Texts
- 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.
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.
Language
- Early Modern Irish
Early Modern Irish (Murphy)
Date
“probably belongs to the 13th century” (Murphy).
Form
verse (primary)
Number of stanzas
23
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.
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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Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
April 2012, last updated: September 2020