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Brislech Mór Maige Muirthemne
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Brislech Mór Maige Muirthemne, also known as Aided Con Culainn
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Old Irish
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mid-8th century or even earlier (Pokorny)[1]
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| Description
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Verse, with prose.
Cf. the Early Modern Irish rendition Oidheadh Con Culainn
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The dindsenchas poem Achall ar aicce Temair deals with some of the consequences of Cú Chulainn's death and Conall Cernach's vengeance.
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Editions and translations
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Kimpton, Bettina (ed. and tr.), The death of Cú Chulainn. A critical edition of the earliest version of Brislech Mór Maige Muirthemni, Maynooth Medieval Irish Texts 6, Maynooth: School of Celtic Studies, National University of Ireland, 2009. » Based on LL and H 3. 18
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Thurneysen, Rudolf (ed.), Zu irischen Handschriften und Litteraturdenkmälern [I], Abhandlungen der königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, Philologisch-Historische Klasse 14.2, Berlin, 1912. 13—19 » (H 3. 18)
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Stokes, Whitley (ed. and tr.), “Cuchulainn’s death [abridged from the Book of Leinster, ff. 77, a 1 — 78, b 2]”, Revue Celtique 3 (1876—1878): 175—185, 152. » Part of the LL text.  Internet Archive: [1] [2]
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- Translation
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Tymoczko, Maria (tr.), Two death tales from the Ulster Cycle: The death of Cu Roi and The death of Cu Chulainn, Dolmen Texts 2, Dublin: Dolmen Press, 1981. » The first complete English translation, including verse sections.
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Carey, John (tr.), “[Various contributions]”, in: Koch, John T., and John Carey (eds.), The Celtic Heroic Age. Literary sources for ancient Celtic Europe and early Ireland & Wales, Celtic Studies Publications 1, 4th ed. [1995], Aberystwyth: Celtic Studies Publications, 2003. [Various]. §86. » LL version
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d'Arbois de Jubainville, Marie-Henri (tr.), “[Various contributions]”, in: d'Arbois de Jubainville, Marie-Henri, L’épopée celtique en Irlande, Cours de littérature celtique 5, Paris: Thorin, 1892. [Various]. 326—354. Internet Archive
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Secondary sources
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Pokorny, Julius, “Germanisch-irisches [1. Nochmals altir. gildae; 2. Germanische Lehnworte im Irischen]”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 13 (1921): 111—129. Internet Archive: [3]
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Thurneysen, Rudolf, Die irische Helden- und Königsage bis zum siebzehnten Jahrhundert, Halle: Niemeyer, 1921. 547—556. Internet Archive: [4]
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