Texts
Betha Caoimhgin II
Incoming data
Verse Life of St Cóemgen (Cáemgen, Kevin).
Manuscript witnesses
Text
Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, MS 2324-2340
Transcript by Mícheál Ó Cléirigh, who drew on two manuscripts that he discovered in Castlekevin, near Glendalough - see his colophon at the end of the text (§ 24) and Plummer's introduction (p. xxx). The text here is preceded by a copy of Betha Caoimhgin I.
ff. 278a–286b
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.
[tr.] Plummer, Charles, Bethada náem nÉrenn: Lives of Irish saints, 2 vols, vol. 2: Translations, notes, indexes, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1922.
Secondary sources (select)
Plummer, Charles, Bethada náem nÉrenn: Lives of Irish saints, 2 vols, vol. 1: Introduction, texts, glossary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1922.