Texts

Manuscript witnesses

Text
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 Q 9 
p. 68  
Text
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS B iv 2 
Copied from the text in LL, including the since lost beginning of the poem.
ff. 120–121  
MS
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1318/5 (cols. 217-280) 
96-line poem ascribed to Flann Fína (Aldfrith, king of Northumbria)
p. 413a = col. 233
Text
p. 413a (facsimile)  col. 233  
Text
p. 31 (facs.)  
MS
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339 
Only part of the poem. The title and beginning of the poem are missing.
p. 31a.38

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.] Walsh, Paul [ed. and tr.], “A poem on Ireland”, Ériu 8 (1916): 64–74.
[tr.] OʼDonovan, John, “King Aldfred’s poem”, Dublin Penny Journal 1:12 (1832): 94–95.