Texts
Dinnshenchas of Temair Iverse beg. Temair Breg, cid ní diatá
- Middle Irish
- verse
- Early Irish poetry, Dinnshenchas Érenn, Irish legendary history, dinnshenchas
Poem on the former names and legendary associations of the Hill of Tara. Versions are extant in recensions of LGÉ as well as the Dinnshenchas Érenn.
Initial words (verse)
- Temair Breg, cid ní diatá
“Temair Breg, whence is it named?”
Context(s)The (textual) context(s) to which the present text belongs or in which it is cited in part or in whole.
Speaker/Addressee
Speaker: FintanFintan
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Author
Ascribed to: Fintan mac BóchraFintan mac Bóchra
(time-frame ass. with universal history)
A figure of medieval Irish tradition who survives the Flood and lives to give eye-witness accounts of the history of Ireland
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(time-frame ass. with universal history)
A figure of medieval Irish tradition who survives the Flood and lives to give eye-witness accounts of the history of Ireland
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Ascr. to Fintan fili, presumably Fintan mac Bóchra, who is made to refer to himself in the last quatrain of the poem. Cf. [[Introduction to the Dinnshenchas Érenn
|the introduction to the Dinnshenchas Érenn]].
Manuscripts
- Dinnshenchas Érenn C (the mixed recension):
- R =
- B = Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 12 = Book of Ballymote (Leabhar Bhaile an Mhóta) [1384 x 1406]p. 40b
- B2 =
- H2 =
- H =
- S = Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D ii 2 (1222) [s. xvi (?)]
- S2 = Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS B ii 2 (741) [s. xiv-xvi ?]
- S3 =
- X =
- V =
Language
- Middle Irish
Form
verse (primary)
Number of stanzas
11
Textual relationships
Related: Temair IITemair II
Dinnshenchas of Temair.
Dinnshenchas of Temair IIIDinnshenchas of Temair IIIDinnshenchas of TemairTurim tigi TemrachTurim tigi TemrachDinnshenchas of Temair.
Dinnshenchas of Temair.
Dinnshenchas of Temair IIIDinnshenchas of Temair IIIDinnshenchas of TemairTurim tigi TemrachTurim tigi TemrachDinnshenchas of Temair.
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. [ed. and tr.], The metrical dindsenchas, 5 vols, vol. 1, Todd Lecture Series 8, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, 1903.
[corr.] Gwynn, E. J., The metrical dindsenchas, 5 vols, vol. 5, Todd Lecture Series 12, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, 1935.
Internet Archive – vol. 5: <link>
125 Corrigenda. direct link
[ed.] [tr.] Macalister, R. A. Stewart [ed.], Lebor gabála Érenn: The book of the taking of Ireland, 5 vols, vol. 5, Irish Texts Society 44, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, 1942.
Internet Archive: <link>
82–83 § 444. Prose version from LGÉ direct link
[ed.] [tr.] Petrie, George, and John O'Donovan [collaborator], “On the history and antiquities of Tara Hill”, Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy 18 (1839): 25–232.
Internet Archive: <link>
131–132 Edited from BB. direct link
Secondary sources (select)
Gwynn, E. J. [ed. and tr.], The metrical dindsenchas, 5 vols, vol. 1, Todd Lecture Series 8, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, 1903.
CELT – edition: <link> CELT – translation: <link> Internet Archive – vols. 1-3: <link>
57–58 [id. 1. ‘Temair I’] direct link
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Contributors
C. A., Dennis Groenewegen
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May 2012, last updated: August 2021