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Secht ríg do Laignib na lerg

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Middle Irish poem on seven kings of Leinster who ruled in Ireland and Britain and whose rule extended as far as the English Channel (Muir n-Icht).

Manuscript witnesses

Text

Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 502/2 (ff. 19-89)

f. 48r(83).52ff

Text

Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 502/2 (ff. 19-89)

First line. Excerpt.

f. f. 70v(128)

MS

Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 502/2 (ff. 19-89)

context: Laídshenchas Laigen incipit: Secht rig do Laignib na lerg incl. Secht ríg do Laignib na lerg [Poem 5] Poem on further kings of Leinster

in section: f. 48r(83)

MS

Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 502/2 (ff. 19-89)

context: Tract on the Laigin rubric: Duil laechsluinte Lagen in so sis acht on is diamair incipit: Na tri Fothaid .i. tri m. Maicnia m. Lugdach incl. Na trí Fothaid, Cóic ríg tríchat do Laignib, Secht ríg do Laignib na lerg, Sé ríg dá fhichet co n-gail Further genealogies of the Laigin. Incl. section headed Genelach Find m. hUmaill, incl. verse items: (a) beg. Na trí Fothaid (7 lines only), attr. to Find File mac Rosa (as-bert Find File m. Rosa); (b) 1 line beg. Secht rig do Laignib na lerg, for which see f. 48r(83); (c) 1 line beg. Coic rig trichat do Laignib (de quibus hoc carmen dictum est), for which see f. 48r(83); (d) beg. Se rig da fhichet co ngail (1q).

in section: f. 70v(128)a.i–f. 70v(128)b

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[ed.] [tr.] Hemprich, Gisbert, Rí Érenn – ‘König von Irland’ – Fiktion und Wirklichkeit, 2 vols, Bonner Beiträge zur Keltologie, 2, Berlin: curach bhán, 2015.

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