Texts

Lebor gabála Érenn, first redaction‘The book of the taking of Ireland’

Middle Irish
Cycles of the Kings, Irish legendary history, Lebor gabála Érenn, Mythological Cycle

This page is currently a placeholder. It is intended to describe the so-called first recension of Lebor gabála Érenn.

Manuscripts

L (Macalister) or LL =
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339 (H 2. 18) = Book of Leinster [s. xii²]
ff. 1a–26b
F (Scowcroft) =
A copy of 44 pages (22 folios), the first part of which is now bound with the Book of Fermoy:
- F (Macalister) =
  Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 E 29 pp. 1-16 [s. xiv (?)]
  ff. 1–8 pp. 1–16
  
  Fragment bound in front of the Book of Fermoy.
- Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D iii 1 (671) [s. xv (?)]
  ff. 9–22
  
  The order of the folios is disturbed.

Fragments

Mullingar, Longford-Westmeath County Library, Gaelic MS 1 [1560]

Two fragments, with the verse reduced or omitted

Language

Middle Irish
Middle Irish

Date

11th-12th century

Associated items

Dinnshenchas of Emain Macha, Góedel Glas ó tát Goídil, Lebor gabála Érenn/5A. Do fhlaithiusaib ocus aimseraib hÉrend iar Creitim

Classification

Cycles of the Kings Irish legendary history Lebor gabála Érenn Mythological Cycle

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., Lebor gabála Érenn: The book of the taking of Ireland, 5 vols, Irish Texts Society 34–35–39–41–44, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, 1932–1942.

Internet Archive – Vol. 1 (1938 ed.): <link> Internet Archive – Vol. 2 (1939 ed.): <link> Internet Archive – Vol. 3 (1940 ed.): <link> Internet Archive – Vol. 4 (1941 ed.): <link> Internet Archive – Vol. 5 (1956 ed.): <link>

[ed.] Carey, John, “Lebar gabála, Recension I”, unpublished PhD dissertation: Harvard University, 1983.

Edition of the text except for the king-lists.

[tr.] Carey, John [tr.], “[Various contributions]”, in: Koch, John T., and John Carey (eds.), The Celtic Heroic Age. Literary sources for ancient Celtic Europe and early Ireland & Wales, Celtic Studies Publications 1, 4th ed. (1995), Aberystwyth: Celtic Studies Publications, 2003. [Various].

§ 108. Translation of the first recension.

Secondary sources (select)

Carey, John [ed.], Lebor gabála Érenn: textual history and pseudohistory, Irish Texts Society, Subsidiary Series 20, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, 2009.

Scowcroft, R. Mark, “Leabhar Gabhála. Part I: the growth of the text”, Ériu 38 (1987): 79–140.

comments: The second part is Scowcroft, R. M., “Leabhar Gabhála. Part II: the growth of the tradition”, Ériu 39 (1988).

Scowcroft, R. Mark, “Leabhar Gabhála. Part II: the growth of the tradition”, Ériu 39 (1988): 1–66.

comments: This article continues Scowcroft, R. M., “Leabhar Gabhála. Part I: the growth of the text”, Ériu 38 (1987).

Hamel, A. G. van, “On Lebor Gabála”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 10 (1915): 97–197.

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

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