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Lecan, Book of
Lecan, Book of. Like many other Irish manuscript miscellanies, the Book of Lecan (or ‘Great Book of Lecan’) was a product of the Gaelic cultural revival, written between 1390 and 1418 by Giolla osa Mór Mac Firbhisigh, head of a west Sligo school of seanchaidhe or traditional historians, and scribe of the texts of many Old Irish sagas in the Yellow Book of Lecan. The contents of the Great Book, however, which Giolla osa transcribed for his own use with the help of a number of assistants or pupils, include a poem of his own composition on the landowning families of O'Dowda's country, a comprehensive corpus of updated genealogies of the Irish nobility, and the texts of many pre‐Norman historical tracts.
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"Lecan, Book of." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Lecan, Book of." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O245-LecanBookof.html "Lecan, Book of." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O245-LecanBookof.html |
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Book of Lecan
Book of Lecan, sometimes called the Great Book of Lecan to distinguish it from the earlier Yellow Book of Lecan compiled by the same family of scribes in the same castle. Irish name, Leabhar Mór Mhic Fhir Bhisigh Leacain. Compiled c.1400; 600 pages contain genealogical material and a Book of Rights. Lecan is the name of a former castle, now in ruins, in the west of Co. Sligo, 2 miles N of Inishcrone. Published in edition by Kathleen Mulchrone (Dublin, 1937).
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JAMES MacKILLOP. "Book of Lecan." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES MacKILLOP. "Book of Lecan." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O70-BookofLecan.html JAMES MacKILLOP. "Book of Lecan." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O70-BookofLecan.html |
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