Texts
- Middle Irish
- prose, verse
- Early Irish poetry, Dinnshenchas Érenn, Finn Cycle, dinnshenchas
Text on the dinnshenchas of Tipra Sengarmna.
Initial 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.
- Dinnshenchas Érenn A
- LL p. 197a–b
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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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
- Dinnshenchas Érenn C
- Rennes, Bibliothèque de Rennes Métropole, MS 598 ff. 90-125 [s. xiii/xiv (?)]
- Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D ii 2 (1222) [s. xvi (?)]
Language
- Middle Irish
Form
prose, verse (primary)
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. 3, Todd Lecture Series 10, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, 1913.
[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. [ed. and tr.], 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
web page identifiers
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Contributors
C. A., Dennis Groenewegen, Patrick Brown
Page created
May 2011, last updated: August 2021