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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 Bricín ''Baile Bricín'' ("The Vision of Bricín") is a late Old Irish or Middle Irish prose tale, in which St Bricín(e), abbot of Túaim Dreccon (Tomregan), is visited by an angel, who reveals to him the names of the most important future Irish churchme ...

''. f. 17a *''Forfess Fer Falgae'', f. 19r^a-b. *''Verba Scáthaige'', 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 Cherrbeóil'', f. 37r^a-40v^b *Miscellaneous prose material, f. 40b², 41a¹, including reference to the battle of Ard Rathain between Néide mac Onchú and Eidhean mac Cléirigh.
Verschiedenes aus Egerton 1782
', Corpus of Electronic Texts. *"Trí túatha fuilet i nhÉrinn" (prose), f. 44a. *"Eol dam aided, erctha gním" (poem), f. 44a¹. *"Cormac and Ciarnat" (prose introduction and poem), f. 44 b. *''Suidigud Tige Midchuarta'', f. 45v. *''Fulacht na Morrígna'', f. 46a. *''The Colloquy between Fintan and the Hawk of Achill'', f. 47a.¹-49b¹. * Dúan in chóicat cest, poem, f. 49v-50v. * Cinaed húa hArtacáin, poem, f. 52a. * Cinaed húa hArtacáin, poem, f. 53b. *Eochaid Eolach ua Céirín, ''Apraid a éolchu 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 / Táin Bé Aingen'', f. 71v-73v. *''De Chophur in dá Muccida'', f. 73v-76v. *'' Táin Bó Regamna'', f. 76v-77v. *''Compert Chonchobair'' (version 2), f. 77v-78v. *'' Compert Chon Culainn'' / ''Feis Tige Becfoltaig'' (two versions), f. 78v-80r. *''Táin Bó Dartada'', f. 80r-81r. *'' Táin Bó Regamain'', f. 81r-82r. *'' Táin Bó Flidais'', f. 82r-82v. *'' Táin Bó Fraích'', f. 82v-87v. *''Do Faillsigud Tána Bó Cúailnge'', f. 87v. *''

Táin Bó Cúailnge (Modern ; "the driving-off of the cows of Cooley"), commonly known as ''The Táin'' 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 earl ...

'' (Recension II), f. 88r-105v, with a gap at f. 98. *'' Tochmarc Étaine'' (middle part, introducing ''Togail Bruidne Da Derga''), f. 106r^a-108v^b *''

Togail Bruidne Dá Derga ''Togail Bruidne Dá 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 Irish, Old and Middle Irish recensions, it is part of the Lebor na hUidre, Book ...

'', f. 108v^b-123v^b. *'' Imram Curraig Maíle Dúin'' (fragments from the prose text), f. 124r-125v. *''Eachtra an Mhadra Mhaeoil'' "The Adventures of the Crop-eared Dog."Available from the Internet Archive.
/ref> *''Seacht n-Urgarta Rígh 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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