Texts

Nuallghubha Oilella Óluim

Incoming data

A catalogue entry is available.

An early Modern Irish prose text that embeds some older rhetorical verse.

Manuscript witnesses

Text

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 E 3

Manuscript of Nicholas Kearney

Text

Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland, Adv. MS 72.1.28

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.] Dillon, Myles, “The lamentation of Oilill Ólom”, Scottish Gaelic Studies 6:1 (1947, 1949): 1–10.

Edition and translation based on the Edinburgh MS.

[ed.] [tr.] MacNeill, Eoin [ed. and tr.], “Three poems in Middle-Irish, relating to the Battle of Mucrama, with English translation and notes, and a short vocabulary”, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 3rd series, 3 (1893–1896): 529–563.

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556 Cites a portion from RIA MS 23 E 3. direct link

Translation wanted

In their corrupt state, the rhetorical passages are difficult to translate.