Texts
Dinnshenchas of Druim Clíabverse beg. Sunda roboí Caurnán cass
- Middle Irish
- verse, prose
- Early Irish poetry, Dinnshenchas Érenn, dinnshenchas
Dinnshenchas of Druim Clíab.
Initial 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.
- Dinnshenchas Érenn A
- LL p. 213: poem
- Dinnshenchas Érenn B
- prose
- Dinnshenchas Érenn C
- prose and verse
Manuscripts
- Dinnshenchas Érenn A
- L =
- Dinnshenchas Érenn B
- Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 506 ff. 1-16a [s. xiv (+ xvii)]
- Dinnshenchas Érenn C
- R = Rennes, Bibliothèque de Rennes Métropole, MS 598 ff. 90-125 [s. xiii/xiv (?)]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
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.] Stokes, Whitley [ed. and tr.], “The prose tales in the Rennes dindshenchas”, Revue Celtique 16 (1895): 31–83, 135–167, 269–312, 468.
[ed.] [tr.] Stokes, Whitley [ed. and tr.], “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. [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>
377–378 [id. 3. ‘Druim Clíab’] direct link
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Contributors
C. A., Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
October 2012, last updated: August 2021