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Dinnshenchas of Dún mac Nechtain Scéne

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Text on the dinnshenchas of Dún mac Nechtain Scéne.

Manuscript witnesses

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Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 2

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Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 12

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Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS B iii 1

Adds two stanzas to the poem.

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Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D ii 1

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Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D ii 2

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Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D iv 2

Four lines of prose at the bottom of the second column, following which there is a chasm in the manuscript.

f. 53vb

MS

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D iv 2

f. 53(55)vb

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Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1322

Illegible.

MS

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339

Prose text on Dún mac Nechtain Scéne.

p. 170

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Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339

p. 170

MS

Rennes, Bibliothèque de Rennes Métropole, MS 598/ff. 90-125

Prose and verse? Because the verso has suffered staining, Stokes has based his edition of the prose text on the Book of Lecan copy.

f. 125va

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. 4, Todd Lecture Series, 11, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, 1924.

CELT – edition: <link> CELT – translation: <link> Internet Archive – vol. 4: <link> : View in Mirador

240–241 [id. 67. ‘Dún mac Nechtain Scéne’] Verse. direct link direct link direct link

[ed.] [tr.] Stokes, Whitley, “The prose tales in the Rennes dindshenchas”, Revue Celtique 16 (1895): 31–83, 135–167, 269–312, 468.

TLH – edition (III, 31-83): <link> TLH – translation (III): <link> TLH – edition (IV, pp. 135-167): <link> TLH – translation (IV): <link> Celtic Digital Initiative – PDF: <link> Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive: <link>

83 [id. 130. ‘Dún mac Nechtain Scéne’] Prose. direct link

Secondary sources (select)

Gwynn, E. J., The metrical dindsenchas, 5 vols, vol. 4, Todd Lecture Series, 11, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, 1924.

CELT – edition: <link> CELT – translation: <link> Internet Archive – vol. 4: <link> : View in Mirador

439–440 [id. 67. ‘Dún mac Nechtain Scéne’] direct link

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

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

Internet Archive: <link>

247 [id. 2.10. ‘Dinnshenchas: 4. Dún mac Nechtain Scéne (Scenae Ba.)’] direct link