Texts
A chloch thall for elaid úair
Incoming data
Poem on a stone at Monasterboice, Co. Louth.
Manuscript witnesses
Text
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D iv 2
context: Aided Chonchobuir (version D) Cited by version D of Aided Chonchobuir, where it occupies most of the text. It is laconally ascribed to ‘the poet’ (file). No name is given, although the preceding quatrain is ascribed to Flann Mainistrech.
f. 54 a
MS
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339
rubric: Cinaed hua Artacain cecinit. incipit: A Chloch thall for elaid úair. Poem. 11 stanzas.
p. 150a
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.
[dipl. ed.] Best, Richard Irvine, Osborn Bergin, M. A. OʼBrien, and Anne OʼSullivan [eds.], The Book of Leinster, formerly Lebar na Núachongbála, 6 vols, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1954–1983.
CELT – 1-260: <link> CELT – 400-470 (excl. Táin bó Cúailnge): <link> CELT – 471-638 and 663 (excl. Dinnshenchas Érenn): <link> CELT – 761-781 and 785-841 (excl. Dinnshenchas Érenn and Togail Troí): <link> CELT – 1119-1192 and 1202-1325 (excl. Esnada tige Buchet and Fingal Rónáin ): <link>
633–634 Diplomatic edition of the text in LL.
