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Dinnshenchas of Cell Chorbbáin
verse beg. Cell Chorbbain, clár cen chreidim

  • Early Middle Irish
  • verse
  • Early Irish poetry, Dinnshenchas Érenn, dinnshenchas
Dinnshenchas of Cell Chorbbáin (Kilcorban).
First words (verse)
  • Cell Chorbbain, clár cen chreidim
Context(s)The (textual) context(s) to which the present text belongs or in which it is cited in part or in whole.
Manuscripts
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339 (H 2. 18) = Book of Leinster [s. xii2]
p. 201b
Poem.
Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, MS 5301-5320 (4641) [s. xvii]
beg. ‘Failed naoí riogh reim n-agha’
FA 424. Two quatrains, corresponding to lines 17-24 of Gwynn's edition from LL, are cited.
Language
  • Early Middle Irish
Date
James P. Carney, ‘The dating of early Irish verse texts, 500–1100’, Éigse 19 (1982–1983): 179 dates the poem, along with others, to the time-frame c.900-920.
Form
verse (primary)
Length
Number of stanzas: 25

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

Cerball mac Muirecáin
Cerball mac Muirecáin
(d. c. 909)
king of Leinster from the Uí Fáeláin sept of the Uí Dúnlainge.
See more Gormfhlaith ingen Fhlainn Shinna
Gormfhlaith ingen Fhlainn Shinna
(d. 948)
daughter of Flann Sinna, king of Mide from the Clann Cholmáin branch of the southern Uí Néill, and Gormlaith, daughter of Flann mac Conaing, king of Brega.
See more
Cell ChorbbáinCell Chorbbáin
Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.
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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
340–347 [id. 125. ‘Cell Chorbbáin’] Poem. 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
467–469 [id. 125. ‘Cell Chorbbáin’] direct link
web page identifiers
Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
November 2012, last updated: January 2024
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