Texts
Lebor gabála Érenn/2H(1). The death of Íth
Incoming data
An account of the meeting between Íth mac Breogain and three kings of the Tuatha Dé Danann at Ailech Néit; and of Íth’s death in his attempt to arbritrate a dispute among the Tuatha Dé.
Manuscript witnesses
MS
Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 512/III (ff. 75B-100, 37-44)
context: Lebor gabála Érenn (Recension B) rubric: Gabail Goidel ⁊ a comaimserad in so incipit: Goidil tra tucsam a n-imtechta o Iafeth mc. Nai ille ⁊ o Thur Nemruaidh incl. Lebor gabála Érenn/2H(1). The death of Íth First, preliminary tract on the taking of Ireland by the Gaels, relating the story of Íth. Macalister, vol. 5, §§ 378-379 (incl. itinerary), 381-382, 384. The title heading is used for the two tracts on the Gaels and the synchronisms which previously followed it before the leaf between ff. 82-83 was lost.
in section: f. 81rb.13–
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. 5, Irish Texts Society, 44, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, 1942.
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10–21 (§§ 378–384, Recensions A, B and C)
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).
113–114
