Bibliography

Kevin
Murray
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Ó Riain, Pádraig, Diarmuid Ó Murchadha, Emma Nic Cárthaigh, and Kevin Murray [eds.], Historical dictionary of Gaelic placenames / Foclóir stairiúil áitainmneacha na Gaeilge, London: Irish Texts Society, 2003–?.
includes: Kevin Murray • Pádraig Ó Riain • Emma Nic Cárthaigh, Historical dictionary of Gaelic placenames / Foclóir stairiúil áitainmneacha na Gaeilge • Kevin Murray • Pádraig Ó Riain • Emma Nic Cárthaigh, Historical dictionary of Gaelic placenames / Foclóir stairiúil áitainmneacha na Gaeilge • Kevin Murray • Pádraig Ó Riain • Diarmuid Ó Murchadha, Historical dictionary of Gaelic placenames / Foclóir stairiúil áitainmneacha na Gaeilge • Kevin Murray • Pádraig Ó Riain • Emma Nic Cárthaigh, Historical dictionary of Gaelic placenames / Foclóir stairiúil áitainmneacha na Gaeilge • Kevin Murray • Pádraig Ó Riain • Diarmuid Ó Murchadha, Historical dictionary of Gaelic placenames / Foclóir stairiúil áitainmneacha na Gaeilge • Kevin Murray • Pádraig Ó Riain • Diarmuid Ó Murchadha, Historical dictionary of Gaelic placenames / Foclóir stairiúil áitainmneacha na Gaeilge • Kevin Murray • Pádraig Ó Riain • Diarmuid Ó Murchadha, Historical dictionary of Gaelic placenames / Foclóir stairiúil áitainmneacha na Gaeilge • Kevin Murray • Pádraig Ó Riain • Diarmuid Ó Murchadha, Historical dictionary of Gaelic placenames / Foclóir stairiúil áitainmneacha na Gaeilge
Murray, Kevin, The early Fenian corpus, Cork Studies in Celtic Literatures, 5, Cork: CSCL, 2021.  
abstract:

The Early Fenian Cycle is concerned with texts primarily written before the end of the Middle Irish period (up to 1200) which deal with Finn mac Cumaill and his fían (‘warrior band’), his son Oisín, his grandson Oscar, and with other fíana and their leaders. This work provides a catalogue of early constituent texts pertaining to this Cycle, with a focus on their dates of composition, on the manuscripts in which they are found and on the editions and translations currently available.

abstract:

The Early Fenian Cycle is concerned with texts primarily written before the end of the Middle Irish period (up to 1200) which deal with Finn mac Cumaill and his fían (‘warrior band’), his son Oisín, his grandson Oscar, and with other fíana and their leaders. This work provides a catalogue of early constituent texts pertaining to this Cycle, with a focus on their dates of composition, on the manuscripts in which they are found and on the editions and translations currently available.

