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Dinnshenchas of Inber Cíchmaine

verse beg. Inber Cíchmaine, cid cress

• Middle Irish
• prose, verse
• Early Irish poetry, Dinnshenchas Érenn, Dinnshenchas

Text on the dinnshenchas of Inber Cíchmaine

Initial words (verse)

• Inber Cíchmaine, cid cress

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
• Edinburgh MS: prose

• Dinnshenchas Érenn C
• prose and verse

Manuscripts

Dinnshenchas Érenn B

• Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland, Adv. MS 72.1.16 [s. xv^ex]

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]
• Lc =
  Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 2 = Book of Lecan [s. xvⁱⁿ]
• 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 (?)]
• S₃ =
  Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS B iii 1 (742) [s. xvii]
• H =
  Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1322 (H 3. 3) [s. xvi]

Other

• Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1337 pp 708-776 (comprising parts of vols 22 and 23), pp 792-809 (comprising part of vol. 23) [1616]

  p. 755beginning: ‘Baoi duine tan fecht’

  Whether or not this text is in any way related still needs to be verified.

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Language

• Middle Irish

Form

prose, verse (primary)

Number of stanzas

6

Classification

Early Irish poetry Dinnshenchas Érenn

Subjects

Inber CíchmaineInber Cíchmaine

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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. 4, Todd Lecture Series 11, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, 1924.

CELT – edition: <link> CELT – translation: <link> Internet Archive – vol. 4: <link>

176–179 [id. 39. ‘Inber Cíchmaine’] Verse. direct link direct link direct link

[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.

TLH – edition (III, 31-83): <link> TLH – translation (III): <link> TLH – edition (IV, pp. 135-167): <link> TLH – translation (IV): <link> Celtic Digital Initiative – PDF: <link> Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive: <link>

56 [id. 104. ‘Inber Cíchmaine’] Prose. direct link

[ed.] [tr.] Stokes, Whitley [ed. and tr.], “The Edinburgh dinnshenchas”, Folk-Lore 4 (1893): 471–497.

TLH – edition: <link> TLH – translation: <link> Internet Archive: <link>

491–492 [id. 74. ‘Inber Cichmaini’]

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>

422–423 [id. 39. ‘Inber Cíchmaine’] direct link

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