Texts

Robad mellach a meic mo Dé

Incoming data

A catalogue entry is available.

Middle Irish poem attributed to Colum Cille.

Manuscript witnesses

Text

Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, MS 5100-5104

rubric: Colum Cille cc incipit: Doba mellach a mhic mo Dhe ⁊ aidble remend

A modified version. 10 qq.

ff. 26r(41).14–26v.10

MS

Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, MS 5100-5104

rubric: Colum Cille cc incipit: Doba mellach a mhic mo Dhe ⁊ aidble remend

10 qq.

f. 26r(41).14–f. 26v(42).10

Text

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 N 10

p. 91

Text

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS B iv 2

f. 141a

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.] Murphy, Gerard [ed. and tr.], “Anonymous: An exile’s dream”, in: Gerard Murphy [ed. and tr.], Early Irish lyrics: eighth to twelfth century, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1956. 66–69, 202–204.

CELT – edition: <link>

[ed.] OʼRahilly, Thomas F., Measgra dánta: Miscellaneous Irish poems, 2nd ed., Dublin and Cork: Cork University Press, 1927.

Internet Archive: <link>

194–195

A selection of five quatrains, here reproduced for comparison with the poem beg. Mellach lem bith i n-ucht ailinn.

[ed.] Meyer, Kuno [ed.], “Mitteilungen aus irischen Handschriften: Colum Cille cecinit”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 7 (1910): 309–310.

Internet Archive: <link>

Based on RIA 23 N 10 and RIA B iv 2.

[ed.] [tr.] Reeves, William, Life of St. Columba, founder of Hy, written by Adamnan, 1st ed., Dublin: Irish Archaeological and Celtic Society, 1857.

CELT – edition: <link> CELT – translation: <link> Internet Archive – original print: <link> Internet Archive – 1874 reprint: <link> Digitale-sammlungen.de: <link> Digitale-sammlungen.de: View in Mirador

274–275 Brussels MS.

Secondary sources (select)

Herbert, Máire, “Becoming an exile: Colum Cille in Middle-Irish poetry”, in: Joseph Falaky Nagy, and Leslie Ellen Jones (eds), Heroic poets and poetic heroes in Celtic tradition: a Festschrift for Patrick K. Ford, 3, 4, Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2005. 131–140.

Celtic Digital Initiative: <link>