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Medieval Irish poem (13 qq) concerning the ‘three Colmáns’, including Colmán mac Lúacháin, patron of Lann (Lynn, Co. Westmeath), attributed to bishop Etchen.

Manuscript witnesses

Text
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D iv 2 
incipit: Inmhain triar taed ann   Preface and poem (13 qq). According to Meyer, this text “may be an extract from another lost Life of our saint” (Colmán mac Lúacháin).
ff. 53(55)rb  
MS
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D iv 2 
incipit: Espucc Etchean cecinit dona tri Colmanaibh an tan tanccatar o Roim dochum esccoip Etchean do thabairt gradh forthaibh ... Inmhain triar taed ann   Prose preface and poem (13 qq) attributed to bishop Etchen.
f. 53(55)b
Text
Rennes, Bibliothèque de Rennes Métropole, MS 598/ff. 75-89 
context: Betha Colmáin maic Lúacháin   incipit: Inmuin tríar táet and   13 qq.
ff. 79rb–va  

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.] Meyer, Kuno [ed. and tr.], Betha Colmáin maic Lúacháin: Life of Colmán son of Lúachan, Todd Lecture Series, 17, Dublin: Hodges Figgis, 1911.
CELT – edition: <link> CELT – translation: <link> Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive: <link>
xiv–xv Edition of the preface and poem in RIA D iv 2, with an English translation of the the preface.
[ed.] [tr.] Meyer, Kuno [ed. and tr.], Betha Colmáin maic Lúacháin: Life of Colmán son of Lúachan, Todd Lecture Series, 17, Dublin: Hodges Figgis, 1911.
CELT – edition: <link> CELT – translation: <link> Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive: <link>
32–35 Edition and translation of the poem as it occurs in the prose life.