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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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Dinnshenchas Érenn C

Dinnshenchas Érenn C supplement

Manuscripts

R =

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

p. 99vb

context: Dinnshenchas Érenn C

B =

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 12 (536) = Book of Ballymote (Leabhar Bhaile an Mhóta) [1384 x 1406]

p. 366a

context: Dinnshenchas Érenn C

H =

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1322 (H 3. 3) [s. xvi]

p. 21a

context: Dinnshenchas Érenn C

Lec =

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 2 = Book of Lecan (Leabhar Leacain) [s. xvⁱⁿ]

p. 463a

context: Dinnshenchas Érenn C

S =

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D ii 2 (1222) [s. xvi (?)]

p. 86ra–rb

beg. ‘Dun mBrea ocus Oí Chúalann’

context: Dinnshenchas Érenn C supplement

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

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).

Ulster Cycle
Ulster Cycle

id. 1797

DinnshenchasDinnshenchas
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Subjects

Benn Étair

Benn Étair ... Hill of Howth

County Dublin

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.] 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

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September 2012, last updated: January 2024