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Dinnshenchas of Loch Garman

verse beg. Rí na loch in loch-sa thess

• Middle Irish
• verse, prose
• Early Irish poetry, Dinnshenchas Érenn, Irish legendary history, dinnshenchas

Text, in prose and verse, on the dinnshenchas of Loch Garman.

Initial words (verse)

• Rí na loch in loch-sa thess

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. 196a
• Poem.

• Dinnshenchas Érenn B
• Prose.

• Dinnshenchas Érenn C
• Prose and verse.

Author

Ascribed to: Eochaid ua CéirínEochaid (Eolach) úa Céirín
(fl. 11th century?)
Middle Irish poet
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Ascr. to Eochaid Eólach Úa Ceirín.

Manuscripts

Dinnshenchas Érenn A

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

  p. 196a

Dinnshenchas Érenn B

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

  p. 159

  Prose
• Ed. =
  Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland, Adv. MS 72.1.16 [s. xv^ex]

  Prose and ll. 149-188 of the poem

Dinnshenchas Érenn C

• R =
  Rennes, Bibliothèque de Rennes Métropole, MS 598 ff. 90-125 [s. xiii/xiv (?)]
• B =
  Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 12 = Book of Ballymote (Leabhar Bhaile an Mhóta) [1384 x 1406]
• Lc =
  Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 2 = Book of Lecan [s. xvⁱⁿ]
• M =
  Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D ii 1 (1225) = Leabhar Uí Mhaine (The Book of Uí Maine) [1394]
• S =
  Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D ii 2 (1222) [s. xvi (?)]
• S3 =
  Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS B iii 1 (742) [s. xvii]
• H =
  Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1322 (H 3. 3) [s. xvi]

See also results from manuscript descriptions

Language

• Middle Irish

Form

verse, prose (primary)

verse (secondary)

Contains poems

‘Mac Boma lecce luaidmi’ » A quatrain cited in the prose text.

Classification

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

id. 6712

Irish legendary historyIrish legendary history
...

dinnshenchasIrish narrative literature, onomastic lore and learning, topographical literature
dinnshenchas

id. 32607

Subjects

Cathaír MórCathaír Mór
(time-frame ass. with Cathaír Mór)
Cathaír Mór (earlier Catháer Már), legendary high-king of Ireland, ancestor figure of the Laigin
See more Fir BolgFir Bolg
No short description available
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Loch GarmanLoch Garman

No description available

See more Inber DeaInber Dea

No description available

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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. 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>

168–183 [id. 32. ‘Loch Garman’] direct link direct link direct link

[ed.] [tr.] Stokes, Whitley, “The prose tales in the Rennes dindshenchas”, Revue Celtique 15 (1894): 272–336, 418–484.  

An edition and translation of the prose texts in the Dinnshenchas Érenn as they occur in Rennes, Bibliothèque de Rennes Métropole, MS 598. Missing texts are supplied from the Book of Lecan version.

TLH – edition (I, pp. 277-336): <link> TLH – translation (I): <link> TLH – edition (II, pp. 418-484): <link> TLH – translation (II): <link> Celtic Digital Initiative: <link> Internet Archive – 272–336: <link> Internet Archive – 272–336: <link> Internet Archive – 418–484: <link> Internet Archive – 418–484: <link>

428–431 [id. 40. ‘Loch Garman’] direct link

[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>

474 [id. 5. ‘Loch Garman’]

[ed.] [tr.] Crowe, John O'Beirne [ed. and tr.], “Ancient lake legends of Ireland — No. II. The vision of Cathair Mor, king of Leinster, and afterwards monarch of Ireland, foreboding the origin of Loch Garman (Wexford Haven)”, The Journal of the Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland, 4th series, 2:1 — 1872 (1874): 25–49.

Internet Archive: <link>, <link>

Earlier edition and translation of the prose from the Book of Lecan and the poem from the Book of Leinster, with notes

Secondary sources (select)

Gwynn, E. J. [ed. and tr.], 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>

508–510 [id. 32. ‘Loch Garman’] direct link

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Contributors

C. A., Dennis Groenewegen

Page created

September 2012, last updated: August 2021