Texts

verse beg. In mag imríadat ar n-eich

Middle Irish
verse, prose
Early Irish poetry, Dinnshenchas Érenn, Ulster Cycle, Dinnshenchas

Tract on the dinnshenchas of Ard Macha.

First words (verse)

In mag imríadat ar n-eich

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
prose

Dinnshenchas Érenn C
prose and verse

Manuscripts

Dinnshenchas Érenn B

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

Dinnshenchas Érenn C

R =
Rennes, Bibliothèque de Rennes Métropole, MS 598 ff. 90-125 [s. xiii/xiv (?)]
B =
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 12 (536) = Book of Ballymote (Leabhar Bhaile an Mhóta) [1384 x 1406]
Lc =
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 2 = Book of Lecan [s. xvⁱⁿ]
M =
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D ii 1 (1225) = Leabhar Uí Mhaine (The Book of Uí Maine) [1394]
S =
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D ii 2 (1222) [s. xvi (?)]
S₃ =
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS B iii 1 (742) [s. xvii]
H =
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1322 (H 3. 3) [s. xvi]

Language

Middle Irish

Form

verse, prose (primary)

verse (secondary)

Contains poems

‘Atchonnairc Macha marglic’ » Quatrain cited in the Edinburgh MS.

Number of stanzas

27

Textual relationships

Related: Dinnshenchas of Emain MachaDinnshenchas of Emain MachaProse story relating the dinnshenchas for Emain Macha.

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
...
Dinnshenchas Érenn
Dinnshenchas Érenn

id. 6712

Ulster Cycle
Ulster Cycle

id. 1797

DinnshenchasDinnshenchas
...

Subjects

MachaMacha

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

Ard Macha

Ard Macha ... Armagh

County Armagh

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>

124–131 [id. 27. ‘Ard Macha’] Poem. direct link direct link direct link

[ed.] [tr.] Stokes, Whitley [ed. and tr.], “The prose tales in the Rennes dindshenchas”, Revue Celtique 16 (1895): 31–83, 135–167, 269–312, 468.

TLH – edition (III, 31-83): <link> TLH – translation (III): <link> TLH – edition (IV, pp. 135-167): <link> TLH – translation (IV): <link> Celtic Digital Initiative – PDF: <link> Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive: <link>

44–46 [id. 94. ‘Ard Macha’] Prose. direct link

[ed.] [tr.] Stokes, Whitley [ed. and tr.], “The Edinburgh dinnshenchas”, Folk-Lore 4 (1893): 471–497.

TLH – edition: <link> TLH – translation: <link> Internet Archive: <link>

480–481 [id. 61. ‘Ard Macha’] Prose. 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>

407–408 [id. 27. ‘Ard Macha’] direct link

web page identifiers

page name: Dinnshenchas of Ard Macha

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October 2012, last updated: August 2021