Urgarta ocus búada ríg Érenn ‘The prohibitions and prerogatives of the kings of Ireland’
- Irish
- prose, verse
- Medieval Irish wisdom literature
A compilation of prose and verse enumerating the prohibitions (urgarta or gessa) and prerogatives or prescriptions (búada or áda) of the kings of Tara as well as the provincial kings, i.e. of Leinster, Munster, Connacht and Ulster. The verse incorporated is attributed to Cúán ua Lothcháin (d. 1024).
Version prefixed to Lebor na cert. The prose text is followed by the poem.
- Irish
Poem in which the speaker Húa Locháin (l. 2), i.e. Cúán úa Lothcháin, seeks access to Tara by professing to know the lucky and unlucky things of a king.
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