Texts

verse beg. Mór ar bfearg riot a rí Saxan, a sé a dhamra

Gofraidh Fionn Ó Dálaigh

Early Modern Irish
verse
Classical Irish poetry, Mythological Cycle

Classical Irish poem by Gofraidh Fionn Ó Dálaigh in commemoration of Maurice fitz Maurice (Muiris Óg), second earl of Desmond. It includes an episode about Lug's arrival at Tara, after which Maurice is likened to the Irish deity.

First words (verse)

Mór ar bfearg riot a rí Saxan, a sé a dhamra

Author

Ó Dálaigh (Gofraidh Fionn)

Ó Dálaigh (Gofraidh Fionn)

(d. 1387)

also Gofraidh Ó Dálaigh Fionn; Irish bardic poet of the Ó Dálaigh family

Ascribed to: Ó Dálaigh (Gofraidh Fionn)

Ó Dálaigh (Gofraidh Fionn)

(d. 1387)

also Gofraidh Ó Dálaigh Fionn; Irish bardic poet of the Ó Dálaigh family

Manuscripts

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS A iv 3 (743) [s. xvii]

p. 652ff

Language

Early Modern Irish

Date

Bergin dates the composition of the poem to the late 1350s, within a few years of the death of the poem's subject.

Form

verse (primary)

Length

Number of stanzas: 60

Classification

Classical Irish poetryClassical Irish poetry
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Mythological CycleMythological Cycle
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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.] Bergin, Osborn, “Mór ar bfearg riot a rí Saxan”, in: Osborn Bergin, Irish bardic poetry: texts and translations, together with an introductory lecture, ed. Fergus Kelly, and David Greene, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1970. 73–81.

CELT – edition: <link>