Texts

Dinnshenchas poem concerning Túag Inbir and Loch nEchach.

Manuscript witnesses

Text
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 2 
Prose on Túag Inbir and Loch nEchach, with poem (37 qq).
p. 503a  
Text
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 12 
context: De causis torchi Corc' Óche   Poem on Loch nEchach only.
p. 170a  
Text
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 12 
Prose on Túag Inbir and Loch nEchach, followed by the poem on the same subjects (38 qq)
ff. 221r–221v  
Text
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339 
Poem on Túag Inbir and Loch nEchach, ascribed to Bard Maile.
pp. 152b–153a   
MS
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339 
incipit: Túag Inber álaind, gáeth glass   Poem on Tuag Inbir.
p. 152b.8–p. 153a.36
Text
Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland, Adv. MS 72.1.5 
incipit: Tuagh Inbir alaind gaethghlas   First part of the poem only, relating to Túag Inbir. 16 qq.
f. 10rb  
Text
Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland, Adv. MS 72.1.16 
Prose on Loch nEchach only, associated with the dinnshenchas of Loch Rí.
f. 4rb  
Text
Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland, Adv. MS 72.1.16 
incipit: Tuagh Inbir alaind gaethglas   First part of the poem only. 14 qq.
f. 4ra  

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.

Poem
[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
58–63 (lines 1–64) [id. 14.1. ‘Tuag Inbir’] First part of the poem, relating to the dinnsenchas of Túag Inbir. direct link direct link direct link
[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
62–69 (lines 65–160) [id. 14.2. ‘Tuag Inbir’] Second part of the poem, relating to the dinnshenchas of Loch nEchach. direct link direct link direct link
[ed.] Gwynn, E. J., The metrical dindsenchas, 5 vols, vol. 5, Todd Lecture Series, 12, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, 1935.
Internet Archive – vol. 5: <link>  : View in Mirador
124 Variant readings of the poem on Loch nEchach (part 2) from the Book of Ballymote, p. 170a. direct link
Prose
[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>
150–153 [id. 141.1. ‘Tuag Inbir ocus Loch n-Echach’] Prose from the Book of Lecan. 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>
150–153 [id. 141.2. ‘Tuag Inbir ocus Loch n-Echach’] Prose from the Book of Lecan. direct link
[ed.] [tr.] Stokes, Whitley, “The Bodleian dinnshenchas”, Folk-Lore 3 (1892): 467–516.
TLH – edition: <link> TLH – translation: <link> Internet Archive: <link>
509–510 [id. 46. ‘Tuag Inbir’]
[ed.] [tr.] Stokes, Whitley, “The Edinburgh dinnshenchas”, Folk-Lore 4 (1893): 471–497.
TLH – edition: <link> TLH – translation: <link> Internet Archive: <link>
474–476 [id. 55. ‘Loch n-Echach’] Prose on Loch nEchach, from the Edinburgh MS (Adv. MS 72.1.16). 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
388–391 [id. 14. ‘Tuag Inbir’] direct link