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verse beg. A muicidh seolam sa sliabh

• Early Modern Irish
• Classical Irish poetry, Duanaire Finn, Finn Cycle

Initial words (verse)

• A muicidh seolam sa sliabh

“Swineherd let us make for the moorland”

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

• Duanaire Finn

Author

Anonymous

Manuscripts

• Dublin, University College, MS Franciscan A 20 (b) = Duanaire Finn [s. xvii¹]
  f. 44r (line 4–line 11) context: Duanaire Finn

Language

• Early Modern Irish
• Early Modern Irish (Murphy)

Date

“probably belongs to the first half of the classical period, though it may be later” (Murphy).

Number of stanzas

4

Classification

Classical Irish poetry Duanaire Finn Finn Cycle

• 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.

[ed.] [tr.] MacNeill, Eoin [ed.], Duanaire Finn: The book of the lays of Fionn, 3 vols, vol. 1: Irish text, with translation into English, Irish Texts Society 7, London: Irish Texts Society, 1908. Foclóir na Nua-Ghaeilge – editions: <link> Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive – originally from Google Books: <link> 82; 196 Poem XXXI. Edition and translation

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> 67

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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>

MacNeill, Eoin [ed.], Duanaire Finn: The book of the lays of Fionn, 3 vols, vol. 1: Irish text, with translation into English, Irish Texts Society 7, London: Irish Texts Society, 1908. Foclóir na Nua-Ghaeilge – editions: <link> Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive – originally from Google Books: <link>

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