Corpus of Electronic Texts Edition: T300014

The Fate of the Cildren of Lir

Author: Unknown

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Eugene O'Curry

Electronic edition compiled by Beatrix Färber

Funded by School of History, University College, Cork

1. First draft.

Extent of text: 7280 words

Publication

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(2016)

Distributed by CELT online at University College, Cork, Ireland.
Text ID Number: T300014

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Sources

    Manuscript sources
  1. Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland, Adv. MS 72.1.38 (Gaelic XXXVIII) (17th century) pp. 155–170. [The scribe of this story was Charles O'Conor of Belanagare]. Digital Images of this ms are available on the ISOS website.
  2. Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland, Adv. MS 72.2.6 (Gaelic LVI) (18th century) pp. 410–431. Digital Images of this ms are available on the ISOS website.
  3. Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 24 A 13 (19th century).
  4. Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS E vi 4 (19th century).
  5. London, British Library, MS Egerton 164. ["A collection of tales and Ossianic verse in Irish. 205 ff. 6 x 3 1/2 ins. Scribes Pádraig Ó Doibhlin, co. Meath, 1726-1727, with additions by James Mac Quigge, c. 1816."]
    Editions and translations
  1. Eugene O'Curry (ed and tr), "The 'Trí thruaighe na scéalaigheachta' of Erinn: II. "The fate of the children of Lir", The Atlantis 4 (1863) 113–157.
  2. Richard J. O'Duffy (ed), Oidhe chloinne Lir: The fate of the children of Lir (Dublin, Society for the Preservation of the Irish Language 1883). ["Text, translation and notes taken, with some revision, from Eugene O'Curry's edition".]
  3. P.W. Joyce (tr.), Old Celtic romances (London 1879, second revised edition 1894, third expanded edition 1907, many later reprint editions).
  4. Isabella Augusta Lady Gregory, Gods and fighting men: the story of the Tuatha de Danaan and of the Fianna of Ireland (London 1904, repr. 1905) 140–158.
  5. Seán Ua Ceallaigh, Trí Truagha na Scéaluigheachta (Dublin, 1927) 42–64. [Modern Irish].
    Literature
  1. Rudolf Thurneysen, Die irische Helden- und Königsage bis zum siebzehnten Jahrhundert (Halle 1921) [Thurneysen only mentions the tale in passing.]
  2. Gerard Murphy, Fianaíocht agus rómánsaíocht: The Ossianic lore and romantic tales of medieval Ireland. Irish Life and Culture 11 (Dublin 1955) 32–33.
  3. James Carney, Studies in Irish literature and history (Dublin: DIAS 1955) 60ff.
  4. Caoimhín Breatnach, "The religious significance of Oidheadh Chloinne Lir", Ériu 50 (1999) 1–40.
  5. Aisling Byrne, "The earls of Kildare and their books at the end of the middle ages", The Library, 7th series, vol. 14 no. 2 (Oxford, June 2013) 129–153.
  6. Lisa van der Zanden, A cultural interpretation of Oidheadh Cloinne Lir through the ages: the 19th, 20st and 21st centuries (Bachelor Thesis in Celtic Studies, University of Utrecht, 2015).
    The edition used in the digital edition
  1. Oidhe Chloinne Lir. Richard J. O'Duffy (ed), First edition [xvi+147 pages; v–xii Preface; xiv–xvi Argument; 1–36 Oidhe Cloinne Lir; 39–78 The Fate of the Children of Lir; 81–89 Notes; 93–132 Foclóir; 135 to end Appendix (National Schools: Programme of Examination in the Irish Language for Pupils of 5th and 6th Classes in National Schools)] Society for the Preservation of the Irish Language Dublin (1883)

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Profile Description

Created: By various Irish scribe(s). The title of the tale is listed in a catalogue dating from 1526 in the earl of Kildare's library (Carney). Date range: 18th to 19th century..

Use of language

Language: [EN] The text is in 19th-century-English.
Language: [GA] The original tile is in Irish.

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