Texts

Imtheachta na n-óinmhideadh ‘The adventures of the fools’

  • prose, verse, prosimetrum
  • Medieval Irish literature
Long medieval Irish text about Mac Dá Cherda and Cummíne Fota
Language
  • Late Middle Irish?
Form
prose, verse, prosimetrum (primary)
Textual relationships
The text includes augmented excerpts from the poem sometimes known as The dialogue of Cummíne and Comgán.
(Possible) sources: The dialogue of Cummíne and ComgánThe dialogue of Cummíne and ComgánEarly Irish poem in the form of a dialogue between Cummíne Fota and Comgán Mac Dá Cherda, with a prose prologue of later date about the two characters.
Related: The dialogue of Cummíne and ComgánThe dialogue of Cummíne and ComgánEarly Irish poem in the form of a dialogue between Cummíne Fota and Comgán Mac Dá Cherda, with a prose prologue of later date about the two characters.

Classification

Medieval Irish literatureMedieval Irish literature
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Subjects

Comgán Mac Dá Cherda
Comgán Mac Dá Cherda
(fl. first half of the 7th century)
Poet and fool (óinmit) in Irish literature; a son of Máel Ochtraig (king of the Déisi Muman) and a contemporary of Cummíne Fota. The name Mac Dá Cherda would mean ‘Son of Two Arts’, but seeing as it may go back to an original Moccu Cherda (as suggested by Jackson and Ó Coileáin) it is perhaps best spelled conservatively, without lengthening in Da.

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Cummíne Fota
Cummíne Fota
(fl. 7th century)
early Irish saint, patron of Clonfert (Clúain Fertae)

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Sources

Primary sources Text editions and/or modern translations – in whole or in part – along with publications containing additions and corrections, if known. Diplomatic editions, facsimiles and digital image reproductions of the manuscripts are not always listed here but may be found in entries for the relevant manuscripts. For historical purposes, early editions, transcriptions and translations are not excluded, even if their reliability does not meet modern standards.

[ed.] [tr.] Mac Eoin, Gearóid [ed.], “Suithchern and Rónán Dícolla”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 36 (1978): 63–82.
An edition of that part of the text which occurs in RIA D iv 1.
Edition wanted
Translation wanted

Secondary sources (select)

Mac Eoin, Gearóid [ed.], “Suithchern and Rónán Dícolla”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 36 (1978): 63–82.
Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
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October 2014, last updated: January 2024