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Dinnshenchas of Ceilbe

verse beg. Mithid dam comma Ceilbe

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

Dinnshenchas of Ceilbe.

First words (verse)

• Mithid dam comma Ceilbe

“It is time for me to make verse on Ceilbe”

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 A
• LL p. 200a
• Short prose text.

• Dinnshenchas Érenn C
• Prose and verse, with a longer poem in four copies of this recension.

Author

Ascribed to: Muirgheas mac Pháidín Ó Maoil ChonaireÓ Maoil Chonaire (Muirgheas mac Pháidín)
(d. 1543)
Muirgheas mac Pháidín Uí Maoil Chonaire, of Cluain Plocáin, scribe and compiler of the Book of Fenagh (RIA MS 23 P 26).
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In RIA MS B iii 1, the poem is attributed to Muirghes mac Pháidín Uí Máolchonaire.

Manuscripts

Dinnshenchas Érenn A

• Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339 (H 2. 18) = Book of Leinster [s. xii²]

  p. 200a

  Prose text corresponding to the first three paragraphs of recension C only.

Dinnshenchas Érenn C

Prose (with some verse). The poem beg. ‘Mithid dam comma Ceilbe’ occurs only in four manuscript copies.

• Y =
  Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1318 11, cols. 401-436 [s. xv]

  Prose and verse.
• H =
  Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1322 (H 3. 3) [s. xvi]

  Prose and verse.
• S₃ =
  Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS B iii 1 (742) [s. xvii]

  Prose and poem. The poem is here ascrribed to Muirghes Mac Pháidín Uí Máolchonaire.
• V =
  Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 24 P 13 (1068) [s. xvii]

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

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

  Prose.

See also results from manuscript descriptions

Language

• Middle Irish

Form

prose, verse (primary)

Number of stanzas

32

Classification

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

id. 6712

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

id. 32607

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>

54–65 [id. 6. ‘Ceilbe’] 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>

318–321 [id. 21. ‘Ceilbe’] 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>

486–489 [id. 6. ‘Ceilbe’] direct link

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