Texts
- Middle Irish
- prose, verse
- Early Irish poetry, Dinnshenchas Érenn, Ulster Cycle, Dinnshenchas
Text on the dinnshenchas of Fích mBuana
Places referred to include: (1) Fích mBúana (Fích mBúana, al. Fích Nemain), mentioned in both prose and verse: unidentified, but apparently “somewhere along the way from Ess Ruaid to Emain Macha” (Gwynn). It is also called Fích Nemain in the poem; (2) Snám Rathin, mentioned in the prose version: unidentified, unless it is to be equated with Snámh Rathaind of AFM s.a. 1148, which may be an early name for Drumsna (Stokes); (3) Ess Rúaid, mentioned in both prose and verse.
Initial words (verse)
- Dorat Búan, in ben nár bán
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
- Dinnshenchas Érenn C
- prose and verse
Manuscripts
- Dinnshenchas Érenn B
- Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339 (H 2. 18) = Book of Leinster [s. xii2]p. 166Prose with the first stanza of the poem.
- 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)
Number of stanzas
6
Textual relationships
Cf. Fled Bricrenn
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>
424 [id. 41. ‘Fích mBúana’] direct link
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Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen