Texts

Fotha catha Cnucha

Incoming data

A catalogue entry is available.

The tale of the conception and birth of Finn mac Cumaill.

Manuscript witnesses

Text

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 E 25

ff. 41b–42b

MS

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 E 25

rubric: Fotha Catha Cnucha inso incipit: DIA mboí Cathair Mór mac Fedelmthi Fir Urglais meic Cormaic Geltai Gaíth i rrigi Temnach added by H. Three stanzas from the poetic version beginning ‘Dinnshenchas of Almu I’ are quoted in the text.

p. 41b.9–p. 42b.45

Text

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1318/16 (cols 573-958)

cols 877–878

MS

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1318/16 (cols 573-958)

‘The cause of the Battle of Cnucha’

p. 175.28 = col. 877.28

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.] [tr.] Hennessy, William M. [ed. and tr.], “The Battle of Cnucha”, Revue Celtique 2 (1873): 86–93.

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[ed.] [tr.] MacSwiney, J. P. [ed. and tr.], “Fotha Catha Cnucha in so”, Gaelic Journal 2 (1884): 169–174.

Internet Archive: <link> Irisleabharnagaedhilge.fing.ie – edition: <link>

[ed.] Windisch, Ernst [ed.], Kurzgefasste irische Grammatik mit Lesestücken, Leipzig: Verlag von S. Hirzel, 1879.

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