Texts

verse beg. Éri íarthar talman torthig

Late Middle Irish
verse
Early Irish poetry, dinnshenchas

A long poem (121 qq) giving a précis of the Dinnshenchas Érenn and included at the end of the version of that collection in the Book of Uí Maine. The last stanza attributes the poem to Gilla na Náem Úa Duinn and gives the year 1166.

First words (verse)

Éri íarthar talman torthig

Author

Ascribed to: Úa Duinn (Gilla na Náem)

Úa Duinn (Gilla na Náem)

(d. c. 1160)

Irish scholar and poet who was attached to the monastery of Inis Clothrann, now Inchcleraun (Island), in Lough Ree.

Manuscripts

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D ii 1 (1225) = Leabhar Uí Mhaine (The Book of Uí Maine) [1394]

ff. 113(172)ra.1–114(173)ra.i

Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland, Adv. MS 72.1.19 [s. xiv-xv]

p. 4r(7)a.1–6r(11)b3

Acephalous.

Language

Late Middle Irish

Form

verse (primary)

Length

Number of stanzas: 121

Textual relationships

(Possible) sources: Dinnshenchas Érenn, version CDinnshenchas Érenn, version C

Related: Cuibdeas comanmann na rígCuibdeas comanmann na ríg

Versified list of kings of Ireland attributed to Gilla Mo Dutu.

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
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dinnshenchasIrish narrative literature, onomastic lore and learning, topographical literature
dinnshenchas

id. 32607

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.] Gwynn, E. J., “The Dindshenchas in the Book of Uí Maine”, Ériu 10 (1926–1928): 68–91.

Internet Archive – 10 part 1: <link> Internet Archive – 10 part 2: <link> Internet Archive – Table of contents: <link>

74–91 Edition, with introduction and notes.

Translation wanted

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January 2018, last updated: March 2024