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Clancy, Thomas Owen, “Saint and fool: the image and function of Cummíne Fota and Comgán Mac Da Cherda in early Irish literature”, PhD thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1991.

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Citation details
Dissertation
Saint and fool: the image and function of Cummíne Fota and Comgán Mac Da Cherda in early Irish literature
Publisher
University of Edinburgh
Year
1991
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resource: Edinburgh Research Archive
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Comgán Mac Dá CherdaComgán Mac Dá Cherda
(fl. first half of the 7th century)
Comgán Mac Da Cherda, Mac Dá Cherda, Mac Da Cherda
Poet and fool (óinmit) in Irish literature; a son of Máel Ochtraig (king of the Déisi Muman) and a contemporary of Cummíne Fota. The name Mac Dá Cherda would mean ‘Son of Two Arts’, but seeing as it may go back to an original Moccu Cherda (as suggested by Jackson and Ó Coileáin) it is perhaps best spelled conservatively, without lengthening in Da.
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Cummíne FotaCummíne Fota
(fl. 7th century)
early Irish saint, patron of Clonfert (Clúain Fertae)
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Section one: background
[Ch. 1] “The fool in early medieval Ireland”
9
[Ch. 2] “The role of the saint in early Irish literature”
60
Section two: text studies
[Ch. 3] “‘The life of Cummíne Fota’”
92
[Ch. 4] “‘The adventures of Mac Da Cherda’”
119
[Ch. 5] “‘The trial of Mac Teléne’”
146
[Ch. 6] “‘The dialogue of Cummíne and Comgán’”
177
[Ch. 7] “‘The meeting of Líadain and Cuirithir’”
195
“Conclusions”
211
[Appendix] “Annotated bibliography of texts relating to Cummíne Fota and Comgán Mac Da Cherda”
217
Bibliography
221
Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
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