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Dinnshenchas of Slíab Fúait II

verse beg. Finnaid úaim, co ségda suairc

• Middle Irish
• prose, verse
• Early Irish poetry, Dinnshenchas Érenn, dinnshenchas

Prose text and poem on the dinnshenchas of Slíab Fúait.

First words (verse)

• Finnaid úaim, co ségda suairc

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

• Dinnshenchas Érenn C
• prose and verse

Author

Ascribed to: Gilla na Náem Úa DuinnÚa Duinn (Gilla na Náem)
(d. c. 1160)
Gilla na Náem Úa Duinn
Irish scholar and poet who was attached to the monastery of Inis Clothrann, now Inchcleraun (Island), in Lough Ree.
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The final quatrain of the long version of the poem attributes the verse part to úa Duinn (Doáirim úa Duinn duibe), who may be identified with the scholar Gilla na Náem Úa Duinn, fer léiginn of the monastery of Inis Clothrann (Inchcleraun). See notes by Gwynn.

Manuscripts

Dinnshenchas Érenn B

• Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland, Adv. MS 72.1.16 [s. xv^ex]

Dinnshenchas Érenn C (with longer version of the poem, 11 qq.)

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

Dinnshenchas Érenn C (with shorter version of the poem, 3 qq.)

• R =
  Rennes, Bibliothèque de Rennes Métropole, MS 598 ff. 90-125 [s. xiii/xiv (?)]
• B =
  Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 12 (536) = Book of Ballymote (Leabhar Bhaile an Mhóta) [1384 x 1406]
• M =
  Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D ii 1 (1225) = Leabhar Uí Mhaine (The Book of Uí Maine) [1394]

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Language

• Middle Irish

Form

prose, verse (primary)

verse (secondary)

Contains poems

‘Fuat mac Bile chæimh cruadhaigh’ » A quatrain in the Edinburgh prose version.

Number of stanzas

11 or 3

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
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Dinnshenchas Érenn
Dinnshenchas Érenn

id. 6712

dinnshenchasIrish narrative literature, onomastic lore and learning, topographical literature
dinnshenchas

id. 32607

Subjects

Slíab FúaitSlíab Fúait

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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>

166–169 [id. 35. ‘Sliab Fúait II’] 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>

51–52 [id. 100. ‘Sliab Fúait II’] 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>

483 [id. 64. ‘Sliab Fuait’]

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>

420–421 [id. 35. ‘Sliab Fúait II’] direct link

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October 2012, last updated: August 2021