Ó Riain, Pádraig, Kevin Murray, and Emma Nic Cárthaigh, Historical dictionary of Gaelic placenames / Foclóir stairiúil áitainmneacha na Gaeilge, fasc. 8: Druach-Duthaire, Irish Texts Society, London: Irish Texts Society, 2020.
Ó Riain, Pádraig, Kevin Murray, and Emma Nic Cárthaigh, Historical dictionary of Gaelic placenames / Foclóir stairiúil áitainmneacha na Gaeilge, fasc. 7: D-Drongán, London: Irish Texts Society, 2018.
Murray, Kevin, The early Finn Cycle, Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2017. 200 pp.  
abstract:
The Finn (or Fenian) Cycle (fíanaigecht) is classified by modern scholarship as one of four medieval Irish literary cycles along with the Ulster Cycle, the Cycle of Historical Tales (or Cycles of the Kings) and the Mythological Cycle. It is primarily composed of material dealing with the legendary character Finn mac Cumaill, his warrior band (fían), his son Oisín and his grandson Oscar. In a fashion recalling the expansion of the Arthurian legend throughout Europe, the traditions centred on Finn grew from localized beginnings to spread throughout the entire Gaelic-speaking world. This study takes as its focus the early Finn Cycle, up to and including the composition of the most significant fíanaigecht tale, Acallam na senórach (‘The colloquy of the ancients’), at the beginning of the Early Modern Irish period. The volume also deals in detail with topics such as the nature of the fían; the extent of early fragmentary Finn Cycle sources; the background to Tóraigheacht Dhiarmada agus Ghráinne (‘The pursuit of Diarmaid and Gráinne’); the boyhood deeds and death of Finn; and the development of the Fenian lay tradition. The Early Finn Cycle details and investigates the primary and secondary sources for the study of this material and traces the literary development of the early fíanaigecht corpus. In so doing, it seeks to account for the emergence of the Finn Cycle from fragmentarily documented beginnings to become the dominant genre of Gaelic literature after 1200.
abstract:
The Finn (or Fenian) Cycle (fíanaigecht) is classified by modern scholarship as one of four medieval Irish literary cycles along with the Ulster Cycle, the Cycle of Historical Tales (or Cycles of the Kings) and the Mythological Cycle. It is primarily composed of material dealing with the legendary character Finn mac Cumaill, his warrior band (fían), his son Oisín and his grandson Oscar. In a fashion recalling the expansion of the Arthurian legend throughout Europe, the traditions centred on Finn grew from localized beginnings to spread throughout the entire Gaelic-speaking world. This study takes as its focus the early Finn Cycle, up to and including the composition of the most significant fíanaigecht tale, Acallam na senórach (‘The colloquy of the ancients’), at the beginning of the Early Modern Irish period. The volume also deals in detail with topics such as the nature of the fían; the extent of early fragmentary Finn Cycle sources; the background to Tóraigheacht Dhiarmada agus Ghráinne (‘The pursuit of Diarmaid and Gráinne’); the boyhood deeds and death of Finn; and the development of the Fenian lay tradition. The Early Finn Cycle details and investigates the primary and secondary sources for the study of this material and traces the literary development of the early fíanaigecht corpus. In so doing, it seeks to account for the emergence of the Finn Cycle from fragmentarily documented beginnings to become the dominant genre of Gaelic literature after 1200.
Ó Riain, Pádraig, Kevin Murray, and Emma Nic Cárthaigh, Historical dictionary of Gaelic placenames / Foclóir stairiúil áitainmneacha na Gaeilge, fasc. 6: Cóbh-Cutloch, London: Irish Texts Society, 2016.
Ó Riain, Pádraig, Diarmuid Ó Murchadha, and Kevin Murray, Historical dictionary of Gaelic placenames / Foclóir stairiúil áitainmneacha na Gaeilge, fasc. 5: Clais an Chairn-Cnucha, London: Irish Texts Society, 2013.
Ó Riain, Pádraig, Diarmuid Ó Murchadha, and Kevin Murray, Historical dictionary of Gaelic placenames / Foclóir stairiúil áitainmneacha na Gaeilge, fasc. 4: Fascicle 4 / Fascúl 4 (Ceall Ghabhann-Cláiríne), London: Irish Texts Society, 2011.
Ó Riain, Pádraig, Diarmuid Ó Murchadha, and Kevin Murray, Historical dictionary of Gaelic placenames / Foclóir stairiúil áitainmneacha na Gaeilge, fasc. 3: Fascicle 3 / Fascúl 3 (C-Ceall Fhursa), London: Irish Texts Society, 2008.
Ó Riain, Pádraig, Diarmuid Ó Murchadha, and Kevin Murray, Historical dictionary of Gaelic placenames / Foclóir stairiúil áitainmneacha na Gaeilge, fasc. 2: Fascicle 2 (names in B-) / Fascúl 2 (ainmneacha i B-), London: Irish Texts Society, 2005.
Murray, Kevin [ed. and tr.], Baile in Scáil: The Phantom’s Frenzy, Irish Texts Society, 58, London: Irish Texts Society, 2004.
Ó Riain, Pádraig, Diarmuid Ó Murchadha, and Kevin Murray, Historical dictionary of Gaelic placenames / Foclóir stairiúil áitainmneacha na Gaeilge, fasc. 1: Fascicle 1 (names in A-) / Fascúl 1 (ainmneacha in A-), London: Irish Texts Society, 2003.

