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Dinnshenchas of Mag mBreg

verse beg. Secht maic Breogain, bríg cen brón

• Middle Irish
• prose, verse
• Early Irish poetry, Dinnshenchas Érenn, Dinnshenchas

Text on the dinnshenchas of Mag mBreg.

Initial words (verse)

• Secht maic Breogain, bríg cen brón

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 B
• prose, with one quatrain

• Dinnshenchas Érenn C
• prose and verse

Manuscripts

Dinnshenchas Érenn B

• Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 506 ff. 1-16a [s. xiv (+ xvii)]

  f. 11

Dinnshenchas Érenn C

• R =
  Rennes, Bibliothèque de Rennes Métropole, MS 598 ff. 90-125 [s. xiii/xiv (?)]
• H₂ =
  Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1289 (H 1. 15) = The Psalter of Tara [1745]

  Copy from the Book of Ballymote.
• B₂ =
  Copy from the Book of Ballymote.
• Lc =
  Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 2 = Book of Lecan [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 (?)]
• S₂ =
  Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS B ii 2 (741) [s. xiv-xvi ?]
• S₃ =
  Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS B iii 1 (742) [s. xvii]
• H =
  Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1322 (H 3. 3) [s. xvi]

See also results from manuscript descriptions

Language

• Middle Irish

Form

prose, verse (primary)

verse (secondary)

Contains poems

‘Mag mBreoga, buaid ar mbunaidh’ » A quatrain in the prose version of recension B.

Number of stanzas

7

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
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Dinnshenchas Érenn
Dinnshenchas Érenn

id. 6712

DinnshenchasDinnshenchas
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Subjects

Mag mBregMag mBreg

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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. 4, Todd Lecture Series 11, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, 1924.

CELT – edition: <link> CELT – translation: <link> Internet Archive – vol. 4: <link>

190–193 [id. 46. ‘Mag Breg’] Verse. direct link direct link direct link

[ed.] [tr.] Stokes, Whitley [ed. and tr.], “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>

62–63 [id. 111. ‘Mag mBreg’] Prose. 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>

470–471 [id. 2. ‘Mag mBreg’] Prose from the Bodleian MS. direct link

Secondary sources (select)

Gwynn, E. J. [ed. and tr.], 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 [id. 46. ‘Mag Breg’] direct link

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