Táin bó Cúailnge
Táin bó Cúailgne‘The cattle-raid of Cooley’
- Old Irish, Middle Irish, Early Modern Irish
- prose
- Ulster Cycle, Táin bó Cúailnge
- Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1318 cols 573–958 = section of the Yellow Book of Lecan [s. xivex/xvin] pp. 17a–53a (facsimile) cols 573–644Beginning missing.
- Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 E 25 (1229) = Lebor na hUidre [s. xi/xii]ff. 55a–82bInterpolated by H. End missing.
- London, British Library, MS Egerton 1782 [1516-1518] ff. 88r–105vInterpolated. End missing.
- Maynooth, Russell Library, MS C 1 [1587] pp. 1–76Interpolated. Beginning and end missing.
- Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339 (H 2. 18) = Book of Leinster [s. xii2]ff. 53b–104b
- Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS C vi 3 (740) [s. xvii]ff. 28ra–65vb
Recension III (Early Modern Irish version):
- Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1319 (H 2. 17) [various]pp. 336–347, 334–335, 111–114, 348–349, 115–118, 350–351Fragment.
- Old Irish Middle Irish Early Modern Irish
- Old Irish and Middle Irish; Early Modern Irish (Recension III)
- Related:
- Conailla Medb míchuru
Line numbers follow those assigned to the texts in O’Rahilly, C., Táin bó Cúailnge: Recension I (1976) (Recension I), O’Rahilly, C., Táin bó Cúalnge: from the Book of Leinster (1967) (Recension II) and in Nettlau 1893, Nettlau 1894 and Thurneysen, R., “Táin bó Cúailghni nach H.2.17”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 8 (1912) (Recension III). The symbol ‘x’ is used to indicate that there is no corresponding section in recension II or I; no equivalent sign has been used in the column for the third recension, as this text has been preserved only in fragmentary form.
Section | TBC I | TBC II | TBC III | ||
Section title | English translation | Lines (O’Rahilly, C., Táin bó Cúailnge: Recension I (1976)) | Lines (O’Rahilly, C., Táin bó Cúalnge: from the Book of Leinster (1967)) | N = Nettlau 1893 and 1894 T = Thurneysen, R., “Táin bó Cúailghni nach H.2.17”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 8 (1912) | |
Incipit Táin Bó Cúailnge [also known as ‘The pillow talk’] | Here begins the Táin Bó Cúailnge | x | 1-146 | ||
Táin Bó Cúailnge inso sís | ‘The cattle-raid of Cúailnge here’ | 1-134 | 147-296 | ||
In scél iar n-urd | ‘The story in due order’ | 135-372 | 297-716 | ||
Inna formolta | ‘The eulogy [of Cú Chulainn]’ | 373-397 | 717-737 | ||
Na Macgnímrada | ‘The boyhood deeds’ | 398-469 | 738-819 | ||
Aided na Maccraide | ‘The death of the boys’ | 470-480 | x | ||
Cath Eógain meic Derthacht fri Chonchobar | ‘The fight between Eógan mac Durthacht and Conchobar’ | 481-523 | x | ||
Aided na trí nónbor | ‘The death of the twenty-seven men’ | 524-539 | x | ||
Aided con na cerda | ‘The killing of the smith's hound’ | 540-607 | 820-920 | ||
Aided trí mac Nechta Scéni | ‘The death of Nechta Scéne's three sons’ | 608-824 | 921-1217 | T 1347-1388 / 538-539 | |
Slicht sain so co aidid nÓrlaim | ‘A different version up to the death of Órlám’ | 825-832 | x | ||
Aided Fraích | ‘The death of Fráech’ | 833-857 | x | ||
Lingid Fergus darsin n-omnai ina charput | ‘Fergus leapt across the oak-tree in his own chariot’ | 858-867 | x | ||
Aided Orláim | ‘The violent death of Orlám’ | 868-906 | 1218-1246 | T 1393-1420 / 539-540 | |
Aided Trí Mac nGárach | ‘The death of the three sons of Gárach’ | 907-919 | 1247-1257 | T 1424-1435 / 540 | |
Aided in Togmaili ⁊ in Pheta Eóin | ‘The death of the marten and of the pet bird’ | 920-945 | 1267-1279 | T 1456-1460 / 541-542 | |
Aided Lethain | ‘The death of Lethan’ | 946-972 | 1258-1266 | T 1439-1444 / 540 | |
Aided Lócha | ‘The death of Lócha’ | 973-1001 | x | ||
Aided Úaland | ‘The death of Úalu’ | 1002-1029 | x | ||
