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Misc. religious literature visions and eschatology
Aisling Tundail
prose
Ó Maoil Chonaire (Muirgheas mac Pháidín)
Ó Maoil Chonaire (Muirgheas mac Pháidín)
(d. 1543)
Muirgheas mac Pháidín Uí Maoil Chonaire, of Cluain Plocáin, scribe and compiler of the Book of Fenagh (RIA MS 23 P 26).

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Sixteenth-century Irish translation of the Latin Visio Tnugdali. The translation is the work of Muirgheas Ó Maoil Chonaire.

L'espurgatoire seint Patriz (Marie de France)
verse
beg. Al nun de Deu, qui od nus seit / e qui sa grace nus enveit
Marie de France
Marie de France
(fl. late 12th century)
Medieval poet from France, who was active at the court of King Henry II; author of twelve Lais, an Isopet (collection of fables), and the Espurgatoire seint Patriz.

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An Old French verse rendering of the Tractatus de Purgatorio sancti Patricii, a Latin narrative on the adventures of an Irish knight named Owein who travels to St Patrick’s Purgatory (Station Island, Lough Derg) to atone for his sins and experiences visions of purgatory. The translation was undertaken by Marie de France towards the end of the 12th century. Aside from her prologue and epilogue, the text remains relatively faithful to its source text.

Purdan Padrig
prose

A Middle Welsh version of the Tractatus de Purgatorio sancti Patricii, a popular Latin text which offers an account of the afterlife through the vision of an Irish knight who has travelled to ‘St Patrick’s Purgatory’ (Station Island, Lough Derg).

Sgél Ainnte Crisd
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