Works edited

Murray, Kevin (ed.), Revisiting the Cycles of the Kings, Cork Studies in Celtic Literatures, 6, Cork: CSCL, 2022.  
abstract:

This collection of essays focuses on the medieval Irish tales which modern scholarship has designated as belonging to the category of literature known as the Cycles of the Kings. The five scholars featured in this volume (Neil Buttimer, Clodagh Downey, Ralph O'Connor, Ken Ó Donnchú and Aogán Ó hIarlaithe) have already made a substantial contribution to our understanding of this body of material. In these studies, all the authors engage to a greater or lesser extent with the concept of the cycle, and with its importance to the study of medieval Irish literature.

abstract:

This collection of essays focuses on the medieval Irish tales which modern scholarship has designated as belonging to the category of literature known as the Cycles of the Kings. The five scholars featured in this volume (Neil Buttimer, Clodagh Downey, Ralph O'Connor, Ken Ó Donnchú and Aogán Ó hIarlaithe) have already made a substantial contribution to our understanding of this body of material. In these studies, all the authors engage to a greater or lesser extent with the concept of the cycle, and with its importance to the study of medieval Irish literature.

Murray, Kevin (ed.), Tóruigheacht Dhiarmada agus Ghráinne: reassessments, Irish Texts Society, Subsidiary Series, 30, London: Irish Texts Society, 2018.
Carey, John, Kevin Murray, and Caitríona Ó Dochartaigh (eds), Sacred histories: a Festschrift for Máire Herbert, Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2015.
Murray, Kevin, and Aidan Doyle (eds), In dialogue with the Agallamh: essays in honour of Seán Ó Coileáin, Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2014.
Murray, Kevin (ed.), Lebor na cert: reassessments, Irish Texts Society, Subsidiary Series, 25, London: Irish Texts Society, 2013.
Thornton, Donna J., and Kevin Murray (eds), Bibliography of publications on Irish placenames, Irish Texts Society, Subsidiary Series, 22, London: Irish Texts Society, 2011.
Murray, Kevin, and Pádraig Ó Riain (eds), Edmund Hogan’s Onomasticon Goedelicum: reconsiderations, Irish Texts Society, Subsidiary Series, 23, London: Irish Texts Society, 2011.
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Murray, Kevin (ed.), Translations from classical literature: Imtheachta Aeniasa and Stair Ercuil ocus a bás, Irish Texts Society, Subsidiary Series, 17, London: Irish Texts Society, 2006.
Carey, John, Máire Herbert, and Kevin Murray (eds), Cín Chille Cúile: texts, saints and places. Essays in honour of Pádraig Ó Riain, Celtic Studies Publications, 9, Aberystwyth: Celtic Studies Publications, 2004.
Herbert, Máire, and Kevin Murray (eds), Retrospect and prospect in Celtic studies: proceedings of the 11th International Celtic Congress held in University College, Cork, 25-31 July 1999, Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2003.

Contributions to journals

Murray, Kevin, “Córus bésgnai: a window on the medieval Irish church [Review artcle]”, Studia Hibernica 46 (2020): 135–143.
Murray, Kevin, “In memoriam Máire Próinséas Ní Chatháin (1936–2018)”, Éigse 40 (2019): 414–417.
Murray, Kevin, “Sources of Irish mythology: the significance of the dinnṡenchas”, North American Journal of Celtic Studies 3:2 (2019): 155–170.
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Murray, Kevin, “Genre construction: the creation of the dinnshenchas”, The Journal of Literary Onomastics 6:1 (2017): 11–21.
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Murray, Kevin, “H and the first recension of the Táin”, Studia Celtica Fennica 14 (2017): 127–138.
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Murray, Kevin, “Reviews, reviewers, and critical texts”, Cambrian Medieval Celtic Studies 57 (Summer, 2009): 51–70.
Murray, Kevin [ed. and tr.], “Catshlechta and other medieval legal material relating to cats”, Celtica 25 (2007): 143–159.
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Murray, Kevin, “Dialect in medieval Irish? Evidence from placenames”, Studia Celtica Fennica 2 — Essays in honour of Anders Ahlqvist (2005): 97–109.
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Murray, Kevin, “A reading from Scéla Moshauluim”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 53 (2003): 198–201.
Murray, Kevin, “Lulgach ‘a milch cow’”, Celtica 24 (2003): 223–224.
Murray, Kevin, “Baile in Scáil and Baile Bricín”, Éigse 33 (2002): 49–56.
Murray, Kevin, “ [Review of: Borsje, Jacqueline, From chaos to enemy: encounters with monsters in early Irish texts. An investigation related to the process of christianization and the concept of evil, Instrumenta Patristica, 29, Turnhout: Brepols, 1996.]”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 52 (2001–2002): 302–305.
Murray, Kevin [ed.], “The finding of the Táin”, Cambrian Medieval Celtic Studies 41 (Summer, 2001): 17–23.
Murray, Kevin, “Note: *Eterrí ‘intermediate king, subordinate king’?”, Peritia 15 (2001): 377–378.
Murray, Kevin, “ [Review of: Ireland, Colin A. [ed. and tr.], Old Irish wisdom attributed to Aldfrith of Northumbria: an edition of Bríathra Flainn Fhína maic Ossu, Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies, 205, Tempe, Arizona: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 1999.]”, Peritia 15 (2001): 432–434.
Murray, Kevin, “Varia VII. At(t)ba/éc at(t)bai”, Ériu 50 (1999): 185–187.

