Texts

Scéla Cuinn ⁊ Airt ⁊ Cormaic ‘The story of Conn, Art and Cormac’

  • Middle Irish, Early Modern Irish
  • prose, verse
  • Cycles of the Kings
First words (prose)
  • Righ uasul oirmhidnech oiregda do ghabh flaithemhnus Fodla fecht n-aill
Manuscripts
pp. 72–80
Imperfect. The text breaks off abruptly at the foot of p. 80.
Transcript from the Book of Fermoy.
Language
  • Middle Irish Early Modern Irish
Form
prose, verse (primary)
Contains poems
Bronan fola, feís troghaín’ • ‘Fuíl Chuínd do-chuaigh fo thalmain’ • ‘Trí slúaidhigh gach enbliadna’ • ‘Tigidh, a mhna, ím colainn Chuínd’ • ‘Tri meic Fheidhlímígh amra

Classification

Cycles of the Kings
Cycles of the Kings
id. 80

Subjects

Cycle of Cormac mac AirtCycles of the Kings
Cycle of Cormac mac Airt
id. 43520
Conn Cétchathach
Conn Cétchathach
legendary high-king of Ireland; son of Fedlimid Rechtmar

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Art mac Cuinn
Art mac Cuinn
(time-frame ass. with Irish legendary history)
legendary Irish king, father of Cormac mac Airt

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Cormac mac Airt
Cormac mac Airt
(time-frame ass. with Cormac mac Airt)
Legendary high-king of Ireland; son of Art son of Conn Cétchathach; contemporary of Finn mac Cumaill.

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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.] Dobbs, Margaret E. [ed.], “From the Book of Fermoy”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 20 (1936): 161–184.
Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
October 2010, last updated: January 2024