Texts
verse beg. Almu Lagen, les na Fían
- Middle Irish
- verse
- Early Irish poetry, Dinnshenchas Érenn, Finn Cycle, Dinnshenchas
Dinnshenchas poem on Almu (the Hill of Allen, Co. Kildare), which recounts the tale of the conception of Finn mac Cumaill.
Initial words (verse)
- Almu Lagen, les na Fían
“Almu of the Leinstermen, a fort of the fiana”
Context(s)The (textual) context(s) to which the present text belongs or in which it is cited in part or in whole.
Manuscripts
- Dinnshenchas Érenn A
- Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339 (H 2. 18) = Book of Leinster [s. xii2]p. 202 context: Dinnshenchas Érenn A
- Fotha catha Cnucha
- Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 E 25 (1229) = Lebor na hUidre [s. xi/xii]context: Fotha catha CnuchaFour stanzas quoted
Language
- Middle Irish
Date
The poem would seem to predate the composition of both Fotha catha Cnucha and Acallam na senórach, both of which contain quotations from the verse.
Kuno Meyer dates the poem to the 10th century;(1)n. 1 Kuno Meyer, Fianaigecht (1910): xxii. while Gerard Murphy suggests that the late 11th or early 12th century is more likely.(2)n. 2 Gerard Murphy, Duanaire Finn: The book of the lays of Fionn: Introduction, notes, appendices and glossary, vol. 3 (1953): xxxiv; see also Kevin Murray, ‘Interpreting the evidence: problems with dating the early fíanaigecht corpus’ in The Gaelic Finn tradition... (2012): 46–47.
Form
verse (primary)
Textual relationships
Cf. Dinnshenchas of Almu II and Dinnshenchas of Almu (prose). The conception of Finn mac Cumaill is told in prose as Fotha catha Cnucha and also forms the subject of an episode in Macgnímartha Find.
Sources
Notes
Kuno Meyer, Fianaigecht (1910): xxii.
Gerard Murphy, Duanaire Finn: The book of the lays of Fionn: Introduction, notes, appendices and glossary, vol. 3 (1953): xxxiv; see also Kevin Murray, ‘Interpreting the evidence: problems with dating the early fíanaigecht corpus’ in The Gaelic Finn tradition... (2012): 46–47.
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. [ed. and tr.], The metrical dindsenchas, 5 vols, vol. 2, Todd Lecture Series 9, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, 1906.
Secondary sources (select)
Gwynn, E. J. [ed. and tr.], The metrical dindsenchas, 5 vols, vol. 2, Todd Lecture Series 9, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, 1906.
CELT – edition: <link> CELT – translation: <link> Internet Archive – vol. 2: <link> Internet Archive – vols. 1-3: <link>
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Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen,Patrick Brown