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Dindsenchas

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110:, a manuscript of the 12th century, with partial survivals in a number of other manuscript sources. The text shows signs of having been compiled from a number of provincial sources and the earliest poems date from at least the 11th century. The second recension survives more or less intact in thirteen different manuscripts, mostly dating from the 14th and 15th centuries. This recension contains a number of poems composed after the Book of Leinster text. 497: 162:
Knowledge of the real or putative history of local places formed an important part of the education of the elite in ancient Ireland. This formed part of the training of the military, for whom a knowledge of the landscape was essential. It was also essential knowledge for the bardic caste, who were
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poets may have invented names for places when the name of a place, if it had one, was not known to them. A detailed analysis points to a pre-Christian origin for most of the tales. For example, many placenames appear which had fallen out of use by the 5th century A.D., when Irish written records
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as well as a form of entertainment. They are far from an accurate history of how places came to be named. Many of the explanations given are made to fit the name and not the other way around, especially in the many cases where a place was much older than the
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suggesting a date before ~610 AD and the Battle of Knocklong. Christian references, and the Graeco-Roman myths and tales of Pagan atrocity associated with that influence are also mostly absent.
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expected to recite poems answering questions on place name origins as part of their professional duties. An early example of this are the tales about
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which date from at least as early as 750, where the poet Forgoll is asked to recite the lore of different places. Consequently, the
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may well have grown by accretion from local texts compiled in schools as a way of teaching about places in their area.
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comprises about 176 poems plus a number of prose commentaries and independent prose tales (the so-called "prose
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Westropp, T. J. (31 March 1899), "Notes and Folklore from the Rennes Copy of the "Dindsenchas"",
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spoken at the time of the poems' composition. In other cases, the
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Although they are known today from these written sources, the
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The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland
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Early Christian Ireland: An introduction to the sources
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There was also an Irish- and English-language journal
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stories are also incorporated into saga texts such as
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Second Supplement, Extracts from the Book of Leinster
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Furthermore 1038:Maol Sheachluinn na n-UirsgĂ©al Ó hÚigĂ­nn 553:"Jones Celtic Encyclopedia: Dindsenchas" 510: 330:, by the same author in the same series 234:Royal Irish Academy Todd Lecture Series 412:, vol. 16, 1895, pp. 269–312 396:, vol. 16, 1895, pp. 135–167 365:, vol. 15, 1894, pp. 418–484 350:, vol. 15, 1894, pp. 272–336 104:. The first recension is found in the 530:, Compact Edition, 1990, pp. 215, 537 7: 1727:Timna CathaĂ­r MĂĄir CaithrĂ©im Cellaig 380:, vol. 16, 1895, pp. 31–83 246:, vol. VIII, The Academy., 1903 232:(ed.), "The Metrical Dindshenchas", 1095:SĂ©afraidh Ó Donnchadha an Ghleanna 14: 968:Gilla CĂłmĂĄin mac Gilla Samthainde 137:and are structured so as to be a 48:), meaning "lore of places" (the 1085:Donnchadh Mac an Caoilfhiaclaigh 527:Dictionary of the Irish Language 495: 315:The Metrical Dindshenchas Part 5 297:The Metrical Dindshenchas Part 4 279:The Metrical Dindshenchas Part 3 261:The Metrical Dindshenchas Part 2 243:The Metrical Dindshenchas Part 1 1869:The Wind That Shakes the Barley 1782:Dia libh a laochruidh Gaoidhiol 1777:CĂłir Connacht ar chath Laighean 540:Collins Pocket Irish Dictionary 1772:An sluagh sidhe so i nEamhuin? 1762:A aonmhic DĂ© do cĂ©asadh thrĂ­nn 993:Muireadhach Albanach Ó DĂĄlaigh 893:Baothghalach MĂłr Mac AodhagĂĄin 100:has survived in two different 1: 2103:Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award 1737:Is acher in gaĂ­th in-nocht... 1732:Le dĂ­s cuirthear clĂș Laighean 328:, vol. VII, Dublin, 1900 318:, vol. XII, Dublin, 1935 2953:Medieval literature by genre 1809:Bean Torrach, fa Tuar Broide 1003:MĂĄeleoin BĂłdur Ó Maolconaire 898:Giolla Brighde Mac Con Midhe 453:"The Edinburgh Dinnshenchas" 425:"The Bodleian Dinnshenchas" 325:Poems from the Dindshenchas 282:, vol. X, Dublin, 1913 84:The literary corpus of the 2979: 1838:SuantraĂ­ dĂĄ Mhac Tabhartha 1767:A theachtaire tig Ăłn RĂłimh 948:Tadhg Olltach Ó an ChĂĄinte 883:Muircheartach Ó Cobhthaigh 398:, e-text via CELT : 382:, e-text via CELT : 367:, e-text via CELT : 352:, e-text via CELT : 2908: 2557: 1692:Faber Book of Irish Verse 1013:CĂș ChoigcrĂ­che Ó ClĂ©irigh 938:Eoghan Carrach Ó Siadhail 928:Mathghamhain Ó hIfearnĂĄin 302:, e-text at CELT : 284:, e-text at CELT : 266:, e-text at CELT : 217:The Metrical Dindshenchas 133:are clearly a product of 96:"). 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topography
onomastic
early Irish literature
Irish mythology
recensions
Book of Leinster
TĂĄin BĂł CĂșailnge
Acallam na SenĂłrach
oral literature
mnemonic aid
Middle Irish
County Clare
Connaught
MongĂĄn mac FĂ­achnai
Edward Gwynn
Lebor na hUidre
Book of Leinster
Book of Ballymote
Great Book of Lecan
Yellow Book of Lecan
Gwynn, Edward
The Metrical Dindshenchas Part 1
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The Metrical Dindshenchas Part 2
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The Metrical Dindshenchas Part 3
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