Baile Bricín
Baile Bricín ("The Vision of Bricín") is a late Old Irish or Middle Irish prose tale, in which St Bricín(e), abbot of Túaim Dreccon (Tomregan), is visited by an angel, who reveals to him the names of the most important future Irish churchmen. The text can be regarded as an ecclesiastical counterpart to Baile in Scáil, which provided a model for the structure of the tale and which is referred to in § 58.[1]
Summary
One night, Bricín of Túaim Dreccon heard the noise of an Easter celebration in heaven and asked God for any news. An angel descended from heaven and revealed to him the names of the most famous future churchmen in Ireland as well as the outlines of Bricín's future career. Most of the text is occupied by this list, which includes a variety of details about the clerics in question. The text ends with a brief note on St Patrick's intervention for the Irish on Judgment Day.
Manuscripts
- London, British Library, MS Harleian 5280, f. 44b–48a.
- London, British Library, Egerton 1782, f. 17a–19a.
Notes
- ^ Murray, "Baile in Scáil and Baile Bricín."
Edition
- Meyer, Kuno (ed.). "Baile Bricín." Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 9 (1913): 449–57. Edition available from CELT
References
- Murray, Kevin. "Baile in Scáil and Baile Bricín." Éigse 33 (2002): 49-56.
- Old-Irish List- An English translation of Baile Bricín.[1]
Eugene O'Curry: Lectures on the Manuscript Materials of Ancient Irish History, pp. 48–51 and 418-419.