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1168.
Is uaigneach duit a phuirt na bpriomhfhlaith •
Length: long 32 stt
Certainty: 5
Period:
17th early
Areas:
Munster
Classes:
elegy mp
House mp
Manuscripts:
TCD 1391 (H.5.19) 18th c. (aceph.)
RIA 490 (23/N/15) MmcP Ui Longain 18c
RIA 256 (23/G/23) M.OgOLongain 1800-
Mayn. M 7 Peadar O Longain 1818
Prints:
text Mac Giolla Eain, Danta Ceitinn, pp. 81-8
Motifs:
imagery for patron q. xi
function of poetry (q. xxii)
territory as ruler’s spouse
reim rioghraidh
imagery for grief (q. viii)
landscape withering on death of ruler
contrast btn past joy & present grief
poet’s own mourning
renunciation of the world
house
Poet Christian Names:
Dr [Seathrun] (RIA 490)
Poet Surnames:
Ceitinn
Patron Christian Names:
Piaras ? mac Maire
Patron Surnames:
Butler, lord of Caher
Meter Vars:
Amhran
Poem:
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