Texts
A aingil, beir a Míchíl mórfhertaig
Incoming data
Metrical invocation (9qq, treochair) of Michael the archangel.
Manuscript witnesses
MS
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1318/6 (cols 281-344)
Metrical prayer by St. Mael Isa O'Brallaghan. Hymn to Michael the archangel.
p. 326b = col. 336
MS
Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Laud Misc. 610/Leabhar na Rátha
incipit: A aingil / beir a Michil morfertaig Poem (9 qq).
f. 181rb.6– f. 118rb.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.] Ní Bhrolcháin, Muireann, Maol Íosa Ó Brolcháin, Maynooth: An Sagart, 1986.
42–43 (no. 1) Edition, with Irish translation.
[ed.] [tr.] Greene, David, and Frank OʼConnor, “41: Hymn to St. Michael”, in: David Greene, and Frank OʼConnor [Michael O'Donovan], A golden treasury of Irish poetry, A.D. 600 to 1200, London: Macmillan, 1967. 165–166.
[ed.] [tr.] Plummer, Charles, Irish litanies: text and translation, Henry Bradshaw Society, 62, London: Henry Bradshaw Society, 1925.
Edition, with English translation, introduction and textual notes. of a selection of Irish litanies.
CELT – edition: <link>
88–89 (Litany of St Michael)
[ed.] [tr.] Meyer, Kuno, “Maelisu’s hymn to the archangel Michael”, Gaelic Journal 4:35 (1890): 56–57, 70 (corr.).
Internet Archive: <link>
[ed.] Meyer, Kuno [ed. and tr.], Cath Finntrága or The Battle of Ventry, Anecdota Oxoniensia, Mediaeval and Modern Series, 1.4, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1885.
Edition based on Oxford, Bodleian Library, Rawlinson B 487; variants from BL Egerton 149.