Texts

Comaimsera ríg nÉrenn ocus ríg na Cóiced iar Creitim

Incoming data

A tract that synchronises the reigns of the high-kings and provincial kings of Ireland. The list extends from Lóegaire mac Néill to Muirchertach mac Toirrdelbaig Ua Briain.

Manuscript witnesses

MS

Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 512/III (ff. 75B-100, 37-44)

context: Lebor gabála Érenn (Recension B) rubric: Comaimserad rig Erenn ⁊ rig na coiced iar cretim in so incl. Comaimsera ríg nÉrenn ocus ríg na Cóiced iar Creitim One of three manuscript copies used by Rudolf Thurneysen, ‘Synchronismen der irischen Könige’, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 19 (1933).

in section: f. 89ra.7–f. 90vb

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.] Thurneysen, Rudolf, “Synchronismen der irischen Könige”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 19 (1933): 81–99, 133.

Longer version of the text.

[ed.] Boyle, Alexander, “The Edinburgh synchronisms of Irish kings”, Celtica 9 (1971): 169–179.

Shorter version.

Secondary sources (select)

Scowcroft, R. Mark, “Leabhar Gabhála. Part I: the growth of the text”, Ériu 38 (1987): 79–140.

comments: The second part is Scowcroft, R. Mark, “Leabhar Gabhála. Part II”, Ériu 39 (1988).

130–131

Broun, Dauvit, The Irish identity of the kingdom of the Scots in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, Studies in Celtic History, 18, Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 1999.

170–172