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Dinnshenchas of Cnogba
verse beg. Búa, ingen Rúadrach Rúaid

  • Middle Irish
  • verse, prose
  • Early Irish poetry, Dinnshenchas Érenn, dinnshenchas
Dinnshenchas text on Cnogba (Knowth). 22 quatrains.
First words (verse)
  • Búa, ingen Rúadrach Rúaid
Context(s)The (textual) context(s) to which the present text belongs or in which it is cited in part or in whole.
Author
Ascribed to: Flann mac Lonáin
Flann mac Lonáin
(d. 891 x 918)
early Irish poet; called ‘the Virgil of the Irish’ (Firgil Gáedel) and ‘King of the Poets of Ireland’ respectively.
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Flann Mainistrech
(d. 1056)
Middle Irish poet ass. with Monasterboice (Mainistir Buite)
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The poem is attributed to Flann mac Lonáin in RIA MS D ii 2 (S), but to Flann file in the other manuscripts, perhaps for Flann Mainistrech (Gwynn).
Manuscripts
Dinnshenchas Érenn B (prose)
Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 506 ff. 1-16a [s. xiv (+ xvii)]
Prose.
Dinnshenchas Érenn C (mixed)
Y =
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1318 11, cols. 401-436 [s. xv]
Prose and poem attributed to Flann file.
H =
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1322 (H 3. 3) [s. xvi]
The poem is here attributed to Flann file.
S =
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D ii 2 (1222) [s. xvi (?)]
The poem is here attributed to Flann mac Lonáin.
S3 =
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS B iii 1 (742) [s. xvii]
The poem is here attributed to Flann file.
Language
  • Middle Irish
Form
verse, prose (primary)
Length
Number of stanzas: 22

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).

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

Subjects

Cnogba [Knowth]Cnogba ... Knowth
Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.
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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.] Stokes, Whitley, “The Bodleian dinnshenchas”, Folk-Lore 3 (1892): 467–516.
TLH – edition: <link> TLH – translation: <link> Internet Archive: <link>
506 [id. 43. ‘Cnogba’] Prose text. direct link
[ed.] [tr.] Gwynn, E. J., The metrical dindsenchas, 5 vols, vol. 3, Todd Lecture Series, 10, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, 1913.
CELT – edition: <link> CELT – translation: <link> Internet Archive – vol. 3: <link> Internet Archive – vols. 1-3: <link>  : View in Mirador
40–47 [id. 4. ‘Cnogba’] Edition of the poem, based on YBL, H, S and S3. direct link direct link direct link
[ed.] [tr.] Gwynn, E. J., The metrical dindsenchas, 5 vols, vol. 3, Todd Lecture Series, 10, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, 1913.
CELT – edition: <link> CELT – translation: <link> Internet Archive – vol. 3: <link> Internet Archive – vols. 1-3: <link>  : View in Mirador
483 [id. 4. ‘Cnogba’] Edition and translation of the prose text from YBL, wth variants from H, S and S3. direct link

Secondary sources (select)

Gwynn, E. J., The metrical dindsenchas, 5 vols, vol. 3, Todd Lecture Series, 10, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, 1913.
CELT – edition: <link> CELT – translation: <link> Internet Archive – vol. 3: <link> Internet Archive – vols. 1-3: <link>  : View in Mirador
Vol. 4, 483–484 [id. 4. ‘Cnogba’] direct link
web page identifiers
Contributors
C. A., Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
August 2011, last updated: March 2024
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