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Dinnshenchas of Ard na Riag

verse beg. Ard na Riag, raid a fhoros

• Middle Irish
• prose, verse
• Early Irish poetry, Dinnshenchas Érenn, Dinnshenchas

Dinnshenchas of Ard na Riag, which has been identified as the former village of Castle Hill near Ardnaree (Co. Mayo) by the river Moy. It offers a brief version of a tale found in Caithréim Cellaig.

First words (verse)

• Ard na Riag, raid a fhoros

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
• Prose text and poem, found only in the Book of Lecan

Manuscripts

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

  p. 492a

Language

• Middle Irish

Form

prose, verse (primary)

Number of stanzas

10

Textual relationships

Related: Caithréim Cellaig (also Beatha Cheallaig)Caithréim Cellaig (also Beatha Cheallaig)

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
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Dinnshenchas Érenn
Dinnshenchas Érenn

id. 6712

DinnshenchasDinnshenchas
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Subjects

Ard na Riag

Ard na Riag ... Castle Hill

County Mayo

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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. 3, Todd Lecture Series, 10, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, 1913.

CELT – edition: <link> CELT – translation: <link> Internet Archive – vol. 3: <link> Internet Archive – vols. 1-3: <link>

414–417 [id. 76. ‘Ard na Riag’] direct link direct link direct link

[ed.] [tr.] Stokes, Whitley, “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>

139–140 [id. 133. ‘Ard na Riag’] direct link

Secondary sources (select)

Gwynn, E. J., The metrical dindsenchas, 5 vols, vol. 3, Todd Lecture Series, 10, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, 1913.

CELT – edition: <link> CELT – translation: <link> Internet Archive – vol. 3: <link> Internet Archive – vols. 1-3: <link>

554 [id. 76. ‘Ard na Riag’] direct link

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Contributors

Dennis Groenewegen

Page created

October 2012, last updated: August 2021