Texts

Cóic Mumain i Mumain móir

Incoming data

A catalogue entry is available.

Topographical poem on the five divisions of Munster.

Manuscript witnesses

Text

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 E 16

Different version. Yet to be confirmed

p. 319

Text

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 N 10

p. 101

Text

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1441

context: Irish Liber hymnorum Third fragment. This copy is illegible in parts.

MS

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1441

incipit: Coig Mumain a Mumain moir Poem on the five Munsters (i.e. the five divisons of Munster). 7 stanzas.

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.] Bernard, J. H., and Robert Atkinson [eds.], The Irish Liber hymnorum, 2 vols, vol. 1: Text and introduction, Henry Bradshaw Society, 13, London: Henry Bradshaw Society, 1898.

comments: Volume 1: Text and introduction
Volume 2: Translation

Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive – originally from Google Books: <link> Internet Archive – originally from Google Books: <link> – originally from Google Books: <link>

190 Edition from TCD 1441. direct link

[tr.] Bernard, J. H., and Robert Atkinson, The Irish Liber hymnorum, 2 vols, vol. 2: Translation and notes, Henry Bradshaw Society, 14, London: Henry Bradshaw Society, 1898.

comments: Volume 1: Text and introduction
Volume 2: Translation

Internet Archive – originally from Google Books: <link> Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive – originally from Google Books (missing: pp. 18-19, 86-87): <link>

88 Translation. direct link

[ed.] [tr.] Lloyd, J. H., “The five Munsters”, Ériu 2 (1905): 49–54.

Internet Archive: <link> TLH – edition: <link> TLH – translation: <link>

Edition and translation based on the 23 N 10 copy. Lloyd does not appear to have been aware of the copy in TCD 1441.

Secondary sources (select)

Bernard, J. H., and Robert Atkinson, The Irish Liber hymnorum, 2 vols, vol. 2: Translation and notes, Henry Bradshaw Society, 14, London: Henry Bradshaw Society, 1898.

comments: Volume 1: Text and introduction
Volume 2: Translation

Internet Archive – originally from Google Books: <link> Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive – originally from Google Books (missing: pp. 18-19, 86-87): <link>

238 direct link