Texts
Ogam il-lia, lia uas lecht
Incoming data
Seven quatrains attributed to Oisín, on the battle of Gabair Aichle.
Manuscript witnesses
Text
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339
The poem occurs in a collection of dinnshenchas poems, even if it does not fit this description.
p. 154a-154b
MS
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339
rubric: Ossin cecinit. / I cath Gabra ro marbad Oscur & Cairpre Liphechair incipit: Ogam il-lia, lia uas lecht Non-dinnshenchas poem. 7 quatrains.
p. 154a–
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.] Windisch, Ernst [ed.], Irische Texte mit Wörterbuch, 4 vols, vol. 1, Leipzig, 1880.
Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive – Originally from Google Books: <link> – Vol. 1, part 1: View in Mirador – Vol. 1, part 2: Wörterbuch: View in Mirador
57–160. Edition with a translation by Eugene O'Curry from O'Kearney's book. direct link
[ed.] [tr.] OʼKearney, Nicholas, The battle of Gabhra: Garristown in the County of Dublin, fought A.D. 283, Transactions of the Ossianic Society, 1, Dublin: John O'Daly, 1854.
Internet Archive: <link>
49–51 Edition, with a translation by O'Curry. direct link
[em.] [tr.] Lehmann, Ruth P.M., “‘The calendar of the birds’ and ‘A grave marked with Ogam’: two problem poems from the Book of Leinster”, Études Celtiques 17 (1980): 197–203.
Persée – Études Celtiques, vol. 17, 1980: <link>
Offers an emendation of st. 6 and a new English translation of the full poem.
