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Dinnshenchas of Róiriu in Uí Failge
verse beg. Nímutanic ó thír thend

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

Dinnshenchas of Róiriu in Uí Failge (Róiriu i nUíb Failge).

First words (verse)
  • Nímutanic ó thír thend
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
  • no. 192.6
  • LL p. 192b: poem (3 qq)
  • The poem occurs in this redaction only and has no prose counterpart elsewhere in the Dinnshenchas Érenn.
Author
Ascribed to: Find [unidentified]Find ... unidentified
Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.
See more Finn mac Cumaill
Finn mac Cumaill (Find úa Báiscni)
(time-frame ass. with Finn Cycle, Finn mac Cumaill, Cormac mac Airt)
Finn mac Cumaill (earlier mac Umaill?), Find úa Báiscni: central hero in medieval Irish and Scottish literature of the so-called Finn Cycle; warrior-hunter and leader of a fían
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The verse is attributed to Find, whom Gwynn identifies as Finn mac Cumaill.
Manuscripts
Language
  • Middle Irish
Date
12th century (Meyer).(1)n. 1 Kuno Meyer, Fianaigecht (1910).
Form
verse (primary)
Length
Number of stanzas: 3

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
...
Dinnshenchas Érenn
Dinnshenchas Érenn
id. 6712
Finn Cycle
Finn Cycle
id. 578
dinnshenchasIrish narrative literature, onomastic lore and learning, topographical literature
dinnshenchas
id. 32607

Subjects

Róiriu (Uí Failge)Róiriu (Uí Failge)
Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.
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Sources

Notes

1.
Kuno Meyer, Fianaigecht (1910).

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>  : View in Mirador
142–143 [id. 21. ‘Róiriu in Úib Failge’] direct link direct link direct link

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>  : View in Mirador
504 [id. 21. ‘Róiriu in Úib Failge’] direct link
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Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
August 2012, last updated: January 2024
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