Texts

Caoineadh Áille Shnuagheal ‘The lamentation of Áille Shnuagheal’
verse beg. A Mheargaigh (chruaidh) na nglas-lann (ngéar)

  • Early Modern Irish
  • verse
  • Classical Irish poetry, Finn Cycle
Title
Caoineadh Áille Shnuagheal
‘The lamentation of Áille Shnuagheal’
Also known as Laoi Mhná Mheargaigh (‘The lay of Meargach’s wife’).
First words (verse)
  • A Mheargaigh (chruaidh) na nglas-lann (ngéar)
Context(s)The (textual) context(s) to which the present text belongs or in which it is cited in part or in whole.
Author
Anonymous.
Language
  • Early Modern Irish
  • late Early Modern Irish.

Form
verse (primary)
Length
Number of stanzas: 91

Classification

Classical Irish poetryClassical Irish poetry
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Finn Cycle
Finn Cycle
id. 578

Subjects

Áille ShnuaghealÁille Shnuagheal
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MeargachMeargach
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Cnoc an ÁirCnoc an Áir
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Keywords

Battle of Cnoc an ÁirBattle of Cnoc an Áir
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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.] OʼDaly, John [ed.], Laoithe fiannuigheachta; or, Fenian poems, Transactions of the Ossianic Society, 4, Dublin: John O'Daly, 1859.
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164–193 Edition and translation
[ed.] [tr.] Barron, Philip Fitzgerald, “The poetry of Ossian, or Oisin Ala, or the lamentation”, Ancient Ireland 1 (1835): 103–121.
Version beg. A Mhórdhaigh chruaidh na nglaslainn ngéar.
Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
August 2012, last updated: January 2024