Texts
Dinnshenchas of Mag Muirisceverse beg. A fhir a Muirisc na marc
- Middle Irish
- prose, verse
- Early Irish poetry, Dinnshenchas Érenn, Dinnshenchas
Dinnshenchas of Mag Muirisce
Initial words (verse)
- A fhir a Muirisc na marc
Context(s)The (textual) context(s) to which the present text belongs or in which it is cited in part or in whole.
Manuscripts
- Dinnshenchas Érenn A
- Dinnshenchas Érenn B
- Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 506 ff. 1-16a [s. xiv (+ xvii)]
- Dinnshenchas Érenn CR B Lc M S S3 H
Language
- Middle Irish
Form
prose, verse (primary)
Number of stanzas
13
Textual relationships
A shorter poem on Mag Muirisce is appended to the copy in the Book of Uí Maine. See Dinnshenchas of Mag Muirisce II.
Related: Dinnshenchas of Mag Muirisce IIDinnshenchas of Mag Muirisce IIPoem added to one copy of Dinnshenchas of Mag Muirisce, with a quatrain interpolated into three copies of said text.Dinnshenchas of Mag Muirisce IIDinnshenchas of Mag Muirisce IIPoem added to one copy of Dinnshenchas of Mag Muirisce, with a quatrain interpolated into three copies of said text.
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. 3, Todd Lecture Series 10, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, 1913.
[ed.] [tr.] Stokes, Whitley, “The prose tales in the Rennes dindshenchas”, Revue Celtique 15 (1894): 272–336, 418–484.
An edition and translation of the prose texts in the Dinnshenchas Érenn as they occur in Rennes, Bibliothèque de Rennes Métropole, MS 598. Missing texts are supplied from the Book of Lecan version.
TLH – edition (I, pp. 277-336): <link> TLH – translation (I): <link> TLH – edition (II, pp. 418-484): <link> TLH – translation (II): <link> Celtic Digital Initiative: <link> Internet Archive – 272–336: <link> Internet Archive – 272–336: <link> Internet Archive – 418–484: <link> Internet Archive – 418–484: <link>
476–477 [id. 76. ‘Mag Muirisc’] direct link
[ed.] [tr.] Stokes, Whitley [ed. and tr.], “The Bodleian dinnshenchas”, Folk-Lore 3 (1892): 467–516.
TLH – edition: <link> TLH – translation: <link> Internet Archive: <link>
507–508 [id. 44. ‘Mag Murisce’] Prose from Rawlinson B 506. direct link
Secondary sources (select)
Gwynn, E. J. [ed. and tr.], The metrical dindsenchas, 5 vols, vol. 3, Todd Lecture Series 10, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, 1913.
CELT – edition: <link> CELT – translation: <link> Internet Archive – vol. 3: <link> Internet Archive – vols. 1-3: <link>
556–557 [id. 79. ‘Mag Muireisce’] direct link
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October 2012, last updated: August 2021