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Acallam na Senórach
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Acallam na Senórach
‘The dialogue of the ancients’
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- Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Laud Misc. 610 [s. xv], ff. 123r—146r. Six fragments.
- Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 487 [s. xv + s. xvii], ff. 12ra—52vb. Four fragments.
- Chatsworth (Derbyshire), Book of Lismore [s. xv], ff. 159—197. Ten fragments.
- Dublin, University College, MS Franciscan A 4 [s. xv-xvi(?)]
- Dublin, University College, MS Franciscan A 20 (a) [s. xvii1]
- Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 24 P 5 (MacAdam and Reeves 819, 93) [s. xvii]
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| Language
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late Middle Irish
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Notes
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Editions and translations
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Stokes, Whitley (ed. and tr.), “Acallamh na Senórach”, in: Windisch, Ernst, and Whitley Stokes (eds.), Irische Texte mit Wörterbuch, 4 vols, vol. 4:1, Leipzig, 1900. 1—438, ix—xiv. » Edition, with translation of the parts left untranslated by O'Grady.  Celtic Digital Initiative  CELT: edition Internet Archive: [1]
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O'Grady, Standish Hayes (ed. and tr.), Silva Gadelica, 2 vols, London: Williams & Norgate, 1892. Vol 1: 94—233 (edition, from the Book of Lismore version); vol. 2: 101—265 (translation). Internet Archive: vol. 1 vol. 1 vol. 1 vol. 2 vol. 2
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Dillon, Myles (ed.), Stories from the Acallam, Mediaeval and Modern Irish Series 23, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1970. » Six stories, corresponding to lines 1-120, 329-353, 354-468, 718-871, 949-1002 and 1868-1934 of Stokes' edition.
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Dooley, Ann, and Harry Roe (trs.), Tales of the elders of Ireland, Oxford's World Classics, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.
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Harmon, Maurice (tr.), The dialogue of the ancients of Ireland: a new translation of Acallam na Senórach, Dublin: Carysfort Press, 2009.
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Secondary sources
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Dooley, Ann, “The date and purpose of Acallam na Senórach”, Éigse 34 (2004): 97—126.
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Murphy, Gerard, “Acallam na Senórach”, in: Dillon, Myles (ed.), Irish sagas, Thomas Davis Lectures, Dublin, 1959. 122—137.
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Nagy, Joseph Falaky, “Life in the fast lane. The Acallam na Senórach”, in: Fulton, Helen (ed.), Medieval Celtic literature and society, Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2005. 117—131.
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Parsons, Geraldine, “The structure of Acallam na Senórach”, Cambrian Medieval Celtic Studies 55 (2008): 11—39.
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Parsons, Geraldine, “Acallam na Senórach as prosimetrum”, Proceedings of the Harvard Celtic Colloquium 24-25 (2009): 86—100.
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