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Dinnshenchas of Dún mac Nechtain Scéne
verse beg. Necht Inbir Scéne ro scaíl

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

Text on the dinnshenchas of Dún mac Nechtain Scéne.

First words (verse)
  • Necht Inbir Scéne ro scaíl
Context(s)The (textual) context(s) to which the present text belongs or in which it is cited in part or in whole.
Manuscripts
Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339 (H 2. 18) = Book of Leinster [s. xii2]
p. 170
Dinnshenchas Érenn C
B =
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 12 (536) = Book of Ballymote (Leabhar Bhaile an Mhóta) [1384 x 1406]
Lc =
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 2 = Book of Lecan (Leabhar Leacain) [s. xvin]
M =
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D ii 1 (1225) = Leabhar Uí Mhaine (The Book of Uí Maine) [1394]
S =
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D ii 2 (1222) [s. xvi (?)]
S3 =
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS B iii 1 (742) [s. xvii]
Adds two stanzas to the poem.
H =
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1322 (H 3. 3) [s. xvi]
Illegible.
S4 =
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D iv 2 (992) [s. xv]
f. 53vb
Four lines of prose at the bottom of the second column, following which there is a chasm in the manuscript.
Language
  • Middle Irish
Form
prose, verse (primary)
Length
Number of stanzas: 2

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
...
Dinnshenchas Érenn
Dinnshenchas Érenn
id. 6712
Ulster Cycle
Ulster Cycle
id. 1797

...

Subjects

Dún mac Nechtain ScéneDún mac Nechtain Scéne

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Sources

Primary sources

[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>
240–241 [id. 67. ‘Dún mac Nechtain Scéne’] Verse. 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>
83 [id. 130. ‘Dún mac Nechtain Scéne’] Prose. 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>
439–440 [id. 67. ‘Dún mac Nechtain Scéne’] direct link
Thurneysen, Rudolf, Die irische Helden- und Königsage bis zum siebzehnten Jahrhundert, Halle: Niemeyer, 1921.  

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

Internet Archive: <link>
247 [id. 2.10. ‘Dinnshenchas: 4. Dún mac Nechtain Scéne (Scenae Ba.)’] direct link
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