The Edinburgh Dinnshenchas

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Printed source of this electronic edition

‘The Edinburgh Dinnshenchas’, ed. Whitley Stokes, Folklore 4 (1893) 473-97

Manuscript source of printed text

National Library of Scotland 72.1.16, (Edinburgh XVI), f. 4 a

Other manuscript copies

Trinity College Dublin Ms H.2.18, cat. no. 1339 (The Book of Leinster), pp 159-60, 165-70 (prose), & pp 151-8, 161-4, 191-216 (poems)

Royal Irish Academy Ms 23 P 12, cat. no. 536 (The Book of Ballymote), pp 349-410 (facsimile pagination)

Trinity College Dublin Ms H.3.3, cat. no. 1322

Royal Irish Academy Ms 23 P 2, cat. no. 535 (The Book of Lecan), pp 461-525

British Library Ms Egerton 1781

Rennes MS, f. 90-125

Language:

Early Irish.
Some words in Latin occur.

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Project funder: Professor Marianne McDonald (University of California, San Diego) via the Ireland Funds.

Date: Final mark-up completed, 2007-11-15

Text ID: ws.fl.4.001

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