Texts

verse beg. Cét-rí ro-gab Érind uill

  • Early Irish
  • verse

Poem (14qq) on the kings of Ailech who held the kingship of Ireland.

First words (verse)
  • Cét-rí ro-gab Érind uill
Manuscripts
f. 88r(163)a.1–29
rubric: ‘Remend rigraide inso sis ⁊ rig hErenn a hAiliuch prius’
beg. ‘Cetri rogab hErind uill’
f. 79(49)ra.m–rb.1
rubric: ‘Flann Fina cecinit’
beg. ‘Ceitri rogab Erinn uill’
Ascr. to Flann Fina. 13 qq.
f. 2(25)r
An introductory note is found at the end of the previous leaf, f. 1vc.
p. 243
beg. ‘Céidrí ro ghabh Éirinn uill’
Modernised version. 13 qq.
Language
  • Early Irish
Form
verse (primary)
Length
Number of stanzas: 14

Classification

Subjects

kings of Ailechkings of Ailech
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high-kings of Irelandhigh-kings of Ireland
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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.] Hemprich, Gisbert, Rí Érenn – ‘König von Irland’ – Fiktion und Wirklichkeit, 2 vols, Bonner Beiträge zur Keltologie, 2, Berlin: curach bhán, 2015.
Parallel editions of the versions in Rawl. B 502 and BB.
[ed.] Ó Donnchadha, Tadhg, Leabhar Cloinne Aodha Buidhe, Dublin: Irish Manuscripts Commission, 1931.
Internet Archive: <link>
282–284 Edited from Rawl. B 502 and BB.
[ed.] Ó Donnchadha, Tadhg, Leabhar Cloinne Aodha Buidhe, Dublin: Irish Manuscripts Commission, 1931.
Internet Archive: <link>
285–287 Modernised version.
Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
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November 2019, last updated: June 2023