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Trecheng breth Féne

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Manuscript witnesses

Text

Dublin, National Library of Ireland, MS G 1 

f. 65v line 12, ff  

Text

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 N 7 

Fragment beginning ratha Laighnen (§ 56).^{(1)n. 1} Kuno Meyer, The instructions of King Cormac mac Airt (1909): x note 1.

ff. 1r–6v  

Text

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 N 10 

pp. 98–100, 7–10, 101   

Text

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 N 27 

written by Domnall (or Daniel) ó Duind mac Eimuinn.

ff. 1a–7b  

MS

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 N 27 

f. 1r–f. 7v

Text

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 2 

ff. 183b–184b  

Text

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 12 

ff. 65b–66b  

MS

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 12 

incipit: Ceand Erenn Ardmacha   Triads of Ireland. Breaks off.

f. 41r(65)b.10–f. 41v(66)b

Text

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS C ii 3 

Fragment beginning Cend Eirenn Ardmacha (§ 106).^{(2)n. 2} Kuno Meyer, The instructions of King Cormac mac Airt (1909): x note 1.

f. 13r  

Text

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D ii 1 

Complete.

ff. 190a1–191a2  

Text

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1289 

A paper MS written by Tadhg Tiorthach Ó Neachtain in 1745

pp. 946–957   

MS

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1295 

p. 136–p. 140

MS

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1318/5 (cols. 217-280) 

The Triads of Ireland

p. 414 = col. 236 a.24

Text

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1318/5 (cols. 217-280) 

pp. 414b–418a in facsimile   col. 236ff  

MS

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1319/pp. 172-187, 192-194 

p. 183b.17

Text

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1319/pp. 172-187, 192-194 

p. 183b17 ff  

MS

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1363/4 (pp. 40-53) 

Triad § 253 of Meyer's edition.

p. 47.19

Text

Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland, Adv. MS 72.1.7 

Vellum.

f. 9vb  

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.] Meyer, Kuno [ed. and tr.], The Triads of Ireland, Todd Lecture Series, 13, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, 1906.

Shean-Ghaeilge (website of Dennis King) – edition and translation: <link> CELT – edition: <link> CELT – translation: <link> Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive: <link>

Secondary sources (select)

Kelly, Fergus, “Thinking in threes: the triad in early Irish literature [Sir John Rhŷs Memorial Lecture]”, Proceedings of the British Academy 125 (2004): 1–18.  

comments: Sir John Rhŷs Memorial Lectures