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Extent: 1900 words

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Manuscript sources

1. Dublin, Trinity College Library, 1318, (alias H. 2. 16 alias Yellow Book of Lecan); an Duanaire; see Abbott and Gwynn, Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in Trinity College Library (Dublin 1921). Digital images and the description from Abbott and Gwynn are available on http://www.isos.dias.ie.
2. Castlerea (Co. Roscommon), Clonalis House, Book of the O'Conor Don, c. 1631. Digital images and a description of the MS are available on http://www.isos.dias.ie.
3. Dublin, Trinity College Library, 1399 (alias H. 5. 28), written in 1679.
4. Maynooth, Russell Library, MS C88, written by Eoghan Ó Caoimh, 1704.
5. Dublin, Trinity College Library, 1411 (alias H. 6. 7), written by D. Ó Conaill, 1737.

Literature

1. Pádraig Ó Macháin (ed), The Book of the O'Conor Don (Dublin: DIAS 2010).
2. This poem is listed in the Irish Bardic Poetry Database (see http://bardic.celt.dias.ie/main.html) and dated /mid-15th century.
3. An English translation is available in Dá Dé, 70–72.
4. Pádraig Ó Súilleabháin, 'A gul gion gur lamhadh lé', Éigse 14/4 (Geimhreadh 1972), 297–299.

The edition used in the digital edition

‘Aoidhe meise ag máthair Dé’ (1940). In: Dán Dé‍. Ed. by Lambert McKenna. Dublin: The Educational Company of Ireland, pp. 2–3.

You can add this reference to your bibliographic database by copying or downloading the following:

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  editor 	 = {Lambert McKenna},
  title 	 = {Aoidhe meise ag máthair Dé},
  booktitle 	 = {Dán Dé},
  editor 	 = {Lambert McKenna},
  address 	 = {Dublin},
  publisher 	 = {The Educational Company of Ireland},
  date 	 = {1940},
  pages 	 = {2–3}
}
 G402147.bib

Encoding description

Project description: CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts

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Profile description

Creation: Poem by Tadhg Óg Ó hUiginn, an Irish bardic poet, who died in 1448; the Duanaire was written in 1473 by 'Scanlan, son of Maolmhuire Ó Maolchonaire'. c.1400–1448

Language usage

• The text is in Classical Modern Irish. (ga)

Keywords: bardic; poetry; religious; 15c

Revision description

(Most recent first)

1. 2020-01-06: Variant readings added in front matter. (ed. Beatrix Färber)
2. 2014-11-04: Files proofed (2). (ed. Máiread Carey)
3. 2014-10-31: Corrections on p. 152 entered; file parsed and validated; SGML and HTML files created. (ed. Beatrix Färber)
4. 2014-10-07: Separate file for individual poem created; TEI header created. (ed. Beatrix Färber)
5. 2014-10-01: Text re-coded for poetry, with verses and metrical lines; mid-dot eliminated; page-breaks added; supplied text encoded; more proofing. (ed. Beatrix Färber)
6. 2014-09-26: TEI header created. Encoding revised/updated. (ed. Beatrix Färber)
7. 2006: File proof-read (1). (ed. Hilary Lavelle, LDT Project, University of Ulster at Coleraine)
8. 2006: Text scanned, as part of Dán Dé; basic XML prose markup applied. (Text capture Data capture company)