Texts
Dinnshenchas of Loch Garmanverse 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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(fl. 11th century?)
Middle Irish poet
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Ascr. to Eochaid Eólach Úa Ceirín.
Manuscripts
- Dinnshenchas Érenn A
- L =
- Dinnshenchas Érenn B
- Ed. = Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland, Adv. MS 72.1.16 [s. xvex]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 =
- Lc =
- M =
- S = Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D ii 2 (1222) [s. xvi (?)]
- S3 =
- H =
Language
- Middle Irish
Form
verse, prose (primary)
verse (secondary)
Contains poems
‘Mac Boma lecce luaidmi’ » A quatrain cited in the prose text.
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.
[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.] 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.
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
web page identifiers
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Contributors
C. A., Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
September 2012, last updated: August 2021