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Dinnshenchas of Áth Líac Find I
verse beg. Áth Liac Find, cid dia tá?

Máel Muru Othna
  • Middle Irish
  • verse
  • Early Irish poetry, Dinnshenchas Érenn, Finn Cycle, dinnshenchas

Tract on the dinnshenchas of Áth Líac Find, a ford of the Shannon.

First words (verse)
  • Áth Liac Find, cid dia tá?
Context(s)The (textual) context(s) to which the present text belongs or in which it is cited in part or in whole.
Author
Máel Muru Othna
Máel Muru Othna
(d. 887)
Early Irish poet and historian, who was apparently attached to the monastery of Othain (now Fahan, Inishowen barony, Co. Donegal), as his epithet suggests
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Ascribed to: Máel Muru Othna
Máel Muru Othna
(d. 887)
Early Irish poet and historian, who was apparently attached to the monastery of Othain (now Fahan, Inishowen barony, Co. Donegal), as his epithet suggests
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The LL copy ascribes the poem to Máel Muru Othna (d. 887), who may well be the author of the poem.
Summary
The place-name Áth Liac Find (‘The ford of Finn's stone’) is explained with reference to a story about the fian-leader Finn, who is here called Finn mac Umaill. The stone is said to have been used by Finn to crush his enemies in a certain battle and to have been entrusted to him for this purpose by the síd-woman Sinand, daughter of Mongán.
Manuscripts
Language
  • Middle Irish
Date
The poem is assigned by Meyer to the 9th century.
Form
verse (primary)
Textual relationships
Related: Dinnshenchas of Áth Líac FindDinnshenchas of Áth Líac FindDinnshenchas of Áth Líac Find.Dinnshenchas of Áth Líac Find IIDinnshenchas of Áth Líac Find IITract on the dinnshenchas of Áth Líac Find.

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).

Finn Cycle
Finn Cycle
id. 578
dinnshenchasIrish narrative literature, onomastic lore and learning, topographical literature
dinnshenchas
id. 32607

Subjects

Sinand ingen MongáinSinand ingen Mongáin
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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Gúaire Goll
servant in charge of carrying Finn’s fidchell board
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Áth Líac FindÁth Líac Find
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.] Gwynn, E. J., The metrical dindsenchas, 5 vols, vol. 4, Todd Lecture Series, 11, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, 1924.
CELT – edition: <link> CELT – translation: <link> Internet Archive – vol. 4: <link>  : View in Mirador
36–39 [id. 11. ‘Áth Líac Find I’] direct link direct link direct link

Secondary sources (select)

Gwynn, E. J., The metrical dindsenchas, 5 vols, vol. 4, Todd Lecture Series, 11, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, 1924.
CELT – edition: <link> CELT – translation: <link> Internet Archive – vol. 4: <link>  : View in Mirador
382–384 [id. 11. ‘Áth Líac Find I’] direct link
Meyer, Kuno, Fianaigecht: being a collection of hitherto inedited Irish poems and tales relating to Finn and his Fiana, Todd Lecture Series, 16, London: Hodges, Figgis, 1910.
National Library of Scotland – PDF: <link> Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive: <link>
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Contributors
C. A., Dennis Groenewegen, Patrick Brown
Page created
May 2011, last updated: January 2024
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