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Dinnshenchas of Brug na Bóinne II

verse beg. A chóemu Breg, bríg nad bréc

• Middle Irish
• verse
• Early Irish poetry, Dinnshenchas Érenn, Mythological Cycle, Dinnshenchas

Poem on the dinnshenchas of Brug na Bóinne.

Initial words (verse)

• A chóemu Breg, bríg nad bréc

Context(s) The (textual) context(s) to which the present text belongs or in which it is cited in part or in whole.

Ascribed to

Mac Nía mac ÓengussoMac Nía mac Óengusso – No short description available
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Manuscripts

Dinnshenchas Érenn A

• Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339 (H 2. 18) = Book of Leinster [s. xii²]
  p. 164
   
  First part.
• Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339 (H 2. 18) = Book of Leinster [s. xii²]
  p. 211
   
  Second part.

Dinnshenchas Érenn C

• R = Rennes, Bibliothèque de Rennes Métropole, MS 598 ff. 90-125 [s. xiii/xiv (?)]
• B = Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 12 = Book of Ballymote [1384 x 1406]
  p. 354abeginning: ‘A caemu Breag, brig nad breg’
• Y = Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1318 11, cols. 401-436 = YBL section [s. xv]
• H = Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1322 (H 3. 3) [s. xvi]
• M = Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D ii 1 (1225) = Leabhar Uí Mhaine (The Book of Uí Maine) [1394]
• S = Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D ii 2 (1222) [s. xvi (?)]
   
  End only.
• S₂ Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS B ii 2 (741) [s. xiv-xvi ?]
• S₃ = Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS B iii 1 (742) [s. xvii]
• V = Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 24 P 13 (Reeves 832, 1068) [s. xvii]

See also results from manuscript descriptions

Language

• Middle Irish

Form

verse (primary)

Textual relationships

For associated dinnshenchas on the subject, see the poem attributed to Cináed úa hArtacáin at Dinnshenchas of Brug na Bóinne I and the brief prose introduction at Dinnshenchas of Brug na Bóinne (prose) (i.e. the Dindgnai in Broga).

• Related:
• Dinnshenchas of Brug na Bóinne I
• Dinnshenchas of Brug na Bóinne (prose)

Classification

Early Irish poetry Dinnshenchas Érenn Mythological Cycle

 Dinnshenchas

Subject tags

 Brug na Bóinne

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.

CELT – edition: <link> CELT – translation: <link> Internet Archive – vol. 2: <link> Internet Archive – vols. 1-3: <link>

18–25 [id. 3. ‘Brug Na Bóinde II’] direct link direct link direct link

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>

95–96 [id. 3. ‘Brug Na Bóinde II’] direct link

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