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Literally 'the war of the Irish with the foreigners', the Cogadh
Gaedhel re Gallaibh is a poetic account of the Viking invasions of
Ireland between 967 and 1016, and of the heroism of King Brian
Boruma. Thought to have been lost until the mid-nineteenth century,
the text survives in only three manuscripts. First published in
1867 as part of the Rolls Series, this work provides a facing-page
translation of the collated manuscripts. Also included are thorough
notes on variations in the texts and points of linguistic interest.
In his extensive introduction, the Irish scholar James Henthorn
Todd (1805 69) outlines the strengths and weaknesses of each of the
three manuscript copies. He sketches the history of Norwegian and
Danish raids in Ireland, contextualising the chronicle and
providing a summary of its contents. The work still represents an
important resource in Celtic studies, and among philologists
studying Middle Irish.
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