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verse beg. Cathair Chiaráin Cluain meic Nóis

  • Early Modern Irish
  • verse
A medieval Irish poem on the kings interred at Clonmacnoise.
First words (verse)
  • Cathair Chiaráin Cluain meic Nóis
Author
Ascribed to: Ó Gilláin (Enóg)Ó Gilláin (Enóg)
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Language
  • Early Modern Irish
  • Early Modern Irish?
Form
verse (primary)
Length
Number of stanzas: 19
Textual relationships
Related: A reilec láech Leithe CuinnA reilec láech Leithe CuinnEarly Irish poem (24 qq) on the kings of ‘Conn’s half’ interred at Clonmacnoise.
Hi ccathraigh in t-oirnidheHi ccathraigh in t-oirnidheIrish poem on the kings interred at Clonmacnoise.

Classification

Subjects

Clúain Moccu Nóis
Clúain Moccu Nóis ... Clonmacnoise
County Offaly
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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.] Mulchrone, Kathleen, “Cathair Chiaráin”, An Sagart 7 (1964): 37–39.
[ed.] [tr.] Petrie, George, Christian inscriptions in the Irish language, ed. Margaret Stokes, 2 vols, vol. 1, Dublin: printed at the University, 1872.
Internet Archive: <link> Digitale-sammlungen.de: <link> Digitale-sammlungen.de: View in Mirador
5–7 Edition seemingly by Margaret Stokes. Translation and notes by W. M. Hennessy. “The Editor has to offer her best thanks to Mr. W. D. Macray for his kindness in procuring a tracing of the original MS. for her, and to Mr. Wm. M. Hennessy for the translation and notes with which he has enriched it”.

Secondary sources (select)

King, Heather A., “An ogham-inscribed antler handle from Clonmacnoise”, Peritia 20 (2008): 315–322.
315
Ó Cuív, Brian, Catalogue of Irish language manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford and Oxford college libraries. Part 1: Descriptions, Dublin: School of Celtic Studies, DIAS, 2001.
127
McManus, Damian, A guide to Ogam, Maynooth Monographs, 4, Maynooth: An Sagart, 1991.
156, 185 n. 17 On the significance of ainm caomh cheart-oghaim (l. 8). Also incl. edition and English translation of the first two quatrains, with a comment (n. 17) on the use of snaidhm and craobh, which “probably refer to the interlacing and decorative ornament often found on these stones.”
Ryan, John, Clonmacnois: a historical summary, Dublin: Stationery Office for the National Parks and Monuments Branch, Office of Public Works, 1973. 91 pp.
71
Kenney, James F., “Chapter V: The monastic churches: II. The churches of the sixth to ninth centuries; general treatises”, in: James F. Kenney, The sources for the early history of Ireland: an introduction and guide. Volume 1: ecclesiastical, Revised ed., 11, New York: Octagon, 1966. 372–485.
383 [id. 172.] Poem iii, “a late composition, [which] was written, it is said, "by Enoch O'Gillan who lived on the borders of the River Suck," county Galway.”
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