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The shield of Fionn
verse beg. Uchán asgíeth mo ríogh réil

  • Late Middle Irish, Early Modern Irish
  • verse
  • Classical Irish poetry, Duanaire Finn, Finn Cycle
First words (verse)
  • Uchán asgíeth mo ríogh réil
“Ah me! You shield of my bright king”
Context(s)The (textual) context(s) to which the present text belongs or in which it is cited in part or in whole.
Author
Anonymous
Manuscripts
Language
  • Late Middle Irish Early Modern Irish
  • late Middle Irish (Murphy) or Early Modern Irish
Date
“This poem offers few opportunities for exact dating … [it] probably belongs to the middle of the 12th century” (Murphy).
Form
verse (primary)
Length
Number of stanzas: 63

Classification

Classical Irish poetryClassical Irish poetry
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Duanaire Finn
Duanaire Finn
id. 11031
Finn Cycle
Finn Cycle
id. 578

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Sources

Primary sources

[ed.] [tr.] MacNeill, Eoin [ed.], Duanaire Finn: The book of the lays of Fionn, 3 vols, vol. 1: Irish text, with translation into English, Irish Texts Society, 7, London: Irish Texts Society, 1908.
Foclóir na Nua-Ghaeilge – editions: <link> Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive – originally from Google Books: <link>
34–38; 134–139 Poem XVI. Edition and translation

Secondary sources (select)

Murphy, Gerard, Duanaire Finn: The book of the lays of Fionn, 3 vols, vol. 3: Introduction, notes, appendices and glossary, Irish Texts Society, 43, London: Irish Texts Society, 1953.
Internet Archive: <link>
34–36
web page identifiers
Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
April 2012, last updated: September 2023
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