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Dinnshenchas of Loch Dergderc

verse beg. In lind-se lúadim cech lá

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

Dinnshenchas on Loch Dergderc: how Eochaid mac Luchta, king of Munster, gave up an eye to satisfy the cruel demands of the Ulster poet Ferchertne mac Athló and washed the bleeding socket.

Initial words (verse)

• In lind-se lúadim cech lá

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 A
• LL p. 157

• Dinnshenchas Érenn C

Manuscripts

Dinnshenchas Érenn A (poem)

• Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339 (H 2. 18) = Book of Leinster [s. xii²]
  p. 157

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]
• H = Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1322 (H 3. 3) [s. xvi]
• S = Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D ii 2 (1222) [s. xvi (?)]
• S₃ = Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS B iii 1 (742) [s. xvii]
• S₄ = Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D iv 2 (992) [s. xv]
  f. 54rb
   
  Prose and verse (26 qq)

See also results from manuscript descriptions

Language

• Middle Irish

• Middle Irish

Form

verse, prose (primary)

Classification

Early Irish poetry Dinnshenchas Érenn Ulster Cycle

 Dinnshenchas

Subject tags

 Battle of Findchora

Eochaid mac LuchtaEochaid mac Luchta – legendary king of or in Munster
See more Ferchertne mac AthlóFerchertne mac Athló
Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.
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 Loch Dergderc

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. 3, Todd Lecture Series 10, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, 1913.

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

338–347 [id. 62. ‘Loch Dergderc’] Poem. direct link direct link direct link

[ed.] [tr.] Gwynn, E. J., The metrical dindsenchas, 5 vols, vol. 5, Todd Lecture Series 12, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, 1935.

Internet Archive – vol. 5: <link>

124 Variant readings from S. direct link

[ed.] [tr.] Stokes, Whitley, “The prose tales in the Rennes dindshenchas”, Revue Celtique 15 (1894): 272–336, 418–484.

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>

461–463 [id. 64. ‘Loch Dergdeirc’] Prose. direct link

Secondary sources (select)

Gwynn, E. J. [ed. and tr.], The metrical dindsenchas, 5 vols, vol. 3, Todd Lecture Series 10, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, 1913.

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

539–541 [id. 62. ‘Loch Dergderc’] direct link

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