Texts
Aithbe dam-sa bés mora
Incoming data
Manuscript witnesses
MS
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1337/3 (pp. 15-58)
Prose introduction and poem. The text starts somewhere down the middle. Concludes: ‘beannacht ar anmain mic Mathgamna’.
p. 42b–
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.] Greene, David, and Frank OʼConnor, “9: The nun of Beare”, in: David Greene, and Frank OʼConnor [Michael O'Donovan], A golden treasury of Irish poetry, A.D. 600 to 1200, London: Macmillan, 1967. 48–55.
[ed.] [tr.] Murphy, Gerard [ed. and tr.], “Anonymous: The lament of the old woman of Beare”, in: Gerard Murphy [ed. and tr.], Early Irish lyrics: eighth to twelfth century, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1956. 74–83, 206–208.
CELT – edition: <link>
"a revised version of the normalized text of the main edition" by Murphy in PRIA 55 C
[ed.] Murphy, Gerard [ed.], “The lament of the old Woman of Beare”, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 55 C 4 (1953): 83–109.
[ed.] [tr.] Meyer, Kuno, Selections from early Irish poetry, Dublin: Unpublished, 1909.
88–91 Reprint from the edition and translation below.
[ed.] [tr.] Meyer, Kuno [ed. and tr.], “Stories and songs from Irish manuscripts: II. The song of the old woman of Beare”, Otia Merseiana 1 (1899): 119–129.
Internet Archive: <link>
[tr.] Hull, Eleanor, The poem-boek of the Gael: translations from Irish Gaelic poetry into English prose and verse, Chicago, 1913.
Internet Archive: <link>
147–149 Reprint from Meyer’s translation.
Secondary sources (select)
Carey, John, “Transmutations and immortality in the lament of the old woman of Beare”, Celtica 23 — Essays in honour of James Patrick Carney (1999): 30–37.
Celtica: <link>
