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Dinnshenchas of Snám Dá Én
verse beg. Snám Da Én, na éoin diatá

  • Middle Irish
  • prose, verse
  • Early Irish poetry, Dinnshenchas Érenn, Finn Cycle, Dinnshenchas
Prose tract and poem giving two versions of the dinnshenchas of Snám Dá Én. The first story also explains the origin of the names of Áth Lúain, Móin Tíre Náir and Mag nEstin.
First words (verse)
  • Snám Da Én, na éoin diatá
Context(s)The (textual) context(s) to which the present text belongs or in which it is cited in part or in whole.
Manuscripts
Dinnshenchas Érenn A (verse only)
L =
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339 (H 2. 18) = Book of Leinster [s. xii2]
pp. 202b60–203a52
Poem
Supplement to Dinnshenchas Érenn C (part of the prose, MS S only)
S =
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D ii 2 (1222) [s. xvi (?)]
ff. 85va–86ra
First part of the prose
Leiden version (prose)
Leiden, University Library, MS VLQ 7 [s. xvi]
Prose version which does not occur as part of the Dinnshenchas Érenn. It contains both stories, but their order has been reversed here and some additional material is included.
Late copies of the poem (both stories, but in reverse order)
O =
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 L 22 (106) [s. xix]
P =
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 24 P 5 (93) = Reeves manuscript of the Agallamh na seanórach [s. xvii]
Q =
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 L 24 (29) [s. xviii]
Language
  • Middle Irish
Date
12th century (Meyer).(1)n. 1 Kuno Meyer, Fianaigecht (1910).
Form
prose, verse (primary)
verse (secondary)
The prose tract occurs in recension C; the poem on the same subject in both recensions.
Contains poems
‘Is de sin atá Áth Lúain’ » A quatrain beg. ‘Is de sin atá Áth Lúain’ is given in the first prose story, that of Nár, Buide and Lúan, and Estiu.
Associated items
Is de sin atá Áth LúainIs de sin atá Áth LúainQuatrain beginning ‘Is de sin atá Áth Lúain’ cited in the Dinnshenchas of Snám Dá Én.

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
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Dinnshenchas Érenn
Dinnshenchas Érenn
id. 6712

The Dinnshenchas Érenn is a compilation of literary compositions, in prose or verse, on lore surrounding the prominent places of Ireland. These texts usually offer origin legends which purport to explain how a well-known place in Ireland, such as a certain hill, plain or lake, received its present or former name. The genesis of this collection is usually dated to the late Middle Irish period (11th and 12th centuries).

Finn Cycle
Finn Cycle
id. 578
DinnshenchasDinnshenchas
...

Subjects

Finn mac Cumaill
Finn mac Cumaill (Find úa Báiscni)
(time-frame ass. with Finn Cycle, Finn mac Cumaill, Cormac mac Airt)
Finn mac Cumaill (earlier mac Umaill?), Find úa Báiscni: central hero in medieval Irish and Scottish literature of the so-called Finn Cycle; warrior-hunter and leader of a fían
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Snám Dá Én
Snám Dá Én
County Roscommon

A ford across the River Shannon.

See more Áth LúainÁth Lúain
Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.
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Sources

Notes

1.
Kuno Meyer, Fianaigecht (1910).

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>  : View in Mirador
350–367. [id. 127. ‘Snám Dá Én’] Prose and verse. direct link direct link direct link
[ed.] [tr.] Marstrander, Carl [ed. and tr.], “Snám Dá Én cid dia tá”, Ériu 5 (1911): 219–225.
Internet Archive: <link>
Edition and translation of the poem
[ed.] [tr.] Marstrander, Carl [ed. and tr.], “Addendum to Snám Dá Én cid dia tá”, Ériu 5 (1911): 248–249.
Internet Archive: <link>
Variants of the poem from three late copies, i.e. RIA MSS 23 L 22, 24 P 5 and 23 L 24.
[ed.] [tr.] Stern, Ludwig Christian, “Le manuscrit irlandais de Leide”, Revue Celtique 13 (1892): 1–31, 274.
Internet Archive – 1–31: <link> Internet Archive – 274: <link>
7–12 (text); 17–21 (French translation with notes); 3–4 (discussion) Edition of the prose version from Leiden, MS Voss. lat. q. 7; with extracts of LL in the footnotes

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>  : View in Mirador
471–473 [id. 127. ‘Snám Dá Én’] direct link
Dobbs, Margaret, “A note on Aidheda forni do huaislib Érenn and the lost legend of Ferdomon”, Ériu 14 (1946): 166–169.
Henry, P. L., “An Irish-Icelandic parallel: Ferdomun / Karlsefni”, Ériu 18 (1958): 158–159.
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Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
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September 2012, last updated: January 2024
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