Acallam na Senórach. ModIr. Agallamh na Seanórach, Agallamh na Seanóirí
[Ir., the colloquy of the elders, old men]. An Irish narrative of the
Fenian Cycle
composed between 1175 and 1200 and preserved in the 15th-century manuscript
Book of Lismore
and elsewhere.
The
Acallam
is set many generations after the death of
Fionn mac Cumhaill
, the central figure of the Fenian Cycle. Two survivors,
Oisín
and
Caílte
, along with a few companions, are wandering glumly in northern
Leinster
. At first Oisín departs for the north to visit his mother while Caílte and the others continue. After crossing the
Boyne River
to Druim Dearg, they meet St
Patrick
, with ...