Texts

verse beg. Secht o. f. n.

Middle Irish
verse
Early Irish poetry, Mythological Cycle

Poem on Brug na Bóinne, which offers a poetic version of Tochmarc Étaíne.

Initial words (verse)

Secht o. f. n.

(The seven ?), listed as Boand III by E. J. Gwynn, The metrical dindsenchas (1903–1935)

Author

Ascribed to: Cináed úa hArtacáinCináed úa hArtacáin
(d. 975)
Cináed ua hArtacáin
Middle Irish poet
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Manuscripts

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339 (H 2. 18) = Book of Leinster [s. xii²]
pp. 208b–209b
The first nine stanzas and the abbreviated heading are added at the end of the poem, on p. 209b line 24.

Language

Middle Irish

Form

verse (primary)

Textual relationships

Cf. ‘Dinnshenchas of Brug na Bóinne I’

Classification

Early Irish poetry Mythological Cycle

Subjects

Étaín [mythological figure]Étaín
mythological figure in Tochmarc Étaíne and related texts
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Brug na Bóinne

Brug na Bóinne ... Brú na Bóinne

County Meath

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, Lucius [ed. and tr.], “Cináed úa hArtacáin's poem on Brugh na Bóinne”, Ériu 7 (1914): 210–238.

[dipl. ed.] Best, Richard Irvine, Osborn Bergin, M. A. O'Brien, and Anne O'Sullivan (eds.), The Book of Leinster, formerly Lebar na Núachongbála, 6 vols, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1954–1983.

CELT – 1-260: <link> CELT – 400-470 (excl. Táin bó Cúailnge): <link> CELT – 471-638 and 663 (excl. Dinnshenchas Érenn): <link> CELT – 761-781 and 785-841 (excl. Dinnshenchas Érenn and Togail Troí): <link> CELT – 1119-1192 and 1202-1325 (excl. Esnada tige Buchet and Fingal Rónáin ): <link>

Lines 1068a ff. Diplomatic edition

[tr.] Guyonvarc'h, Christian-J. [tr.], “La courtise d’Étain”, Celticum 15 (1966): 283–327.

A translation of the poem is appended.

Secondary sources (select)

Theuerkauf, Marie-Luise, “A note on Sect.o.f.n.”, Celtica 29 (2017): 76–89.

Thurneysen, Rudolf, Die irische Helden- und Königsage bis zum siebzehnten Jahrhundert, Halle: Niemeyer, 1921.

comments: Part 1 (chapters 1-23): Allgemeines; Part 2 (chapters 1-85): Die Ulter Sage

Internet Archive: <link>

608–609 direct link

Gwynn, E. J. [ed. and tr.], The metrical dindsenchas, 5 vols, Todd Lecture Series 8–9–10–11–12, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, 1903–1935.

CELT – vol. 1 (edition): <link> CELT – vol. 1 (translation): <link> CELT – vol. 2 (edition): <link> CELT – vol. 2 (translation): <link> CELT – vol. 3 (edition): <link> CELT – vol. 3 (translation): <link> CELT – vol. 4 (edition): <link> CELT – vol. 4 (translation): <link> Internet Archive – vols 1-3: <link> Internet Archive – vol. 2: <link> Internet Archive – vol. 3: <link> Internet Archive – vol. 4: <link> Internet Archive – vol. 5: <link>

Vol. 3: 482 direct link

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Contributors

Dennis Groenewegen,Patrick Brown