A Oisín, is fada do shúan
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A Oisín, is fada do shúan
Agallamh Oisín agus Phádraigverse beg. A Oisín, as fada do shúan
- Early Modern Irish
- verse
- Classical Irish poetry, Duanaire Finn, Finn Cycle, Dialogue
Title
Agallamh Oisín agus Phádraig
The poem is sometimes known as Agallamh Oisín agus Phádraig (‘The dialogue between Oisín and Patrick’). This title will be used here, however, to refer to a series of poems, of which the present poem is the first one.
Initial words (verse)
- A Oisín, as fada do shúan
“Oisín, your slumber is long”
Scope
part of compilation • multiple versions
Context(s)
The (textual) context(s) to which the present text belongs or in which it is cited in part or in whole.
- Duanaire Finn
- Poem LVII: short version (39 qq)
- Agallamh Oisín agus Phádraig
- Expanded version, which is the first in the sequence of lays and the poem to provide the model for this collection. It numbers 167 stanzas in one manuscript version.
Manuscripts
- Dublin, University College, MS Franciscan A 20 (b) = Duanaire Finn [s. xvii1]ff. 74v–75vEarliest copy
- Cambridge, Harvard University, Houghton Library, MS Ir 10 [c. 1800]
Language
Early Modern Irish late Early Modern Irish (Murphy)
Date
unlikely to be earlier than the 16th century (Murphy)
Form
verse (primary)
Number of stanzas
39 or 167
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 the entry for the relevant manuscript.
| Murphy, Gerard [ed.], Duanaire Finn: The book of the lays of Fionn, 3 vols, vol. 2: Irish text, with translation into English, Irish Texts Society 28, London: Irish Texts Society, 1933. |
Secondary sources
| Murphy, Gerard, Duanaire Finn: The book of the lays of Fionn, 3 vols, vol. 3: Introduction, notes, appendices and glossary, Irish Texts Society 43, London: Irish Texts Society, 1953.
Internet Archive: <link>
124–134 |
Queried results
if available
| Murphy, Gerard, Duanaire Finn: The book of the lays of Fionn, 3 vols, vol. 3: Introduction, notes, appendices and glossary, Irish Texts Society 43, London: Irish Texts Society, 1953.
Internet Archive: <link>
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| Murphy, Gerard [ed.], Duanaire Finn: The book of the lays of Fionn, 3 vols, vol. 2: Irish text, with translation into English, Irish Texts Society 28, London: Irish Texts Society, 1933. |
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Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
