Texts

Senchus fer n-Alban ‘The tradition of the men of Scotland’

  • Old Irish
  • prose
  • Irish texts, Genealogical tracts
Title
Senchus fer n-Alban
‘The tradition of the men of Scotland’
Also known as Míniugud senchusa fher n-Alban (‘Explanation of the tradition of the men of Scotland’).
Manuscripts

Four manuscripts:

cols 66 (line 10)–69 (line 13)
ff. 109rd (line 9)–110v
beg. ‘Da mac Echach Munreamair’
Language
  • Old Irish
  • Old Irish.

Form
prose (primary)

Classification

Irish textsIrish texts
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Genealogical tractsGenealogical tracts
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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.] Bannerman, John, Studies in the history of Dalriada, Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press, 1974.
27–68
[ed.] Dumville, David N. [ed.], “Cethri prímchenéla Dáil Riata”, Scottish Gaelic Studies 20 (2000): 170–191.
Edition, with commentary
[ed.] Dumville, David N., “Ireland and North Britain in the earlier Middle Ages: contexts for Míniugud senchusa fher nAlban”, in: Colm Ó Baoill, and Nancy R. McGuire (eds), Rannsachadh na Gàidhlig 2000, Aberdeen: An Clò Gaidhealach, 2002. 185–212.
Edition, with commentary

Secondary sources (select)

Woolf, Alex, “Senchus Fer n-Alban”, in: John T. Koch (ed.), Celtic culture: a historical encyclopedia, 5 vols, Santa Barbara, Denver and Oxford: ABC-Clio, 2006. Vol. 4: 1605–1606.
Sharpe, Richard, “The thriving of Dalriada”, in: Simon Taylor (ed.), Kings, clerics and chronicles in Scotland, 500–1297: essays in honour of Marjorie Ogilvie Anderson on the occasion of her ninetieth birthday, Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2000. 47–61.
Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
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November 2010, last updated: January 2024