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Dinnshenchas of Mag nÍtha

verse beg. In mag itám sund 'nar socht

• Middle Irish
• verse, verse
• Early Irish poetry, Dinnshenchas Érenn, Irish legendary history, Mythological Cycle, Dinnshenchas

dinnshenchas of Mag nÍtha

First words (verse)

• In mag itám sund 'nar socht

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

• Dinnshenchas Érenn C

Manuscripts

Dinnshenchas Érenn B

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

Dinnshenchas Érenn C

• R =
  Rennes, Bibliothèque de Rennes Métropole
• B =
  Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 12 (536) = Book of Ballymote (Leabhar Bhaile an Mhóta) [1384 x 1406]

  f. 223r

  A scribal note in the margin corrects or identifies Mag mBogc (line 3) as (Mag) mBolc.
• 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 (?)]
• 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

verse, verse (primary)

Number of stanzas

7

Textual relationships

Cf. Lebor gabála Érenn

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
...
Dinnshenchas Érenn
Dinnshenchas Érenn

id. 6712

Irish legendary historyIrish legendary history
...
Mythological CycleMythological Cycle
...

DinnshenchasDinnshenchas
...

Subjects

Mag nÍtha

Mag nÍtha

County Donegal, Id

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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., 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>

90–93 [id. 21. ‘Mag n-Ítha’] Poem. 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>

40 [id. 90. ‘Mag n-Itha’] Prose. direct link

[ed.] [tr.] Stokes, Whitley, “The Bodleian dinnshenchas”, Folk-Lore 3 (1892): 467–516.

TLH – edition: <link> TLH – translation: <link> Internet Archive: <link>

515 [id. 52. ‘Mag n-Itha’] Prose from Rawlinson B 506. 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>

398–399 [id. 21. ‘Mag n-Ítha’] direct link

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October 2012, last updated: August 2021