In scél iar n-urd

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In scél iar n-urd

• prose
• Táin bó Cúailnge

Episode in the Táin bó Cúailnge

Initial words (prose)

• In scél iar n-urd inso sís / Ó dodeochatár a cétna n-ude a Crúachnaib co m-bátár hi Cúil Sibrinne
• Sligi na Tána in so ⁊ tossach in tslúagid anmand na sliged dochúatar cethri ollchóiced Hérend i crích Ulad

Recension I and II (LL) respectively (O'Rahilly)

Context(s)

The (textual) context(s) to which the present text belongs or in which it is cited in part or in whole.

• Táin bó Cúailnge I
• lines 135–372
• (Cecile O'Rahilly, Táin bó Cúailnge: Recension I (1976))

• Táin bó Cúailnge II
• lines 297–716
• (Cecile O'Rahilly, Táin bó Cúalnge: from the Book of Leinster (1967))

Form

prose (primary)

verse (secondary)

Contains poems

‘Atmaid nád chúalaid co s-se’ • ‘A Ferguis, is andam amne’ • ‘A Medb, cid not medraisiu’ • ‘Id inso, ced sloindnes dún?’ • ‘Crephnas churad caur rod lá’ » (Recension I)

Textual relationships

In recensions I and II, this episode occurs between the introduction to the Táin and Inna formolta [Con Culainn].

Classification

Táin bó Cúailnge

Contents

Routes to Ulster

» prose beg. ‘Sligi na Tána in so ⁊ tossach in tslúagid anmand na sliged dochúatar cethri ollchóiced Hérend i crích Ulad’

Summary:
A toponymic enumeration in Recension II only. The hosting begins and the various routes to Ulster from the four provinces are listed.

Cúil Silinne

Summary:
Medb and Ailill set up camp in Cúil Silinne. The company and seating arrangement in Ailill's tent are described.

Discussion concerning the Gailióin

Dubthach's poem and the Nemain

Includes verse: Atmaid nád chúalaid co s-se

Summary:
Recension I only. Prose introduction, poem and prose epilogue. The poem is attributed to Dubthach, who is said, "according to one version", to have recited it at this moment in the story.

Fergus leads the army (astray)

• 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 the entry for the relevant manuscript.

See Táin bó Cúailnge for a fuller list

[ed.] [tr.] O'Rahilly, Cecile [ed. and tr.], Táin bó Cúailnge: Recension I, Dublin: DIAS, 1976. CELT – edition: <link> CELT – translation: <link> Lines 135–372 Recension I.

[ed.] [tr.] O'Rahilly, Cecile [ed. and tr.], Táin bó Cúalnge: from the Book of Leinster, Irish Texts Society 49, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1967. CELT – edition: <link> CELT – translation: <link> Lines 297–716 Recension II in LL.

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O'Rahilly, Cecile [ed. and tr.], Táin bó Cúailnge: Recension I, Dublin: DIAS, 1976. CELT – edition: <link> CELT – translation: <link>

O'Rahilly, Cecile [ed. and tr.], Táin bó Cúalnge: from the Book of Leinster, Irish Texts Society 49, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1967. CELT – edition: <link> CELT – translation: <link>

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