Texts

verse beg. Cuibdeas comanmann na ríg

  • Late Middle Irish
  • verse

Versified list of kings of Ireland attributed to Gilla Mo Dutu.

First words (verse)
  • Cuibdeas comanmann na ríg
Author
Ascribed to: Úa Caiside (Gilla Mo Dutu)
Úa Caiside (Gilla Mo Dutu)
(fl. c. 1147)
Irish poet, credited as the author of Éri óg inis na náem and Ádam óenathair na ndóene (the metrical Banshenchas).

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The final quatrain contains an attribution to Gilla Mo Dubda. Kevin Murray observes that the previous stanza ends in a dúnad (as does the final stanza) suggesting therefore that the final stanza may have been added at a later stage.
Manuscripts
f. 32va.1–33ra.10
rubric: ‘Comhanmanna righa Erend’
beg. ‘Cuibdeas comanmann na rig’
51 qq. The attribution to Gilla Mo Dutu occurs in the final stanza.
Language
  • Late Middle Irish
  • Late Middle Irish? No study of the language of the poem is known at this stage.
Form
verse (primary)
Length
Number of stanzas: 51
Textual relationships
Related: Éri íarthar talman torthigÉri íarthar talman torthigA long poem (121 qq) giving a précis of the Dinnshenchas Érenn and included at the end of the version of that collection in the Book of Uí Maine. The last stanza attributes the poem to Gilla na Náem Úa Duinn and gives the year 1166.

Classification

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.

Edition wanted
Translation wanted

Secondary sources (select)

Murray, Kevin, “Gilla Mo Dutu Úa Caiside”, in: John Carey, Máire Herbert, and Kevin Murray (eds), Cín Chille Cúile: texts, saints and places. Essays in honour of Pádraig Ó Riain, 9, Aberystwyth: Celtic Studies Publications, 2004. 150–162.
159 ff
Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
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June 2021, last updated: September 2023