Texts
Dinnshenchas of Áth Lúain
Incoming data
Dinnshenchas on Áth Lúain
Manuscript witnesses
Text
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D iv 2
Acephalous and fragmentary. The text begins in the middle of the poem (line 31). The previous leaf, which would have contained the prose introduction and the beginning of the poem, is lost.
MS
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D iv 2
The text begins in the middle of line 31 as numbered in Gwynn's edition.
f. 54(56)
MS
Rennes, Bibliothèque de Rennes Métropole, MS 598/ff. 90-125
incipit: Ath Luain canas ro-ainmniged Prose (Stokes no. 66: Áth Luain)
f. 112ra–
MS
Rennes, Bibliothèque de Rennes Métropole, MS 598/ff. 90-125
incipit: A fir teit a Mag Medba Verse
f. 112rb–
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. 3, Todd Lecture Series, 10, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, 1913.
CELT – edition: <link> CELT – translation: <link> Internet Archive – vol. 3: <link> Internet Archive – vols. 1-3: <link> : View in Mirador
366–375 [id. 65. ‘Áth Lúain’] 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>
464–467 [id. 66. ‘Áth Luain’] direct link
Secondary sources (select)
Gwynn, E. J., The metrical dindsenchas, 5 vols, vol. 3, Todd Lecture Series, 10, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, 1913.
CELT – edition: <link> CELT – translation: <link> Internet Archive – vol. 3: <link> Internet Archive – vols. 1-3: <link> : View in Mirador
544–546 [id. 65. ‘Áth Lúain’] direct link
Thurneysen, Rudolf, Die irische Helden- und Königsage bis zum siebzehnten Jahrhundert, Halle: Niemeyer, 1921.
Contents: Part 1 (chapters 1-23): Allgemeines; Part 2 (chapters 1-85): Die Ulter Sage.
Internet Archive: <link>
245–246 [id. 2.10. ‘Dinnshenchas’] direct link
