The poems of Blathmac, son of Cú Brettan
Subtitle: reassessments
By: edited by Pádraig Ó Riain
Series: Cumann na Scríbheann nGaedhilge -- Subsidiary series -- 27; Irish Texts Society (Series) -- 27
Publisher: Irish Texts Society
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 201
ISBN-13: 9780957566149
Subjects: Irish poetry; Irish Christian poetry; Criticism and interpretation; History and criticism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. James Carney / Seán Ó Coileáin; title: 2. The language of the poems of Blathmac / David Stifter; title: 3. Legal and societal aspects of the poems of Blathmac / Liam Breatnach; title: 4. Blathmac's Bithchuíniu : 'perpetual keening' and migration / Brian Lambkin; title: 5. Devotional and liturgical themes in the poems of Blathmac / Caitríona Ó Dochartaigh.