Egerton MS 1782 is the index title of an early sixteenth-century Irish
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manuscript housed in the
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of the
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Overview
The compilation dates from ''c''. 1517 and is the work of several scribes of the
Ă Maolconaire
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(anglicised: O'Mulconry), a learned family of lawyers and historians, known also for compiling
Royal Irish Academy
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MS
23 N 10 later in the century.
In spite of its relatively late date (compared to, for instance, the
Book of Leinster
The Book of Leinster ( mga, Lebor Laignech , LL) is a medieval Irish manuscript compiled c. 1160 and now kept in Trinity College, Dublin, under the shelfmark MS H 2.18 (cat. 1339). It was formerly known as the ''Lebor na NuachongbĂĄla'' "Book ...
,
Lebor na hUidre
The manuscript known as Lebor na hUidre (English translation: Book of the Dun Cow) is the oldest extant written in Gaelic (Irish), and the texts included therein recount Irish history through an eschatological lens. The Christian authors who c ...
or the
Yellow Book of Lecan
The Yellow Book of Lecan (YBL; Irish: ''Leabhar Buidhe LeacĂĄin''), or TCD MS 1318 (''olim'' H 2.16), is a late medieval Irish manuscript.
It contains much of the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology, besides other material. It is held in the Librar ...
), it is one of the most important documents for the study of
early Irish literature
Early Irish literature is one of the oldest vernacular literatures in Western Europe, though inscriptions utilising Irish and Latin are found on Ogham stones dating from the 4th century, indicating simultaneous usage of both languages by this per ...
. Some texts, such as ''Aislinge Oenguso'', are preserved nowhere else.
The Texts of Egerton MS 1782
Here follow some of the texts found in the manuscript:
*Necrology for Art Buidhe mac Domhnaill Riabhaigh, f. 3-4.
*''
Amra Choluim Chille'' (incomplete), f. 9b.
*''
Baile BricĂn''. f. 17a
*''Forfess Fer Falgae'', f. 19r
a-b.
*''Verba ScĂĄthaige'', f. 19v
a-b.
*''
Echtra Chondla'', f. 19v
b-20r
b
*''Seilg Sléibhe na mBan'' "The Chase of Sliabh na mBan (Slievenaman)", f. 20 b 1.
*''Tesmolta Cormaic 7 Aided Finn'', f. 24r
b-25r
b
*''Airem muintire Finn'', f. 25r
b-v
b
*''Imthechta Tuaithe Luchra ocus Aided Fergusa'' / ''
Echtra Fhergusa maic Léti'', f. 30v
a-34v
a.
*''Aided Diarmata meic Fergusa CherrbeĂłil'', f. 37r
a-40v
b
*Miscellaneous prose material, f. 40b
2, 41a
1, including reference to the battle of Ard Rathain between
NĂ©ide mac OnchĂș
Neide mac Onchu was an Irish lord.
Biography
Neidhe son of Onchu son of Finnlugh was described as ''the CĂș Chulainn of the Conmaicne'' in an account of the battle of Ardrahan, which took place sometime about 800.
The Conmhaicne (descendants ...
and
Eidhean mac Cléirigh.
Verschiedenes aus Egerton 1782
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*"TrĂ tĂșatha fuilet i nhĂrinn" (prose), f. 44a.
*"Eol dam aided, erctha gnĂm" (poem), f. 44a
1.
*"Cormac and Ciarnat" (prose introduction and poem), f. 44 b.
*''Suidigud Tige Midchuarta'', f. 45v.
*''Fulacht na
MorrĂgna'', f. 46a.
*''The Colloquy between Fintan and the Hawk of Achill'', f. 47a.
1-49b
1.
*
DĂșan in chĂłicat cest, poem, f. 49v-50v.
*
Cinaed hĂșa hArtacĂĄin, poem, f. 52a.
*
Cinaed hĂșa hArtacĂĄin, poem, f. 53b.
*Eochaid Eolach ua CĂ©irĂn, ''Apraid a Ă©olchu Elga'', f. 53v
a-54r
b.
*Two Middle Irish poems, f. 56a.
*Egerton Annals: ''Mionannala'', f. 56-64.
*''Cath Cairn Chonaill'', f. 59v-61r
*''
Longes mac n-Uislenn / Longes mac Uisnig'', f. 67r-69v.
*''Tochmarc Ferbe'' (including episode 'Togail Duin Geirg'), f. 69v-70r.
*''
Aislinge Oenguso'', f. 70r-71v
*''Echtra Nera / TĂĄin BĂ© Aingen'', f. 71v-73v.
*''De Chophur in dĂĄ Muccida'', f. 73v-76v.
*''
TĂĄin BĂł Regamna'', f. 76v-77v.
*''Compert Chonchobair'' (version 2), f. 77v-78v.
*''
Compert Chon Culainn'' / ''Feis Tige Becfoltaig'' (two versions), f. 78v-80r.
*''TĂĄin BĂł Dartada'', f. 80r-81r.
*''
TĂĄin BĂł Regamain'', f. 81r-82r.
*''
TĂĄin BĂł Flidais'', f. 82r-82v.
*''
TĂĄin BĂł FraĂch'', f. 82v-87v.
*''Do Faillsigud TĂĄna BĂł CĂșailnge'', f. 87v.
*''
TĂĄin BĂł CĂșailnge
(Modern ; "the driving-off of the cows of Cooley"), commonly known as ''The TĂĄin'' or less commonly as ''The Cattle Raid of Cooley'', is an epic from Irish mythology. It is often called "The Irish Iliad", although like most other early Iri ...
'' (Recension II), f. 88r-105v, with a gap at f. 98.
*''
Tochmarc Ătaine'' (middle part, introducing ''Togail Bruidne Da Derga''), f. 106r
a-108v
b
*''
Togail Bruidne DĂĄ Derga
''Togail Bruidne DĂĄ Derga'' (''The Destruction of Da Derga's Hostel'') is an Irish tale belonging to the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. It survives in three Old and Middle Irish recensions, it is part of the Book of Dun Cow. It recounts ...
'', f. 108v
b-123v
b.
*''
Imram Curraig MaĂle DĂșin'' (fragments from the prose text), f. 124r-125v.
*''Eachtra an Mhadra Mhaeoil'' "The Adventures of the Crop-eared Dog."
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*''Seacht n-Urgarta RĂgh Temruch'' "Seven prohibitions of the king of Tara"
Notes
Sources
*Flower, Robin (ed.). ''Catalogue of Irish manuscripts in the British Library, formerly the British Museum''. 2 vols: vol 2. London, 1926. 259-98.
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