Texts

De shíl Chonairi Móir ‘Concerning the progeny of Conaire Mór’

  • prose
  • Cycles of the Kings, Ulster Cycle
First words (prose)
  • De thuidecht Muscraige de Muig Breg Gnathal dolluid .i. mac Conruith meic Rodai meic Mafede meic Maforothe meic Oengusa Musc meic Carpri meic Conaire Moir meic Meise-buachalla meic Etersceoil Moir
Form
prose (primary)
Textual relationships

Classification

Cycles of the Kings
Cycles of the Kings
id. 80
Ulster Cycle
Ulster Cycle
id. 1797

Subjects

Cycle of Conaire MórCycles of the Kings
Cycle of Conaire Mór
id. 49693
Conaire Mór
Conaire Mór
legendary high-king of Ireland; son of Eterscél (Mór) and Mess Búachalla; tragic protagonist of Togail bruidne Da Derga

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Gnáthal mac ConruithGnáthal mac Conruith
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Sources

Notes

Lucius Gwynn, ‘De shíl Chonairi Móir’, Ériu 6 (1912): 132; Johan Corthals, Manuscript sources to Old and Middle Irish tales (MsOmit) (2010).

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[ed.] [tr.] Gwynn, Lucius [ed. and tr.], “De shíl Chonairi Móir”, Ériu 6 (1912): 130–143.
Based primarily on TCD 1298 (H 2. 7), with variants from BB and the Book of Lecan.
Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
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October 2010, last updated: January 2024