Texts
Brónach ollamh déis a rígh
Incoming data
Irish bardic poem ascr. to Mac Coisi, i.e. Urard mac Coise (d. 983 x 1023), but composed well after his life-time. It laments the death of one Fergal ua Ruairc, a king whose grave at Clonmacnoise the poet is said to be visiting, and refers to the circumstances of the battle of Clontarf (1014). The king in question has been identified with Fergal ua Ruairc, king of Connacht, who died in c. 966 and is nevertheless depicted in Cogad Gáedel re Gallaib as having fought in the battle alongside Brian Bóruma.
Manuscript witnesses
Text
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1420
O'Donovan's autograph manuscript of his edition from TCD 1419
p. 5 ff
Sources
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[ed.] [tr.] OʼDonovan, John, “Elegy of Erard Mac Coise, chief chronicler of the Gaels, pronounced over the tomb of Fergal O'Ruairc, chief of Brefny, at Clonmacnoise”, Journal of the Kilkenny and South-East of Ireland Archaeological Society 1:2 (1857, 1858): 341–356.
Edition, with discussion and English translation, of the poem beg. Brónach ollamh déis a rígh (ascr. to Urard mac Coise) from TCD 1419 (H 6. 15)
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O'Donovan also appends an English translation by James Clarence Mangan (d. 1849) to that of his own.
