Texts
Tóraigheacht tána bó Flidaise
Incoming data
Early Modern Irish tale forming a sequel to Táin bó Flidaise. It relates how the Gamhanraidh go in pursuit of Fergus and the men of Ireland to recover the magical cow of Flidais, Maol Flidaise.
Manuscript witnesses
Text
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1318/7
Fragment, untitled.(1)n. 1 “In O'Donovan's time one leaf of this was in [[Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1317
| No. 1317]]” (T. K. Abbott • E. J. Gwynn, Catalogue of Irish MSS in TCD (1921): 100). See further, Tomás Ó Concheanainn, ‘The YBL Fragment of Táin Bó Flidais’, Celtica 13 (1980) and Tomás Ó Concheanainn, ‘A personal reference by Giolla Íosa Mac Fhir Bhisigh’, Celtica 18 (1986). col. 345
MS
Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland, Adv. MS 72.2.3 rubric: Toraigecht tana bo Flidaise ann so f. 22va–
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Sources
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Edition wanted
A new, digital edition based on all manuscripts, with translation, is being prepared by Laura Malone (Lára Ní Mhaoláin).
Secondary sources (select)
Bhreathnach, Edel, “Tales of Connacht: Cath Airtig, Táin bó Flidhais, Cath Leitreach Ruibhe, and Cath Cumair”, Cambrian Medieval Celtic Studies 45 (Summer, 2003): 21–42.
