed, in the shapes of various animals, the course of Irish history since the Flood; said to have survived into the time of Patrick, when he resumed a human appearance.
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Notes

1.
John Carey, ‘Scél Tuáin meic Chairill’, Ériu 35 (1984): 99 and 111.
2.
R. A. S. Macalister, Lebor gabála Érenn: The book of the taking of Ireland (1932–1942): 114.
3.
John Carey, ‘Scél Tuáin meic Chairill’, Ériu 35 (1984): 111.

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: II. Aus Rawlinson B. 512. Die Verwandlungen des Tuán mac Cairill”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 3 (1901): 31.
CELT – edition: <link> Celtic Digital Initiative – all Mitteilungen of ZCP 3: <link> Internet Archive – Internet Archive: <link>
Based on Rawlinson B 512
[ed.] [tr.] Macalister, R. A. S., Lebor gabála Érenn: The book of the taking of Ireland, 5 vols, Irish Texts Society, 34, 35, 39, 41, 44, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, 1932–1942.
Internet Archive – Vol. 1 (1938 ed.): <link> Internet Archive – Vol. 2 (1939 ed.): <link> Internet Archive – Vol. 3 (1940 ed.): <link> Internet Archive – Vol. 4 (1941 ed.): <link> Internet Archive – Vol. 5 (1956 ed.): <link>
Vol. 3: 80–83. direct link
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