Texts

Dinnshenchas of Eithne and Carn Furbaide

Middle Irish
prose
Dinnshenchas Érenn, dinnshenchas, Ulster Cycle

Dinnshenchas of the River Eithne, said to be named for Eithne daughter of Eochaid Feidlech. The narrative is closely related to that of the Dinnshenchas of Carn Furbaide but focuses on Eithne rather than her son Furbaide.

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 B
prose and concluding verse quatrain

Manuscripts

Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 506 ff. 1-16a [s. xiv (+ xvii)]

Language

Middle Irish

Form

prose (primary)

verse (secondary)

Contains poems

‘Eithne máthair maic in rig’ » Quatrain cited at the end of the prose story.

Textual relationships

Related: Dinnshenchas of Carn FurbaideDinnshenchas of Carn FurbaidePoem on the dinnshenchas of Carn Furbaide (near Granard), also known as Carn Uí Chathbath.

Classification

Dinnshenchas Érenn
Dinnshenchas Érenn

id. 6712

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

id. 32607

Ulster CycleIrish narrative literature
Ulster Cycle

id. 27478

Subjects

Eithne [daughter of Eochaid Feidlech]Eithne, daughter of Eochaid Feidlech
(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle)
No short description available
See more Furbaide Fer BendFurbaide Fer Bend
(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle)
Son of Conchobar mac Nessa (king of the Ulaid) in the Ulster Cycle of tales
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Eithne [river]Eithne ... river

No description available

See more Carn FurbaideCarn Furbaide

No description available