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Dinnshenchas of Brí Léith

verse beg. Mebuir lemm aní dia fail

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

Text on the dinnshenchas of Brí Léith

First words (verse)

• Mebuir lemm aní dia fail

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 B
• prose

• Dinnshenchas Érenn C
• prose and verse

Manuscripts

Dinnshenchas Érenn C

R =

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

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]

Contains a slightly longer version of the poem.

H =

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

Contains a slightly longer version of the poem.

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Language

• Middle Irish

Form

prose, verse (primary)

verse

Contains poems

‘Liath mac Celtchair Cualann coir’ » Rawlinson B 506

Length

Number of stanzas: 8

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
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Dinnshenchas Érenn
Dinnshenchas Érenn

id. 6712

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Subjects

Brí LéithBrí Léith

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Sources

Primary sources

[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>

228–229 [id. 62. ‘Brí Léith’] Verse. 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>

78–79 [id. 126. ‘Bri Léith’] Prose. direct link

[ed.] [tr.] Stokes, Whitley, “The Bodleian dinnshenchas”, Folk-Lore 3 (1892): 467–516.

TLH – edition: <link> TLH – translation: <link> Internet Archive: <link>

477–478 [id. 9. ‘Bri Léith’] Prose from Rawlinson B 506. 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>

437 [id. 62. ‘Brí Léith’] direct link

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November 2012, last updated: June 2023