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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
First 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 B
  • poem only
  • The text occurs in the Edinburgh manuscript only and not in the other copies of this ‘recension’.
Manuscripts
Language
  • Middle Irish
Form
verse (primary)
Textual relationships
See also the poems [[Dinnshenchas of Ailech I

|Ailech I]] and [[Dinnshenchas of Ailech II |Ailech II]] and [[Dinnshenchas of Ailech (prose)

|the prose text on Ailech]].
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 IIDinnshenchas of Ailech IIDinnshenchas 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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DinnshenchasDinnshenchas
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Subjects

Úa Lochlainn (Domnall)Úa Lochlainn (Domnall)
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See more The Dagda
The Dagda
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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
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., 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
403–406 [id. 24. ‘Ailech III’] direct link
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Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
October 2012, last updated: January 2024
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