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Dinnshenchas of Carman (Carmun)
verse beg. Eistid, a Laigniu nal-lecht

  • Middle Irish
  • prose, verse
  • Dinnshenchas Érenn, Early Irish poetry, dinnshenchas
Dinnshenchas of Carman.
Tomás Ó Concheanainn concludes from his study of the internal rhyme in the poem that the first 20 stanzas constitute the original composition, while a second poet created an additional set of stanzas.(1)n. 1 Tomás Ó Concheanainn, ‘The three forms of Dinnshenchas Érenn’, Journal of Celtic Studies 3 (1981–1983).
First words (verse)
  • Eistid, a Laigniu nal-lecht
“Listen, Leinstermen of the graves”
Context(s)The (textual) context(s) to which the present text belongs or in which it is cited in part or in whole.
Author
Ascribed to: Fulartach
Fulartach
An early Irish poet whose name is invoked in ascriptions of certain poems of Dinnshenchas Érenn in the Book of Leinster (Carmun, Liamuin, Slíab Bladma, perhaps Faffand and Druim nDairbrech if the abbreviation F. refers to him).
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The poem is ascribed to Ful-, probably to be expanded as Fulartach, in the Book of Leinster; to Flann, possibly for Flann Mainistrech, in the fragment of the Book of the White Earl which is extant in TCD 1436. Other copies are without ascription.
Manuscripts
Dinnshenchas Érenn A:
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339 (H 2. 18) = Book of Leinster [s. xii2]
p. 215
Prose (acephalous) and verse. The prose text continues a leaf that is missing from the manuscript. Parts of the poem, in particular lines 110-150, are barely legible.

Dinnshenchas Érenn C (sigla R B Y M E H S S3 V).

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]
Y =
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1318 11, cols. 401-436 [s. xv]
M =
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D ii 1 (1225) = Leabhar Uí Mhaine (The Book of Uí Maine) [1394]
E =
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1436 pp. 85-88 = fragment of the Book of the White Earl [1453 x 1454]
Poem attributed to Flann.
H =
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1322 (H 3. 3) [s. xvi]
S =
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D ii 2 (1222) [s. xvi (?)]
S3 =
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS B iii 1 (742) [s. xvii]
V =
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 24 P 13 (1068) [s. xvii]
Language
  • Middle Irish
Form
prose, verse (primary)

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).

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
...
dinnshenchasIrish narrative literature, onomastic lore and learning, topographical literature
dinnshenchas
id. 32607

Subjects

Carman
Carman

A place identified as the site of the óenach Carmain, an elevated place where Leinstermen would assemble, but not securely locatable. Diarmuid Ó Murchadha suggests that it may have been in the parish of Carnalway, Co. Kildare, more specifically the tl. of Silliothill.

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Sources

Notes

1.
Tomás Ó Concheanainn, ‘The three forms of Dinnshenchas Érenn’, Journal of Celtic Studies 3 (1981–1983).

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. 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>  : View in Mirador
2–25 [id. 1. ‘Carmun’] Verse of recensions A and C direct link direct link direct link
[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>
311–315 [id. 18. ‘Carman’] Prose of recension C 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>  : View in Mirador
468–480 [id. 1. ‘Carmun’] direct link
Ó Concheanainn, Tomás, “The three forms of Dinnshenchas Érenn [part 1]”, Journal of Celtic Studies 3 (1981–1983): 88–101.
Ó Murchadha, Diarmuid, “Carman, site of Óenach Carmain: a proposed location”, Éigse 33 (2002): 57–70.
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