Texts

Eachtra Lomnochtáin an tSléibhe Riffe

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Modern Irish prose tale of the Fenian Cycle, which may be described as a bruidhean-tale. A few copies form a considerably enlarged version containing an additional romance.

Manuscript witnesses

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Cambridge, University Library, MS Additional 3085/d

ff. 163v–193r

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Dublin, National Library of Ireland, MS G 155

pp. 25–38

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Dublin, National Library of Ireland, MS G 211

pp. 1–38

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Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 E 16

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Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 I 11

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Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 L 15

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Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 L 39

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Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 M 6

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Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 24 C 57

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Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 24 D 3

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Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 24 D 15

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Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 24 P 10

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Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 24 P 20

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Dublin, University College Library, Morris Additional MS 10

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London, British Library, MS Additional 18947

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London, British Library, MS Egerton 162

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London, British Library, MS Egerton 164

Beginning only.

f. 1-2

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London, British Library, MS Egerton 171

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London, British Library, MS Egerton 208

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Melbourne, Newman College, MS Brisleach Mhór Mhuighe Muirtheimhne

ff. [54]v–[66]r

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.] Bergin, Osborn, and Eoin MacNeill, Eachtra Lomnochtáin: Irish text, Gaelic League Series Irish Texts, 7, Dublin: Gaelic League, 1901.

pp 1-93 (text); vocabulary (95-211). Reprinted in 1903 and 1905. The text, without vocabulary, was reprinted in 1938 and again in 1940.

Internet Archive: <link> – Another printed version, without glossary: <link>

Text and glossary.

[ed.] [tr.] MacNeill, Eoin, and Osborn Bergin, “Eachtra Lomnochtáin an t-Sléibhe Riffe”, Gaelic Journal 9 (1898–1899): 231–236, 248–252, 265–268, 279–284, 293–295, 314–316, 330–332, 335–339.

– text (p. 231 ff): <link> – text (p. 265 ff): <link> – text (p. 248 ff): <link> – text (p. 279 ff): <link> – text (p. 293 ff): <link> – text (p. 314 ff): <link> – text (p. 330 ff): <link> – text (p. 335 ff): <link>

Final parts in serial form.

[ed.] [tr.] MacNeill, Eoin, and Osborn Bergin, “Eachtra Lomnochtáin an t-Sléibhe Riffe”, Gaelic Journal 8 (1898): 168–172, 182–188, 198–204, 215–220.

– text (p. 168 ff): <link> – text (p. 183 ff): <link> – text (p. 198 ff): <link> – text (p. 215 ff): <link>

First parts in serial form.

Secondary sources (select)

Ó hÓgáin, Dáithí, Fionn mac Cumhaill: images of the Gaelic hero, Dublin: Gill and Macmillan, 1988.

261

OʼNolan, Kevin, “Homer and the Irish hero tale”, Studia Hibernica 8 (1968): 7–20.

19–20

Flower, Robin, Catalogue of Irish manuscripts in the [British Library, formerly the] British Museum, vol. 2, London: British Museum, 1926.

– IIIF Presentation API v2: View in Mirador – IIIF Presentation API v3: View in Mirador

345–346

OʼRahilly, T. F., “Miscellanea: Sile na Rí-Choinnle”, Gadelica: A Journal of Modern-Irish Studies 1:4 (1912–1913): 275–277.

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