Texts
Leachta carad i gcath Bhriain
Incoming data
Elegy for Brian Ua Néill and other, northern chieftains slain at the ‘battle of Dún’ (near Downpatrick) in 1260.
Manuscript witnesses
Text
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1291
incipit: Leacht carad ó chath Bhriain A copy of the former, here attributed to Feargal Og Mhac an Bhaird. 124 lines.
ff. 109, 110
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.] McKenna, Lambert, “Some Irish bardic poems: LXXXII. Fearghal Ó Mac an Bhaird .cc.”, Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review 36:142 (June, 1947): 175–180.
[ed.] [tr.] OʼDonovan, John [ed. and tr.], “Appendix 2: Fearghal Og Mac an Bháird cecinit”, in: John OʼDonovan [ed.], Miscellany of the Celtic Society, Dublin: Celtic Society, 1849. 404–415.
Secondary sources (select)
Simms, Katharine, and Mícheál Hoyne, Bardic poetry database, Online: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 2010–. URL: <http://bardic.celt.dias.ie>.
[id. 1188. ‘Leachta carad a ccath Briain’]
Simms, Katharine, From kings to warlords: the changing political structure of Gaelic Ireland in the later Middle Ages, Studies in Celtic History, 7, Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell Press, 1987.
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