Texts
Dinnshenchas of Tailtiuverse beg. A chóemu críche Cuind chain
- Middle Irish
- verse, prose
- Early Irish poetry, Dinnshenchas Érenn, dinnshenchas
Poem on the dinsenchas of Tailtiu (Co. Meath).
Initial words (verse)
- A chóemu críche Cuind chain
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. 200b: poem
- Dinnshenchas Érenn B
- prose
- Dinnshenchas Érenn C
- Prose and verse.
Author
Manuscripts
- Dinnshenchas Érenn A (poem)
- L = Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339 (H 2. 18) = Book of Leinster [s. xii2]p. 200bPoem ascribed to Cuán ua Lothcháin.
- Dinnshenchas Érenn B
- Dinnshenchas Érenn C
- R = Rennes, Bibliothèque de Rennes Métropole, MS 598 ff. 90-125 [s. xiii/xiv (?)]
- B =
- Lc =
- S = Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D ii 2 (1222) [s. xvi (?)]
- S3 =
- H =
Language
- Middle Irish
Form
verse, prose (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. 4, Todd Lecture Series 11, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, 1924.
[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.
[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>
486–487 [id. 68. ‘Mag Tailten’] Prose from the Edinburgh MS. direct link
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>
413–419 [id. 33. ‘Taltiu’] direct link
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Contributors
C. A.,Dennis Groenewegen,Patrick Brown