Orgain Chúalngi | ‘The harrying of Cúailnge’ | 1030-1286 | x | ||
Aided Etarcomail (⁊ imarchor n-athisc fer n-Érend) | ‘The death of Etarcomol (and the terms offered by the men of Ireland)’ | 1287-1387 | 1565-1695 | T 1798-1939 / 549-553 | |
Aided Nath Crantail | ‘The death of Nad Crantail’ | 1388-1486 | 1696-1755 | T 1941-1947 / 553-554; N 1-3 | |
Fagbáil in Tairb | ‘The finding of the bull’ | 1487-1509 | 1756-1794 | N 4-9 | |
Aided Redg Cáinte | ‘The death of Redg the satirist’ | 1510-1568 | x | N 216-219 | |
Comrac Con Culaind fri Findabair | ‘The meeting of Cú Chulainn and Finnabair’ | 1569-1608 | x | ||
Comlond Munremair ⁊ Con Roi | ‘The combat of Munremar and Cú Roí’ | 1609-1630 | x | ||
Aided na Macraidi | ‘The death of the youths’ | 1631-1657 | x | ||
Bánchath Rochada | ‘The bloodless fight of Rochad’ | 1658-1684 | x | ||
Aided na Rígamus | ‘The death of the royal mercenaries’ | 1685-1693 | x | ||
Aided Cáur | ‘The death of Cúr’ | 1694-1736 | 1816-1857 | N 20-32 | |
→ Turim na cless | → ‘A list of the feats’ | ||||
Aided Fir Baíth | ‘The death of Fer Baeth’ | 1737-1806 | 1858-1905 | N 33-39 | |
Comrac Lárine meic Nóis | ‘The combat of Láiríne mac Nóis’ | 1807-1844 | 1906-1961 | N 40-59 | |
Imacallaim na Mórigna fri Coin Culaind | ‘The conversation of the Morrígan with Cú Chulainn’ | 1845-1873 | x | ||
Aided Lóich meic Mo Femis | ‘The death of Lóch Mac Mo Femis’ | 1874-2037 | 1962-2102 | N 60-98 | |
Slánugud na Mórrigna | ‘The healing of the Morrígan’ | 2038-2071 | 2103-2111 | N 99-111 | |
In Carpat Serda ⁊ in Breslech Mór Maige Murthemne | ‘The scythed chariot and Breslech Mór Maige Muirthemne’ | 2072-2334 | 2121-2337 (Breslech Maige Muirthemne) | N 113-171 | |
→ Éli Loga | → ‘The incantation of Lug’ | ||||
Túarascbáil Delba Con Culaind | ‘The description of Cú Chulainn’ | 2335-2454 | 2338-2438 | N 172-201 | |
Imroll Belaig Eóin | ‘The mis-throw at Belach Eóin’ | 2455-2482 | 2447-2459 (Imrol[l] Belaig Eóin) | ||
Aided Tamuin Drúith | ‘The death of Taman the Jester’ | 2483-2487 | 2460-2472 (Tuige im Thamon) | ||
Aided Óengussa meic Óenláma | ‘The death of Óengus mac Óenláime’ | 2488-2494 | 2439-2446 | ||
Comrac Fergusa fri Coin Culaind | ‘The meeting of Fergus and Cú Chulainn’ | 2495-2522 | 2473-2509 | N 203-215 | |
Comrac Maind | ‘The fight with Mand’ | 2523-2566 | x | ||
Comrac Fir Diad ⁊ Con Culaind | ‘The fight of Fer Diad and Cú Chulainn’ | 2567-3153 | 2606-3608 | ||
→ Túarascbáil charpait Con Culaind | → ‘A description of Cú Chulainn's chariot’ | ||||
Dinda na Tána | ‘The chief episodes of the Táin’ | 3154-3160 | x | ||
Caladgleó Cethirn | ‘The hard fight of Cethern’ | 3161-3327 | 3609-3811 | ||
Fiacalgleó Findtain | ‘The tooth-fight of Fintan’ | 3328-3335 | 3812-3835 (Fiacalgleó Fintain) | ||
Rúadrucca Mind | ‘The red shame of Mend’ | 3336-3345 | 3836-3855 (Ruadrucce Mind) | ||
Bángleó Rochada | ‘The bloodless fight of Rochad’ | 3346-3365 | 3862-3893 (Bángleó Rochada) | ||
Meillgleó nIliach | ‘The humorous fight of Iliach’ | 3366-3386 | 3894-3936 (Mellgleó nIliach) | ||
Airecor nArad | ‘The missile-throwing of the charioteers’ | 3387-3392 | 3856-3861 (Airecus nArad) | ||
Aislinge nAimirgin | ‘The trance of Aimirgin’ | 3393-3409 |
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Sirrabad Súaldaim | ‘The repeated warning of Súaltaim’ | 3410-3453 | 3981-4052 (Sirrobud Sualtaim) | ||
Tochestol Ulad | ‘The muster of the Ulstermen’ | 3454-3543 | 4053-4147 | ||
→ Aislingi Dubthaich | → ‘The vision of Dubthach’ | ||||
→ Búadris Aililla | → ‘The trance of Ailill’ | ||||
Toichim na mBuiden | ‘The march of the companies’ | 3544-3944 | 4148-4687 | ||
Tochos[t]ul Fear nÉrend | ‘The muster of the men of Ireland’ | 3945-4160 | 4688-4918 |
Sources
Notes
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 the entry for the relevant manuscript.
