Texts
Aided Diarmata meic Cerbaill I
Incoming data
A composite Middle Irish tale about the reign and (threefold) death of Díarmait mac Cerbaill, king of Ireland. A common theme is the king’s violation of ecclesiastical sanctuary or protection.
Manuscript witnesses
MS
Cork, University College, Book of Lismore
Extract from Aided Díarmata (first recension), giving an account of the battle of Cúl Dremne
f. 136va.34–
MS
Cork, University College, Book of Lismore
Another extract from Aided Díarmata (first recension), containing an account of the king's death.
f. 136vb.28–
MS
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1318/16 (cols 573-958)
‘The death of Diarmait mac Cerbaill’, in prose and verse
p. 171 = col. 869cd–
Text
Leabhar Sligig
Lost, but credited as the source for the copy in Egerton 1782.
Text
London, British Library, MS Egerton 1782
Based on a copy in the lost Leabhar Sligig (Book of Sligo).
ff. 37ra–40vb
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.] Wiley, Dan M., “An edition of Aided Diarmata meic Cerbaill from the Book of Uí Maine”, unpublished PhD thesis, Harvard University, 2000.
[ed.] OʼGrady, Standish Hayes, Silva Gadelica (I–XXXI): a collection of tales in Irish, vol. 1: Irish text, London: Williams & Norgate, 1892.
[tr.] OʼGrady, Standish Hayes, Silva Gadelica (I–XXXI): a collection of tales in Irish, vol. 2: translation and notes, London: Williams & Norgate, 1892.
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76–88 Translation direct link
[tr.] Carey, John [tr.], “[Various contributions]”, in: John T. Koch, and John Carey (eds), The Celtic Heroic Age. Literary sources for ancient Celtic Europe and early Ireland & Wales, 4th ed., 1, Aberystwyth: Celtic Studies Publications, 2003. [Various].
§ 101 [id. 101.] English translation of a section of the text
Secondary sources (select)
Rekdal, Jan Erik, “From wine in a goblet to milk in cowdung. The transformation of early Christian kings in three post-Viking tales from Ireland”, in: Gro Steinsland, Jón Viðar Sigurðsson, Jan Erik Rekdal, and Ian Beuermann [eds.], Ideology and power in the Viking and Middle Ages: Scandinavia, Iceland, Ireland, Orkney and the Faeroes, Leiden, Boston: Brill, 2011. 211–267.
OʼGrady, Standish Hayes, Silva Gadelica (I–XXXI): a collection of tales in Irish, vol. 2: translation and notes, London: Williams & Norgate, 1892.
Digitale-sammlungen.de: <link> Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive: <link>
viii–ix direct link
