Bibliography
  1. Home
  2. Bibliography
  3. Browse by contributor
  4. C
  5. Carey (John)

John (John Price)
Carey
s. xx–xxi

154 publications between 1981 and 2021 indexed
Sort by:

2021

article
Carey, John, “The Enech of Dúnlaing”, Studia Celtica 55 (2021): 173–178.

2020

edited work
Táin bó Cúalnge from the Book of Leinster: reassessments
Carey, John (ed.), Táin bó Cúalnge from the Book of Leinster: reassessments, Irish Texts Society, Subsidiary Series, 32, London: Irish Texts Society, 2020.
article
Carey, John, “The floruit of Gilla Cóemáin”, Ériu 70 (2020): 31–39.  
abstract:

That the Middle Irish poet Gilla Cóemáin was active in the year 1072 has been generally accepted on the strength of a poem attributed to him, in which this is given as the date of composition. The poet does not name himself, however, and the attribution to Gilla Cóemáin appears to depend on a heading in a single medieval copy. This article will examine the evidence afresh, comparing the poem that contains the date with other poems associated with Gilla Cóemáin in terms of metre and of historical doctrine, and attempting to determine whether there are any further indications that speak for or against his authorship.

abstract:

That the Middle Irish poet Gilla Cóemáin was active in the year 1072 has been generally accepted on the strength of a poem attributed to him, in which this is given as the date of composition. The poet does not name himself, however, and the attribution to Gilla Cóemáin appears to depend on a heading in a single medieval copy. This article will examine the evidence afresh, comparing the poem that contains the date with other poems associated with Gilla Cóemáin in terms of metre and of historical doctrine, and attempting to determine whether there are any further indications that speak for or against his authorship.

article
Carey, John, “Connachta cid dia tá int ainm”, Celtica 32 (2020): 127–144.

2019

edited work
Charms, charmers and charming in Ireland: from the medieval to the modern
Tuomi, Ilona, John Carey, Barbara Hillers, and Ciarán Ó Gealbhain (eds), Charms, charmers and charming in Ireland: from the medieval to the modern, New Approaches to Celtic Religion and Mythology, Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2019.  
abstract:
This is the first book to examine the full range of the evidence for Irish charms, from medieval to modern times. As Ireland has one of the oldest literatures in Europe, and also one of the most comprehensively recorded folklore traditions, it affords a uniquely rich body of evidence for such an investigation. The collection includes surveys of broad aspects of the subject (charm scholarship, charms in medieval tales, modern narrative charms, nineteenth-century charm documentation); dossiers of the evidence for specific charms (a headache charm, a nightmare charm, charms against bleeding); a study comparing the curses of saints with those of poets; and an account of a newly discovered manuscript of a toothache charm. The practices of a contemporary healer are described on the basis of recent fieldwork, and the connection between charms and storytelling is foregrounded in chapters on the textual amulet known as the Leabhar Eoin, on the belief that witches steal butter, and on the nature of the belief that effects supernatural cures.
abstract:
This is the first book to examine the full range of the evidence for Irish charms, from medieval to modern times. As Ireland has one of the oldest literatures in Europe, and also one of the most comprehensively recorded folklore traditions, it affords a uniquely rich body of evidence for such an investigation. The collection includes surveys of broad aspects of the subject (charm scholarship, charms in medieval tales, modern narrative charms, nineteenth-century charm documentation); dossiers of the evidence for specific charms (a headache charm, a nightmare charm, charms against bleeding); a study comparing the curses of saints with those of poets; and an account of a newly discovered manuscript of a toothache charm. The practices of a contemporary healer are described on the basis of recent fieldwork, and the connection between charms and storytelling is foregrounded in chapters on the textual amulet known as the Leabhar Eoin, on the belief that witches steal butter, and on the nature of the belief that effects supernatural cures.
article
Carey, John, “Charms in medieval Irish tales: tradition, adaptation, invention”, in: Ilona Tuomi, John Carey, Barbara Hillers, and Ciarán Ó Gealbhain (eds), Charms, charmers and charming in Ireland: from the medieval to the modern, Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2019. 17–37.
work
Magic, metallurgy and imagination in medieval Ireland: three studies
Carey, John, Magic, metallurgy and imagination in medieval Ireland: three studies, Celtic Studies Publications, 21, Aberystwyth: Celtic Studies Publications, 2019.  
Ch 1: Magical texts in early medieval Ireland; Ch. 2: The spells of blacksmiths, and other matters; Ch. 3: The three qualifications of a blacksmith.
Ch 1: Magical texts in early medieval Ireland; Ch. 2: The spells of blacksmiths, and other matters; Ch. 3: The three qualifications of a blacksmith.

