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Dinnshenchas of Mag Dá Gési

verse beg. In lia notheilginn do grés

• Middle Irish
• verse, prose
• Early Irish poetry, Dinnshenchas Érenn, Finn Cycle, dinnshenchas

Dinnshenchas of Mag Dá Gési (Mag Dá Géise).

First words (verse)

• In lia notheilginn do grés

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. 192a: poem

• Dinnshenchas Érenn C

Author

Ascribed to: Finn mac CumaillFinn mac Cumaill (Find úa Báiscni)
Fionn mac Cumhaill, Find úa Báiscni
(time-frame ass. with Finn Cycle, Finn mac Cumaill, Cormac mac Airt)
Finn mac Cumaill (earlier mac Umaill?), Find úa Báiscni: central hero in medieval Irish and Scottish literature of the so-called Finn Cycle; warrior-hunter and leader of a fían
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The poem is ascribed to Find mac Cumaill.

Manuscripts

Dinnshenchas Érenn A (verse):

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

  p. 192abeginning: ‘In lía no theilginn do grés’

  Poem.

Dinnshenchas Érenn C (mixed)

• t.b.a.

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Language

• Middle Irish

Date

12th century (Meyer).^{(1)n. 1} Kuno Meyer, Fianaigecht (1910): xxix.

Form

verse, prose (primary)

Classification

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

id. 6712

Finn Cycle
Finn Cycle

id. 578

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

id. 32607

Subjects

Mag Dá GésiMag Dá Gési

No description available

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Sources

Notes

^1.

Kuno Meyer, Fianaigecht (1910): xxix.

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., 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>

324–325 [id. 119. ‘Mag Dá Gési’] direct link direct link direct link

[ed.] Windisch, Ernst [ed.], Irische Texte mit Wörterbuch, 4 vols, vol. 1, Leipzig, 1880.

Internet Archive: <link>, <link>

160–161 Edition only.

Secondary sources (select)

Gwynn, E. J., 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>

462 [id. 119. ‘Mag Dá Gési’] direct link

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Contributors

C. A., Dennis Groenewegen

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August 2012, last updated: August 2021