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Der Ursprung des gregorianischen Kirchengesangs [Mac atcúala is domain tair]
-  p.114 174b1
- Mac at-cūala is domain tair
 a crīch Iuda 'san Beithil,
 rī ro cum in cruindi cōir
 amail indises canōin.
- Ingnad robī in mac go m-bloid
 tānic eter Iudadaib,
 amlaid itā in rí go rath
 gan deiredh is gan tosach.
- Ro gab format Irūath ān
 re mac Muiri na mōrdāl,
 do drech Irūath, cēim nār cōir,
 do marbudh Īsu ardmōir.
- Adubairt Grigair and sein
 re h-Irūath an aidchi-sein:
 'is ī comarli is cōir dhe
 a marbud meic mōir Muire.'
- Idubairt Irūath and sin
 re Gamut guna muinntir:
 'ēirig is comēt in laind
 go marbthar Ísu ālaind.'
- At-ruacht Gamut go n-guth m-bind
 a n-diaig ingini Iachim,
 go cūala ceōla ba dlecht,
 orgān ⁊ cantairecht.
- Do gabsat gloria glan
 aingil nimi da mōradh,
 'san tulaigh i rucad Dīa
 do gab Grigair in gloria.
- Da-rōnsat aingil 'ga thig
 ceōla comarle don Chomdid
 go tuc Gamut leis da thig
 na ceōla go teach Grigair.
- Tan da-cūala Grigair glan
 ceōla cuibdi na n-aingel,
 tresna ceōlaib sein ar sein
 do creit Grigair in Comdid.
- Bē, Mí, Rē, La, Fa, Mí find,
 dalta da Grigair go grind,
 do cumsadar sin gu cōir
 in cantairecht fo chētōir.
- Tānic Sol gle glan go m-bloid
 go oidi fēin go Grigair,
 gor cuir a chuitig go ceart
 go cubaidh 'san cantairecht.
- Rē ocus Ut go rēim n-ān,
 is īat ro-glēs in t-orgān,
 go fuil a cuitigh go ceart
 go cubaid 'sin cantairecht.
- Grigair mac Ardnōis gu nert
 'gar cumad in cantairecht,
 ab Rōma i re Irūaith thair
 re Grigair do Ghædelaibh.
- Tānic rath in Chomdead cain
 ar Grigair cona daltadaibh,
 gor creitset in slūagh gan acht
 Grigair triasan cantairecht.
- Sē cēt mīli, bāig go m-bloidh,
 d' Iudadaibh in n-aidchi sein
 do creit do Grigair go h-ān,
 do candais leis a orgān.
- A sein da cūaidh isan Rōim
 Grigair go n-imat a slōigh,
 is ra suidh 'san Rōim go cert
 go raibi 'na h-abdainecht.
- Ro h-indisead d'Irūath sein
 Grigair d'ēludh le muinntir,
 is ro gell Irūath iar sein
 nāch bīad a dīn for talmain.  p.115
- Rangus ō Irūath 'na diaig
 ⁊ roba lām a n-gliaigh,
 is ē sin cet cath amach
 Iudadh agus Cristaigech.
- Iar sin ro-mebaidh in maidm
 ar muintir Irūaith agairb,
 nīr gabud re Grigair de
 secht laithi na sechtmaine.
- Secht mbliadna go leith gan lēn
 isan Rōimh gan imarlēn,
 recht n-abaidh iar sein rogab
 etēr Grigair is Pedar.
- Marbud no-beired uili
 na h-abaidh sin Armenni,
 isan Rōim sin, bāigh go m-bloidh,
 ga cosnam re h-Iudadaibh.
- Tānic Peadur, rēim go m-bloid,
 gor shuidh a n-inadh Grigair,
 is go raibi and iar sein
 ag fognadh don mōrChoimdid.
- Cūig bliadna is cōic cēt gan lēn
 isan Rōim, gan ederlēn,
 etir Pedar, bāigh go m-bloidh,
 is Grigair do Gædelaibh.
- Grigair mac Tuilegnaid teand
 ardab na Rōma a h-Ērend,
 is ris aderair iar sein
 Grigair Rōma na n-Gædel.
- Do riachtadar Gædil sair
 go Rōim a n-degaid Grigair,
 go tucad manchini dāibh,
 do Gædelaib gan dimbāigh.
- Is cian rosræined amach
 Iudaich a crīch Rōmānach,
 fada ōn Ierusalemh soir,
 uail 1 itā ceand in cogaidh.
- Nī dligend cantairecht cōir 
 do tōcbāil agun altōir
 neach nach findfa, līth gan acht,
 innī data in cantairecht.
- Poliponus, Dunstān grind
 ro cumsat Kirie inn aiffrind,
 ro cumsat Kirie go h-ān
 Poliponus is Dunstān.
- Ro cum Grigair gredāil glan
 isan aiffrend ard ūasal,
 da facaibh 'na inad ān
 dar cum Grigair in gredāl.
- Ceathrur suidhiscēl slangha
 ro cumsat na soiscēala,
 d'indisin scēala dia dhe
 agus do t-shīlad creitme.
- Lechtain le Pedar go m-blad
 isan affrend ard uasal,
 Alaxandair Rōma, itclos,
 is ē ro cum in Sanctus.
- Ro cum Septenāir sund tra,
 ardrí na Saxan særdha,
 Septināir fri Solam trān
 agus Agnus fri Dunstān.
- Ro cum Sencais go cōiri
 fatadh cæm na canōni,
 is d'indis do gach tur thoir
 in scēl mōr-sa is da macaib.
Mac it-cūala 'san tīr toir.
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Title (uniform): Der Ursprung des gregorianischen Kirchengesangs [Mac atcúala is domain tair]
Title (firstline): Mac atcúala is domain tair
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Editor: Kuno Meyer
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Date: 2010
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- Dublin, Royal Irish Academy MS Stowe, D 2 1 (olim MS 1225, The Book of Uí Maine) fo. 174b, a vellum manuscript from the late 14th century. For details see see Kathleen Mulchrone, T. F. O'Rahilly et al. (eds.), Catalogue of Irish manuscripts in the Royal Irish Academy (Dublin 1926–70) fasc. 26–27, 3314–56. See also R. A. S. MacAlister (ed.), The Book of Uí Maine, otherwise called The Book of the O'Kelly's, with a descriptive introduction and indexes (Facsimiles in collotype of Irish manuscripts 4, Dublin 1942). Digital images and a description of the MS are available on http://www.isos.dias.ie.
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‘Der Ursprung des gregorianischen Kirchengesangs [Mac atcúala is domain tair]’ (1912). In: Zeitschrift für Celtische Philologie 8. Ed. by Kuno Meyer, pp. 114–115.
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  title 	 = {Der Ursprung des gregorianischen Kirchengesangs [Mac atcúala is domain tair]},
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Creation: By one or more unknown authors in Irish monastic scriptoria 900–1200
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