2018

article
Carey, John, “Time, identity and the Otherworld: a note on ‘The wooing of Étaín’”, in: Emily Lyle (ed.), Celtic myth in the 21st century: the gods and their stories in a global perspective, Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2018. 23–29.
work
The Mythological Cycle of medieval Irish literature
Carey, John, The Mythological Cycle of medieval Irish literature, Cork Studies in Celtic Literatures, 3, Cork: CSCL, 2018. iii + 78 pp.  
abstract:
A striking feature of medieval Irish literature is the prominence accorded to beings who are sometimes called the 'Túatha Dé' (Tribes of the Gods), and sometimes the people of the 'síde' or hollow hills: a magical race, in whom it is possible to recognise the divinities once worshipped by the pre-Christian Irish. Tales in which the 'Túatha Dé' have a central rôle have conventionally been assigned by scholars to a "mythological cycle". This book examines the background and rationale for this classification; discusses the nature of the 'Túatha Dé' themselves; and offers a survey of the tales of the 'Túatha Dé' that are attested from the Old Irish, Middle Irish and Early Modern Irish periods.
abstract:
A striking feature of medieval Irish literature is the prominence accorded to beings who are sometimes called the 'Túatha Dé' (Tribes of the Gods), and sometimes the people of the 'síde' or hollow hills: a magical race, in whom it is possible to recognise the divinities once worshipped by the pre-Christian Irish. Tales in which the 'Túatha Dé' have a central rôle have conventionally been assigned by scholars to a "mythological cycle". This book examines the background and rationale for this classification; discusses the nature of the 'Túatha Dé' themselves; and offers a survey of the tales of the 'Túatha Dé' that are attested from the Old Irish, Middle Irish and Early Modern Irish periods.
article
Carey, John, “Learning, imagination and belief”, in: Brendan Smith (ed.), The Cambridge history of Ireland, vol. 1: 600-1550, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. 47–75.
work
The ever-new tongue: In tenga bithnúa. The text in the Book of Lismore
Carey, John, The ever-new tongue: In tenga bithnúa. The text in the Book of Lismore, Apocryphes (APOCR), 15, Turnhout: Brepols, 2018.  
abstract:
The Ever-new Tongue is a medieval Irish account of the mysteries of the universe, remarkable for its exotic sources and for the rich exuberance of its style. This translation, based on the definitive edition of the text, renders this remarkable work available to a wider readership. The Ever-new Tongue (In Tenga Bithnúa), composed in Ireland in the ninth or tenth century, purports to reveal the mysteries of the creation, of the cosmos, and of the end of the world, as related by the soul of the apostle Philip speaking in the language of the angels. Drawing on a multitude of sources, both mainstream and heterodox, it reflects the richness of early Irish learning as well as the vitality of its author’s imagination.

The present volume is based on the full critical edition of The Ever-new Tongue, including detailed linguistic analysis and textual notes, which appeared in 2009 in the Corpus Christianorum, Series Apocryphorum (CCSA 16). The aim here is to offer to a broader readership a translation of the oldest (and most conservative) version of the text, preserved in the Book of Lismore, together with such other parts, fully updated, of the larger study as may be of interest to non-Celticists.

Table of contents:
Abbreviations; Bibliography; Introduction; I. Recensions and manuscripts; II. Synopsis; III. Background and sources; IV. Theology; ‘The ever-new tongue’ (Translation); Appendix: Dating the text; Glossary.
abstract:
The Ever-new Tongue is a medieval Irish account of the mysteries of the universe, remarkable for its exotic sources and for the rich exuberance of its style. This translation, based on the definitive edition of the text, renders this remarkable work available to a wider readership. The Ever-new Tongue (In Tenga Bithnúa), composed in Ireland in the ninth or tenth century, purports to reveal the mysteries of the creation, of the cosmos, and of the end of the world, as related by the soul of the apostle Philip speaking in the language of the angels. Drawing on a multitude of sources, both mainstream and heterodox, it reflects the richness of early Irish learning as well as the vitality of its author’s imagination.

