Dinnshenchas of Loch nDechet verse beg. Adfethet laech, línib slúag
- Middle Irish
- prose, verse
- Early Irish poetry, Dinnshenchas Érenn, dinnshenchas
Dinnshenchas of Loch nDechet (Loch Techet), usually identified as Lough Gara, versions of which occur in both prose and verse. The lake is said to derive its name from a certain Dechet, a rath-builder who was generously rewarded for his work and received the produce of Ess Ruaid (Assaroe) as his provisions. However, he ate and drank so much that he ended up going mad and drowned in the lake.
- Adfethet laech, línib slúag
- Dinnshenchas Érenn A
- no. 211.5
- LL p. 211: poem
- Dinnshenchas Érenn B
- no. 167.2
- prose
- Middle Irish
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.
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.
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