Texts
Dinnshenchas of Cell Chorbbáinverse 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.
- 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 APoem.
- Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, MS 5301-5320 (4641) [s. xvii]beginning: ‘Failed naoí riogh reim n-agha’ context: Fragmentary annals of IrelandFA 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)
Number of stanzas
25
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.
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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Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
November 2012, last updated: August 2021