Two Texts On Loch Nechach: De Causis Torchi Corc’óche And Aided Echach Maic Maireda

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Ranke de Vries (2012). xii + 328pp. ISBN 978 187016 665 2

This volume, edited by Ranke de Vries, contains editions of two important texts related to the mythological origin of Lough Neagh and its aftermath. The earlier of the two texts, De causis, contains a seventh-century poem by Luccreth moccu Chíara that can be regarded as the earliest example of deibide. The second, Aided Echach, is a prosimetric text found only in Lebor na hUidre (in the hand of the interpolator H). The editions are preceded by a general discussion on the development of the tradition concerning the origin of the lake.