Dinnshenchas of Benn Étair

  • Middle Irish
  • prose
  • Dinnshenchas Érenn, Ulster Cycle, Dinnshenchas
Prose tract on the dinnshenchas of Benn Étair (Hill of Howth, Co. Dublin).
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Language
  • Middle Irish
Form
prose (primary)
Textual relationships
Cf. the poems Benn Étair I (beg. Étar étan ri dílind) and Benn Étair II (beg. Cid dorcha dam im lepaid).
Related: Dinnshenchas of Benn Étair IDinnshenchas of Benn Étair IPoem on the Hill of Howth, Co. Dublin.Dinnshenchas of Benn Étair IIDinnshenchas of Benn Étair IIPoem on the dinnshenchas of Benn Étair (Hill of Howth, Co. Dublin)

Classification

Dinnshenchas Érenn
Dinnshenchas Érenn
id. 6712
Ulster Cycle
Ulster Cycle
id. 1797
DinnshenchasDinnshenchas
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Subjects

Benn Étair
Benn Étair ... Hill of Howth
County Dublin
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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.] 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>
330–332 [id. 29. ‘Benn Étair’] direct link
Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
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September 2012, last updated: January 2024