Texts
Dinnshenchas of Boand
- Middle Irish
- prose
- Dinnshenchas Érenn, Mythological Cycle, Dinnshenchas
Dinnshenchas of the River Boyne (Boand), offering two different explanations of the name.
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
- Dinnshenchas Érenn C
- prose
- For the poems associated with the prose text in manuscripts of this recension, see entries linked below.
Manuscripts
- Dinnshenchas Érenn B
- Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 506 ff. 1-16a [s. xiv (+ xvii)]
- Dinnshenchas Érenn C
Language
- Middle Irish
Form
prose (primary)
verse (secondary)
Contains poems
‘Dia Boann broga Breag’ » Rawlinson B 506.
Textual relationships
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>
315–316 [id. 19. ‘Bóand’] Prose from the Rennes MS. direct link
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Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen