Dinnshenchas of Slige Dálaverse beg. Senchas cía lín noniarfaig
- Middle Irish
- verse, prose
- Early Irish poetry, Dinnshenchas Érenn, dinnshenchas
Dinnshenchas tale, in prose and in verse, which begins with an etymological explanation of Slige Dála and proceeds to account for the names of the five chief roads leading out of Tara (Slige Dála, Slige Mór, Slige Midlúachra, Slige Chúalann and Slige Assail). In copies of the prose text of recension C, the story of Airne Fíngein is cited as a source and followed by a poem said to have been uttered by Fíngen mac Luchta on the night he witnessed the wonders from that tale.
- Senchas cía lín noniarfaig
- Dinnshenchas Érenn A
- LL p. 155
- A – LL/LaudStokes observes that the beginning (§§ 1–2) of the prose text in LL and Laud “varies greatly”:
- L (prose) = Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339 (H 2. 18) = Book of Leinster [s. xii2]p. 169beginning: ‘Slige Dala unde nominatur. .nī. Dalo glas do grécaib Scithia is uad do-garar sligi Dala’Prose. Concludes with a quatrain (Dalo Inteng Gláire glan / Brea Grea Cairiu is Cannan / ocus Carmun cloen cathach / ba hadbal cland oenathair).
- L (verse) = Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339 (H 2. 18) = Book of Leinster [s. xii2]p. 155beginning: ‘Senchas cía lín noniarfaig’Poem.
- Laud (prose) = Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Laud Misc. 610 ff. 1–58 and ff. 73–122 = Leabhar na Rátha [1453–1454]f. 86va.1–31beginning: ‘Dala Ghlass do Grecaib Scithia’
- CProse, with Fíngen’s poem, and poem beg. Senchas cia lin no niarfaig
- R (prose) = Rennes, Bibliothèque de Rennes Métropole, MS 598 ff. 90-125 [s. xiii/xiv (?)]ff. 108vb–109ra context: Dinnshenchas Érenn CProse and Fíngen’s poem.
- R (verse) =
- B (prose) = Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 12 (536) = Book of Ballymote (Leabhar Bhaile an Mhóta) [1384 x 1406]f. 203va.m–203va.iProse and Fíngen’s poem.
- B (verse) = Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 12 (536) = Book of Ballymote (Leabhar Bhaile an Mhóta) [1384 x 1406]ff. 203vb.m–204ra.ibeginning: ‘Seanchas cia lín nosfiafraigh’25 qq.
- Le (prose) = Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 2 = Book of Lecan [s. xvin]f. 239vb.m–vb.iProse and Fíngen’s poem.
- Le (verse) = Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 2 = Book of Lecan [s. xvin]f. 240ra.mbeginning: ‘Seanchus ca lín ros fíarfaid’25 qq.
- M (prose) = Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D ii 1 (1225) = Leabhar Uí Mhaine (The Book of Uí Maine) [1394]Prose and Fíngen’s poem.
- M (verse) =
- S (prose) =
- S (verse) = Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D ii 2 (1222) [s. xvi (?)]p. 35b.ibeginning: ‘Seanchas cia lin rosfíarfaidh’25 qq.
- S3 (prose) =
- S3 (verse) =
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- H (verse) =
- Middle Irish
Early Irish poem attributed to Fíngen mac Luchta on the wonders (búada) he witnessed surrounding the birth of Conn Cétchatach. The poem is attested in the context of the prose Dinnshenchas of Slige Dála, on the five chief roads out from Tara.
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.
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.
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