Críchad an Chaoilli

Críchad an Chaoilli is a medieval Irish text.

Overview

Written in Middle Irish sometime between 1100–1300, Críchad an Chaoilli is a topographical text that takes its title from its opening verse:

The rest of the text is written in prose, and describes the land and proprietors of Fermoy, County Cork, an area originally known as the kingdom of Caoille or Fir Maige Féne.

It survives in two manuscripts - Book of Lismore, on folio 140a, 2;, and in Egerton 92, fo. 13b, preserved in the British Library, London.

Authorship

Its unknown author is thought to have been a monastic scribe.

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