Texts

verse beg. Muc mic Dá Thó, tlacht-múad torc

Middle Irish
verse
Early Irish poetry, Ulster Cycle

Poem on Mac Da Thó's pig.

First words (verse)

Muc mic Dá Thó, tlacht-múad torc

Context(s)The (textual) context(s) to which the present text belongs or in which it is cited in part or in whole.

Dinnshenchas of Mag Léna
The poem is added after the main dinnshenchas prose and verse accounts of Mag Léna in some manuscripts of thes texts.

Scéla mucce Meic Da Thó
In association with Scéla mucce Meic Da Thó.

independentThe text comes down in a relatively independent form as opposed to being embedded within a larger textual framework.
Laud Misc. 610.

Manuscripts

Scéla mucce Meic Da Thó

London, British Library, MS Harley 5280 [s. xvi¹]

Dinnshenchas Érenn C: Dinnshenchas of Mag Léna

Lc =

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 2 = Book of Lecan (Leabhar Leacain) [s. xvⁱⁿ]

S =

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D ii 2 (1222) [s. xvi (?)]

Independent

Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Laud Misc. 610 ff. 1–58 and ff. 73–122 = Leabhar na Rátha [1453–1454]

f. 58va

Language

Middle Irish

Form

verse (primary)

Length

Number of stanzas: 6

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
...
Ulster Cycle
Ulster Cycle

id. 1797

Subjects

Mac Da Thó

Mac Da Thó

(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle)

king of Leinster in the tale known as Scéla mucce Meic Mac Da Thó

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. 4, Todd Lecture Series, 11, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, 1924.

CELT – edition: <link> CELT – translation: <link> Internet Archive – vol. 4: <link> : View in Mirador

194–197 [id. 48. ‘Mag Léna II’] Poem from all known MSS. direct link direct link direct link

[ed.] Windisch, Ernst [ed.], Irische Texte mit Wörterbuch, 4 vols, vol. 1, Leipzig, 1880.

Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive – Originally from Google Books: <link> – Vol. 1, part 1: View in Mirador – Vol. 1, part 2: Wörterbuch: View in Mirador

108ff Poem from Harleian 5280.

[ed.] Meyer, Kuno [ed.], “Mitteilungen aus irischen Handschriften: III. Aus Laud 610. Gedicht vom Schweine des MacDatho”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 3 (1901): 36–37.

Celtic Digital Initiative – all Mitteilungen of ZCP 3: <link> Internet Archive: <link>

Poem from Laud Misc. 610.

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> : View in Mirador

428–429 [id. 48. ‘Mag Léna II’] direct link

web page identifiers

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C. A., Dennis Groenewegen

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October 2012, last updated: January 2024