Texts
Dinnshenchas of Temair I
Incoming data
Poem on the former names and legendary associations of the Hill of Tara. Versions are extant in recensions of LGÉ as well as the Dinnshenchas Érenn.
Manuscript witnesses
MS
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D ii 1
Two qq. belonging to the poem beg. Teamair Breagh cidh ni diata
84(143) inf.
MS
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D ii 1
incipit: Teamair Breagh cidh ni diata Poem (9qq). See 2qq added to the lower margin).
84(143)rb
Text
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1289
Copy of BB.
Text
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1295
Copy of BB.
MS
Rennes, Bibliothèque de Rennes Métropole, MS 598/ff. 90-125
incipit: Temair breg cid ni diata Poem on the former names of Tara. The last quatrain (referring to Fintan fili) is at f. 90va.
f. 90rb–
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. 1, Todd Lecture Series, 8, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, 1903.
For corrigenda and addenda, see Vol. 5 (1935): 125-126; and Meyer, Kuno, “Erschienene Schriften”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 6 (1908).
CELT – edition: <link> CELT – translation: <link> Internet Archive – vols. 1-3: <link> : View in Mirador
2–5 [id. 1. ‘Temair I’] Poem. direct link direct link direct link
[corr.] Gwynn, E. J., The metrical dindsenchas, 5 vols, vol. 5, Todd Lecture Series, 12, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, 1935.
[ed.] [tr.] Macalister, R. A. Stewart [ed.], Lebor gabála Érenn: The book of the taking of Ireland, 5 vols, vol. 5, Irish Texts Society, 44, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, 1942.
Internet Archive: <link>
82–83 § 444. Prose version from LGÉ direct link
[ed.] [tr.] Petrie, George, and John OʼDonovan [collaborator], “On the history and antiquities of Tara Hill”, Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy 18 (1839): 25–232.
Internet Archive: <link>
131–132 Edited from BB. direct link
Secondary sources (select)
Gwynn, E. J., The metrical dindsenchas, 5 vols, vol. 1, Todd Lecture Series, 8, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, 1903.
For corrigenda and addenda, see Vol. 5 (1935): 125-126; and Meyer, Kuno, “Erschienene Schriften”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 6 (1908).
CELT – edition: <link> CELT – translation: <link> Internet Archive – vols. 1-3: <link> : View in Mirador
57–58 [id. 1. ‘Temair I’] direct link
