Texts

Dinnshenchas of Ess Rúaid II
verse beg. Oclach thainic co hÆd ruad

  • Middle Irish
  • verse, prose
  • Early Irish poetry, Dinnshenchas Érenn
Prose text and poem on the dinnshenchas of Ess Rúaid. These texts are found as an addition to the Dinnshenchas of Ess Rúaid I in the Book of Lecan.
First words (verse)
  • Oclach thainic co hÆd ruad
First words (prose)
  • No comad o Æd Ruad mac Baduirn
Context(s)The (textual) context(s) to which the present text belongs or in which it is cited in part or in whole.
Language
  • Middle Irish
Form
verse, prose (primary)
Textual relationships
Related: Dinnshenchas of Ess Rúaid IDinnshenchas of Ess Rúaid ITract on the dinnshenchas of Ess Rúaid (Assaroe, on the r. Erne, Co. Donegal).

Classification

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

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Subjects

Ess Rúaid
Ess Rúaid ... Assaroe
County Donegal
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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>
6–9 [id. 2. ‘Ess Ruaid II’] 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>
31–33 (§ 4) [id. 81.2. ‘Ess Ruaid’] 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>
376–377 [id. 2. ‘Ess Ruaid II’] direct link
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October 2012, last updated: June 2023