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Betha Colmáin maic Lúacháin ‘The Life of Colmán mac Lúacháin’

  • Middle Irish
  • prose, verse
  • Irish hagiography
Manuscripts
Language
  • Middle Irish

  • Middle Irish.

Date
12th century
Form
prose, verse (primary)
prosimetrum
Contains poems
‘Genfid úait-siu, a Lasair lán’ • ‘Amra gein gignither’ • ‘Mo mac, inmain hé’ • ‘Cethri fichit sé fir déc’ • ‘Colmán Lámglan, / lór a gile’ • ‘A Dúngail óicc feramail’ • ‘Colmán Lainde / flatha fine’ • ‘Do Chríst atlochar-sa’ • ‘Inmuin tríar táet and’ • ‘Fearr fer andát fir’ • ‘Bíaid mac amra acat-sa’ » etcetera
Associated items
Inmain tríar táed annInmain tríar táed annMedieval Irish poem (13 qq) concerning the ‘three Colmáns’, including Colmán mac Lúacháin, patron of Lann (Lynn, Co. Westmeath), attributed to bishop Etchen.

Classification

Irish hagiographyIrish hagiography
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Irish hagiographyIrish hagiography
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Subjects

Colmán of Lann
Colmán of Lann
(fl. 7th century)
Colmán mac Lúacháin, patron saint of Lann, now Lynn (Co. Westmeath)
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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.] [tr.] Meyer, Kuno [ed. and tr.], Betha Colmáin maic Lúacháin: Life of Colmán son of Lúachan, Todd Lecture Series, 17, Dublin: Hodges Figgis, 1911.
CELT – edition: <link> CELT – translation: <link> Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive: <link>
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Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
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December 2011, last updated: January 2024
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