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Inn eól duíb in senchas sen
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Middle Irish poem on the Christian kings of Cashel, from Óengus mac Nad Fraích onwards. The version in the Book of Leinster (15qq) is attributed to Flann (Mainistrech?) and ends with Donnchad mac Briain (d. 1064), while that in Rawlinson B 502 (22qq) has additional quatrains to bring the list up-to-date to the reign of Cormac Mac Carthaig (d. 1138).
Manuscript witnesses
Text
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339
rubric: Fland Fina cecinit incipit: INN eól dúib in senchas sen 15qq.
p. 150a-b
MS
Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 502/2 (ff. 19-89)
rubric: Do rigaib Caissil inso sis incipit: Inn eol duib in senchas sen Poem (22qq) on the Christian kings of Cashel, from Óengus mac Nad Fraích to Cormac Mac Carthaig.
f. 88r(163)a.30–
Text
Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 502/2 (ff. 19-89)
rubric: Do rigaib Caissil inso sis incipit: Inn eol duib in senchas sen 22qq.
f. 88r(163)a.30–b.17
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.
[dipl. ed.] Best, Richard Irvine, and M. A. OʼBrien, The Book of Leinster, formerly Lebar na Núachongbála, vol. 3, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1957. xxi + pp. 471-760.
CELT – pp. 471-638 and 663: <link>
635–636
Secondary sources (select)
Thanisch, Eystein P., “The reception and use of Flann Mainistrech and his work in medieval Gaelic manuscript culture”, 2 vols, vol. 1, PhD thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2015.
Edinburgh Research Archive – PDF: <link>
