The Battle of Airtech

An electronic edition

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Sources:

Printed source of this electronic edition

‘The Battle of Airtech’, ed. R. I. Best, Ériu 8 (1916) 170-190

Manuscript source of printed text

Trinity College Dublin Ms H.3.18, cat. no. 1337, pp. 724-8

Other manuscript sources

Royal Irish Academy Ms 23 P 2 (The Book of Lecan), cat. no. 535, fol. 169 v

Language:

Early Irish.
Three words in Latin also occur.

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Thesaurus Linguae Hibernicae,
University College Dublin
Belfield, Dublin 4
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Project funder: Professor Marianne McDonald (University of California, San Diego) via the Ireland Funds.

Date: Final mark-up completed, 2007-03-12

Text ID: rib.eriu.8.001

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