Texts

Félire Óengusso‘The martyrology of Óengus’

Óengus of Tallaght

Old Irish
verse
Texts associated with the Céli Dé

Author

Óengus of TallaghtÓengus (mac Óengobann) of Tallaght
(fl. early part of the 9th century)
author of Félire Óengusso
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Manuscripts

Per Westley Follett, Céli Dé in Ireland (2006): 221.

LB =
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 16 (Hodges & Smith 224, 1230) = Leabhar Breac [s. xvⁱⁿ]
pp. 75–106
P =
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 3 A, ff. 1-19 [c.1467]
ff. 1r–12v
L =
Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Laud Misc. 610 ff. 59–72 and ff. 123–146 = (part of the) Book of the White Earl [c. 1410-1452]
ff. 59r–72r
R² =
Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 512 II, ff. 53–75 [c. 1500]
ff. 53v–64r
Incomplete.
B =
Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, MS 5100-5104 (507) [1630]
ff. 68r–119v
R¹ =
Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 505 2, ff. 211-220 [s. xv]
ff. 211r–220r
F =
Dublin, University College, MS Franciscan A 7 [s. xv]
Dublin, National Library of Ireland, MS G 10 2, pp. 19-50 [s. xvi]
pp. 20–45
Not used by Stokes
E =
London, British Library, MS Egerton 88 [c. 1564]
ff. 88–93
H =
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1337 19, pp. 565–628 [s. xvi (?)]
pp. 616b–622b
A glossary to the Félire.

Language

Old Irish
Old Irish, excluding later additions

Form

verse (primary)

Textual relationships

Associated items

Commentary to Félire Óengusso

Classification

Texts associated with the Céli Dé

Milieu

Céli Dé

Contents

Preface (Remfhocul) » entry

Description: A Middle Irish preface added to the text of Félire Óengusso.

^[1] Invocation » entry

^[2] Prologue » entry

Summary:
First prologue (prolach)

^[3] January » entry

^[4] February

^[5] March

^[6] April

^[7] May

^[8] June

^[9] July

^[10] August

^[11] September

^[12] October

^[13] November

^[14] December

^[15] Epilogue

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.] Stokes, Whitley, The martyrology of Oengus the Culdee, Henry Bradshaw Society 29, London: Harrison, 1905.

Edition and translation of the Félire Óengusso, with introduction, notes, etc.

CELT – edition (prefaces, prologue, main text and epilogue): <link> Internet Archive: <link>, <link> Internet Archive – originally from Google Books: <link>, <link>

Secondary sources (select)

Breatnach, Liam, “Varia: 1. An Old Irish gloss on Cáin lánamna. 2. An instance of do-maisi in the Irish Gospel of Thomas. 3. An OIr attestation of suacht, in Félire Óengusso”, Ériu 57 (2007): 155–163.

Dumville, David N., “Félire Óengusso. Problems of dating a monument of Old Irish”, Éigse 33 (2002): 19–48.

Follett, Westley, Céli Dé in Ireland: monastic writing and identity in the early Middle Ages, Studies in Celtic History 23, Woodbridge, 2006.

Hennig, John, “The notes on non-Irish saints in the manuscripts of Félire Óengusso”, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 75 C (1975): 119–159.

Hennig, John, “Studies in the Latin texts of the Martyrology of Tallaght, of Félire Oengusso and Félire húi Gormáin”, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 69 C:4 (1970): 45–112.

Hennig, John, “The Félire Oengusso and the Martyrologium Wandalberti”, Medieval Studies 17 (1955): 227–233.

Schneiders, Marc, “‘Pagan past and Christian present’ in Félire Oengusso”, in: Edel, Doris (ed.), Cultural identity and cultural integration: Ireland and Europe in the early Middle Ages, Blackrock: Four Courts Press, 1995. 157–169.

Schneiders, Marc, “Félire Oengusso en de liturgie”, in: Edel, Doris, W. P. Gerritsen, and Kees Veelenturf (eds.), Monniken, ridders en zeevaarders: opstellen over vroeg-middeleeuwse Ierse cultuur en Middelnederlandse letterkunde; aangeboden aan Maartje Draak; met een bibliografie van haar publikaties alsmede een autobiografische bijdrage, Amsterdam: Gerard Timmer Prods, 1988. 39–59.

Stokes, Whitley, “On the Calendar of Oengus”, Revue Celtique 5 (1881–1883): 339–380, 508.

comments: A revised version of the preface to Stokes 1880a.

Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive: <link>

Thurneysen, Rudolf, “Die Abfassung des Félire von Oengus”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 6 (1908): 6–8.

Internet Archive: <link>

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C. A.,Dennis Groenewegen