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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

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 [s. xvⁱⁿ]

  Poem and prose version A
• S =
  Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D ii 2 (1222) [s. xvi (?)]

  Poem and prose version B
• 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)

Number of stanzas

8

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
...
Dinnshenchas Érenn
Dinnshenchas Érenn

id. 6712

Mythological CycleMythological Cycle
...

DinnshenchasDinnshenchas
...

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 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., 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

web page identifiers

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October 2012, last updated: August 2021