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Túathal Techtmar ba rí Temrach
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Poem (53qq) on the Bóroma and a concluding note in prose.
Manuscript witnesses
MS
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 2
context: Lebor gabála Érenn (Recension C) rubric: Don Boroma andso sis, do rer Fhloind incl. Túathal Techtmar ba rí Temrach, Rí rogab Temair na treb, Augaine Már mac ríg hÉrend, Bóroma Laigen na learg (a) poem (7qq) beg. Augaine mor mac rig Erend, followed directly, without break, by (b) verse (53qq) beg. Tuathal Techtmar fa ri Temrach’, which is treated as a separate poem in LL; (c) verse (25qq) beg. Boroma Laigen na learg; (d) on fol. 304v.1-i, verse (23qq) beg. Rig rogob Teamair na treab. The right column of f. 304v is left blank.
in section: f. 304(305)
Text
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 2
incipit: Tuathal Techtmar fa ri Temrach 53qq. Unlike in LL, there is no visible break here with the previous quatrains belonging to the poem beg. Augaine mor mac rig Erend.
f. 303(294)v(606)b
MS
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339
incipit: TUathal Techtmar ba rí Temrach Poem. 53 stanzas, ending with prose note answering the question ‘Fiadnaisi ar tús i nHerind cia conammidir’.
p. 35b–
Text
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339
incipit: TUathal Techtmar ba rí Temrach 53qq. Ends with prose note answering the question ‘Fiadnaisi ar tús i nHerind cia conammidir’.
pp. 35b–36b
Sources
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[dipl. ed.] Best, Richard Irvine, Osborn Bergin, and M. A. OʼBrien, The Book of Leinster, formerly Lebar na Núachongbála, vol. 1, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1954. 260 pp. + 4 pl.
CELT – edition (pp. 1-260): <link>
160–164
