Texts

Betha Ruadáin

Irish
Irish hagiography

Irish Life of Ruadán of Lothra (Lorrha, Co. North Tipperary)

Manuscripts

Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, MS 2324-2340 (3410) [1629]

ff. 193–202

With colophon.

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS A iv 1 (968) [c. 1627]

p. 287 ff

Shorter copy

Language

Irish

Classification

Irish hagiographyIrish hagiography
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Irish hagiographyIrish hagiography
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Subjects

Ruadán of Lorrha

Ruadán of Lorrha

(d. 584)

(time-frame ass. with Díarmait mac Cerbaill)

Ruadán mac Fergusa Birn, patron saint of Lothra (Lorrha, Co. North Tipperary)

See more Díarmait mac Cerbaill

Díarmait mac Cerbaill

(supp. d. 565)

In Irish historical tradition, high-king of Ireland, son of Fergus Cerrbél.

See more Áed Gúaire

Áed Gúaire

(supp. fl. 6th century)

(time-frame ass. with Díarmait mac Cerbaill, Ruadán of Lorrha)

A king or chieftain of Uí Máine in tales about Rúadán of Lorrha and Díarmait mac Cerbaill, who is said to have slain Áed in spite of the saint’s protection.

Sources

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[ed.] Plummer, Charles, Bethada náem nÉrenn: Lives of Irish saints, 2 vols, vol. 1: Introduction, texts, glossary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1922.

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317–329

[tr.] Plummer, Charles, Bethada náem nÉrenn: Lives of Irish saints, 2 vols, vol. 2: Translations, notes, indexes, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1922.

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308–320 (English translation); 362–363 (textual notes)