Texts
Agallamh na seanórach
Incoming data
A composite recension of the tale of the conversation (agallamh) between St Patrick and representatives of the old Fían, Oisín and Caílte.
Manuscript witnesses
Text
Dublin, National Library of Ireland, MS G 125
Selection of poetry.
Text
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 L 22
An acephalous transcript by Samuel Bryson from RIA MS 24 P 5. Copy of pp. 135-470.
Text
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 24 P 5
The primary manuscript. The text breaks off incomplete.
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.] Ní Shéaghdha, Nessa [ed.], Agallamh na seanórach, 3 vols, Leabhair ó Láimhsgríbhnibh, 7, 10, 15, Dublin, 1942–1945.
Edition based primarily on RIA MS 24 P 5. See individual volumes below.
[ed.] Ní Shéaghdha, Nessa [ed.], Agallamh na seanórach, 3 vols, vol. 1, Leabhair ó Láimhsgríbhnibh, 7, Dublin, 1942.
Corpas.ria.ie – Edition: <link>
[ed.] Ní Shéaghdha, Nessa [ed.], Agallamh na seanórach, 3 vols, vol. 2, Leabhair ó Láimhsgríbhnibh, 10, Dublin, 1942.
Corpas.ria.ie: <link>
[ed.] Ní Shéaghdha, Nessa [ed.], Agallamh na seanórach, 3 vols, vol. 3, Leabhair ó Láimhsgríbhnibh, 15, Dublin, 1945.
Corpas.ria.ie: <link>
Secondary sources (select)
Flahive, Joseph J., “Revisiting the Reeves Agallamh”, in: Kevin Murray, and Aidan Doyle (eds), In dialogue with the Agallamh: essays in honour of Seán Ó Coileáin, Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2014. 164–184.
Arbuthnot, Sharon J., “On the name Oscar and two little-known episodes involving the fían”, Cambrian Medieval Celtic Studies 51 (Summer, 2006): 67–81.
Ó Muraíle, Nollaig, “Agallamh na seanórach”, in: Pádraig Ó Fiannachta (ed.), An fhiannaíocht, 25, Maynooth: An Sagart, 1995. 96–127.
