Texts

Táin bó Cúailnge

Incoming data

A catalogue entry is available.

Manuscript witnesses

Text

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 E 25

Interpolated by H. End missing.

ff. 55a–82b

Text

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS C vi 3

ff. 28ra–65vb

Text

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1318/16 (cols 573-958)

Beginning missing.

pp. 17a–53a (facsimile) cols 573–644

Text

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1319/pp. 111-118, 334-351

Fragment.

pp. 336–347, 334–335, 111–114, 348–349, 115–118, 350–351

Text

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339

ff. 53b–104b

Text

London, British Library, MS Egerton 93

Fragment.

ff. 26r–35v.

Text

London, British Library, MS Egerton 1782

Interpolated. End missing.

ff. 88r–105v

Text

Maynooth, Russell Library, MS C 1

Interpolated. Beginning and end missing.

pp. 1–76

Quoted in

Medieval Irish tale lists

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.

Recension I

OʼRahilly, Cecile [ed. and tr.], Táin bó Cúailnge: Recension I, Dublin: DIAS, 1976.

CELT – edition: <link> CELT – translation: <link>

Strachan, John, and J. G. OʼKeeffe [eds.], The Táin Bó Cúailnge from the Yellow Book of Lecan: with variant readings from the Lebor na Huidre, Dublin and London: Royal Irish Academy, 1912.

comments: Reprinted in 1967

Wikisource – Wikisource (not fully proofread): <link> Internet Archive: <link>

Windisch, Ernst [ed.], “Táin bó Cúailnge nach der Handschrift Egerton 1782”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 9 (1913): 121–158.

Internet Archive: <link>

Ó Fiannachta, Pádraig [ed.], Táin Bó Cuailnge: the Maynooth manuscript, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1966.

Edited from the O'Curry MS.

Carson, Ciarán [tr.], The Táin: translated from the old Irish epic Táin Bó Cúailnge, Penguin Classics, London: Penguin, 2007.

Translation based on O’Rahilly’s editions of Recension II, LL, and Recension I.

See below.

Recension II

OʼRahilly, Cecile [ed. and tr.], Táin bó Cúalnge: from the Book of Leinster, Irish Texts Society, 49, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1967.

CELT – edition: <link> CELT – translation: <link>

Windisch, Ernst, Die altirische Heldensage Táin Bó Cúalnge nach dem Buch von Leinster, Leipzig: Hirzel, 1905.

Internet Archive: <link> Steve Taylor, ''The Cattle-Raid of Cooley'' – HTML transcript together with the English translation of Dunn (1914): <link> : View in Mirador

OʼRahilly, Cecile [ed.], The Stowe version of Táin Bó Cuailnge, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1961.

Dunn, Joseph [tr.], The ancient Irish epic tale Táin bó Cúalnge, London: Nutt, 1914.

An English translation of TBC based on the edition by Ernst Windisch (1905).

Internet Archive: <link> Steve Taylor, ''The Cattle-Raid of Cooley'' – HTML transcript paired with the 1905 edition by Windisch: <link>

Kinsella, Thomas [tr.], The Tain: translated from the Irish epic Táin Bó Cuailnge, London: Oxford University Press, 1969.

Carson, Ciarán [tr.], The Táin: translated from the old Irish epic Táin Bó Cúailnge, Penguin Classics, London: Penguin, 2007.

Translation based on O’Rahilly’s editions of Recension II, LL, and Recension I.

Translation based on O'Rahilly 1967 (Recension II, LL) and O'Rahilly 1976 (Recension I).

OʼGrady, Standish Hayes [tr.], “The Táin bó Cuailgne”, in: Eleanor Hull (ed.), The Cuchullin saga in Irish literature: being a collection of stories relating to the hero Cuchullin, 8, London, 1898. 109–227.

Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive: <link>

Extracts.

Recension III

Nettlau, Max [ed.], “The fragment of Tain Bó Cuailnge in MS. Egerton 93 (ff. 26a 1-35b 2) [part 1]”, Revue Celtique 14 (1893): 254–266.

comments: Edited from Egerton 93

Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive: <link>

Edited from Egerton 93.

Nettlau, Max [ed.], “The fragment of Tain Bó Cuailnge in MS. Egerton 93 (ff. 26a 1-35b 2) [part 2]”, Revue Celtique 15 (1894): 62–78, 198–208.

comments: Edited from BL MS Egerton 93.

Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive: <link>

Thurneysen, Rudolf [ed.], “Táin bó Cúailghni nach H.2.17”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 8 (1912): 525–554.

TBC III edited from TCD 1319 (H 2. 17).

Internet Archive: <link>

Ó Béarra, Feargal [tr.], “Táin bó Cuailnge: Recension III”, Emania 15 (1996): 47–65.

Secondary sources (select)

Mallory, James P., “Táin bó Cúailnge: an outline of the plot”, in: James P. Mallory [ed.], Aspects of the Táin, Belfast: December, 1992. 9–28.

Ó Flaithearta, Mícheál, “Echtra Nerai, Táin bó Regamna und ihr Verhältnis zur Táin bó Cuailgne”, in: Hildegard L. C. Tristram (ed.), Deutsche, Kelten und Iren: 150 Jahre deutsche Keltologie: Gearóid Mac Eoin zum 60. Geburtstag gewidmet, Hamburg: Buske, 1990. 155–176.

External links

Wikidata (Q399113)

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