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verse beg. Flann for Éirinn

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  • Early Irish poetry, eulogies and panegyrics
Praise poem for Flann Sinna mac Maíle Sechnaill, who is addressed as ‘king of Tara’.
First words (verse)
  • Flann for Éirinn
Flann over Ireland
Speaker/Addressee
Addressee: Flann Sinna mac Maíle Sechnaill
Flann Sinna mac Maíle Sechnaill
(d. 916)
Flann Sinna (‘of the Shannon’), son of Máel Sechnaill mac Máele Ruanaid; was high-king of Ireland from the Clann Cholmáin, the leading branch of the southern Uí Néill.
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Author
Ascribed to: Máel Muru Othna
Máel Muru Othna
(d. 887)
Early Irish poet and historian, who was apparently attached to the monastery of Othain (now Fahan, Inishowen barony, Co. Donegal), as his epithet suggests
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Máel Muru Othna (d. 887).
Manuscripts
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D iv 1 ff. 1-8 [s. xiv?]
f. 7vb ff
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 2 = Book of Lecan (Leabhar Leacain) [s. xvin]
f. 8vb ff
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 K 32 (617) [s. xvii]
p. 207ff
(Unidentified)
Further copies yet to be confirmed
A single quatrain from this poem is cited in the commentary to Félire Óengusso.
Date
879 x 887, i.e. between the beginning of Flann’s reign as king of Tara and the date of Máel Muru’s death, provided that the ascription to Máel Muru holds true (Carey).(1)n. 1 John Carey, ‘Máel Muru Othna (d. 887)’ in Oxford dictionary of national biography... (2004).
Form
verse (primary)

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
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Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
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eulogies and panegyrics⟨document genres by function⟩
eulogies and panegyrics
id. 33145

Subjects

Flann Sinna mac Maíle Sechnaill
Flann Sinna mac Maíle Sechnaill
(d. 916)
Flann Sinna (‘of the Shannon’), son of Máel Sechnaill mac Máele Ruanaid; was high-king of Ireland from the Clann Cholmáin, the leading branch of the southern Uí Néill.
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Sources

Notes

1.
John Carey, ‘Máel Muru Othna (d. 887)’ in Oxford dictionary of national biography... (2004).

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.

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Secondary sources (select)

Carey, John, “Máel Muru Othna (d. 887)”, Oxford dictionary of national biography, Online: Oxford University Press, 2004–. URL: <http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/17769>.
Woolf, Alex, “View from the West: an Irish perspective on West Saxon dynastic pactice”, in: N. J. Higham, and D. H. Hill (eds), Edward the Elder 899-924, London: Routledge, 2001. 89–101.  
abstract:

A discussion of Edward the Elder’s relations with the Insular World beyond the confines of modern England is not a promising subject. His main interest in the Celtic-speaking nations of Britain seems to have lain either in the area of domination, or at least of leadership, but the evidence for his ambitions in even this area is not extensive (see Davidson this volume). Edward himself seems to have made little impact on the world beyond Angelcynn. His death is noted in neither the Annales Cambriae nor in any of the surviving Irish chronicles. Edward’s absence from these records is not, however, simply a reflection of a lack of interest in the affairs of the English. The death of Æthelflæd of Mercia is noted by the Annales Cambriae (917) and by the Annals of Ulster (918.5), which also note the death of Eadwulf of Bamborough (913.1). A little later the Battle of Brunnanburh is noted in both these chronicles (AC 938; AU 937.6) and Æthelstan’s death likewise (AC 941; AU 939.6).

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C. A., Dennis Groenewegen
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May 2011, last updated: January 2024
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