Texts

Dinnshenchas of Boand I
verse beg. Síd Nechtain sund forsin t-shléib

  • Middle Irish
  • verse
  • Early Irish poetry, Dinnshenchas Érenn, Mythological Cycle, dinnshenchas
Dinnshenchas poem of the River Boyne (Boand).
First words (verse)
  • Síd Nechtain sund forsin t-shléib
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 C
  • poem
  • For the prose text and another poem associated with this text in manuscripts of recension C, see the entries linked below.
Author
Ascribed to: Cuán ua Lothcháin
Cúán úa Lothcháin
(d. 1024)
Early Irish poet.

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The Book of Leinster contains a faded note which appears to attribute the poem to Cuán ua Lothcháin. This ascription does not occur anywhere else.(1)n. 1 E. J. Gwynn, The metrical dindsenchas, vol. 3 (1913): 480.
Language
  • Middle Irish
Form
verse (primary)
Textual relationships
Related: A écsiu Fáil fégam seinA écsiu Fáil fégam seinA poem of nine quatrains giving the fifteen names of the river BoyneDinnshenchas of BoandDinnshenchas of BoandDinnshenchas of the River Boyne (Boand), offering two different explanations of the name.Dinnshenchas of Boand IIDinnshenchas of Boand IIDinnshenchas poem on Boand (the Boyne), addressed to Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill (d. 1022).Secht o. f. n.Secht o. f. n.Poem on Brug na Bóinne, which offers a poetic version of Tochmarc Étaíne.

Classification

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

Subjects

BoandBoand
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Sources

Notes

E. J. Gwynn, The metrical dindsenchas, vol. 3 (1913): 480.

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
26–33 [id. 2. ‘Boand I’] Poem. 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
480–481 [id. 2. ‘Boand I’] direct link
Contributors
C. A., Dennis Groenewegen, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Patrick Brown
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June 2011, last updated: January 2024