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*Cormac mac Cuilennáin
7 Fernóc Inse Celtra
*"Cormac mac Cuilennáin and the Alder of Inis Celtra"
Editions
V. Hull (ed & tr), 'The Miraculous Alder of Inis Cealtra',
ZCP 18 (1929) 72.
Manuscripts
- The Yellow Book of Lecan
- British Library, Additional MS 30512
- British Library, Harleian 5280
Date
- No earlier than the eleventh century
Characters
- Cormac mac
Cuilennáin (d. 908), king-bishop of Cashel from the
Éoganacht Chaisil
Notes
- This text is part of the Cycle of Cormac mac
Cuilennáin
- It is one of a number of stories in Irish that deal with
special trees, many of which bear fruit foreign to their species.
- Inis Celtra is an island in Loch Derg.
Summary
[The text is so brief that a translation is presented here rather than
a summary] Cormac mac Cuilennáin, he's the one who brought
the alder-tree to Inis Celtra; that is, he planted it in the manner of
an apple-tree, and God worked a miracle upon it, so that it grew apples
on it, just like every other apple-tree, which many people still behold.
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