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|Title=''Imthechta Rícinde ingine Crimthainn {{7}} Cairche Dergáin'' | |Title=''Imthechta Rícinde ingine Crimthainn {{7}} Cairche Dergáin'' | ||
|TranslatedTitle=The adventures of Rícenn ingen Chrimthainn and Cairech Dergáin | |TranslatedTitle=The adventures of Rícenn ingen Chrimthainn and Cairech Dergáin | ||
|Description=Short narrative about two pious women, Rícenn, daughter of the king of Uí Maine, | |Description=Short narrative about two pious women, Rícenn, daughter of the king of Uí Maine, and her tutoress Cairech Dergáin, nun at Clúain Bairenn. When Tipraite, the king of Thomond, intends to marry Cairech, she asks Rícenn to go in her stead (pretending to be the nun). While Cairech is able to keep her vow of chastity, Rícenn agrees to marry the king and succeeds in eliciting from him a number of pious acts, including the construction of two churches. | ||
|Categories=Cycles of the Kings; Early Irish hagiography | |Categories=Cycles of the Kings; Early Irish hagiography | ||
|LanguageAuto=Middle Irish; | |LanguageAuto=Middle Irish; | ||
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* {{Text person |Crimthann mac Lugdach |description=king of Uí Maine, son of Lugaid, | * {{Text person |Crimthann mac Lugdach |description=king of Uí Maine, son of Lugaid, described as the first Connachtman since the time of conversion to have killed a woman. }} | ||
* {{Text person |Rícenn ingen Chrimthainn |name=usually referred to in this text as ‘the daughter’ (''ingen'') |description=daughter of Crimthann mac Lugdach, who entrusts her to the cleric Mac Raith in compensation for his crime. }} | * {{Text person |Rícenn ingen Chrimthainn |name=usually simply referred to in this text as ‘the daughter’ (''ingen''). Her name ''Rícenn'' is revealed at the moment when Cairech asks her to marry the king in her place. |description=daughter of Crimthann mac Lugdach, who entrusts her to the cleric Mac Raith in compensation for his crime. }} | ||
* {{Text person |Mac Raith mac Naingin |description=The cleric who baptises Rícenn and takes her into fosterage }} | * {{Text person |Mac Raith mac Naingin |description=The cleric who baptises Rícenn and takes her into fosterage }} | ||
* {{Text person |Cairech Dergáin |name=also Cairech Dercáin |description=A nun at Clúain Bairenn to whom Rícenn is entrusted | * {{Text person |Cairech Dergáin |name=also Cairech Dercáin |description=A nun at Clúain Bairenn to whom Rícenn is entrusted to be raised and educated. }} | ||
* {{Text person |Tipraite mac Foramáin |description=king of Túadmumu (Thomond in northern Munster), who seeks to marry Rícenn }} | * {{Text person |Tipraite mac Foramáin |description=king of Túadmumu (Thomond in northern Munster), who seeks to marry Cairech and later, Rícenn }} | ||
* {{Text person |Anonymous servant |description=servant sent by Tipraite mac Foramáin to inspect on | * {{Text person |Anonymous servant |description=servant sent by Tipraite mac Foramáin to inspect on Cairech.}} | ||
* {{Text person |Dúngal |description=son of Rícenn and Tipraite, eponymous ancestor of the Cenél Dúngaile }} | * {{Text person |Dúngal |description=son of Rícenn and Tipraite, eponymous ancestor of the Cenél Dúngaile }} | ||
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* {{Text place |Túadmumu |description=kingdom of Thomond }} | * Much of the action is set in the kingdom of {{Text place |Uí Maine}} and {{Text place |Túadmumu |description=kingdom of Thomond }}. | ||
* {{Text place |Clúain Bairenn |description=religious house belonging to Cairech | * {{Text place |Clúain Bairenn |description=religious house belonging to Cairech Dergáin, now Cloonburren (Co. Roscommon) }} | ||
* {{Text place |Sinand |description=River Shannon }} | * {{Text place |Sinand |description=River Shannon }} | ||
* {{Text place |Máenmag |name=Máenmag; Móenmagh |description=Now Moyne (Co. Clare). The northern church is built around ''Lec Ricinde'' (‘Rícinn’s stone’) }} | * {{Text place |Máenmag |name=Máenmag; Móenmagh |description=Now Moyne (Co. Clare). The northern church is built around ''Lec Ricinde'' (‘Rícinn’s stone’) }} | ||
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