Texts

Forbuis Droma Damhghaire ‘The siege of Druim Damgaire’

  • Middle Irish
  • Cycles of the Kings
Language
  • Middle Irish
  • Middle Irish.

Classification

Cycles of the Kings
Cycles of the Kings
id. 80

Subjects

Legends of Mog Ruith, Simon Magus and John the Baptistapocryphal and pseudepigraphical literature
Legends of Mog Ruith, Simon Magus and John the Baptist
id. 61081
Cycle of Cormac mac AirtCycles of the Kings
Cycle of Cormac mac Airt
id. 43520
Mog Ruith
Mog Ruith
Legendary Irish magician from Munster, who was linked in Ireland to biblical and apocryphal traditions, notably as a pupil under Simon Magus and as one responsible for the beheading of John the Baptist. He appears in Irish genealogies as a descendant of Medb and her lover Fergus mac Roích and as an ancestor for Fir Maige Féine, in the area about present-day Fermoy.

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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.] Sjoestedt, Marie-Louise [ed. and tr.], “Le siège de Druim Damhghaire: Forbuis Droma Damhghaire [part I]”, Revue Celtique 43 (1926): 1–123.
CELT – edition (RC 43 and 44): <link> CELT – French translation (pp. 9-123, incorporating corrections from part II in Revue Celtique 44): <link>
With a translation into French.
[ed.] [tr.] Sjoestedt, Marie-Louise [ed. and tr.], “Le siège de Druim Damhghaire: Forbuis Droma Damhghaire [part II]”, Revue Celtique 44 (1927): 157–186.
CELT – edition (RC 43 and 44): <link> CELT – translation (RC 43 and 44): <link>
[tr.] Ó Duinn, Seán, Forbhais Droma Dámhgháire: The siege of Knocklong, Cork: Mercier Press, 1992.  
Modern Irish version, with English translation.
CELT – English translation: <link>
Modern Irish and English
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October 2010, last updated: January 2024