Texts

Cath Ruis na Ríg

  • Middle Irish
  • prose
  • Ulster Cycle
Manuscripts
Language
  • Middle Irish
Date
Uáitéar Mac Gearailt dates the LL version to “possibly mid-way through the second half of the twelfth century” (1991: 129).
Form
prose (primary)
verse (secondary)

Classification

Ulster Cycle
Ulster Cycle
id. 1797

Subjects

Cú Chulainn
Cú Chulainn
Young Ulster hero and chief character of Táin bó Cuailnge and other tales of the Ulster Cycle; son of Súaltam or Lug and Deichtire (sister to Conchobor); husband of Emer (ingen Forgaill)

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Ros na Ríg on the BoyneRos na Ríg on the Boyne
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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.

[dipl. ed.] Best, Richard Irvine, and M. A. OʼBrien, The Book of Leinster, formerly Lebar na Núachongbála, vol. 4, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1965. xxvii + pp. 761-1117.
CELT – pp. 761-781 and 785-841: <link>
761–779 (lines 22627–23283) Diplomatic edition of the text in LL. direct link
[ed.] [tr.] Hogan, Edmund [ed. and tr.], Cath Ruis na Ríg for Bóinn, Todd Lecture Series, 4, Dublin, 1892.
Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive: <link>
Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen, Patrick Brown
Page created
April 2011, last updated: January 2024