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Lament for the fiana

verse beg. Anocht fíor dheiredh na ffían

• Early Modern Irish
• verse
• Classical Irish poetry, Duanaire Finn, Finn Cycle

First words (verse)

• Anocht fíor dheiredh na ffían

“This night it is an utter end of the fiana”

Context(s)The (textual) context(s) to which the present text belongs or in which it is cited in part or in whole.

Duanaire Finn

• Duanaire Finn

Author

Anonymous

Manuscripts

• Dublin, University College, MS Franciscan A 20 (b) = Duanaire Finn [s. xvii¹]

  ff. 22v (bottom)–23v (middle)
• Dublin, University College, MS Franciscan A 4 vellum slip [s. xv / s. xvi]

  beginning: ‘Cidh be ait ambem anocht’

  Copy (about 15qq in length) that begins acephalous and is illegible on the verso.

See also results from manuscript descriptions

Language

• Early Modern Irish

• Early Modern Irish (Murphy)

Date

“probably belongs to the 13th century” (Murphy).

Form

verse (primary)

Number of stanzas

23

Classification

Classical Irish poetryClassical Irish poetry
...
Duanaire Finn
Duanaire Finn

id. 11031

Finn Cycle
Finn Cycle

id. 578

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.

[ed.] [tr.] MacNeill, Eoin [ed.], Duanaire Finn: The book of the lays of Fionn, 3 vols, vol. 1: Irish text, with translation into English, Irish Texts Society, 7, London: Irish Texts Society, 1908.

Foclóir na Nua-Ghaeilge – editions: <link> Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive – originally from Google Books: <link>

47–49; 151–153 Poem XIX. Edition and translation

Secondary sources (select)

Murphy, Gerard, Duanaire Finn: The book of the lays of Fionn, 3 vols, vol. 3: Introduction, notes, appendices and glossary, Irish Texts Society, 43, London: Irish Texts Society, 1953.

Internet Archive: <link>

42–43

web page identifiers

page name: Anocht fíor dheiredh na ffían

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page ID: 11060
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Dennis Groenewegen

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April 2012, last updated: September 2020