Texts
Lebor gabála Érenn/2G(1). Gabáil Tuath nDé
Incoming data
An account of the taking of Ireland by the Tuatha Dé Danann, from their previous whereabouts and first arrival in Ireland to the defeat of the Fir Bolg in the first battle of Mag Tuired.
Manuscript witnesses
MS
Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 512/III (ff. 75B-100, 37-44)
context: Lebor gabála Érenn (Recension B) incl. In chloch fors' tát mo dí sháil, Lebor gabála Érenn/2G(1). Gabáil Tuath nDé Tract on the taking of Ireland by the Túatha Dé Danann, continued from f. 76Av. Macalister, vol. 4, §§ 322 (incl. first lines of poem attr. to Cináed [úa hArtacáin]) and 326.
in section: f. 80ra–
MS
Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 512/III (ff. 75B-100, 37-44)
context: Lebor gabála Érenn (Recension B) rubric: Do gabail Tuaithe D. D. annso incl. Lebor gabála Érenn/2G(1). Gabáil Tuath nDé Macalister, vol. 4, § 320 ff. The text continues on f. 80.
in section: f. 76Ava
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.] Macalister, R. A. Stewart [ed.], Lebor gabála Érenn: The book of the taking of Ireland, 5 vols, vol. 4, Irish Texts Society, 41, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, 1939.
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106–113 (§§ 304–309, Rec. A, with Min.); 138–147 (§§ 320–327A, Rec. B); 166–175 (§§ 356–361, Rec. C); + verse texts.
Secondary sources (select)
Scowcroft, R. Mark, “Leabhar Gabhála. Part I: the growth of the text”, Ériu 38 (1987): 79–140.
comments: The second part is Scowcroft, R. Mark, “Leabhar Gabhála. Part II”, Ériu 39 (1988).
108–110
