Texts
Dinnshenchas of Ess Rúaid I
Incoming data
Tract on the dinnshenchas of Ess Rúaid (Assaroe, on the r. Erne, Co. Donegal).
Manuscript witnesses
Text
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 2
This copy is accompanied by the Dinnshenchas of Ess Rúaid II (see reference below).
MS
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339
Poem on Ess Ruaid (Ess Rúaid I). Cf. the prose text on p. 165a.
p. 213
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
2–7 [id. 1. ‘Ess Ruaid I’] Poem. 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>
31–33 (§§ 1–3) [id. 81.1. ‘Ess Rúaid’] Prose from the Book of Lecan. The following paragraph (§ 4), which is unique to the Book of Lecan copy, belongs to Ess Rúad II (see above). direct link
[ed.] [tr.] Stokes, Whitley, “The Bodleian dinnshenchas”, Folk-Lore 3 (1892): 467–516.
TLH – edition: <link> TLH – translation: <link> Internet Archive: <link>
505–506 [id. 42. ‘Ess Ruaid’] Prose from the Bodleian copy. 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
375–376 [id. 1. ‘Ess Ruaid I’] direct link
