Texts

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Manuscript witnesses

Text
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 E 25 
incipit: Fland tra ⁊ Eochaid eolach hua Cérin is iat ro thinolsat so a llebraib Eochoda hui Flandacan i nArd Macha   Written on an intercalated leaf.
p. 39a  
MS
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 E 25 
Colophon to Aided Nath Í ⁊ a adnacol, here referred to as Senchas na relec “The lore of burial grounds”, a designation corresponding to the title of the text on pp. 50b-52a below. The colophon is written by H.
p. 39a

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.] Best, Richard Irvine, and Osborn Bergin [eds.], Lebor na hUidre: Book of the Dun Cow, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, 1929.
CELT – edition (pp. 1-338): <link> Internet Archive: <link>
94 lines 2919–2924 (text)

Secondary sources (select)

Herbert, Máire, “Crossing historical and literary boundaries: Irish written culture around the year 1000”, in: Patrick Sims-Williams, and Gruffydd Aled Williams (eds), Croesi ffiniau: Trafodion y 12fed Gyngres Astudiaethau Celtaidd Ryngwladol 24–30 Awst 2003, Prifysgol Cymru, Aberystwyth / Crossing boundaries: Proceedings of the 12th International Congress of Celtic Studies, 24–30 August 2003, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, 53, 54, Aberystwyth: CMCS Publications, 2007. 87–101.
Ó Concheanainn, Tomás, “Textual and historical associations of Leabhar na hUidhre”, Éigse 29 (1996): 65–120.