Texts

Dinnshenchas of Temair III
verse beg. Temair, toga na tulach

Cúán úa Lothcháin

Middle Irish
verse
Early Irish poetry, Dinnshenchas Érenn, Dinnshenchas

Dinnshenchas of Temair

First words (verse)

Temair, toga na tulach

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

Author

Cúán úa LothcháinCúán úa Lothcháin
(d. 1024)
Cuán ua Lothcháin
Early Irish poet.
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Ascribed to: Cúán úa LothcháinCúán úa Lothcháin
(d. 1024)
Cuán ua Lothcháin
Early Irish poet.
See more Cináed úa hArtacáinCináed úa hArtacáin
(d. 975)
Cináed ua hArtacáin, Úa hArtacáin (Cináed)
Middle Irish poet.
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Manuscripts

C

R =
Rennes, Bibliothèque de Rennes Métropole, MS 598 ff. 90-125 [s. xiii/xiv (?)]
Poem ascribed to Cuán ua Lothcháin
B =
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 12 (536) = Book of Ballymote (Leabhar Bhaile an Mhóta) [1384 x 1406]
Poem ascribed to Cináed ua hArtacáin;
Y =
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1318 11, cols. 401-436 [s. xv]
Poem ascribed to Cuán ua Lothcháin. The first 33 stanzas are almost illegible (Gwynn).
H =
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1322 (H 3. 3) [s. xvi]
Poem ascribed to Cuán ua Lothcháin.
G =
Poem ascribed to Cuán ua Lothcháin.
S =
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D ii 2 (1222) [s. xvi (?)]
Poem ascribed to Cuán ua Lothcháin.
S₂ =
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS B ii 2 (741) [s. xiv-xvi ?]
Poem ascribed to Cuán ua Lothcháin.
S₃ =
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS B iii 1 (742) [s. xvii]
Poem ascribed to Cuán ua Lothcháin.
H2 (?) =

Language

Middle Irish

Form

verse (primary)

Number of stanzas

47

Textual relationships

Related: Dinnshenchas of Temair IDinnshenchas of Temair IPoem 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.Temair IITemair II

Dinnshenchas of Temair.

Turim 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 TemrachScéla Cormaic ⁊ CiarnaiteScéla Cormaic ⁊ CiarnaiteBrief account of the affair between Cormac mac Airt and Cíarnat, a Pictish princess who was taken captive.Dinnshenchas of Temair (prose)Dinnshenchas of Temair (prose)Dinnshenchas of Temair IDinnshenchas of Temair IPoem 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.Temair IITemair II

Dinnshenchas of Temair.

Turim 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

DinnshenchasDinnshenchas
...

Subjects

Temair

Temair ... Tara

County Meath

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. 1, Todd Lecture Series, 8, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, 1903.

For corrigenda and addenda, see Vol. 5 (1935): 125-126; and Meyer, Kuno, “Erschienene Schriften”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 6 (1908).

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

14–27 [id. 3. ‘Temair III’] direct link direct link direct link

[ed.] [tr.] Petrie, George, and John OʼDonovan [collaborator], “On the history and antiquities of Tara Hill”, Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy 18 (1839): 25–232.

Internet Archive: <link>

143–149 Edition and translation by O'Donovan.

[ed.] [tr.] Crowe, John O'Beirne [ed. and tr.], “The dind-senchus of Eriu”, The Journal of the Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland, 4th series, 2:1 — 1872 (1874): 139–190.

Internet Archive: <link>, <link>

160–171

Secondary sources (select)

Downey, Clodagh, “Dindṡenchas and the tech midchúarta”, Ériu 60 (2010): 1–35.

The banqueting hall (tech midchúarta) of Tara is vividly described in a variety of medieval Irish sources. This paper examines descriptions of the physical layout and social regulation of the banqueting hall in some of these sources with a view to retrieving how their authors understood its form and function, and assesses evidence associating the banqueting hall with the cursus monument in Tara known today as Tech Midchúarta.

Gwynn, E. J., The metrical dindsenchas, 5 vols, vol. 1, Todd Lecture Series, 8, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, 1903.

For corrigenda and addenda, see Vol. 5 (1935): 125-126; and Meyer, Kuno, “Erschienene Schriften”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 6 (1908).