Texts

Dinnshenchas of Loch Cé
verse beg. Loch Cé, cid imar' mebaid

  • Middle Irish
  • prose, verse
  • Early Irish poetry, Dinnshenchas Érenn, Mythological Cycle
Dinnshenchas of Loch Cé
First words (verse)
  • Loch Cé, cid imar' mebaid
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
Dinnshenchas Érenn C
S3 =
Poem and prose version C
H =
Poem and prose version C
Language
  • Middle Irish
Form
prose, verse (primary)
Length
Number of stanzas: 8

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
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Dinnshenchas Érenn
Dinnshenchas Érenn
id. 6712
Mythological CycleMythological Cycle
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Subjects

Loch Cé
Loch Cé ... Lough Key
County Roscommon
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Contents

Prose version of B (Egerton 1781)

» People: Nuadu Airgetlam » Places: Loch Cé • Mag Tuired • Carn Coirrslébi • Mag Airne » Events: battle of Mag Tuired

Prose version of C

Poetic version of C

Sources

Primary sources

[ed.] [tr.] Gwynn, E. J., The metrical dindsenchas, 5 vols, vol. 3, Todd Lecture Series, 10, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, 1913.
CELT – edition: <link> CELT – translation: <link> Internet Archive – vol. 3: <link> Internet Archive – vols. 1-3: <link>
400–403 [id. 72. ‘Loch Cé’] direct link direct link direct link
[ed.] [tr.] Stokes, Whitley, “The Edinburgh dinnshenchas”, Folk-Lore 4 (1893): 471–497.
TLH – edition: <link> TLH – translation: <link> Internet Archive: <link>
492–493 [id. 75. ‘Loch Cé’] Prose from Egerton 1781 direct link

Secondary sources (select)

Gwynn, E. J., The metrical dindsenchas, 5 vols, vol. 3, Todd Lecture Series, 10, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, 1913.
CELT – edition: <link> CELT – translation: <link> Internet Archive – vol. 3: <link> Internet Archive – vols. 1-3: <link>
551 [id. 72. ‘Loch Cé’] direct link
Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
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October 2012, last updated: June 2023