Talk:Metrical Dindshenchas
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I think a citation is needed for the statement that this is "the major surviving monument of Irish bardic verse". I don't necessarily dispute that assessment outright (not having read the metrical Dindshenchas myself), but I do wonder to what authority it can be attributed, and how many Irish literary scholars would not prefer that that honour go to Táin Bó Cuailgne or Lebor Gabála Éirenn. Cheers, QuartierLatin1968 19:06, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
- Neither the Táin Bó Cuailgne nor Lebor Gabála Éirenn are written in verse, though both contain verse passages not all of which are Bardic. The Metrical Dindshenchas is entirely in verse and is the only surviving compendium of Irish Bardic verse on this scale. Filiocht | The kettle's on 08:43, 22 December 2005 (UTC)