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Dinnshenchas of Ailech II
verse beg. Cía triallaid nech aisneis senchais Ailig eltaig

  • Middle Irish
  • verse
  • Early Irish poetry, Dinnshenchas Érenn, Mythological Cycle
Dinnshenchas of Ailech.
First words (verse)
  • Cía triallaid nech aisneis senchais Ailig eltaig
Context(s)The (textual) context(s) to which the present text belongs or in which it is cited in part or in whole.
  • independentThe text comes down in a relatively independent form as opposed to being embedded within a larger textual framework.
  • A copy of the poem in the Book of Leinster which is not part of the Dinnshenchas Érenn.
  • Dinnshenchas Érenn C
  • Poem. For the prose version which accompanies this poem (and/or Ailech III) in some of the manuscripts, see the separate entry linked below.
Author
Ascribed to: Flann MainistrechFlann Mainistrech
(d. 1056)
Middle Irish poet ass. with Monasterboice (Mainistir Buite)
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The attribution to Flann Mainistrech (Fland Manistrech) occurs only in the Book of Leinster copy of the poem.
Manuscripts
Independent
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339 (H 2. 18) = Book of Leinster [s. xii2]
p. 181a–b
beg. ‘CIa triallaid nech aisnis senchais’
35 stanzas.
Dinnshenchas Érenn C
R B Lc M S S3 H
Language
  • Middle Irish
Form
verse (primary)
Length
Number of stanzas: 35
Textual relationships
Related: Dinnshenchas of AilechDinnshenchas of AilechProse tract on the dinnshenchas of AilechDinnshenchas of Ailech IDinnshenchas of Ailech I

Poem on the dinnshenchas 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
Mythological CycleMythological Cycle
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Subjects

Ailech
Ailech
County Donegal, Id
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Sources

Primary sources

[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>
100–107 [id. 23. ‘Ailech II’] 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>
401–403 [id. 23. ‘Ailech II’] direct link
MacNeill, John, “Poems by Flann Mainistrech on the dynasties of Ailech, Mide and Brega”, Archivium Hibernicum 2 (1913): 37–99.
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Contributors
C. A., Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
October 2012, last updated: September 2023
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