Texts

verse beg. A chros thall ar an dtulaigh

Gofraidh Fionn Ó Dálaigh
  • Early Modern Irish
  • verse
  • Classical Irish poetry, Mythological Cycle
Medieval Irish elegiac poem attributed to Gofraidh Fionn Ó Dálaigh, in which the poet mourns the death of his young son Eoghan. References are made to Irish stories in which fathers, such as Cathbad or the Dagda, survive their son or restore their son to life.
First words (verse)
  • A chros thall ar an dtulaigh
“O cross yonder on the hill”
Author
Ó Dálaigh (Gofraidh Fionn)
Ó Dálaigh (Gofraidh Fionn)
(d. 1387)
also Gofraidh Ó Dálaigh Fionn; Irish bardic poet of the Ó Dálaigh family

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Ascribed to: Ó Dálaigh (Gofraidh Fionn)
Ó Dálaigh (Gofraidh Fionn)
(d. 1387)
also Gofraidh Ó Dálaigh Fionn; Irish bardic poet of the Ó Dálaigh family

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Language
  • Early Modern Irish
Form
verse (primary)
Length
Number of stanzas: 39

Classification

Classical Irish poetryClassical Irish poetry
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Mythological CycleMythological Cycle
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Subjects

Ó Dálaigh (Eoghan mac Gofraidh Fionn)Ó Dálaigh (Eoghan mac Gofraidh Fionn)
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The Dagda
The Dagda
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CermaitCermait
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Cathbad
Cathbad
(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle)
druid to Conchobar mac Nessa, king of Ulster, in the Ulster Cycle; husband of Ness and possible father of Conchobar mac Nessa.

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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.] McKenna, Lambert [ed.], “65: A chros thall ar an dtulaigh”, in: Lambert McKenna [ed.], Dioghluim dána, Dublin: Government Publication Office, 1938. 196–199.
CELT: <link>
[ed.] [tr.] McKenna, L., “Historical poems of Gofraidh Fionn Ó Dálaigh”, The Irish Monthly 47 (1919): 1–5, 102–107, 166–170, 224–228, 283–286, 341–344, 397–403, 455–459, 509–514, 563–569, 622–626.
Celtic Digital Initiative: <link>
622–626 Edition, with translation by Osborn Bergin (stanzas 1-16, 36-39) and McKenna (17-35)
Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
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September 2012, last updated: January 2024