Texts

verse beg. In chloch fors’ tát mo dí sháil

  • Middle Irish
  • verse
  • Early Irish poetry
A Middle Irish poem attributed to Cináed úa hArtacáin, of which one quatrain on the Lía Fáil in Tara is preserved in recensions of the Lebor gabála Érenn.
First words (verse)
  • In chloch fors’ tát mo dí sháil
Author
Ascribed to: Cináed úa hArtacáin
Cináed úa hArtacáin
(d. 975)
Middle Irish poet.

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Ascribed to Cináed ua hArtacáin (d. 975).
Manuscripts

The sigla given below are those of Macalister.

Language
  • Middle Irish
Form
verse (primary)
Length
Number of stanzas: 1

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
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Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
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Subjects

Lía FáilLía Fáil
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Lía FáilLía Fáil
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Tara
Temair ... Tara
County Meath
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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.] Macalister, R. A. Stewart [ed.], Lebor gabála Érenn: The book of the taking of Ireland, 5 vols, vol. 4, Irish Texts Society, 41, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, 1939.
Internet Archive: <link>
244–245 Recensions B and C. direct link
[ed.] [tr.] Macalister, R. A. S., and John Mac Neill, Leabhar Gabhála: the book of conquests of Ireland. The recension of Mícheál Ó Cléirigh, vol. 1, Dublin, 1916.  
comments: Unfinished, as no further volumes have been forthcoming.
Internet Archive: <link>
144–145 Ó Cléirigh recension.

Secondary sources (select)

Ó Broin, Tomás, “Lia Fáil: fact and fiction in the tradition”, Celtica 21 (1990): 393–401.
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Contributors
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May 2011, last updated: January 2024