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Dinnshenchas of Tlachtga
verse beg. Tlachtga, tulach ordain úais

  • Middle Irish
  • prose, verse
  • Early Irish poetry, Dinnshenchas Érenn
Text on the dinnshenchas of Tlachtga
First words (verse)
  • Tlachtga, tulach ordain úais
Context(s)The (textual) context(s) to which the present text belongs or in which it is cited in part or in whole.
Manuscripts
Dinnshenchas Érenn B
Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland, Adv. MS 72.1.16 [s. xvex]
f. 5v
Dinnshenchas Érenn C
R =
Rennes, Bibliothèque de Rennes Métropole, MS 598 ff. 90-125 [s. xiii/xiv (?)]
B =
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 12 (536) = Book of Ballymote (Leabhar Bhaile an Mhóta) [1384 x 1406]
Lc =
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 2 = Book of Lecan (Leabhar Leacain) [s. xvin]
M =
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D ii 1 (1225) = Leabhar Uí Mhaine (The Book of Uí Maine) [1394]
S =
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D ii 2 (1222) [s. xvi (?)]
S3 =
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS B iii 1 (742) [s. xvii]
H =
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1322 (H 3. 3) [s. xvi]
Language
  • Middle Irish
Form
prose, verse (primary)
verse (secondary)
Contains poems
‘Tlachtga inghen Modha moir’ » A quatrain in the Edinburgh prose version.
Length
Number of stanzas: 14

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
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Dinnshenchas Érenn
Dinnshenchas Érenn
id. 6712

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Subjects

Legends of Mog Ruith, Simon Magus and John the Baptistapocryphal and pseudepigraphical literature
Legends of Mog Ruith, Simon Magus and John the Baptist
id. 61081
Simon MagusSimon Magus
No short description available
See more Mog RuithMog Ruith
Mug Roith, Mug Ruith
Legendary Irish magician from Munster, who was linked in Ireland to biblical and apocryphal traditions, notably as a pupil under Simon Magus and as one responsible for the beheading of John the Baptist. He appears in Irish genealogies as a descendant of Medb and her lover Fergus mac Roích and as an ancestor for Fir Maige Féine, in the area about present-day Fermoy.
See more mythological figure TlachtgaTlachtga (mythological figure)
Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.

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Tlachtga
Tlachtga ... Hill of Ward
County Meath
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Keywords

WheelWheel
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Sources

Primary sources

[ed.] [tr.] Gwynn, E. J., The metrical dindsenchas, 5 vols, vol. 4, Todd Lecture Series, 11, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, 1924.
CELT – edition: <link> CELT – translation: <link> Internet Archive – vol. 4: <link>
186–191 [id. 45. ‘Tlachtga’] Verse. direct link direct link direct link
[ed.] [tr.] Stokes, Whitley, “The prose tales in the Rennes dindshenchas”, Revue Celtique 16 (1895): 31–83, 135–167, 269–312, 468.
TLH – edition (III, 31-83): <link> TLH – translation (III): <link> TLH – edition (IV, pp. 135-167): <link> TLH – translation (IV): <link> Celtic Digital Initiative – PDF: <link> Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive: <link>
61–62 [id. 110. ‘Tlachtga’] Prose. direct link
[ed.] [tr.] Stokes, Whitley, “The Edinburgh dinnshenchas”, Folk-Lore 4 (1893): 471–497.
TLH – edition: <link> TLH – translation: <link> Internet Archive: <link>
490–491 [id. 73. ‘Tlachtga’]
[ed.] [tr.] Müller-Lisowski, Käte, “Texte zur Mog Ruith Sage 4. Tlachtga”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 14 (1923): 158–161.
CELT – edition: <link> Internet Archive: <link>
Text and German translation of the prose introduction and poem from BB.

Secondary sources (select)

Gwynn, E. J., The metrical dindsenchas, 5 vols, vol. 4, Todd Lecture Series, 11, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, 1924.
CELT – edition: <link> CELT – translation: <link> Internet Archive – vol. 4: <link>
425–427 [id. 45. ‘Tlachtga’] direct link
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Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
October 2012, last updated: June 2023
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