Scéla Cano meic Gartnáin

The Scéla Cano meic Gartnáin (The Story of Cano mac Gartnáin) is an Old Irish language prose tale of the ninth century or later. It deals with the exile and return of Cano mac Gartnáin in sixth century Scotland. The tale involves historical figures such as Cano himself, Gartnain or Gartnait his father, Áedán mac Gabráin, the king of Scotland, Diarmait and Blathmac, sons of Áed Sláine, Guaire Aiden of the Uí Fiachrach, the king of Connacht, father of Cano's true love Créd.

The Irish annals contain a number of entries which may suggest that there is a kernel of truth behind the literary invention in the surviving tale, although Cano Garb mac Gartnáin, Guaire Aiden of Connacht and the sons of Áed Sláine flourished more than half a century after Áedán mac Gabráin.

References

• Anderson, Alan Orr, Early Sources of Scottish History A.D 500–1286, volume 1. Reprinted with corrections. Paul Watkins, Stamford, 1990. ISBN 1-871615-03-8
• Bannerman, John, Studies in the History of Dalriada. Scottish Academic Press, Edinburgh, 1974. ISBN 0-7011-2040-1
• Byrne, Francis John, Irish Kings and High-Kings. Batsford, London, 1973. ISBN 0-7134-5882-8

Further reading

• Binchy, D.A. (ed.), Scéla Cano meic Gartnáin.

External links

• Commentary by Dan M. Wiley (The Cycles of the Kings Web Project)
• Scéla Cano meic Gartnáin in Old Irish (in German, translation by Kuno Meyer) at University College Cork's CELT (Corpus of Electronic Texts).

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