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Aided Chonchobuir (version D)

  • Irish
  • prose
  • Ulster Cycle

Short anecdote about the death of King Conchobar.

First words (prose)
  • Cet mac Mágach roteilc in cloich
Manuscripts
Language
  • Irish
Form
prose (primary)
Contains poems
‘Cóica traighedh tólaibh tlacht’ • ‘A chloch thall for elaid úair’
Textual relationships
Related: Aided Chonchobair (versions A–C)Aided Chonchobair (versions A–C)
Associated items
A chloch thall for elaid úairA chloch thall for elaid úairPoem on a stone at Monasterboice, Co. Louth.Cóica traighedh tólaibh tlachtCóica traighedh tólaibh tlacht

Two sts of a medieval Irish poem concerning the gigantic physical heights of Tadg mac Céin and Conchobar mac Nessa. 

Classification

Ulster Cycle
Ulster Cycle
id. 1797

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Subjects

deathpersonal life events
death
id. 26573

any event involving the death (or near-death) of one or multiple organisms, regardless of cause.

Cet mac MágachCet mac Mágach
Cet mac Mátach
(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle)
Warrior in the Ulster Cycle of tales; hero of Connacht; in some texts, brother of Findchóem and uncle of Conall Cernach.
See more Conchobar mac NessaConchobar mac Nessa
(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle)
king of the Ulaid in tales of the Ulster Cycle; son either of Cathbad or Fachtna Fáthach (father) and Ness (mother); husband of Mugain; father of Cormac Cond Longas, Cúscraid Mend Macha, Furbaide Fer Bend and Fedelm Noíchrothach; fosterfather of Cú Chulainn.
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Sources

Primary sources

[ed.] [tr.] Meyer, Kuno [ed. and tr.], The death-tales of the Ulster heroes, Todd Lecture Series, 14, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, 1906.
CELT – edition: <link> CELT – translation: <link> Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive: <link>
18–21 Version from RIA MS D iv 2.
[ed.] Meyer, Kuno [ed.], “Mitteilungen aus irischen Handschriften: Der Tod König Conchobars”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 13 (1921): 7.
Internet Archive: <link>
Version from Laud.

Secondary sources (select)

Imhoff, Helen, “The different versions of Aided Chonchobair”, Ériu 62 (2012): 43–99.
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Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
July 2011, last updated: June 2023
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