Auraicept na n-Éces

Auraicept na nÉces [' Aurik ʴ ept na ' n ʴ e ː g'es ] ( "Guide to the learned poet " ) is the name of a collection of essays on the Irish language. As the original author applies the scholar Longarad, is said to have begun in the 7th century with the first few chapters. According to another tradition, the first book of the work of Cenn Fáelad mac Ailella was written.

In two manuscripts from the 14th to the 16th century, this work has survived, which are further expanded in comparison to the original version, but contain different versions. The paper begins with an introduction about the development of the Irish language in the context of the Babylonian confusion of languages ​​and the Gaelic as the language of it. The following information about the Ogham writing, and grammar and metric of the Irish, as it was required by the filid ( " poets "). The work is an attempt by monks to apply Latin rules to their mother tongue. Basics are the grammarian Aelius Donatus works of classical and Priscian, and the Etymologiae of Isidore of Seville.