Texts

Mo Ling and the brigands

Early Irish
prose, verse, prosimetrum
Irish hagiography, Anecdote, Legend

Anecdote about Mo Ling

Initial words (prose)

Fechtas aile do M'Ling is toidin co n-accai nonbur dona dibergachaib cuci

Manuscripts

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339 (H 2. 18) = Book of Leinster [s. xii²]
p. 285a (line 30ff)

Language

Early Irish

Form

prose, verse, prosimetrum (primary)

Classification

Irish hagiography

Subjects

Mo LingMo Ling of Ferns / Moling Luachra (d. 697) – Irish saint, abbot and patron saint of Tech Mo Ling (St Mullins, Co. Carlow) and reputed ‘bishop’ of Ferna (Ferns).
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Keywords

díberga

brigands

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.] Meyer, Kuno, “Mélanges: Anecdotes of St. Moling”, Revue Celtique 14 (1893): 188–194.

Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive: <link>

190–194 LL

[dipl. ed.] Best, Richard Irvine, and M. A. O'Brien, The Book of Leinster, formerly Lebar na Núachongbála, vol. 5, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1967. xv + pp. 1119-1325.

CELT – pp. 1119-1192 and 1202-1325: <link>

1241–1242 Diplomatic edition from LL direct link

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