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Congal Cinnmagair

Author: [unknown]

File Description

Electronic edition compiled by Beatrix Färber

Funded by University College, Cork and
Professor Marianne McDonald via the CELT Project

2. Second draft

Extent of text: 670 words

Publication

Distributed by CELT online at University College, Cork, Ireland.
Text ID Number: G100045

Availability

Available with prior consent of the CELT programme for purposes of academic research and teaching only.

Sources

Manuscript
1. Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, B. IV. 2 , fo. 62; for details see Kathleen Mulchrone, T. F. O'Rahilly et al. (eds.), Catalogue of Irish manuscripts in the Royal Irish Academy (Dublin 1926–43) vol. 24, MS 1080, pp. 3021–29.

Edition
1. Kuno Meyer (ed.), Congal Cinnmagair, Mitteilungen aus irischen Handschriften, Zeitschrift für Celtische Philologie 8 (1912) 108–109.

The edition used in the digital edition
1. Kuno Meyer, Congal Cinnmagair (Mitteilungen aus irischen Handschriften) in Zeitschrift für Celtische Philologie. Volume 8, Halle/Saale, Max Niemeyer (1912) page 108–109

Encoding

Project Description

CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts

Editorial Declaration

Correction

Text has been checked and proof-read twice.

Normalization

The electronic text represents the edited text. In Meyer's edition, the acute accent and macron are used to mark long vowels. Both are retained. Expansions are marked ex. Names are capitalized in line with CELT practice.

Quotation

there are no quotations.

Hyphenation

Soft hyphens are silently removed. When a hyphenated word (hard or soft) crosses a page-break or line-break, this break is marked after the completion of the hyphenated word.

Segmentation

div0=the poem. Page breaks are marked pb n="".

Interpretation

Names are not tagged, nor are terms for cultural and social roles.

Profile Description

Created: by an unknown author Date range: 900–1200.

Use of language

Language: [GA] The text is in Middle Irish.

Revision History

• (2010-03-30)

  Beatrix Färber (ed.)

• Header updated; new wordcount made.
• (2008-09-29)

  Beatrix Färber (ed.)

• Keywords added; file validated.
• (2005-08-25)

  Julianne Nyhan (ed.)

• Normalised language codes and edited langUsage for XML conversion
• (2005-08-04T15:29:22+0100)

  Peter Flynn (ed.)

• Converted to XML
• (2004-03-23)

  Benjamin Hazard (ed.)

• Additions to the bibliography and minor changes to the header.
• (2004-03-19)

  Beatrix Färber (ed.)

• Header created, file proofed twice; structural and content markup applied; file parsed; HTML file created.
• (pre-1997)

  Staff at the CURIA Project (capture)

• Text scanned in.

Corpus of Electronic Texts Edition: G100045

Congal Cinnmagair: Author: [unknown]

p.108

1. Congal Cinnmaghair maith rí,
   blíadain, dá blíadhain fo trí
   d'Éirinn gan coccadh, gan cath,
   fa rí sona sechtbliadhnach.
2. As uime do tréig Temhraigh
   ar Chendmaghair móirmhenmnaigh,
   cíos is cáin Érenn re hedh
   i t-tír Conaill co caithfedh.
3. Braighde Éirenn co ua seacht
   gabhais tre ríghe is tre neart,
   secht rígh acht co n-dernta de
   ar Inis Fáil férúaine.
4. Co m-beth áiremh secht rígh n-décc
   ar clannaibh Conaill na c-céd,
   ós ríograidh Érenn uile
   ga c-cor sa réim ríoghraidhe.
5. Locht fíre ní raibhe ríamh
   ar úa Conaill na c-caoimhgíall,
   acht éd tre mergrádh a mná
   do bí i mac Fergusa.

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p.109

6. Dá n-deachaid Congal a c-céin
   'sa domhan soir ar sliocht Néill,
   do ghébhadh ar ghabhsat soin,
   Níall is Dathí co c-cathgoil.
7. Lacht ocus íascc, mil is mes
   in cech tír thúaith ocus tes,
   tuc gach tír a thoradh trom
   mar do bái ag Corbmac nó ag Conn.

   Congal.