The present volume is based on the full critical edition of The Ever-new Tongue, including detailed linguistic analysis and textual notes, which appeared in 2009 in the Corpus Christianorum, Series Apocryphorum (CCSA 16). The aim here is to offer to a broader readership a translation of the oldest (and most conservative) version of the text, preserved in the Book of Lismore, together with such other parts, fully updated, of the larger study as may be of interest to non-Celticists.

Table of contents:
Abbreviations; Bibliography; Introduction; I. Recensions and manuscripts; II. Synopsis; III. Background and sources; IV. Theology; ‘The ever-new tongue’ (Translation); Appendix: Dating the text; Glossary.

2017

article
Carey, John, “The miracle of St Patrick’s cup”, Cambrian Medieval Celtic Studies 73 (2017): 15–20.
article
Carey, John, “The Grail and Ireland”, in: John Carey (ed.), The matter of Britain in medieval Ireland: reassessments, 29, London: Irish Texts Society, 2017. 29–46.
edited work
The matter of Britain in medieval Ireland: reassessments
Carey, John (ed.), The matter of Britain in medieval Ireland: reassessments, Irish Texts Society, Subsidiary Series, 29, London: Irish Texts Society, 2017. ix + 144 pp.  
abstract:
The proceedings of the eighteenth annual seminar of the Irish Texts Society held in conjunction with the Combined Departments of Irish at University College Cork in November 2016.
abstract:
The proceedings of the eighteenth annual seminar of the Irish Texts Society held in conjunction with the Combined Departments of Irish at University College Cork in November 2016.

2016

article
Carey, John, “The final transformation of Étaín”, Ériu 66 (2016): 31–38.

2015

article
Carey, John, “H and his world”, in: Ruairí Ó hUiginn (ed.), Lebor na hUidre, 1, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, 2015. 101–113.
article
Carey, John, “Three cétnada”, in: Guillaume Oudaer, Gaël Hily, and Hervé Le Bihan (eds), Mélanges en l’honneur de Pierre-Yves Lambert, Rennes: TIR, 2015. 219–235.
article
Carey, John, “The old gods of Ireland in the later middle ages”, in: Katja Ritari, and Alexandra Bergholm (eds), Understanding Celtic religion: revisiting the pagan past, Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2015. 51–68.
article
Carey, John, “Yonec and Tochmarc Becfhola: two female echtrai”, in: John Carey, Kevin Murray, and Caitríona Ó Dochartaigh (eds), Sacred histories: a Festschrift for Máire Herbert, Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2015. 73–85.
edited work
Sacred histories: a Festschrift for Máire Herbert
Carey, John, Kevin Murray, and Caitríona Ó Dochartaigh (eds), Sacred histories: a Festschrift for Máire Herbert, Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2015.
article
Carey, John, “In search of Mael Muru Othna”, in: Emer Purcell, Paul MacCotter, Julianne Nyhan, and John Sheehan (eds), Clerics, kings and vikings: essays on medieval Ireland in honour of Donnchadh Ó Corráin, Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2015. 429–439.

