Abstract
This essay focuses on the sections of Tecosca Cormaic, an Old Irish wisdom text, which describe the time when Cormac was a gilla ‘a youth of an age to bear arms’. These sections provide evidence that, in early Irish society, a future king normally spent time among the members of a fían.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | The Gaelic Finn Tradition II |
Editors | Sharon Arbuthnot, Síle Ní Mhurchú, Geraldine Parsons |
Place of Publication | Dublin |
Publisher | Four Courts Press |
Pages | 114-125 |
Number of pages | 12 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-1-84682-795-2 |
Publication status | Published (in print/issue) - 18 May 2022 |
Keywords
- Celtic Studies
- wisdom-literature
- texts on kings
- royal education
- Fiannaigheacht / Fiannaíocht
- Irish manuscripts
- early Irish kingship
- early Irish literature