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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).

Initial 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.

• Dinnshenchas Érenn A
• LL p. 201b: poem

Manuscripts

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

  p. 201b context: Dinnshenchas Érenn A

  Poem.
• Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, MS 5301-5320 (4641) [s. xvii]

  beginning: ‘Failed naoí riogh reim n-agha’ context: Fragmentary annals of Ireland

  FA 424. Two quatrains, corresponding to lines 17-24 of Gwynn's edition from LL, are cited.

See also results from manuscript descriptions

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)

Number of stanzas

25

Classification

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

id. 6712

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

id. 32607

Subjects

Cerball mac MuirecáinCerball mac Muirecáin
(d. c. 909)
king of Leinster
See more Gormfhlaith ingen Fhlainn ShinnaGormfhlaith 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.
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Cell ChorbbáinCell Chorbbáin

No description available

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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. [ed. and tr.], 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>

340–347 [id. 125. ‘Cell Chorbbáin’] Poem. direct link direct link direct link

Secondary sources (select)

Gwynn, E. J. [ed. and tr.], 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>

467–469 [id. 125. ‘Cell Chorbbáin’] direct link

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