2014

edited work
The end and beyond: medieval Irish eschatology
Carey, John, Emma Nic Cárthaigh, and Caitríona Ó Dochartaigh (eds), The end and beyond: medieval Irish eschatology, vol. 1, Celtic Studies Publications, 17.1, Aberystwyth: Celtic Studies Publications, 2014.
article
Carey, John, “The Vision of Laisrén”, in: John Carey, Emma Nic Cárthaigh, and Caitríona Ó Dochartaigh (eds), The end and beyond: medieval Irish eschatology, vol. 1, 17.1, Aberystwyth: Celtic Studies Publications, 2014. 417–444.
article
Carey, John, “A poem on the troubles before the last days”, in: John Carey, Emma Nic Cárthaigh, and Caitríona Ó Dochartaigh (eds), The end and beyond: medieval Irish eschatology, vol. 2, 17.2, Aberystwyth: Celtic Studies Publications, 2014. 607–627.
article
Carey, John, “The Reichenau Seven Heavens homily”, in: John Carey, Emma Nic Cárthaigh, and Caitríona Ó Dochartaigh (eds), The end and beyond: medieval Irish eschatology, vol. 1, 17.1, Aberystwyth: Celtic Studies Publications, 2014. 189–195.
article
Carey, John, “The three cries of the world”, in: John Carey, Emma Nic Cárthaigh, and Caitríona Ó Dochartaigh (eds), The end and beyond: medieval Irish eschatology, vol. 2, 17.2, Aberystwyth: Celtic Studies Publications, 2014. 683–684.
article
Carey, John, “Acallam na senórach: a conversation between worlds”, in: Kevin Murray, and Aidan Doyle (eds), In dialogue with the Agallamh: essays in honour of Seán Ó Coileáin, Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2014. 76–89.
article
Carey, John, “Soul and body: introduction”, in: John Carey, Emma Nic Cárthaigh, and Caitríona Ó Dochartaigh (eds), The end and beyond: medieval Irish eschatology, vol. 1, 17.1, Aberystwyth: Celtic Studies Publications, 2014. 43–46.
edited work
The end and beyond: medieval Irish eschatology
Carey, John, Emma Nic Cárthaigh, and Caitríona Ó Dochartaigh (eds), The end and beyond: medieval Irish eschatology, vol. 2, Celtic Studies Publications, 17.2, Aberystwyth: Celtic Studies Publications, 2014.
article
Carey, John, “The seven hells”, in: John Carey, Emma Nic Cárthaigh, and Caitríona Ó Dochartaigh (eds), The end and beyond: medieval Irish eschatology, vol. 1, 17.1, Aberystwyth: Celtic Studies Publications, 2014. 495–499.
work
A London library, an Irish manuscript, a British myth?: the wanderings of The Battle of Moytirra [Noel O’Connell Memorial Lecture]
Carey, John, A London library, an Irish manuscript, a British myth?: the wanderings of The Battle of Moytirra [Noel O’Connell Memorial Lecture], Irish Texts Society, Occasional Lecture Series, 1, London: Irish Texts Society, 2014. 22 pp.
article
Carey, John, “The Seven Heavens in Fís Adomnáin”, in: John Carey, Emma Nic Cárthaigh, and Caitríona Ó Dochartaigh (eds), The end and beyond: medieval Irish eschatology, vol. 1, 17.1, Aberystwyth: Celtic Studies Publications, 2014. 197–200.
article
Carey, John, “The lore of the fiery arrow”, in: John Carey, Emma Nic Cárthaigh, and Caitríona Ó Dochartaigh (eds), The end and beyond: medieval Irish eschatology, vol. 2, 17.2, Aberystwyth: Celtic Studies Publications, 2014. 705–713.
article
Carey, John, “The nature of miracles in early Irish saints’ lives”, in: Alfred K. Siewers (ed.), Re-imagining nature: environmental humanities and ecosemiotics, Lewisburg, PA: Bucknell University Press, 2014. 127–139.
article
Carey, John, “The dialogue of the body and the soul”, in: John Carey, Emma Nic Cárthaigh, and Caitríona Ó Dochartaigh (eds), The end and beyond: medieval Irish eschatology, vol. 1, 17.1, Aberystwyth: Celtic Studies Publications, 2014. 47–65.
edited work
Buile Suibhne: perspectives and reassessments
Carey, John (ed.), Buile Suibhne: perspectives and reassessments, Irish Texts Society, Subsidiary Series, 26, London: Irish Texts Society, 2014.
article
