Texts

Dinnshenchas of Mag Léna
verse beg. Inmain in fert, fichtib slúag

  • Middle Irish
  • prose, verse
  • Early Irish poetry, Dinnshenchas Érenn, Ulster Cycle
Text on the dinnshenchas of Mag Léna
First words (verse)
  • Inmain in fert, fichtib slúag
Context(s)The (textual) context(s) to which the present text belongs or in which it is cited in part or in whole.
Language
  • Middle Irish
Form
prose, verse (primary)
Contains poems
Muc mic Dá Thó, tlacht-múad torc’ » An additional, non-dinnshenchas poem beg. ‘Muc mic Dá Thó, tlacht-múad torc’ is added to the text in two manuscript copies of the Dinnshenchas Érenn and also occurs in different contexts elsewhere.
Length
Number of stanzas: 6
Associated items
Muc mic Dá Thó, tlacht-múad torcMuc mic Dá Thó, tlacht-múad torcPoem on Mac Da Thó's pig.

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
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Dinnshenchas Érenn
Dinnshenchas Érenn
id. 6712
Ulster Cycle
Ulster Cycle
id. 1797

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Subjects

Mag Léna
Mag Léna ... Moylen
County Offaly
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Sources

Primary sources

[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>
192–195 [id. 47. ‘Mag Léna I’] Verse. direct link direct link direct link
[ed.] [tr.] Stokes, Whitley, “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>
63–64 [id. 112. ‘Mag Léna’] Prose. direct link

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>
427–428 [id. 47. ‘Mag Léna I’] direct link
Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
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October 2012, last updated: June 2023