Texts
Dinnshenchas of Mag nDumachverse beg. Tír Úa Failge, fót na fían
- Middle Irish
- prose, verse
- Early Irish poetry, Dinnshenchas Érenn, Dinnshenchas
Text on the dinnshenchas of Mag nDumach
Initial words (verse)
- Tír Úa Failge, fót na fían
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 two verse quatrains, in Egerton 1781 only.
- Dinnshenchas Érenn C
- prose and verse
Manuscripts
- Dinnshenchas Érenn C
- Lc =
- S = Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D ii 2 (1222) [s. xvi (?)]
- Dinnshenchas Érenn B
- London, British Library, MS Egerton 1781 [c. 1484-1487]
Language
- Middle Irish
Form
prose, verse (primary)
Contains poems
‘San cath for Tenndais na treabh’ » Two quatrains at the end of the prose version in Egerton 1781.
Number of stanzas
17
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.] Stokes, Whitley [ed. and tr.], “The prose tales in the Rennes dindshenchas”, Revue Celtique 16 (1895): 31–83, 135–167, 269–312, 468.
[ed.] [tr.] Stokes, Whitley [ed. and tr.], “The Edinburgh dinnshenchas”, Folk-Lore 4 (1893): 471–497.
TLH – edition: <link> TLH – translation: <link> Internet Archive: <link>
493–494 [id. 76. ‘Mag nDumach’] Prose from Egerton 1781. 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>
445–446 [id. 73. ‘Mag nDumach’] direct link
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Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
November 2012, last updated: August 2021