A poem in praise of An Calbhach Ruadh son of Maghnas son of Conn Óg son of Conn Ó Domhnaill and his wife, Eibhilín, daughter of Uaitéar Mac Suibhne. 46 qq., from NLI G 167; with Introduction, Linguistic and Metrical analyses, English translation, Textual notes.
Provides an edition of three seventeenth-century apologues based on events of the Roman civil war: 1. qq. 22-31 of Rug cosnamh ar chrích Midhe (text from RIA A v 2); 2. qq. 26-39 of Cóir súil re seasamh Gaoidheal (text from TCD H 6. 7); 3. qq. 15-26 of A Thoirdhealbhaigh, turn th’aigneadh by Fear Flatha Ó Gnímh (text based on TCD H 5. 6). Standardized text, English translation, notes, and discussion of each apologue in the context of the poem in which it occurs.
Examines how the patron’s wife is referred to or addressed in Classical poetry and surveys the qualities most frequently praised in the iargcomhairc addressed to her.
Pierre-Yves Lambert, in ÉtC 42 (2016), 288-289.