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Risteard Pluincéad
  • Latin, Irish
  • extent: more or less complete

Latin-Irish dictionary compiled in 1662 by the Franciscan Risteard Pluincéad (Richard Plunkett) at the friary of Trim, Co. Meath. The work, which is held to be the first known attempt at a complete dictionary of the Irish language, did not see publication in print but remained in manuscript form. It came to the attention of Edward Lhuyd, who made use of it when preparing his Archaeologia Brittanica.

Author
Pluincéad (Risteard)
Pluincéad (Risteard)
(fl. 1662)
Franciscan friar of Trim and compiler of a Latin-Irish dictionary.

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Language
  • Latin Irish
Textual relationships
(Possible) sources: O’Clery’s glossary (Foclóir na Sanasán Nua)O’Clery’s glossary (Foclóir na Sanasán Nua)

An Irish glossary compiled by Mícheál Ó Cléirigh. who dedicated it to Baothghalach Mac Aodhagáin.

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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.

[dig. img.] “Archbishop Marsh’s Library”, Anne-Marie OʼBrien, and Pádraig Ó Macháin, Irish Script on Screen (ISOS) – Meamrám Páipéar Ríomhaire, Online: School of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 2012–present. URL: <https://www.isos.dias.ie/collection/marsh.html>.

Secondary sources (select)

de Bhaldraithe, Tomás, “Risteard Pluincéad: a neglected pioneer Irish lexicographer”, Studia Celtica Japonica (New Series) 3 (1990): 1–8.
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Dennis Groenewegen
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December 2018, last updated: June 2023