Texts
Cath Crinna
Incoming data
Late Middle Irish account of the battle of Crinna, in which Cormac mac Airt is said to have defeated the Ulstermen with the aid of Tadg son of Cían. The saga offers an origin legend of the Cíannacht Breg, explaining how it came to settle near Tara but did not attain the kingship of Tara.
Manuscript witnesses
Text
Cork, University College, Book of Lismore
The version known from the edition in Silva Gadelica.
ff. 163ra–165rb
Text
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 E 29/pp. 17-216
A different version that omits some poems while offering others.
pp. 29a–35a
MS
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1337/19 (pp. 565-628)
Glosses, with very few quotations (Meyer)
p. 609
MS
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339
rubric: Clanna Ébir i Lleith Chuind incipit: Galenga tair ⁊ tíar. Ciannachta tess ⁊ túaid
p. 328f–
Text
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339
Early version incorporated among genealogical matters = CGH pp. 403-405.
pp. 328f–329a
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.] OʼSullivan, Anne [ed.], The Book of Leinster, formerly Lebar na Núachongbála, vol. 6, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1983. xv + pp. 1327-1708.
CELT – pp. 1327–1595 (excl. pp. 1596–1708): <link>
1433–1435 Diplomatic edition of the LL version.
[ed.] OʼBrien, M. A. [ed.], Corpus genealogiarum Hiberniae, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1962.
comments: Reprinted in 1976 and 2005, with an introduction by J. V. Kelleher.
CELT – pp. 1–332 (Rawl. B 502): <link>
403–405 Semi-diplomatic edition of the LL version.
[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.
Digitale-sammlungen.de: <link> Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive: <link>
359–368 direct link
Secondary sources (select)
OʼGrady, Standish Hayes, Silva Gadelica (I–XXXI): a collection of tales in Irish, vol. 2: translation and notes, London: Williams & Norgate, 1892.
