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Dinnshenchas of Carn Fraích

verse beg. Carnd Fraich, ca hadbar dia fuil

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

Dinnshenchas of Carn Fraích.

First words (verse)

• Carnd Fraich, ca hadbar dia fuil

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
• The poem occurs only in the Book of Lecan.

Manuscripts

Dinnshenchas Érenn C

• Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 2 = Book of Lecan [s. xvⁱⁿ]

Language

• Middle Irish

Form

prose, verse (primary)

Number of stanzas

32

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
...
Dinnshenchas Érenn
Dinnshenchas Érenn

id. 6712

Ulster Cycle
Ulster Cycle

id. 1797

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

id. 32607

Subjects

FráechFráech
Fróech, Fráech mac Fidaig
Fráech mac Fidaig or Fráech mac Idaith; eponymous hero of Táin bó Fraích
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Carn Fraích

Carn Fraích ... Carnfree

County Roscommon

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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. 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>

356–365 [id. 64. ‘Carn Fráich’] 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>

136–139 [id. 132. ‘Carn Fráich’] 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>

543–544 [id. 64. ‘Carn Fráich’] direct link

Thurneysen, Rudolf, Die irische Helden- und Königsage bis zum siebzehnten Jahrhundert, Halle: Niemeyer, 1921.  

comments: Part 1 (chapters 1-23): Allgemeines; Part 2 (chapters 1-85): Die Ulter Sage

Internet Archive: <link>

248 [id. 2.10. ‘Dinnshenchas: 6. Carn Fraich (Síd Fraich)’] direct link

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