- Recension I
O'Rahilly, Cecile [ed. and tr.], Táin bó Cúailnge: Recension I, Dublin: DIAS, 1976. |
Strachan, John, and J. G. O'Keeffe (eds.), The Táin Bó Cúailnge from the Yellow Book of Lecan: with variant readings from the Lebor na Huidre, Dublin and London: Royal Irish Academy, 1912. |
Windisch, Ernst [ed.], “Táin bó Cúailnge nach der Handschrift Egerton 1782”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 9 (1913): 121–158.
Internet Archive: <link>
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Ó Fiannachta, Pádraig [ed.], Táin Bó Cuailnge: the Maynooth manuscript, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1966. Edited from the O'Curry MS. |
Carson, Ciarán [tr.], The Táin. Translated from the old Irish epic Táin Bó Cúailnge, Penguin Classics, London: Penguin, 2007. See below. |
- Recension II
O'Rahilly, Cecile [ed. and tr.], Táin bó Cúalnge: from the Book of Leinster, Irish Texts Society 49, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1967. |
Windisch, Ernst [ed. and tr.], Die altirische Heldensage Táin Bó Cúalnge nach dem Buch von Leinster, Leipzig: Hirzel, 1905. |
O'Rahilly, Cecile [ed.], The Stowe version of Táin Bó Cuailnge, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1961. |
Dunn, Joseph [tr.], The ancient Irish epic tale Táin bó Cúalnge, London: Nutt, 1914. |
Kinsella, Thomas [tr.], The Tain: translated from the Irish epic Táin Bó Cuailnge, London: Oxford University Press, 1969. |
- Recension III
Nettlau, Max [ed.], “The fragment of Tain Bó Cuailnge in MS. Egerton 93 (ff. 26a 1-35b 2) [part 1]”, Revue Celtique 14 (1893): 254–266. |
Nettlau, Max [ed.], “The fragment of Tain Bó Cuailnge in MS. Egerton 93 (ff. 26a 1-35b 2) [part 2]”, Revue Celtique 15 (1894): 62–78, 198–208. |
Thurneysen, Rudolf [ed.], “Táin bó Cúailghni nach H.2.17”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 8 (1912): 525–554.
Internet Archive: <link>
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Ó Béarra, Feargal [tr.], “Táin bó Cuailnge: Recension III”, Emania 15 (1996): 47–65. |
Secondary sources
Mallory, James P., “Táin bó Cúailnge: an outline of the plot”, in: Mallory, James P. [ed.], Aspects of the Táin, Belfast: December, 1992. 9–28. |
Mac Carron, Pádraig, and Ralph Kenna, “Universal properties of mythological networks”, Europhysics Letters 99:2 (2012). URL: <http://iopscience.iop.org/0295-5075/99/2/28002>. |
Dooley, Ann, “Táin bó Cúailnge”, in: Wright, Julia M. [ed.], A companion to Irish literature, vol. 1, Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture, Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010. 17–26. |
Carson, Ciarán [tr.], The Táin. Translated from the old Irish epic Táin Bó Cúailnge, Penguin Classics, London: Penguin, 2007. |
Graver, Jenny, “‘What’s in a name?’ About the syntax and philological functions of etymologies in the Táin”, Studia Celtica Fennica 4 (2007): 47–57.
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Dooley, Ann, Playing the hero: reading the Irish saga Táin bó Cúailnge, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2006. |
Ó Cathasaigh, Tomás, Táin bó Cúailnge and early Irish law, Osborn Bergin Memorial Lecture 5, University College Dublin: Faculty of Celtic Studies, 2005. |
Lincoln, Bruce, Theorizing myth: narrative, ideology, and scholarship, Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1999. |
Ó Néill, Pádraig, “The Latin colophon to the Táin bó Cúailnge in the Book of Leinster: a critical view of Old Irish literature”, Celtica 23 (1999): 269–275. |
Chadwin, Tom, “The remscéla Tána bó Cualngi”, Cambrian Medieval Celtic Studies 34 (Winter, 1997): 67–76. |
Sayers, William, “Contracting for combat: flyting and fighting in Táin bó Cúailnge”, Emania: Bulletin of the Navan Research Group 16 (1997): 49–62. |
Nagy, Joseph Falaky, “How the Táin was lost”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 49–50 (1997): 603–609. |
Sadowska, Ewa, “‘Horses led by a mare’—Martial aspects of Táin Bó Cúailnge”, Emania: Bulletin of the Navan Research Group 16 (1997): 5–48. |
Ó Béarra, Feargal [tr.], “Táin bó Cuailnge: Recension III”, Emania 15 (1996): 47–65. |
Sayers, William, “Homeric echoes in Táin bó Cúailnge?”, Emania: Bulletin of the Navan Research Group 14 (1996): 65–73. |
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