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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.

• Dinnshenchas Érenn B
• prose

• Dinnshenchas Érenn C
• Poem and prose tract, of which three versions are found in the manuscripts.

Manuscripts

Dinnshenchas Érenn B

London, British Library, MS Egerton 1781 [c. 1484-1487]

Dinnshenchas Érenn C

Lc =

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 2 = Book of Lecan (Leabhar Leacain) [s. xvⁱⁿ]

Poem and prose version A

View manuscript in Mirador

S =

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D ii 2 (1222) [s. xvi (?)]

Poem and prose version B

View manuscript in Mirador

S₃ =

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS B iii 1 (742) [s. xvii]

Poem and prose version C

H =

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1322 (H 3. 3) [s. xvi]

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

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Contributors

Dennis Groenewegen

Page created

October 2012, last updated: June 2023