Carey, John, “Colum Cille on the pains of hell”, in: John Carey, Emma Nic Cárthaigh, and Caitríona Ó Dochartaigh (eds), The end and beyond: medieval Irish eschatology, vol. 1, 17.1, Aberystwyth: Celtic Studies Publications, 2014. 461–464.
article
Carey, John, “Saint Brendan on the fear of death”, in: John Carey, Emma Nic Cárthaigh, and Caitríona Ó Dochartaigh (eds), The end and beyond: medieval Irish eschatology, vol. 1, 17.1, Aberystwyth: Celtic Studies Publications, 2014. 445–451.
article
Carey, John, “Colum Cille’s warning to Baíthín”, in: John Carey, Emma Nic Cárthaigh, and Caitríona Ó Dochartaigh (eds), The end and beyond: medieval Irish eschatology, vol. 2, 17.2, Aberystwyth: Celtic Studies Publications, 2014. 697–704.
article
Carey, John, “The out-of-body adventures of Cairpre Cromm”, in: John Carey, Emma Nic Cárthaigh, and Caitríona Ó Dochartaigh (eds), The end and beyond: medieval Irish eschatology, vol. 1, 17.1, Aberystwyth: Celtic Studies Publications, 2014. 145–151.
article
Carey, John, “The story of Cairpre Cromm and Mael Ṡechnaill son of Mael Ruanaid”, in: John Carey, Emma Nic Cárthaigh, and Caitríona Ó Dochartaigh (eds), The end and beyond: medieval Irish eschatology, vol. 1, 17.1, Aberystwyth: Celtic Studies Publications, 2014. 465–473.
article
Carey, John, “A soul freed from hell by prayer”, in: John Carey, Emma Nic Cárthaigh, and Caitríona Ó Dochartaigh (eds), The end and beyond: medieval Irish eschatology, vol. 1, 17.1, Aberystwyth: Celtic Studies Publications, 2014. 453–459.
article
Carey, John, and Caitríona Ó Dochartaigh, “[Part II. The judgement and its signs:] introduction”, in: John Carey, Emma Nic Cárthaigh, and Caitríona Ó Dochartaigh (eds), The end and beyond: medieval Irish eschatology, vol. 2, 17.2, Aberystwyth: Celtic Studies Publications, 2014. 549–565.
article
Carey, John, “The Seven Heavens: introduction”, in: John Carey, Emma Nic Cárthaigh, and Caitríona Ó Dochartaigh (eds), The end and beyond: medieval Irish eschatology, vol. 1, 17.1, Aberystwyth: Celtic Studies Publications, 2014. 155–170.
edited work
The end and beyond: medieval Irish eschatology
Carey, John, Emma Nic Cárthaigh, and Caitríona Ó Dochartaigh (eds), The end and beyond: medieval Irish eschatology, 2 vols, Celtic Studies Publications, 17, Aberystwyth: Celtic Studies Publications, 2014.
includes: John Carey (ed.) • Caitríona Ó Dochartaigh (ed.) • Emma Nic Cárthaigh (ed.), The end and beyond: medieval Irish eschatology, vol. 1 • John Carey (ed.) • Caitríona Ó Dochartaigh (ed.) • Emma Nic Cárthaigh (ed.), The end and beyond: medieval Irish eschatology, vol. 2
article
Carey, John, “Two poems on Saint Patrick’s Purgatory”, in: John Carey, Emma Nic Cárthaigh, and Caitríona Ó Dochartaigh (eds), The end and beyond: medieval Irish eschatology, vol. 1, 17.1, Aberystwyth: Celtic Studies Publications, 2014. 501–525.
article
Carey, John, “The end of the world in The colloquy of the two sages”, in: John Carey, Emma Nic Cárthaigh, and Caitríona Ó Dochartaigh (eds), The end and beyond: medieval Irish eschatology, vol. 2, 17.2, Aberystwyth: Celtic Studies Publications, 2014. 629–645.
article
Carey, John, “The two clerical students and the next life”, in: John Carey, Emma Nic Cárthaigh, and Caitríona Ó Dochartaigh (eds), The end and beyond: medieval Irish eschatology, vol. 1, 17.1, Aberystwyth: Celtic Studies Publications, 2014. 139–143.

2013

article
Carey, John, “The sea and the spirit: two notes”, in: Sarah Sheehan, Joanne Findon, and Westley Follett (eds), Gablánach in scélaigecht: Celtic studies in honour of Ann Dooley, Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2013. 26–37.
article
Carey, John, “Druids and Buddhists in Ogygia”, Cambrian Medieval Celtic Studies 66 (2013): 79–85.
Retrieved from ‘https://codecs.vanhamel.nl/index.php?title=Show:Bibliography/Contributors&oldid=283206’