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Texts
Dinnshenchas of Ráith Ésaverse beg. Sund dessid domunemar
- Middle Irish
- prose, verse
- Early Irish poetry, Dinnshenchas Érenn, Mythological Cycle, Dinnshenchas
Tract on the dinnshenchas of Ráith Ésa.
Title
Dinnshenchas of Ráith Ésa
called Rath Esa in Gwynn's edition
Initial words (verse)
- Sund dessid domunemar
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. 163a–b
- Poem.
- Dinnshenchas Érenn C
- Prose introduction and poem.
Ascribed to
Manuscripts
- Dinnshenchas Érenn A
- L = Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339 (H 2. 18) = Book of Leinster [s. xii2] p. 163a–163b
- Dinnshenchas Érenn C
- R = Rennes, Bibliothèque de Rennes Métropole, MS 598 ff. 90-125 [s. xiii/xiv (?)] f. 92va ff
- B = Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 12 = Book of Ballymote [1384 x 1406]
- Y = Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1318 11, cols. 401-436 = YBL section [s. xv]
- 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 (?)]
- S2 Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS B ii 2 (741) [s. xiv-xvi ?] ff. 4vb–5rbHere ascribed to Cináed ua hArtacáin.
- S3 Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS B iii 1 (742) [s. xvii]
- H = Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1322 (H 3. 3) [s. xvi] Ascribed to ‘Maicniadh mac Aonaccan’
- V = Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 24 P 13 (Reeves 832, 1068) [s. xvii]
Language
- Middle Irish
Middle Irish.
Form
prose, verse (primary)
Textual relationships
Relates to Tochmarc Étaíne.
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.
[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>
290–291 [id. 3. ‘Ráith Ésa’] 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>
89–91 [id. 1. ‘Rath Esa’] direct link
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Contributors
Patrick Brown,Dennis Groenewegen
