Barrett, Siobhán
(2017)
The Poems of Blathmac, 8th Century Poetry in the 21st Century.
NPPSH Reflections, 1.
pp. 53-64.
ISSN 2565-6031
Abstract
The
Poems of Blathmac mac Con Brettan maic Conguso do Feraib Rois
, ‘Blathmac, Son of
Cú Brettan, son of Congus of the Fir Rois’, are two long, 8th century, Old Irish, religious poems
preserved in a 17th century manuscript now called MS G 50, which is house
d in the National
Library of Ireland, Dublin. While the provenance of the manuscript is not certain, it has been
suggested that this text was transcribed by Mícheál Ó Cléirigh, or one of his consorts, who are
collectively known as the Four Masters. Mícheál
Ó Cléirigh, a Franciscan brother from County
Donegal, is renowned for the work he did as a collector of texts and is the chief scribe
associated with the
Annals of the Four Masters
. The connection between this manuscript and
Mícheál Ó Cléirigh is based on
the fact that in 1846, it was in the possession of John O’Clery,
who claimed to be a descendant of one of the Four Masters and who also claimed that the
manuscript was once the property of his famous predecessor. The content of this manuscript
would certa
inly be consistent with other material copied and collected by Mícheál Ó Cléirigh.
This manuscript was acquired by the National Library in 1931 and the poems were discovered
in 1953 by Nessa Ní Shéaghdha (Stifter, 2015, p. 47).
| Item Type: |
Article
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| Keywords: |
Old Irish; religious poetry; keening; judgement; NPPSH; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Arts & Humanities > Research Institutes > An Foras Feasa |
| Item ID: |
8291 |
| Depositing User: |
NPPSH Editor
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| Date Deposited: |
12 Jun 2017 08:10 |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
NPPSH Reflections |
| Publisher: |
Maynooth Academic Publishing |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
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