Bethada Náem nÉrenn - Lives of the Irish Saints

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A collection of manuscripts giving accounts of the lives of the Irish saints.  Written in Classical Irish.

 

 

http://www.ucc.ie/celt/online/G201000/

 

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Here are seven of the above texts translated into English.  Well worth reading, as the the translator, Charles Plummer, was a very fine Irish scholar, and remains as faithful as possible to the Irish texts - which are beautifully written in a very noble Irish style. 

 

http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T201000F/index.html

 

 

 

Charles Plummer was a very interesting man himself.  He was born in Durham in 1851, and was educated at Oxford.  A brief review of his life is included on this page, along with links to the texts in Irish and English translations:

 

http://www.ucc.ie/celt/plummer.html