Texts
Carais Páttraicc phuirt Macha
Incoming data
Middle Irish poem on the virtues of the saints of Ireland, attributed to Cuimíne of Condere (Connor, Co. Antrim).
Manuscript witnesses
MS
Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, MS 2324-2340
rubric: Cuimin Condoire cecinit Poem.
f. 44– f. 45
Text
Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, MS 5100-5104
A copy which covers the first three and last quatrains of the version above
f. 238a ff
MS
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1284
incipit: Caras Pattraig puirt Macha Poem on the virtues of the saints of Ireland
f. 150
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.] Stokes, Whitley, “Cuimmín’s poem on the saints of Ireland”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 1 (1897): 59–73.
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[ed.] [tr.] Kelly, Matthew, Calendar of Irish saints, the martyrology of Tallagh, with notices of the patron saints of Ireland, and select poems and hymns, Dublin, 1857.
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Edition, together with translation and notes by Eugene O'Curry (superseded), based it would seem on the copy in TCD 1284