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

  • 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

Other

  • Editorial Notes
  • Bibliography
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The Manuscript

Recent history

Structural condition and legibility

Scribes and period of compilation

Script and appearance of BDL

Orthography

Principal Contents

BDL as a duanaire ('poem-book')

Oral and literary sources for BDL