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Title: The Triads of Ireland

Author: Kuno Meyer

Release Date: March 17, 2010 [EBook #31672]

Language: English

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ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY

TODD LECTURE SERIES

VOLUME XIII.

KUNO MEYER, PH.D.

THE TRIADS OF IRELAND

[Illustration]

DUBLIN
HODGES, FIGGIS, & CO., LTD.
LONDON: WILLIAMS & NORGATE
1906

_Printed by_ PONSONBY & GIBBS, _Dublin University Press_

CONTENTS

PAGE

PREFACE, v-xv

TEXT AND TRANSLATION, 1-35

GLOSSES AND NOTES, 36-43

INDEX LOCORUM, 45-46

INDEX NOMINUM, 46

GLOSSARY, 47-54

PREFACE

The collection of Irish Triads, which is here edited and translated for
the first time, has come down to us in the following nine manuscripts,
dating from the fourteenth to the nineteenth century:--

=L=, _i.e._ the Yellow Book of Lecan, a vellum of the end of
the fourteenth century, pp. 414_b_--418_a_, a complete copy.

=B=, _i.e._ the Book of Ballymote, a vellum of the end of
the fourteenth century, pp. 65_b_-66_b_ (ends imperfectly).

=M=, _i.e._ the Book of Hui Maine, a vellum of the
fourteenth century, fo. 190_a_[1]-fo. 191_a_[2]. A complete
copy beginning: 'Ceand Erenn Ardmacha,' and ending: 'tri
hurgairt bidh a caitheam diescaidheadh (_sic_) a chaitheam
iarna coir a caitheam gan altughudh.' Then follow proverbial
sayings from the 'colloquy of Cormac and Cairpre,' such as:
'Dedhe ara ndligh gach maith domelar ithe [et] altugud. Anas
deach gacha fleidhe a cainaltughudh [et] a mochdingbail.
Caidhe deach samtha. Ni _hansa_. Gal gan forran. Deasgaidh
codu