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Dinnshenchas of Ailech III

verse beg. Ailech Frigrenn, faithche na ríg rígda in domain

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

Dinnshenchas of Ailech

Initial words (verse)

• Ailech Frigrenn, faithche na ríg rígda in domain

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 C

• Dinnshenchas Érenn B
• poem only
• The text occurs in the Edinburgh manuscript only and not in the other copies of this ‘recension’.

Manuscripts

Dinnshenchas Érenn C

• Lc =
  Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 2 = Book of Lecan [s. xvⁱⁿ]

  f. 255ra
• M =
  Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D ii 1 (1225) = Leabhar Uí Mhaine (The Book of Uí Maine) [1394]
• S₃ =
  Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS B iii 1 (742) [s. xvii]
• H =
  Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1322 (H 3. 3) [s. xvi]
• V =
  Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 24 P 13 (1068) [s. xvii]

Dinnshenchas Érenn B (?)

• Ed. =
  Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland, Adv. MS 72.1.16 [s. xv^ex]

  f. 6r

  Poem fragmentary and partly illegible.

Language

• Middle Irish

Form

verse (primary)

Textual relationships

See also the poems Ailech I and Ailech II and the prose text on Ailech.

Related: Dinnshenchas of Ailech IDinnshenchas of Ailech IPoem on the dinnshenchas of Ailech.Dinnshenchas of Ailech IIDinnshenchas of Ailech IIDinnshenchas of Ailech.Dinnshenchas of AilechDinnshenchas of AilechProse tract on the dinnshenchas of AilechDinnshenchas of Ailech IIDinnshenchas of Ailech IIDinnshenchas 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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DinnshenchasDinnshenchas
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Subjects

Domnall Úa LochlainnÚa Lochlainn (Domnall)

Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.

See more The DagdaThe Dagda
Eochaid Ollathair, In Dagda
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Ailech

Ailech

County Donegal, Id

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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. [ed. and tr.], 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>

106–121 [id. 24. ‘Ailech III’] direct link direct link direct link

[ed.] [tr.] Colby, Thomas [dir.], and T. A. Larcom, Ordnance Survey of the County of Londonderry, vol. 1: Memoir of the City and North Western Liberties of Londonderry. Parish of Templemore, Dublin: Hodges and Smith, 1837.

Internet Archive: <link>

223–228 Earlier edition and translation by John O'Donovan direct link

Secondary sources (select)

Gwynn, E. J. [ed. and tr.], 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>

403–406 [id. 24. ‘Ailech III’] direct link

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