Dindshenchas

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The dindshenchas (“lore of places”) is a medieval Irish collection of stories explaining how places got their names, in prose and in verse.

Texts are from public-domain editions: Whitley Stokes, “The Prose Tales in the Rennes Dindshenchas”, Revue Celtique 15–16 (1894–95), and Edward Gwynn, The Metrical Dindshenchas, Parts I–III (1903–1913) and Poems from the Dindshenchas (1900), via scans at the Internet Archive.

The original-language text is Middle Irish, the later medieval stage of the language usually grouped with Old Irish.

Satellite imagery: EOxCloudless by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), non-commercial licence CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Terrain map: © OpenTopoMap (CC BY-SA) and © OpenStreetMap contributors. Area shapes: lake and river outlines © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); mountain extents traced from EU-DEM elevation data (Copernicus, funded by the European Union). Coastline: Natural Earth (public domain). Place data: Wikidata (CC0) and Logainm.ie (CC BY 4.0). Photos: Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place.

Made by @ogmios. If you would like to contribute a translation, a correction, a photograph or a proofread text, or just want to talk about the dindshenchas, get in touch there.

Faoin léarscáil seo

Bailiúchán meánaoiseach Gaeilge is ea an dindshenchas (“seanchas na n-áiteanna”) de scéalta, i bprós agus i véarsaíocht, a mhíníonn conas a fuair áiteanna a n-ainmneacha.

Is ó eagráin atá i bhfearann an phobail na téacsanna: Whitley Stokes, “The Prose Tales in the Rennes Dindshenchas”, Revue Celtique 15–16 (1894–95), agus Edward Gwynn, The Metrical Dindshenchas, Codanna I–III (1903–1913) agus Poems from the Dindshenchas (1900), trí scananna sa Internet Archive.

Meán-Ghaeilge atá sa bhuntéacs, an chéim dhéanach mheánaoiseach den teanga, a áirítear go minic leis an tSean-Ghaeilge.

Íomhánna satailíte: EOxCloudless ó EOX IT Services GmbH (ina bhfuil sonraí Copernicus Sentinel leasaithe), ceadúnas neamhthráchtála CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Léarscáil thír-raoin: © OpenTopoMap (CC BY-SA) agus © rannpháirtithe OpenStreetMap. Cruthanna limistéir: imlínte locha agus abhann © rannpháirtithe OpenStreetMap (ODbL); fairsinge sléibhte rianaithe ó shonraí airde EU-DEM (Copernicus, maoinithe ag an Aontas Eorpach). Cósta: Natural Earth (fearann an phobail). Sonraí áite: Wikidata (CC0) agus Logainm.ie (CC BY 4.0). Grianghraif: Wikimedia Commons, le creidiúint ag gach áit.

Rinne @ogmios an suíomh seo. Más mian leat cur leis, le haistriúchán, ceartúchán, grianghraf nó téacs profléite, nó más maith leat labhairt faoin dindshenchas, déan teagmháil ansin.