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Dinnshenchas of Ráith Ésa
verse beg. Sund dessid domunemar

  • Middle Irish
  • prose, verse
  • Early Irish poetry, Dinnshenchas Érenn, Mythological Cycle, dinnshenchas
Tract on the dinnshenchas of Ráith Ésa.
Title
Dinnshenchas of Ráith Ésa
Headed Rath Esa in Gwynn's edition.
First words (verse)
  • Sund dessid domunemar
Context(s)The (textual) context(s) to which the present text belongs or in which it is cited in part or in whole.
Author
Ascribed to: Cináed úa hArtacáinCináed úa hArtacáin
(d. 975)
Cináed ua hArtacáin, Úa hArtacáin (Cináed)
Middle Irish poet.
See more Mac Nía mac ÓengussoMac Nía mac Óengusso
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Ascribed to Cináed ua hArtacáin in RIA MS B ii 2 ; to ‘Maicniadh mac Aonaccan’ in TCD MS 1322.
Manuscripts
Dinnshenchas Érenn A
Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Language
  • Middle Irish

  • Middle Irish.

Form
prose, verse (primary)
Textual relationships
Relates to Tochmarc Étaíne.

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
...
Dinnshenchas Érenn
Dinnshenchas Érenn
id. 6712
Mythological CycleMythological Cycle
...
dinnshenchasIrish narrative literature, onomastic lore and learning, topographical literature
dinnshenchas
id. 32607

Subjects

Ráith ÉsaRáith Ésa

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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. 2, Todd Lecture Series, 9, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, 1906.
CELT – edition: <link> CELT – translation: <link> Internet Archive – vol. 2: <link> Internet Archive – vols. 1-3: <link>
2–9 [id. 1. ‘Rath Esa’] direct link direct link direct link
[ed.] [tr.] Stokes, Whitley, “The prose tales in the Rennes dindshenchas”, Revue Celtique 15 (1894): 272–336, 418–484.  

An edition and translation of the prose texts in the Dinnshenchas Érenn as they occur in Rennes, Bibliothèque de Rennes Métropole, MS 598. Missing texts are supplied from the Book of Lecan version.

TLH – edition (I, pp. 277-336): <link> TLH – translation (I): <link> TLH – edition (II, pp. 418-484): <link> TLH – translation (II): <link> Celtic Digital Initiative: <link> Internet Archive – 272–336: <link> Internet Archive – 272–336: <link> Internet Archive – 418–484: <link> Internet Archive – 418–484: <link>
290–291 [id. 3. ‘Ráith Ésa’] direct link

Secondary sources (select)

Gwynn, E. J., The metrical dindsenchas, 5 vols, vol. 2, Todd Lecture Series, 9, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, 1906.
CELT – edition: <link> CELT – translation: <link> Internet Archive – vol. 2: <link> Internet Archive – vols. 1-3: <link>
89–91 [id. 1. ‘Rath Esa’] direct link
web page identifiers
Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen, Patrick Brown
Page created
May 2011, last updated: August 2021
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