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Introduction to the Dinnshenchas Érenn

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Introduction to the Dinnshenchas Érenn. It is in the form of a short story which asserts that the collection was composed by Amairgen mac Amalgada, poet of Diarmait mac Cerbaill (d. 565), high-king of Ireland. When the men of Ireland were convened at Tara, the poet fasted on Fintan mac Bóchra (a survivor of the Flood, according to other tales) for three days and nights, so that the latter would reveal his knowledge of the notable places of Ireland.

Manuscript witnesses

Text

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 12 

p. 340a  

MS

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 12 

Introduction

f. 188ra–f. 188ra = p. 349–p. 349

MS

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D ii 1 

rubric: Seanchas Dind Erenn annso dorigne Amhargein mhac Amhalga in fili do na Deisibh .i. fili Diarmada meic Cearbhaill   

84(143)ra.1-18

MS

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D ii 2 

incipit: DINDSHENCHAS Erenn annso [...] do roine Amhairgen mac Amalgaidh meic Mailruain in file do Dheisibh Temhrach   

f. 1ra.1–f. 1ra.inf

Text

Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 506/ff. 1-16a 

f. 11ra (lines 1-17)  

MS

Rennes, Bibliothèque de Rennes Métropole, MS 598/ff. 90-125 

incipit: SENCHAS DIND EREND INSO   Prose introduction to the collection of prose and verse dinnshenchas.

f. 90ra–f. 90ra

Text

Rennes, Bibliothèque de Rennes Métropole, MS 598/ff. 90-125 

f. 90ra  

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.] 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>

277–279 [id. 0. ‘x’]

[ed.] [tr.] Stokes, Whitley, “The Bodleian dinnshenchas”, Folk-Lore 3 (1892): 467–516.

TLH – edition: <link> TLH – translation: <link> Internet Archive: <link>

469 [id. 0. ‘Sencas Dinn Erinn’]

[ed.] [tr.] Crowe, John O'Beirne [ed. and tr.], “The dind-senchus of Eriu”, The Journal of the Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland, 4th series, 2:1 — 1872 (1874): 139–190.

Internet Archive: <link>, <link>

140–143

[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>

129–130 direct link

Secondary sources (select)

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>

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