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Dinnshenchas of Temair I

verse 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.

• Dinnshenchas Érenn C

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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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 =
  Rennes, Bibliothèque de Rennes Métropole, MS 598 ff. 90-125 [s. xiii/xiv (?)]

  ff. 90rb–90va

  Poem.
• B =
  Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 12 = Book of Ballymote (Leabhar Bhaile an Mhóta) [1384 x 1406]

  p. 40b
  • B₂ =
    Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1295 (H 2. 4) [1728]

    Copy of BB.
  • H₂ =
    Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1289 (H 1. 15) = The Psalter of Tara [1745]

    Copy of BB.
• H =
  Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1322 (H 3. 3) [s. xvi]
• 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 =
  Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS B iii 1 (742) [s. xvii]
• X =
  Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 N 11 (487) [s. xviii]
• V =
  Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 24 P 13 (1068) [s. xvii]

See also results from manuscript descriptions

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 Temrach

Dinnshenchas of Temair.

Dinnshenchas of Temair VDinnshenchas of Temair VPoem on the dinnshenchas of Temair (Tara), consisting mostly of a long list of placenames.Dinnshenchas of Temair (prose)Dinnshenchas of Temair (prose)Dindgnai TemrachDindgnai TemrachDindgnai TemrachDindgnai TemrachDinnshenchas of Temair (prose)Dinnshenchas of Temair (prose)Temair IITemair II

Dinnshenchas of Temair.

Dinnshenchas of Temair IIIDinnshenchas of Temair IIIDinnshenchas of TemairTurim tigi TemrachTurim tigi Temrach

Dinnshenchas of Temair.

Dinnshenchas of Temair VDinnshenchas of Temair VPoem on the dinnshenchas of Temair (Tara), consisting mostly of a long list of placenames.

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
...
Dinnshenchas Érenn
Dinnshenchas Érenn

id. 6712

Irish legendary historyIrish legendary history
...

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

id. 32607

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.  

comments: For corrigenda and addenda, see:

• [[Gwynn 1935a

|Vol. 5]] (1935): 125-126

• Meyer, K., “Erschienene Schriften”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 6 (1908)

CELT – edition: <link> CELT – translation: <link> Internet Archive – vols. 1-3: <link>

2–5 [id. 1. ‘Temair I’] Poem. direct link direct link direct link

[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

[corr.] Meyer, Kuno, “Erschienene Schriften”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 6 (1908): 245–248.

Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive – Faint scan.: <link>

Corrigenda.

[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.  

comments: For corrigenda and addenda, see:

• [[Gwynn 1935a

|Vol. 5]] (1935): 125-126

• Meyer, K., “Erschienene Schriften”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 6 (1908)

CELT – edition: <link> CELT – translation: <link> Internet Archive – vols. 1-3: <link>

57–58 [id. 1. ‘Temair I’] direct link

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