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Dinnshenchas of Mag Léna

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Text on the dinnshenchas of Mag Léna

Manuscript witnesses

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Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 2 

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Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS B iii 1 

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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 

Prose and verse.

f. 54ra-54rb  

MS

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D iv 2 

f. 54(56)a

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Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1286/pt 2 

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Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1295 

Copy from the Book of Ballymote.

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Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1322 

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

MS

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

incipit: INmain in fert fichtib sluagh   Verse

f. 121vb–f. 122ra

MS

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

incipit: Mag Lena canas ro-ainmniged   Prose (Stokes no. 112: Mag Lena)

f. 121vb–f. 121vb

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

192–195 [id. 47. ‘Mag Léna I’] 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>

63–64 [id. 112. ‘Mag Léna’] 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

427–428 [id. 47. ‘Mag Léna I’] direct link