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Dinnshenchas of Laigin II

verse beg. Labraid Loingsech, lór a lín

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

Dinnshenchas of the Laigin

Initial words (verse)

• Labraid Loingsech, lór a lín

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. 159
• Poem. 3 stanzas.

• Dinnshenchas Érenn B
• Poem (with prose)

• Dinnshenchas Érenn C
• Poem. 3 stanzas.

• Commentary on the Amra Choluim Chille
• First and third stanza.

• Cóir anmann
• Second stanza.

• Lebor gabála Érenn
• First stanza.

• independentThe text comes down in a relatively independent form as opposed to being embedded within a larger textual framework.
• LL supplement p. 377a
• Four stanzas.

Manuscripts

Dinnshenchas Érenn A

• Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339 (H 2. 18) = Book of Leinster [s. xii²]

  p. 159

Dinnshenchas Érenn B

• Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 506 ff. 1-16a [s. xiv (+ xvii)]

Dinnshenchas Érenn C

M S2

Independent

• Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339 pp. 377–410 = Supplement to the Book of Leinster [c. s. xvi]

  p. 377a (line 13ff)

  Four stanzas.

See also results from manuscript descriptions

Language

• Middle Irish

Form

verse (primary)

Number of stanzas

3

Classification

Early Irish poetry Dinnshenchas Érenn

Subjects

Leinster

Leinster/Cúige Laighean

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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.] Gwynn, E. J. [ed. and tr.], The metrical dindsenchas, 5 vols, vol. 2, Todd Lecture Series 9, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, 1906.

CELT – edition: <link> CELT – translation: <link> Internet Archive – vol. 2: <link> Internet Archive – vols. 1-3: <link>

52–53 [id. 9. ‘Lagin II’] direct link direct link direct link

[ed.] [tr.] Gwynn, E. J. [ed. and tr.], The metrical dindsenchas, 5 vols, vol. 2, Todd Lecture Series 9, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, 1906.

CELT – edition: <link> CELT – translation: <link> Internet Archive – vol. 2: <link> Internet Archive – vols. 1-3: <link>

102 Additional stanza from LL p. 377.

[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>

472–473 [id. 3. ‘Laigin’] direct link

Secondary sources (select)

Gwynn, E. J. [ed. and tr.], The metrical dindsenchas, 5 vols, vol. 2, Todd Lecture Series 9, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, 1906.

CELT – edition: <link> CELT – translation: <link> Internet Archive – vol. 2: <link> Internet Archive – vols. 1-3: <link>

102 [id. 9. ‘Lagin II’] direct link

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