Texts
Dinnshenchas of Belach nDúirgein
Incoming data
Dinnshenchas of Belach nDúirgein (Road of Dúrgen, unidentified)
Manuscript witnesses
MS
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 2
Prose and verse (6qq) beg. Duirgen ingir in cach ard.
f. 231(231)ra– f. 231(231)rb
MS
Rennes, Bibliothèque de Rennes Métropole, MS 598/ff. 90-125
incipit: Belach nDuirgein canas ro ainmniged Prose (Stokes no. 24: Belach nDuirgein)
f. 98vb– f. 98vb
MS
Rennes, Bibliothèque de Rennes Métropole, MS 598/ff. 90-125
incipit: Duirgin fuair ingir cach aird Verse
f. 98vb– f. 98vb
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., 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
84–87, ix (corrigenda) [id. 9. ‘Belach Duirgéin’] Edition and translation of the poem. direct link direct link direct link
[ed.] [tr.] Stokes, Whitley, “The prose tales in the Rennes dindshenchas”, Revue Celtique 15 (1894): 272–336, 418–484.
An edition and translation of the prose texts in the Dinnshenchas Érenn as they occur in Rennes, Bibliothèque de Rennes Métropole, MS 598. Missing texts are supplied from the Book of Lecan version.
TLH – edition (I, pp. 277-336): <link> TLH – translation (I): <link> TLH – edition (II, pp. 418-484): <link> TLH – translation (II): <link> Celtic Digital Initiative: <link> Internet Archive – 272–336: <link> Internet Archive – 272–336: <link> Internet Archive – 418–484: <link> Internet Archive – 418–484: <link>
323–325 (§ 24) [id. 24. ‘Belach nDuirgein’]
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
492 [id. 9. ‘Belach Duirgéin’] direct link