Book of the Dean of Lismore Fian-lays and other heroic verse

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of Scottish Gaelic

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Preface
The Manuscript
Collocation of ballad texts
Gaelic ballads: general background
The sample of ballads in BDL
The BDL corpus in relation to other collections
Scribal features of BDL
Language, style and metre of the BDL texts
Scottish Gaelic features in the BDL texts
Guide to BDL’s orthographic system
Aims and principles of this edition

The Ballads

I. Atá fán tulaigh so tuaidh
II. A Gharaidh, triallmaid go Fionn
III. Do-chonnaic mé teaghlach Finn
IV. Is fada [a]nocht a nOil Finn
V. Lá dhá deach[aidh] Fionn mo thriath
VI. Lá dhā deach[aidh] sé dhā chill
VII. Lá dhán deach[aidh] Fionn do dh’ól
VIII. Anbhfann anocht neart mo lámh
IX. Théighim toisg a dh’fhosgladh Finn
X. Truagh liom Tulach na Féine
XI. Innis dúin, a Phádraig
XII. Ard aigne Ghuill
XIII. Gleann Síodh an gleann so rém thaoibh
XIV. Cumha[in] liom imtheacht ochtair
XV. Binn guth duine an Tír an Oir
XVI. Naoinear a chuadhm<ar> fā choill
XVII. Fleadh mhór [a] rinneadh lé Fionn
XVIII. An so chunnaic mé an Fhian
XIX. A Chonaill, cá sealbh na cinn?
XX. Aithnidh domh sgéal beag air Fionn
XXI. Innis dūinne, a Fhearghuis
XXII. Mór a-nocht mo chumh[a] féin
XXIII. Do-chuala mé fad[a] ō shoin
XXIV. Do mhillis mise, a Ghráinne
XXV. [Lá dha robhmar] fā dheireadh
XXVI. Sé lá gus an dé
XXVII. Osnadh carad a Cluain Fraoich

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Editorial Notes
Bibliography
Links

Gaelic ballads: general background

Origins of the genre

Poets and composers

Metres and structures

Transmission of texts