Texts

verse beg. Amra in mag imríadat fir

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

Dinnshenchas of Mag Coba (according to Gwynn, a plain in the barony of Iveagh, Co. Down)

Initial words (verse)

Amra in mag imríadat fir

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
Edinburgh MS: prose with one quatrain of verse

Dinnshenchas Érenn C
prose and verse

Manuscripts

Dinnshenchas Érenn B

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

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]

Language

Middle Irish

Form

prose, verse (primary)

verse (secondary)

Contains poems

‘Cobha cuthcaire go ngloir’ » A quatrain cited in the Edinburgh prose version.

Number of stanzas

4

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
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Dinnshenchas Érenn
Dinnshenchas Érenn

id. 6712

Irish legendary historyIrish legendary history
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DinnshenchasDinnshenchas
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Subjects

Coba [eponym of Mag Coba]Coba ... eponym of Mag Coba

Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.

See more ÉrimónÉrimón

Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.

Mag CobaMag Coba

No description available

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. 4, Todd Lecture Series 11, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, 1924.

CELT – edition: <link> CELT – translation: <link> Internet Archive – vol. 4: <link>

122–125 [id. 26. ‘Mag Coba’] Poem. direct link direct link direct link

[ed.] [tr.] Stokes, Whitley [ed. and tr.], “The prose tales in the Rennes dindshenchas”, Revue Celtique 16 (1895): 31–83, 135–167, 269–312, 468.

TLH – edition (III, 31-83): <link> TLH – translation (III): <link> TLH – edition (IV, pp. 135-167): <link> TLH – translation (IV): <link> Celtic Digital Initiative – PDF: <link> Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive: <link>

44 [id. 93. ‘Mag Coba’] Prose. direct link

[ed.] [tr.] Stokes, Whitley [ed. and tr.], “The Edinburgh dinnshenchas”, Folk-Lore 4 (1893): 471–497.

TLH – edition: <link> TLH – translation: <link> Internet Archive: <link>

482 [id. 62. ‘Mag Coba’] direct link

Secondary sources (select)

Gwynn, E. J. [ed. and tr.], The metrical dindsenchas, 5 vols, vol. 4, Todd Lecture Series 11, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, 1924.

CELT – edition: <link> CELT – translation: <link> Internet Archive – vol. 4: <link>

407 [id. 26. ‘Mag Coba’] direct link

web page identifiers

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October 2012, last updated: August 2021