Texts

Eachtra mhacaoimh an iolair ‘The adventure of the eagle-boy’

Brian Ó Corcráin

Early Modern Irish
prose, prosimetrum
Irish Arthurian romances

Irish Arthurian romance

Author

Ó Corcráin (Brian)Ó Corcráin (Brian)

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Manuscripts

London, British Library, MS Egerton 128

London, British Library, MS Egerton 170 [1705]

London, British Library, MS Additional 18945

Dublin, National Library of Ireland, MS G 145 [1766]

pp. 71=107

Language

Early Modern Irish

Date

early 17th century (?)

Form

prose, prosimetrum (primary)

verse (secondary)

Classification

Irish Arthurian romancesIrish Arthurian romances
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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.

[ed.] [tr.] Macalister, R. A. S. [ed. and tr.], Two Irish Arthurian romances. Eachtra an Mhadra Mhaoil, Eachtra Mhacaoimh-an-Iolair: The story of the Crop Eared Dog, the Story of Eagle Boy, Irish Texts Society, 10, London: Irish Texts Society, 1908.

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Edition based on Egerton 128, collated to an extent with the copies in Egerton 170 and Additional 18945