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Dinnshenchas of Ailech I

verse beg. Decid Ailech n-Imchill n-úaib

• Middle Irish
• verse
• Early Irish poetry, Dinnshenchas Érenn, Mythological Cycle, dinnshenchas

Poem on the dinnshenchas of Ailech.

First words (verse)

• Decid Ailech n-Imchill n-úaib

Context(s)The (textual) context(s) to which the present text belongs or in which it is cited in part or in whole.

• Dinnshenchas Érenn A
• no. 164.3
• LL p. 164

Manuscripts

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339 (H 2. 18) = Book of Leinster [s. xii²]

p. 164

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Language

• Middle Irish

Form

verse (primary)

Length

Number of stanzas: 28

Textual relationships

Related: Dinnshenchas of AilechDinnshenchas of AilechProse tract on the dinnshenchas of AilechDinnshenchas of Ailech IIDinnshenchas of Ailech IIDinnshenchas of Ailech.Dinnshenchas of Ailech IIIDinnshenchas of Ailech IIIDinnshenchas of Ailech

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

Ailech

Ailech

County Donegal, County Derry

Royal seat of the Cenél nÉogain. According to Brian Lacey, Ailech originally referred to a fortification in the area now covered by the townlands of Elaghmore (Ailech Mór, Co. Derry) and Elaghbeg (Ailech Becc, Co. Donegal) on either side of the Northern Irish border; then, after c.789, when the Cenél nÉogain led by Áed Oirdnide overtook territory from the Cenél Conaill and gained control of the overkingdom of the northern Uí Néill, its kings relocated to the ringfort now known as the Grianán of Ailech so that Ailech came to refer to the new royal seat instead. 

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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

92–101 [id. 22. ‘Ailech 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

399–401 [id. 22. ‘Ailech I’] direct link

web page identifiers

page name: Dinnshenchas of Ailech I

page url: https://codecs.vanhamel.nl/Dinnshenchas_of_Ailech_I
redirect: https://codecs.vanhamel.nl/Special:Redirect/page/13334
numerical alternative: https://codecs.vanhamel.nl/index.php?curid=13334
page ID: 13334
page ID tracker: https://codecs.vanhamel.nl/index.php?title=Show:ID&id=13334

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October 2012, last updated: January 2024