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Dinnshenchas of Ard Fothaid

verse beg. Ard Fothaid, in fetabair

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

Dinnshenchas of Ard Fothaid

Initial words (verse)

• Ard Fothaid, in fetabair

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

• Dinnshenchas Érenn C

• Dinnshenchas Érenn C supplement
• Prose only.

Manuscripts

Dinnshenchas Érenn B

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

  context: Dinnshenchas Érenn B

Dinnshenchas Érenn C

• Rennes, Bibliothèque de Rennes Métropole, MS 598 ff. 90-125 [s. xiii/xiv (?)]

  context: Dinnshenchas Érenn C
• B =
  Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 12 = Book of Ballymote [1384 x 1406]

  context: Dinnshenchas Érenn C
• Lc =
  Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 2 = Book of Lecan [s. xvⁱⁿ]

  context: Dinnshenchas Érenn C
• M =
  Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D ii 1 (1225) = Leabhar Uí Mhaine (The Book of Uí Maine) [1394]

  context: Dinnshenchas Érenn C
• S =
  Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D ii 2 (1222) [s. xvi (?)]

  f. 58va context: Dinnshenchas Érenn C

   

  Prose introduction and poem (5qq).
• S₃ =
  Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS B iii 1 (742) [s. xvii]
• H =
  Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1322 (H 3. 3) [s. xvi]

  context: Dinnshenchas Érenn C
• S =
  Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D ii 2 (1222) [s. xvi (?)]

  f. 86vb context: Dinnshenchas Érenn C supplement

   

  Prose.

See also results from manuscript descriptions

Language

• Middle Irish

Form

prose, verse (primary)

verse (secondary)

Contains poems

‘Fothad Airgtheach, glan a gluais’ » Quatrain cited in the prose version of the Edinburgh MS.

Number of stanzas

5

Textual relationships

• Related:
• Dinnshenchas of Loch Dergderc

Classification

Early Irish poetry Dinnshenchas Érenn

Subjects

Ard FothaidArd Fothaid

No description available

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>

90–91 [id. 20. ‘Ard Fothaid’] Poem. 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>

39–40 [id. 89. ‘Ard Fothaid’] 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>

479–480 [id. 60. ‘Ard Fothaid’]

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>

397–398 [id. 20. ‘Ard Fothaid’] direct link

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