Texts
Oidheadh Chloinne hUisneach‘The violent death of the children of Uisneach’
- Early Modern Irish
- prose, verse, prosimetrum
- Ulster Cycle
Tale of the Ulster Cycle which can be described as a later, Early Modern Irish version of Longes mac nUislenn.
Manuscripts
include the following.(1)n. 1 For now, see Caoimhín Mac Giolla Léith, Oidheadh chloinne hUisneach: The violent death of the children of Uisneach (1993) for an extensive list of manuscripts.
- Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland, Adv. MS 72.2.3 = Glenmasan manuscript [s. xv]ff. 1r–2v, 4r–4vBreaks off incomplete.
- Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS B iv 1a (236a) = Book of the Ó Duibhgeannáin [s.xvii (?)]Copy by Dáibhi Ó Duibhgeannáin (1671)
- Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland, Adv. MS 72.2.6 [s. xviii]pp. 432–459
- London, British Library, MS Egerton 150 [1773-1774]
Language
- Early Modern Irish
Form
prose, verse, prosimetrum (primary)
Textual relationships
- (Possible) sources:
- Longes mac nUislenn
- Related:
- Longes mac nUislenn
Sources
Notes
For now, see Caoimhín Mac Giolla Léith, Oidheadh chloinne hUisneach: The violent death of the children of Uisneach (1993) for an extensive list of manuscripts.
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.] Mac Giolla Léith, Caoimhín [ed. and tr.], Oidheadh chloinne hUisneach: The violent death of the children of Uisneach, Irish Texts Society 56, London: Irish Texts Society, 1993.
[ed.] [tr.] O'Duffy, Richard J. [ed. and tr.], Oidhe chloinne Uisnigh: Fate of the children of Uisneach, 2nd ed. (1898), Dublin: Gill, 1914.
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[ed.] [tr.] Stokes, Whitley [ed. and tr.], “The death of the sons of Uisnech”, in: Windisch, Ernst, and Whitley Stokes (eds.), Irische Texte mit Wörterbuch, 4 vols, vol. 2:2, Leipzig, 1887. 109–184.
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Text from the Glenmasan MS, apart from the conclusion, which is taken from Gaelic LVI.
[tr.] Dottin, Georges [tr.], “[Various contributions]”, in: d'Arbois de Jubainville, Marie-Henri, L’épopée celtique en Irlande, Cours de littérature celtique 5, Paris: Thorin, 1892. [Various].
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252–286.
Secondary sources (select)
See Caoimhín Mac Giolla Léith, Oidheadh chloinne hUisneach: The violent death of the children of Uisneach (1993) for a bibliography.
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Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen