Texts

Dinnshenchas of Druim Clíab
verse beg. Sunda roboí Caurnán cass

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

Dinnshenchas of Druim Clíab.

First words (verse)
  • Sunda roboí Caurnán cass
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 A
Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Dinnshenchas Érenn C
R =
Stanzas 6-9 only. The first 5 stanzas are lost due to a gap in the manuscript.
t.b.a. (B Lc M S S3 H)
Language
  • Middle Irish
Form
verse, prose (primary)
Textual relationships
Gwynn suggests that the legend is drawn from a version of Forbais Dúin Bárc, now lost but mentioned in the tale-lists of LL.
Related: Forbais Dúin BárcForbais Dúin BárcView incoming data

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
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Dinnshenchas Érenn
Dinnshenchas Érenn
id. 6712

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Subjects

Druim Clíab
Druim Clíab ... Drumcliff
County Sligo
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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>
8–11 [id. 3. ‘Druim Clíab’] Poem. 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>
33–34 [id. 82. ‘Druim Cliab’] Prose from the Book of Lecan. direct link
[ed.] [tr.] Stokes, Whitley, “The Bodleian dinnshenchas”, Folk-Lore 3 (1892): 467–516.
TLH – edition: <link> TLH – translation: <link> Internet Archive: <link>
498–499 [id. 34. ‘Druim Cliab’] Prose from Rawlinson B 506. 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>
377–378 [id. 3. ‘Druim Clíab’] direct link
Contributors
C. A., Dennis Groenewegen
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October 2012, last updated: June 2023