Texts

Dinnshenchas of Almu

prose
Dinnshenchas Érenn, Finn Cycle, Dinnshenchas

Dinnshenchas prose text on Almu (the Hill of Allen, Co. Kildare)

Title

Dinnshenchas of Almu

known alternatively as the dinnshenchas of Adarca hUa Failgi or Adarca Bó Iuchna.

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
no. 160.6
LL p. 160: prose

Dinnshenchas Érenn C

Manuscripts

Dinnshenchas Érenn B

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

p. 160

Dinnshenchas Érenn C

Rennes, Bibliothèque de Rennes Métropole, MS 598 ff. 90-125 [s. xiii/xiv (?)]

ff. 95b–96a

beg. ‘Adarca Hua Failge, canas ro ainmniged?’

t.b.a.

Form

prose (primary)

Textual relationships

For two poetic versions, see Dinnshenchas of Almu I (also found in the Book of Leinster) and Dinnshenchas of Almu II (a short poem).

Related: Dinnshenchas of Almu IDinnshenchas of Almu IDinnshenchas poem on Almu (the Hill of Allen, Co. Kildare), which recounts the tale of the conception of Finn mac Cumaill.Dinnshenchas of Almu IIDinnshenchas of Almu II

Dinnshenchas poem on Almu (the Hill of Allen, Co. Kildare).

Classification

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

DinnshenchasDinnshenchas
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Subjects

Almu

Almu/Cnoc Almaine ... Hill of Allen

County Kildare

No short description available

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.] Thurneysen, Rudolf [ed. and tr.], “Die Sage von CuRoi”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 9 (1913): 189–234.

CELT – edition of Aided Chon Roí I: <link> CELT – German translation of Aided Chon Roí I: <link> Internet Archive: <link>

224–225 LL version

[ed.] [tr.] Stokes, Whitley, “The prose tales in the Rennes dindshenchas”, Revue Celtique 15 (1894): 272–336, 418–484.

An edition and translation of the prose texts in the Dinnshenchas Érenn as they occur in Rennes, Bibliothèque de Rennes Métropole, MS 598. Missing texts are supplied from the Book of Lecan version.

TLH – edition (I, pp. 277-336): <link> TLH – translation (I): <link> TLH – edition (II, pp. 418-484): <link> TLH – translation (II): <link> Celtic Digital Initiative: <link> Internet Archive – 272–336: <link> Internet Archive – 272–336: <link> Internet Archive – 418–484: <link> Internet Archive – 418–484: <link>

308–309 [id. 16. ‘Adarca Hua Failgi’] Rennes version direct link