Texts
Martyrology of Tallaght
Incoming data
Martyrology, probably first created at Tallaght (Co. South Dublin) in the late eighth or early ninth century and receiving additions until the tenth. It consists of an abridged version of the Hieronymian martyrology whose Latin entries for Christian martyrs and saints were then supplemented with the names of Irish saints commemmorated on the same day.
Manuscript witnesses
Text
Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, MS 5100-5104
Incomplete. This version omits nearly all of the Roman entries. (1)n. 1 Westley Follett, Céli Dé in Ireland (2006): 222–223.
ff. 209r–224v
MS
Dublin, University College, MS Franciscan A 3
Ed. R. I. Best • H. J. Lawlor, Martyrology of Tallaght (1931). One leaf is missing after p. 356[2], two leaves after p. 360[6] and one leaf after p. 364[10].
p. 355[1]–
Text
Dublin, University College, MS Franciscan A 3
Incomplete. This copy, originally belonging to the Book of Leinster, is richly annotated with notes and poems in the margins. Leaves with entries for 30 January–(most of) 11 March and 20 May–31 July (and part of 1 August) have gone missing and still must have been present when the Kildare copy (below) was written. Entries for 1 November-16 December are also wanting.
pp. 355[1]–365[11]
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Kildare, sean leabhar, containing the martyrology of Tallaght
A copy still seen by Ó Cléirigh and used for the Brussels MS (below) but now lost (Follett: 239). Ó Cléirigh reported that it was wanting after 31 October (Ní fhuarus ancuid ele don martarlaic san seanleabar i cCill Dara). According to Best and Lawlor, this exemplar and the next derived from the Book of Leinster (Franciscan A 3).
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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.] Best, Richard Irvine, and H. J. Lawlor, The martyrology of Tallaght: from the Book of Leinster and MS. 5100–4 in the Royal Library, Brussels, Henry Bradshaw Society, 68, London: Henry Bradshaw Society, 1931. xxviii + 264 pp.
[ed.] Kelly, Matthew, Calendar of Irish saints, the martyrology of Tallagh, with notices of the patron saints of Ireland, and select poems and hymns, Dublin, 1857.
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xi–xl Earlier edition, from the Brussels MS.
