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verse beg. Maiccni Echach ard a nglé

  • Middle Irish
  • verse
  • Early Irish poetry
Poem on Eochu Muigmedón's five sons. 12 stanzas
Initial words (verse)
  • Maiccni Echach ard a nglé
Author
Ascribed to: Flann mac LonáinFlann mac Lonáin / Flann mac Lónáin (d. 891 x 918) – early Irish poet; called ‘the Virgil of the Irish’ (Firgil Gáedel) and ‘King of the Poets of Ireland’ respectively.
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Manuscripts
Language
  • Middle Irish
Form
verse (primary)
Number of stanzas
12

Classification

Early Irish poetry

Subjects

Eochaid MugmedónEochaid Mugmedón / Eochu Mugmedón (supp. fl. late 4th century) – legendary Irish king; important ancestor figure in Irish tradition as the father of Níall Noígíallach (a quo the Uí Néill), and of Ailill, Brión/Brían and Fíachra.
See more Níall NoígíallachNíall Noígíallach / Níall mac Echach Muigmedóin (supp. fl. 4th/5th century) – high-king of Ireland in early and medieval Irish tradition
See more Ailill mac Echach MuigmedóinAilill mac Echach Muigmedóin – son of Eochaid Mugmedón
See more Fíachra mac Echach MuigmedóinFíachra mac Echach Muigmedóin (supp. fl. 4th/5th century) – son of Eochaid Mugmedón and Mongfind; father of Nath Í; ancestor figure of the Uí Fíachrach of Connacht.
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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.

[dipl. ed.] Best, Richard Irvine, and M. A. O'Brien, The Book of Leinster, formerly Lebar na Núachongbála, vol. 3, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1957. xxi + pp. 471-760.
CELT – pp. 471-638 and 663: <link>
637–638. Diplomatic edition. direct link

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