Texts
Dinnshenchas of Ráith Ésa
Incoming data
Manuscript witnesses
Text
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1322
Ascribed to ‘Maicniadh mac Aonaccan’
MS
Rennes, Bibliothèque de Rennes Métropole, MS 598/ff. 90-125
incipit: Raith Easa canus rohainmniged Prose (Stokes no. 3: Ráith Ésa).
f. 92va–
MS
Rennes, Bibliothèque de Rennes Métropole, MS 598/ff. 90-125
incipit: Sund dessid domuinemar Poem.
f. 92va–
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. 2, Todd Lecture Series, 9, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, 1906.
CELT – edition: <link> CELT – translation: <link> Internet Archive – vol. 2: <link> Internet Archive – vols. 1-3: <link> : View in Mirador
2–9 [id. 1. ‘Rath Esa’] 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>
290–291 [id. 3. ‘Ráith Ésa’] direct link
Secondary sources (select)
Gwynn, E. J., The metrical dindsenchas, 5 vols, vol. 2, Todd Lecture Series, 9, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, 1906.
CELT – edition: <link> CELT – translation: <link> Internet Archive – vol. 2: <link> Internet Archive – vols. 1-3: <link> : View in Mirador
89–91 [id. 1. ‘Rath Esa’] direct link
