The Gaelic Finn Tradition


Sharon J. Arbuthnot & Geraldine Parsons, editors

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ISBN: 978-1-84682-277-3
January 2012. 246pp; colour ills.

The Celtic and Indo-European origins of the fian
Kim McCone

Interpreting the evidence: problems with dating the early fianaigecht corpus
Kevin Murray

‘Finn and the man in the tree’ as verbal icon
Kaarina Hollo

Finn, Ferches and the rincne: versions compared
Sharon J. Arbuthnot

Breaking the cycle? Accounts of the death of Finn
Geraldine Parsons

The deployment of some hagiographical sources in Acallam na senórach
Ann Dooley

Keeping the Acallam together
Joseph Falaky Nagy

Some observations on the Acallam bec
Julia S. Kühns

The transmission and text of Tóruigheacht Dhiarmada agus Ghráinne: a re-appraisal
Caoimhín Breatnach

Fiannaigheacht, family, faith and fatherland
Ruairí Ó hUiginn

Tadhg Ó Cianáin: spaghetti fiannaigheacht
Mícheál Mac Craith

Duncan Kennedy and his heroic ballands
Anja Gunderloch

Agallamh Oisín agus Phádraig: composition and transmission
Síle Ní Mhurchú