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.

Dinnshenchas Érenn C
prose and verse

Manuscripts

Dinnshenchas Érenn C

R =

Rennes, Bibliothèque de Rennes Métropole, MS 598 ff. 90-125 [s. xiii/xiv (?)]

H₃ =

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1286 2 [c.1746]

B₂ =

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1295 (H 2. 4) [1728]

Copy from the Book of Ballymote.

Lc =

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 2 = Book of Lecan (Leabhar Leacain) [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]

S₄ =

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D iv 2 (992) [s. xv]

f. 54ra–54rb

Prose and verse.

H =

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1322 (H 3. 3) [s. xvi]

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
...
Dinnshenchas Érenn
Dinnshenchas Érenn

id. 6712

Ulster Cycle
Ulster Cycle

id. 1797

...

Subjects

Mag Léna

Mag Léna ... Moylen

County Offaly

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

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Contributors

Dennis Groenewegen

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October 2012, last updated: June 2023

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