Leabhar Oiris
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Overview
An Leabhar Oiris was created by one, or more, author or authors, who drew on material in the Irish annalsIrish annals
A number of Irish annals were compiled up to and shortly after the end of Gaelic Ireland in the 17th century.Annals were originally a means by which monks determined the yearly chronology of feast days...
relating to the years 976 to 1028. It is believed to have been written in an Irish monastic scriptorium
Scriptorium
Scriptorium, literally "a place for writing", is commonly used to refer to a room in medieval European monasteries devoted to the copying of manuscripts by monastic scribes...
, after 976 and by 1500.
Manuscript sources
- Royal Irish AcademyRoyal Irish AcademyThe Royal Irish Academy , based in Dublin, is an all-Ireland, independent, academic body that promotes study and excellence in the sciences, humanities and social sciences. It is one of Ireland's premier learned societies and cultural institutions and currently has around 420 Members, elected in...
, MS 756 pp. 194–207 - Royal Irish Academy, MS 485, pp. 240–75
- Trinity College Library, MS 1287, pp. 59–85
- Dublin, Trinity College Library, MS 1280, folio 64
- Dublin, Trinity College Library, MS 1296, pp. 214–32
- British LibraryBritish LibraryThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom, and is the world's largest library in terms of total number of items. The library is a major research library, holding over 150 million items from every country in the world, in virtually all known languages and in many formats,...
, Egerton 105, folio 296 - Royal Irish Academy, MS 689, p. 93
- Royal Irish Academy, MS 258
- Royal Irish Academy, MS 973, section 3, p. 50
- Trinity College Library, MS 1289
- Trinity College Library, MS 1329, p. 153
Editions
- R.I. Best, The Leabhar Oiris, ÉriuÉriuIn Irish mythology, Ériu , daughter of Ernmas of the Tuatha Dé Danann, was the eponymous matron goddess of Ireland. Her husband was Mac Gréine ....
1 (1904) 74–112. - Eoin MacNeillEoin MacNeillEoin MacNeill was an Irish scholar, nationalist, revolutionary and politician. MacNeill is regarded as the father of the modern study of early Irish medieval history. He was a co-founder of the Gaelic League, to preserve Irish language and culture, going on to establish the Irish Volunteers...
, Cath Cluan Tairbh, Gaelic Journal 7 (1896) 8–11, 41–44, 55–57; and Cian Mac Maolmhuaidh, ibid. 67–71.
Other
- Henri d'Arbois de Jubainville, Essai d'un catalogue de la littérature épique d'Irlande (ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, 1883) 60 - Colm Ó Lochlainn, Poets on the battle of Clontarf, ÉigseÉigseÉigse: A Journal of Irish Studies is an academic journal devoted to the study of the Irish language and literature. It started life in 1923 as part of an initiative by the Senate of the National University of Ireland to use the Adam Boyd Simpson Fund for the publication of an Irish studies journal...
3 (1941–42) 208–18, 4 (1943–44) 33–47. - R. I. Best, The Leabhar Oiris, in ÉriuÉriuIn Irish mythology, Ériu , daughter of Ernmas of the Tuatha Dé Danann, was the eponymous matron goddess of Ireland. Her husband was Mac Gréine ....
, volume 1 (1904) pages 74–112