Texts
Metrical Banshenchas
Incoming data
Metrical version of the Banshenchas, composed by Gilla Mo Dutu Úa Caiside (1147).
Manuscript witnesses
MS
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 2
incipit: Adam aen-athair na ndaine There is an ascription to Ua Caiside, now partially cut away, at the top of the page.
f. 208(198)ra–
MS
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D ii 1
incipit: Adham aenathir na ndhaine
Metrical version of the Banshenchas (212 qq, according to the caatalogue).
f. 41(97)vb.6–
MS
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1298/1-238
Fragment containing the last 10 stanzas of the metrical version of ?Banshenchas.
p. 227
MS
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339
rubric: Gilla Mo Dutu cecinit. incipit: ADam oenathair na ndoene. Poem. About 180 stanzas.
p. 136b–
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.] Dobbs, Margaret E. [ed. and tr.], “The Ban-shenchus [part 1]”, Revue Celtique 47 (1930): 283–339.
Gallica: <link>
283–288 (introduction); 289–315 (text of the poem); 315–339 (English translation)
[index] Dobbs, Margaret E. [ed. and tr.], “The Ban-shenchus [part 3]”, Revue Celtique 49 (1932): 437–489.
Gallica: <link>
Index
Secondary sources (select)
Connon, Anne, “The Banshenchas and the Uí Néill queens of Tara”, in: Alfred P. Smyth (ed.), Seanchas. Studies in early and medieval Irish archaeology, history and literature in honour of Francis J. Byrne, Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2000. 98–108.
Ní Bhrolcháin, Muireann, “The Banshenchas revisited”, in: Mary OʼDowd, and Sabine Wichert (eds), Chattel, servant or citizen: women’s status in church, state and society, 19, Belfast: Institute of Irish Studies, Queen's University, 1995. 70–81.
