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Dinnshenchas of Boand I

verse beg. Síd Nechtain sund forsin t-shléib

• Middle Irish
• verse
• Early Irish poetry, Dinnshenchas Érenn, Mythological Cycle, dinnshenchas

Dinnshenchas poem of the River Boyne (Boand).

Initial words (verse)

• Síd Nechtain sund forsin t-shléib

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. 191a
• Poem.

• Dinnshenchas Érenn C
• poem
• For the prose text and another poem associated with this text in manuscripts of recension C, see the entries linked below.

Author

Ascribed to: Cúán úa LothcháinCuán ua Lothcháin / Cúán úa Lothcháin (d. 1024) – early Irish poet
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The Book of Leinster contains a faded note which appears to attribute the poem to Cuán ua Lothcháin. This ascription does not occur anywhere else.^{(1)n. 1} E. J. Gwynn, The metrical dindsenchas, vol. 3 (1913): 480.

Manuscripts

Dinnshenchas Érenn A:

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

  p. 191a (lines 7–55)beginning: ‘Sid Nechtain sund forsin tsléib’

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]
• 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 (?)]
• S₃ =
  Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS B iii 1 (742) [s. xvii]
• H =
  Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1322 (H 3. 3) [s. xvi]

See also results from manuscript descriptions

Language

• Middle Irish

Form

verse (primary)

Textual relationships

• Related:
• Dinnshenchas of Boand (prose)
• Dinnshenchas of Boand II
• Dinnshenchas of Boand (prose)

Classification

Early Irish poetry Dinnshenchas Érenn Mythological Cycle

Subjects

BoandBoand

No description available

Sources

Notes

^1.

E. J. Gwynn, The metrical dindsenchas, vol. 3 (1913): 480.

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>

26–33 [id. 2. ‘Boand I’] Poem. direct link direct link 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>

480–481 [id. 2. ‘Boand I’] direct link

web page identifiers

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Contributors

C. A.,Dennis Groenewegen,Patrick Brown

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