Texts
Acallam bec
Incoming data
A prosimetric narrative, related to Acallam na senórach, concerning the wanderings of Caílte and other survivors of the Fían at the time of Patrick’s advent in Ireland. While the dialogue between Patrick and a representative of Finn’s old fían is central to both Acallam na senórach and the later Agallamh na seanórach, the meeting between Patrick and Caílte occupies comparatively little space in this text.
Manuscript witnesses
Text
Cork, University College, Book of Lismore
followed by note on the Five Hostels of Ireland
ff. 194ra (line 1)–200vb (line 24) = 152a 1–158b (earlier foliation)
MS
Cork, University College, Book of Lismore
incipit: FEACHT. NOEN. DORALA. OISSIN ⁊ CAILTE
f. 134ra.1–
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.] Kühns, Julia S., “An edition and translation of the Agallamh beag from the Book of Lismore”, unpublished MPhil dissertation, University of Glasgow, 2006.
Theses.gla.ac.uk – PDF: <link>
The only complete edition and translation to date.
- Portions of the text
[ed.] [tr.] Hyde, Douglas [pseud. An Craoibhín, ed. and tr.], “An Agallamh Bheag”, Lia Fáil 1 (1927): 79–107.
Partial edition with translation into Modern Irish.
Celtic Digital Initiative: <link>
Incomplete
[ed.] [tr.] Hyde, Douglas [ed. and tr.], “The cooking of the Great Queen (Fulacht na Mórrigna)”, The Celtic Review 10 (1916): 335–350.
Internet Archive: <link>
Episode only.
[tr.] Pennington, Walter [tr.], “The Little Colloquy”, Philological Quarterly 9:2 (1930): 97–110.
Celtic Digital Initiative: <link>
Translation of Hyde 1927b.
Secondary sources (select)
Kühns, Julia S., “Some observations on the Acallam bec”, in: Sharon J. Arbuthnot, and Geraldine Parsons (eds), The Gaelic Finn tradition, Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2012. 122–138.
