Texts
Dinnshenchas of Tlachtgaverse beg. Tlachtga, tulach ordain úais
- Middle Irish
- prose, verse
- Early Irish poetry, Dinnshenchas Érenn, dinnshenchas
Text on the dinnshenchas of Tlachtga
Initial words (verse)
- Tlachtga, tulach ordain úais
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
- Prose, with one quatrain
- Dinnshenchas Érenn C
- prose and verse
Manuscripts
- Dinnshenchas Érenn B
- Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland, Adv. MS 72.1.16 [s. xvex]f. 5v
- Dinnshenchas Érenn C
- R = Rennes, Bibliothèque de Rennes Métropole, MS 598 ff. 90-125 [s. xiii/xiv (?)]
- B =
- Lc =
- M =
- S = Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D ii 2 (1222) [s. xvi (?)]
- S3 =
- H =
Language
- Middle Irish
Form
prose, verse (primary)
verse (secondary)
Contains poems
‘Tlachtga inghen Modha moir’ » A quatrain in the Edinburgh prose version.
Number of stanzas
14
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.] Stokes, Whitley [ed. and tr.], “The prose tales in the Rennes dindshenchas”, Revue Celtique 16 (1895): 31–83, 135–167, 269–312, 468.
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>
425–427 [id. 45. ‘Tlachtga’] direct link
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Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen