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Dinnshenchas of Brug na Bóinne I
verse beg. Án sin, a maig Meic ind Óc

  • verse
  • Early Irish poetry, Dinnshenchas Érenn, Mythological Cycle, dinnshenchas
Poem on the dinnshenchas of Brug na Bóinne.
First words (verse)
  • Án sin, a maig Meic ind Óc
“Bright it is here, o plain of Mac ind Óc”
Author
Ascribed to: Cináed ua hArtacáin
Cináed úa hArtacáin
(d. 975)
Middle Irish poet.
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Manuscripts
Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 E 25 (1229) = Lebor na hUidre [s. xi/xii]
Rennes, Bibliothèque de Rennes Métropole, MS 598 ff. 90-125 [s. xiii/xiv (?)]
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 12 (536) = Book of Ballymote (Leabhar Bhaile an Mhóta) [1384 x 1406]
p. 354a (line 5ff)
beg. ‘An sen i muig meic in Óg’
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D ii 1 (1225) = Leabhar Uí Mhaine (The Book of Uí Maine) [1394]
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1322 (H 3. 3) [s. xvi]
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D ii 2 (1222) [s. xvi (?)]
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS B ii 2 (741) [s. xiv-xvi ?]
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS B iii 1 (742) [s. xvii]
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 24 P 13 (1068) [s. xvii]
Date
10th century (Meyer)
Form
verse (primary)
Textual relationships
Cf. Dinnshenchas of Brug na Bóinne II and Dinnshenchas of Brug na Bóinne (prose).
Related: Dindgnai in BrogaDindgnai in BrogaPiece of prose on the dinnshenchas of Brug na Bóinne.Dinnshenchas of Brug na Bóinne IIDinnshenchas of Brug na Bóinne IIPoem on the dinnshenchas of Brug na Bóinne.Secht o. f. n.Secht o. f. n.Poem on Brug na Bóinne, which offers a poetic version of Tochmarc Étaíne.

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
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Dinnshenchas Érenn
Dinnshenchas Érenn
id. 6712

The Dinnshenchas Érenn is a compilation of literary compositions, in prose or verse, on lore surrounding the prominent places of Ireland. These texts usually offer origin legends which purport to explain how a well-known place in Ireland, such as a certain hill, plain or lake, received its present or former name. The genesis of this collection is usually dated to the late Middle Irish period (11th and 12th centuries).

Mythological CycleMythological Cycle
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dinnshenchasIrish narrative literature, onomastic lore and learning, topographical literature
dinnshenchas
id. 32607

Subjects

death of Finn mac Cumaillbiography of Finn mac Cumaill
death of Finn mac Cumaill
id. 61055
Mac ind ÓcMac ind Óc
Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.
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Finn mac Cumaill (Find úa Báiscni)
(time-frame ass. with Finn Cycle, Finn mac Cumaill, Cormac mac Airt)
Finn mac Cumaill (earlier mac Umaill?), Find úa Báiscni: central hero in medieval Irish and Scottish literature of the so-called Finn Cycle; warrior-hunter and leader of a fían
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Brug na Bóinne
Brug na Bóinne ... Brú na Bóinne
County Meath
No short description available
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Sources

Primary sources Text editions and/or modern translations – in whole or in part – along with publications containing additions and corrections, if known. Diplomatic editions, facsimiles and digital image reproductions of the manuscripts are not always listed here but may be found in entries for the relevant manuscripts. For historical purposes, early editions, transcriptions and translations are not excluded, even if their reliability does not meet modern standards.

[ed.] [tr.] Gwynn, E. J., The metrical dindsenchas, 5 vols, vol. 2, Todd Lecture Series, 9, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, 1906.
CELT – edition: <link> CELT – translation: <link> Internet Archive – vol. 2: <link> Internet Archive – vols. 1-3: <link>  : View in Mirador
10–17 [id. 2. ‘Brug Na Bóinde I’] direct link direct link direct link

Secondary sources (select)

Gwynn, E. J., The metrical dindsenchas, 5 vols, vol. 2, Todd Lecture Series, 9, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, 1906.
CELT – edition: <link> CELT – translation: <link> Internet Archive – vol. 2: <link> Internet Archive – vols. 1-3: <link>  : View in Mirador
92–94 [id. 2. ‘Brug Na Bóinde I’] direct link
Meyer, Kuno, “Introduction”, in: Kuno Meyer, Fianaigecht: being a collection of hitherto inedited Irish poems and tales relating to Finn and his Fiana, 16, London: Hodges, Figgis, 1910. v–xxxi.
National Library of Scotland – PDF: <link> Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive: <link>
xxii
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Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
May 2011, last updated: January 2024
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