Texts

Cóic ríg tríchat triallsat róe

Incoming data

Middle Irish poem (55qq) which enumerates early medieval kings of Leinster since the arrival of Christianity. According to M. A. O'Brien, who published an edition of the text, the poem is a composite work consisting of two parts: the first, longer series of stanzas (1-38) listing 35 kings from Crimthann mac Énnai Chennselaig to Fáelán mac Muiredaig (d. 934), together with two additional quatrains of slightly later date (39-40), and a final series (41-55) ending with Donnchadh mac Dúnlaing (d. 1036). The final kings in both parts are represented as being still alive.

Manuscript witnesses

MS

Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 502/2 (ff. 19-89)

context: Laídshenchas Laigen incipit: Coic rig trichat triallsat roe incl. Cóic ríg tríchat triallsat róe [Poem 10] Poem on Christian kings of Leinster

in section: f. 48v(84)

Text

Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 502/2 (ff. 19-89)

f. 48v(84)b.5ff

Sources

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[ed.] [tr.] OʼBrien, M. A., “A Middle-Irish poem on the Christian kings of Leinster”, Ériu 17 (1955): 35–51.