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Dinnshenchas of Loch nÉrne
verse beg. Loch nÉrne, ard a oscur

  • Middle Irish
  • prose, verse
  • Early Irish poetry, Dinnshenchas Érenn
Dinnshenchas of Loch nÉrne
First words (verse)
  • Loch nÉrne, ard a oscur
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 A
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339 (H 2. 18) = Book of Leinster [s. xii2]
p. 212
Poem
Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland, Adv. MS 72.1.16 [s. xvex]
Dinnshenchas Érenn C (prose and verse)
B =
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 12 (536) = Book of Ballymote (Leabhar Bhaile an Mhóta) [1384 x 1406]
Lc =
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 2 = Book of Lecan (Leabhar Leacain) [s. xvin]
p. 498a
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]
Language
  • Middle Irish
Form
prose, verse (primary)
Length
Number of stanzas: 20

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
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Dinnshenchas Érenn
Dinnshenchas Érenn
id. 6712

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Subjects

Loch Éirne
Loch Éirne ... Lough Erne
County Fermanagh
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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>
460–467 [id. 85. ‘Loch n-Érne’] 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>
483–484 [id. 80. ‘Loch nÉrne’] direct link
[ed.] [tr.] Stokes, Whitley, “The Edinburgh dinnshenchas”, Folk-Lore 4 (1893): 471–497.
TLH – edition: <link> TLH – translation: <link> Internet Archive: <link>
476–477 [id. 56. ‘Loch n-Erne’] Prose from the Edinburgh MS. 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>
562 [id. 85. ‘Loch n-Érne’] direct link
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Contributors
C. A., Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
October 2012, last updated: June 2023
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