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Scéla Suithcheirne ingine Áeda Bennáin ⁊ Rónáin Dícollai meic Fergusa Tuile ‘The story of Suithchern ingen Áedo Bennáin and Rónán Dícolla mac Fergusa Tuile’

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  • Cycles of the Kings
Medieval Irish tale about Suithchern, daughter of Áed Bennáin
Title
Scéla Suithcheirne ingine Áeda Bennáin ⁊ Rónáin Dícollai meic Fergusa Tuile
‘The story of Suithchern ingen Áedo Bennáin and Rónán Dícolla mac Fergusa Tuile’
The story bears no title in the manuscript, but one of [[Medieval Irish tale lists |the Irish tale-lists]] includes the title Aithed Ruithcherne [or Suithcherne] re Cuana mac Cailchine (‘The elopement of Ruithchern/Suithchern with Cuanu mac Cailchine’).
Manuscripts
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D iv 1 [s. xiv / xv]
This is the only known manuscript copy.
Form
prose (primary)
Textual relationships
Suithchern also appears as Ruithchern in the tale of her sister Mór of Munster, Mór Muman ocus Aided Cuanach meic Ailchine, and she is mentioned in the Banshenchas.
Related: BanshenchasBanshenchasThe title Banshenchas refers to two versions composed in the late Middle Irish period:
  1. [[Metrical Banshenchas

|a metrical version composed by Gilla Mo Dutu Úa Caiside in 1147]] and

  1. [[Prose Banshenchas

|a longer version in prose]].

Follow the links for further references.Mór Muman ⁊ Aided Cuanach meic AilchineMór Muman ⁊ Aided Cuanach meic Ailchine

Classification

Cycles of the Kings
Cycles of the Kings
id. 80

Subjects

Suithchern ingen Áeda BennáinSuithchern ingen Áeda Bennáin
Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.
See more Rónán Dícolla mac Fergusa Tuile
Rónán Dícolla mac Fergusa Tuile
king of Uí Liatháin, son of Dícuill mac Fergusa Tuile
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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.] [tr.] Mac Eoin, Gearóid [ed.], “Suithchern and Rónán Dícolla”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 36 (1978): 63–82.
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Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
October 2010, last updated: January 2024
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