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Dinnshenchas of Bile Tortan

verse beg. Bile Tortan dorochair

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

Text on the dinnshenchas of Bile Tortan.

First words (verse)

• Bile Tortan dorochair

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 and verse

Manuscripts

Dinnshenchas Érenn C

B =

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

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Lc =

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

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M =

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D ii 1 (1225) = Leabhar Uí Mhaine (The Book of Uí Maine) [1394]

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S =

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

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S₃ =

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS B iii 1 (742) [s. xvii]

Language

• Middle Irish

Form

prose, verse (primary)

Length

Number of stanzas: 21

Textual relationships

Bile Tortan is also the subject of Dinnshenchas of Eó Rossa and other trees.

Related: Dinnshenchas of Eó Rossa and other treesDinnshenchas of Eó Rossa and other treesTract on the dinnshenchas of five special trees of Ireland: the yew of Ross (Eó Rossa), the Yew of Mag Mugna (Eó Mugna), the Tree of Belach Dathí (Bile Dathí or Cráeb Belaig Dathi), the Tree of Tortu (Bile Tortain) and the Tree or Ash of Uisnech (Cráeb or Unnius Uisnig).

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
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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).

dinnshenchasIrish narrative literature, onomastic lore and learning, topographical literature
dinnshenchas

id. 32607

Subjects

Bile TortanBile Tortan

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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. 4, Todd Lecture Series, 11, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, 1924.

CELT – edition: <link> CELT – translation: <link> Internet Archive – vol. 4: <link>  : View in Mirador

240–247 [id. 68. ‘Bile Tortan’] Verse. direct link direct link direct link

Secondary sources (select)

Gwynn, E. J., 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>  : View in Mirador

440–441 [id. 68. ‘Bile Tortan’] direct link

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November 2012, last updated: January 2024