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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.
Author
Ascribed to: Finn mac Cumaill
Finn mac Cumaill (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. 192a
beg. ‘In lía no theilginn do grés’
Poem.
Dinnshenchas Érenn C (mixed)
  • t.b.a.
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
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Dinnshenchas Érenn
Dinnshenchas Érenn
id. 6712

The Dinnshenchas Érenn is a compilation of literary compositions, in prose or verse, on lore surrounding the prominent places of Ireland. These texts usually offer origin legends which purport to explain how a well-known place in Ireland, such as a certain hill, plain or lake, received its present or former name. The genesis of this collection is usually dated to the late Middle Irish period (11th and 12th centuries).

Finn Cycle
Finn Cycle
id. 578
dinnshenchasIrish narrative literature, onomastic lore and learning, topographical literature
dinnshenchas
id. 32607

Subjects

Mag Dá GésiMag Dá Gési
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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>  : View in Mirador
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> Internet Archive – Originally from Google Books: <link> – Vol. 1, part 1: View in Mirador – Vol. 1, part 2: Wörterbuch: View in Mirador
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>  : View in Mirador
462 [id. 119. ‘Mag Dá Gési’] direct link
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Contributors
C. A., Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
August 2012, last updated: January 2024
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