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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

Text on the dinnshenchas of Mag nDumach

First 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 (Leabhar Leacain) [s. xvⁱⁿ]

p. 524b

View manuscript in Mirador

S =

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D ii 2 (1222) [s. xvi (?)]

View manuscript in Mirador

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.

Length

Number of stanzas: 17

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
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Dinnshenchas Érenn
Dinnshenchas Érenn

id. 6712

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Subjects

Mag nDumachMag nDumach

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Sources

Primary sources

[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>

260–265 [id. 73. ‘Mag nDumach’] Verse. 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>

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

[ed.] [tr.] Stokes, Whitley, “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., 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: June 2023