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Dinnshenchas of Sinann I

verse beg. Sáerainm Sinna saigid dún

Cúán úa Lothcháin

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

Poem on the dinnshenchas of the River Shannon (Sinann).

Initial words (verse)

• Sáerainm Sinna saigid dún

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
• LL p. 156a: poem

• Dinnshenchas Érenn C
• Poem. For the prose text and poem associated with this poem in manuscripts of recension C, see the entries linked below.

Author

Cúán úa LothcháinCúán úa Lothcháin
(d. 1024)
Cuán ua Lothcháin
Early Irish poet.
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Ascribed to: Cúán úa LothcháinCúán úa Lothcháin
(d. 1024)
Cuán ua Lothcháin
Early Irish poet.
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Possibly Cuán ua Lothcháin. The ascription to him occurs in the Book of Lecan copy.

Manuscripts

Dinnshenchas Érenn A

• Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339 (H 2. 18) = Book of Leinster [s. xii²]

  p. 156a

Dinnshenchas Érenn C

T.b.a.

• R =
  Rennes, Bibliothèque de Rennes Métropole, MS 598 ff. 90-125 [s. xiii/xiv (?)]
• B =
  Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 12 = Book of Ballymote (Leabhar Bhaile an Mhóta) [1384 x 1406]
• Le =
  Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 2 = Book of Lecan [s. xvⁱⁿ]

  The only copy that ascribes the poem to Cuán ua Lothcháin
• 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]

See also results from manuscript descriptions

Language

• Middle Irish

Form

verse (primary)

Textual relationships

Related: Dinnshenchas of Sinann IIDinnshenchas of Sinann II

Dinnshenchas on the River Shannon (Sinann).

Dinnshenchas of SinannDinnshenchas of SinannProse version of the dinnsenchas of Sinann.Dinnshenchas of SinannDinnshenchas of SinannProse version of the dinnsenchas of Sinann.Dinnshenchas of Sinann IIDinnshenchas of Sinann II

Dinnshenchas on the River Shannon (Sinann).

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
...
Dinnshenchas Érenn
Dinnshenchas Érenn

id. 6712

dinnshenchasIrish narrative literature, onomastic lore and learning, topographical literature
dinnshenchas

id. 32607

Subjects

Sinann [river]

Sinann ... Shannon

County Galway, Id

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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. [ed. and tr.], 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>

286–291; x (corrigenda) [id. 53. ‘Sinann I’] direct link direct link direct link

Secondary sources (select)

Gwynn, E. J. [ed. and tr.], 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>

529–530 [id. 53. ‘Sinann I’] direct link

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