Texts
Dinnshenchas of Brug na Bóinne Iverse beg. Án sin, a maig Meic ind Óc
- verse
- Early Irish poetry, Dinnshenchas Érenn, Mythological Cycle, Dinnshenchas
Poem on the dinnshenchas of Brug na Bóinne.
Initial words (verse)
- Án sin, a maig Meic ind Óc
“Bright it is here, o plain of Mac ind Óc”
Author
Ascribed to: Cináed úa hArtacáinCináed ua hArtacáin (d. 975) – Middle Irish poet
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Manuscripts
- Dinnshenchas Érenn C
- Rennes, Bibliothèque de Rennes Métropole, MS 598 ff. 90-125 [s. xiii/xiv (?)]
- Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 12 = Book of Ballymote [1384 x 1406]p. 354a (line 5ff)beginning: ‘An sen i muig meic in Óg’
- Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D ii 2 (1222) [s. xvi (?)]
- Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS B ii 2 (741) [s. xiv-xvi ?]
Date
10th century (Meyer)
Form
verse (primary)
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.] 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>
92–94 [id. 2. ‘Brug Na Bóinde I’] direct link
Meyer, Kuno, “Introduction”, in: Meyer, Kuno, Fianaigecht: being a collection of hitherto inedited Irish poems and tales relating to Finn and his Fiana, Todd Lecture Series 16, London: Hodges, Figgis, 1910. v–xxxi.
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Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen