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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 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 (Leabhar Leacain) [s. xvⁱⁿ]

p. 492a

View manuscript in Mirador

Language

• Middle Irish

Form

prose, verse (primary)

Length

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

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Subjects

Ard na Riag

Ard na Riag ... Castle Hill

County Mayo

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Sources

Primary sources

[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: June 2023