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Dinnshenchas of Tipra Sengarmna
verse beg. Tipra Sen-Garmna fo a snas

  • Middle Irish
  • prose, verse
  • Early Irish poetry, Dinnshenchas Érenn, Finn Cycle

Text on the dinnshenchas of Tipra Sengarmna.

First words (verse)
  • Tipra Sen-Garmna fo a snas
“The Well of Sen-Garman, with its chip of wood”
Context(s)The (textual) context(s) to which the present text belongs or in which it is cited in part or in whole.
Author
Ascribed to: Fergus FínbélFergus Fínbél
Fergus Fínbhélach
(time-frame ass. with Finn mac Cumaill, Cormac mac Airt)
In tales of the Finn Cycle, a poet in the retinue of Finn mac Cumaill, sometimes identified as a son of a certain Finn.
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Most copies attribute the poem to Fergus Finbél.
Manuscripts
Dinnshenchas Érenn A
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339 (H 2. 18) = Book of Leinster [s. xii2]
Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Rennes, Bibliothèque de Rennes Métropole, MS 598 ff. 90-125 [s. xiii/xiv (?)]
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 12 (536) = Book of Ballymote (Leabhar Bhaile an Mhóta) [1384 x 1406]
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 2 = Book of Lecan (Leabhar Leacain) [s. xvin]
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D ii 1 (1225) = Leabhar Uí Mhaine (The Book of Uí Maine) [1394]
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D ii 2 (1222) [s. xvi (?)]
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS B iii 1 (742) [s. xvii]
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1289 (H 1. 15) = The Psalter of Tara [1745]
Language
  • Middle Irish
Form
prose, verse (primary)

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
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Dinnshenchas Érenn
Dinnshenchas Érenn
id. 6712
Finn Cycle
Finn Cycle
id. 578

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Subjects

Tipra SengarmnaTipra Sengarmna

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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. 3, Todd Lecture Series, 10, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, 1913.
CELT – edition: <link> CELT – translation: <link> Internet Archive – vol. 3: <link> Internet Archive – vols. 1-3: <link>
242–253 [id. 46. ‘Tipra Sen-Garmna’] Poem direct link direct link
[ed.] [tr.] Stokes, Whitley, “The prose tales in the Rennes dindshenchas”, Revue Celtique 15 (1894): 272–336, 418–484.  

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.

TLH – edition (I, pp. 277-336): <link> TLH – translation (I): <link> TLH – edition (II, pp. 418-484): <link> TLH – translation (II): <link> Celtic Digital Initiative: <link> Internet Archive – 272–336: <link> Internet Archive – 272–336: <link> Internet Archive – 418–484: <link> Internet Archive – 418–484: <link>
447–448 (§ 52) [id. 52. ‘Tipra Sengarman’] Prose text.

Secondary sources (select)

Gwynn, E. J., The metrical dindsenchas, 5 vols, vol. 3, Todd Lecture Series, 10, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, 1913.
CELT – edition: <link> CELT – translation: <link> Internet Archive – vol. 3: <link> Internet Archive – vols. 1-3: <link>
521–523 [id. 46. ‘Tipra Sen-Garmna’] direct link
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Contributors
C. A., Dennis Groenewegen, Patrick Brown
Page created
May 2011, last updated: September 2023
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