Texts
Dinnshenchas of Benn Boirche Iverse beg. Boirche búadach, ba búaid fir
- Middle Irish
- prose, verse
- Early Irish poetry, Dinnshenchas Érenn, Dinnshenchas
Text on the dinnshenchas of Benn Boirche
Initial words (verse)
- Boirche búadach, ba búaid fir
Context(s)The (textual) context(s) to which the present text belongs or in which it is cited in part or in whole.
- Dinnshenchas Érenn B
- Prose with 1 quatrain
- Dinnshenchas Érenn C
- prose and verse
Manuscripts
- Dinnshenchas Érenn B
- Dinnshenchas Érenn C
- R = Rennes, Bibliothèque de Rennes Métropole, MS 598 ff. 90-125 [s. xiii/xiv (?)]
- B =
- Lc =
- M =
- S = Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D ii 2 (1222) [s. xvi (?)]
- S3 =
- H =
Language
- Middle Irish
Form
prose, verse (primary)
verse (secondary)
Contains poems
‘Bairchi boaire gu mbladh’ » A quatrain in the Edinburgh prose version.
Number of stanzas
3
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 [ed. and tr.], “The prose tales in the Rennes dindshenchas”, Revue Celtique 16 (1895): 31–83, 135–167, 269–312, 468.
Secondary sources (select)
Gwynn, E. J. [ed. and tr.], 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>
412 [id. 31. ‘Bend Boirche I’] direct link
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Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen