Texts

verse beg. Rofessa i curp domuin dúir

Airbertach mac Cosse Dobráin

Middle Irish
verse
Early Irish poetry

Poem (68 stanzas) on the geography of the world.

Initial words (verse)

Rofessa i curp domuin dúir

‘In the body of the hard world were known’

Author

Airbertach mac Cosse DobráinAirbertach mac Cosse Dobráin (d. 1016) – Irish poet; fer légind of Ros Ailithir (Rosscarbery, Co. Cork)
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Ascribed to: Airbertach mac Cosse DobráinAirbertach mac Cosse Dobráin (d. 1016) – Irish poet; fer légind of Ros Ailithir (Rosscarbery, Co. Cork)
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Ascribed to and probably composed by Airbertach mac Cosse Dobráin.

Manuscripts

Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 502 2 = Lebar Glinne Dá Locha (?) [1125 x 1150]
f. 45
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339 (H 2. 18) = Book of Leinster [s. xii²]
ff. 135a–136b pp. 524–... (facsimile)heading: ‘Mac Cosse fer legind Ruis Ailithir cecinit’

66 stanzas

Language

Middle Irish

Form

verse (primary)

Number of stanzas

68

Classification

Early Irish poetry

Subjects

Ros Ailithir

Ros Ailithir ... Roscarbery

County Cork

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.] 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>

Diplomatic edition of the LL text direct link

[ed.] [tr.] Olden, Thomas [ed. and tr.], “The geography of Ros Ailithir”, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 2nd series, 2 (1879–1888): 219–252.

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

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Contributors

Dennis Groenewegen,Patrick Brown

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