Texts
Dinnshenchas of Sláine
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Text on the dinnshenchas of Sláine.
Manuscript witnesses
MS
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D ii 2
Prose and one quatrain.
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[ed.] [tr.] Gwynn, E. J., The metrical dindsenchas, 5 vols, vol. 4, Todd Lecture Series, 11, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, 1924.
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270–271 [id. 77. ‘Sláine’] Prose introduction and poem. direct link direct link 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
447 [id. 77. ‘Slaine’] “This is Slane on the Boyne. The death of the Fer Bolg king Slane at Duma Slaine is mentioned at LL 8a21, and in Gilla Coemain's poem, Ériu ard inis na ríg (Todd L. iii. 150): he is there the eponym of the river Slaney, and Duma Slaine is, according to O'Donovan (ibid. 151, note), a mound on the bank of the Barrow. Hogan refers to another Duma Slaine at Moytura.” direct link
