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Athirne and Amairgen

  • Middle Irish
  • prose
  • Medieval Irish literature about poets, Ulster Cycle
Initial words (prose)
  • BAÍ goba amra i nUltaib
Manuscripts
Language
  • Middle Irish
Form
prose (primary)
Textual relationships
A shorter version of the tale is told in Sanas Cormaic, s.v. ‘Greth’.

    Classification

    Medieval Irish literature about poets Ulster Cycle

    Subjects

    Amairgen mac EccitAmairgen mac Eccit (Salaig)
    (time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle)
    (chief) poet of the Ulaid in the Ulster Cycle of tales; son of Eccet Salach
    See more     Eccet SalachEccet Salach
    blacksmith in the Ulster Cycle; father to Amairgen the poet
    See more     AthirneAthirne
    Athairne
    (time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle)
    Chief poet and satirist of the Ulstermen in the Ulster Cycle.
    See more     GrethGreth
    Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.

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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.

    [dipl. ed.] Best, Richard Irvine, Osborn Bergin, M. A. O'Brien, and Anne O'Sullivan (eds.), The Book of Leinster, formerly Lebar na Núachongbála, 6 vols, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1954–1983.
    CELT – 1-260: <link> CELT – 400-470 (excl. Táin bó Cúailnge): <link> CELT – 471-638 and 663 (excl. Dinnshenchas Érenn): <link> CELT – 761-781 and 785-841 (excl. Dinnshenchas Érenn and Togail Troí): <link> CELT – 1119-1192 and 1202-1325 (excl. Esnada tige Buchet and Fingal Rónáin ): <link>
    [ed.] Best, R. I. [ed.], “Amairgen son of Ecet Salach”, in: Fraser, J., P. Grosjean, and J. G. O'Keeffe (eds.), Irish texts, fasciculus I, London, 1931. 32–34 + fasc. V: 100 (corrigenda).
    Celtic Digital Initiative – PDF: <link>
    [tr.] 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].
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    Contributors
    Dennis Groenewegen,Patrick Brown
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