Scéla Conchobuir meic Nessa
Incoming data
Medieval Irish saga concerning the career of Conchobar mac Nessa, king of the Ulaid
Manuscript witnesses
Text
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 12
Fragment only
ff. 136ra–136va pp. 247a–248a in facsimile
MS
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 12
incipit: Ba mor a n-ordun du Conchobar
f. 136r–
MS
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339
incipit: Ropo fer amra airegda inti Conchobor mac Nessa Imráter sunda for Ultaib The title added in the diplomatic edition is Scéla Chonchobuir.
p. 106a–
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.
[dipl. ed.] Best, Richard Irvine, and M. A. OʼBrien, The Book of Leinster, formerly Lebar na Núachongbála, vol. 2, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1956. xi + pp. 261-470 + 2 pl.
CELT – pp. 400-470: <link>
400–404 Diplomatic edition of the Book of Leinster version. direct link
[ed.] [tr.] Stokes, Whitley [ed. and tr.], “Tidings of Conchobar mac Nessa”, Ériu 4 (1910): 18–38.
[ed.] Hull, Vernam [ed.], “How Conchobar gained the kingship of Ulster”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 25 (1956): 243–245.
Book of Ballymote version
[tr.] Guyonvarc'h, Christian-J. [tr.], “La naissance de Conchobar. Version A”, Ogam 11 (1959): 56–65.
[tr.] d'Arbois de Jubainville, Marie-Henri [tr.], “[Various contributions]”, in: Marie-Henri d'Arbois de Jubainville (ed.), L’épopée celtique en Irlande, 5, Paris: Thorin, 1892. [Various].
Internet Archive: <link>
3–13 Book of Leinster version
