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| Title | |Title=''Do bunad imthechta Éoganacht'' | ||
| Author | |TranslatedTitle=Concerning the origin of the wandering of the Éoganachta | ||
|Author=Byrne regards it "very likely that this story was compiled, if not composed, by [[Author::Cormac mac Cuillenáin]], when the Eóganachta were making a final effort to challenge the Uí Néill high-kingship"<ref>Byrne 2001: 200-201</ref> | |||
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|Manuscripts={{MS |Laud Misc. 610 |at= ff. 97ra line 27 - 97vb. |commentary= Headed "Do bunad imthechta Eoganachta in so".}} | |||
| Date | |Date="very likely, from the late ninth century or very early tenth" (Ó Corráin);<ref name=OC53>Ó Corráin 1985: 53</ref> | ||
| Provenance | |Provenance=Munster | ||
| Description | |Description=Origin legend of the [[Éoganachta]]. It first relates how Éogan (the eponymous ancestor of the Éoganachta) and/or his sons arrived and settled in Ireland, how Éogan (the father or one of his sons) saved the population from starvation, and how Éogan's son was chosen to be king. Their peaceful ascendancy is then contrasted with an origin tale of the [[Dál Cuinn]] (called children of the "second Míl Espáine"), who are said to have ruled Ireland by the sword. In the north of the island, they alternately shared the kingship with the [[Cruthin]] until Conn Cétchathach defeated them in a series of battles. The situation was reversed when Fiachu Araide, from whom sprang the Dál Araide, expelled Conn's grandson Cormac mac Airt from Tara. Cormac fled to Munster, where he became a vassal of Fiachu Muillethan, Éogan's great-grandson, in return for his assistance against Fiachu Araide. Fiachu Muillethan defeated the latter in battle. Cormac was thereby restored to the kingship and granted the lands settled by the Ciannachta to Fiachu Muillethan, who passed them on to Connla mac Taidg. | ||
| Sources | |Sources=Ó Corráin suggests that the episode in which Éogan accepts advice from his seers concerning the famine, was modelled on the biblical tale of Pharaoh's dream ([[Draws on::Genesis]] 41). The author of the tale was also familiar with a version of the legend relating to Míl Espáine.<ref name=OC53 /> | ||
|Categories=Cycles of the Kings; Cycle of Mug Nuadat | |||
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The sons(?) of Éogan Táidlech ('The Shining'), also known as Mug Núadat and Éogan Fitheccach, come with a large fleet to Ireland and make landfall at Inber Colpthai, the mouth of the River Boyne. They are met by the men of Ireland, with whom they exchange silver for food. The men of Ireland are impressed with the wealth of the newcomers and take Éogan into fosterage in return for a handsome fosterage fee. [...] | The sons(?) of Éogan Táidlech ('The Shining'), also known as Mug Núadat and Éogan Fitheccach, come with a large fleet to Ireland and make landfall at Inber Colpthai, the mouth of the River Boyne. They are met by the men of Ireland, with whom they exchange silver for food. The men of Ireland are impressed with the wealth of the newcomers and take Éogan into fosterage in return for a handsome fosterage fee. [...] | ||
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|Header editions=Editions and translations | |||
{{ | |Editions={{Cite |Meyer 1911l |at= 312-314.}} | ||
{{Cite |Meyer 1911l |at= 312-314.}} | |||
{{Cite |Byrne 2001 |at= 199-200 |commentary=(translation of a single passage). }} | {{Cite |Byrne 2001 |at= 199-200 |commentary=(translation of a single passage). }} | ||
|Secondary sources={{Cite |Byrne 2001 |at= 199-201 }} | |||
{{Cite |Byrne 2001 |at= 199-201 }} | |||
{{Cite |Ó Corráin 1985 }} | {{Cite |Ó Corráin 1985 }} | ||
{{Cite |Sproule 1984 }} | {{Cite |Sproule 1984 }} | ||
}} | |||
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The sons(?) of Éogan Táidlech ('The Shining'), also known as Mug Núadat and Éogan Fitheccach, come with a large fleet to Ireland and make landfall at Inber Colpthai, the mouth of the River Boyne. They are met by the men of Ireland, with whom they exchange silver for food. The men of Ireland are impressed with the wealth of the newcomers and take Éogan into fosterage in return for a handsome fosterage fee. [...]
