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Dinnshenchas of Mag nDumach

verse 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 =
  Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 2 = Book of Lecan [s. xvⁱⁿ]

  p. 524b
• 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

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
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Dinnshenchas Érenn
Dinnshenchas Érenn

id. 6712

DinnshenchasDinnshenchas
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Subjects

Mag nDumachMag nDumach

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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>

260–265 [id. 73. ‘Mag nDumach’] 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>

165–166 [id. 152. ‘Mag Dumach’] Prose. direct link

[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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November 2012, last updated: August 2021