Contributions to edited collections or authored works

Murray, Kevin, “The late medieval Irish-language manuscript tradition in North Roscommon: the case of Royal Irish Academy MS 23 N 10”, in: Richie Farrell, Kieran OʼConor, and Matthew Potter (eds), Roscommon, history & society: interdisciplinary essays on the history of an Irish county, 26, Dublin: Geography Publications, 2018. 191–209.
Murray, Kevin, “The dating of Branwen: the ‘Irish question’ revisited”, in: John Carey, Kevin Murray, and Caitríona Ó Dochartaigh (eds), Sacred histories: a Festschrift for Máire Herbert, Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2015. 247–250.
Murray, Kevin, “The reworking of Old Irish narrative texts in the Middle Irish period: contexts and motivations”, in: Elizabeth Boyle, and Deborah Hayden (eds), Authorities and adaptations: the reworking and transmission of textual sources in medieval Ireland, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 2014. 291–306.
Murray, Kevin, “The voyaging of St. Columba’s clerics”, in: John Carey, Emma Nic Cárthaigh, and Caitríona Ó Dochartaigh (eds), The end and beyond: medieval Irish eschatology, vol. 2, 17.2, Aberystwyth: Celtic Studies Publications, 2014. 761–823.
Murray, Kevin, “Interpreting the evidence: problems with dating the early fíanaigecht corpus”, in: Sharon J. Arbuthnot, and Geraldine Parsons (eds), The Gaelic Finn tradition, Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2012. 31–49.
Murray, Kevin, “Some thoughts on Baile Binnbérlach mac Búain”, in: Dan M. Wiley (ed.), Essays on the early Irish king tales, Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2008. 84–90.
Murray, Kevin, “The manuscript tradition of Baile Chuinn Chétchathaig and its relationship with Baile in Scáil”, in: Edel Bhreathnach (ed.), The kingship and landscape of Tara, Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2005. 69–72.
Bhreathnach, Edel, and Kevin Murray, “Baile Chuinn Chétchathaig: edition”, in: Edel Bhreathnach (ed.), The kingship and landscape of Tara, Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2005. 73–94.
Murray, Kevin, “Gilla Mo Dutu Úa Caiside”, in: John Carey, Máire Herbert, and Kevin Murray (eds), Cín Chille Cúile: texts, saints and places. Essays in honour of Pádraig Ó Riain, 9, Aberystwyth: Celtic Studies Publications, 2004. 150–162.
Murray, Kevin, “Baile in Scáil and Echtrae Chormaic”, in: Michael Richter, and Jean-Michel Picard (eds), Ogma: essays in Celtic studies in honour of Próinséas Ní Chatháin, Dublin: Four Courts, 2002. 195–199.
Murray, Kevin, “Some observations upon the treatment of non-Irish placenames in medieval Irish manuscripts”, in: Próinséas Ní Chatháin, and Michael Richter (eds), Ireland and Europe in the early Middle Ages: texts and transmissions / Irland und Europa im früheren Mittelalter: Texte und Überlieferung, Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2002. 37–44.
Murray, Kevin [ed. and tr.], “A Middle-Irish tract on cró and díbad”, in: Alfred P. Smyth (ed.), Seanchas. Studies in early and medieval Irish archaeology, history and literature in honour of Francis J. Byrne, Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2000. 251–260.
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