wmm^ : i' -<■:■:'.. 16 Cfantell Inineraitg ffiihrarg 3tljata. Sem $ntft BOUGHT WITH THE INCOME OF THE FISKE ENDOWMENT FUND THE BEQUESTOF WILLARD FISKE LIBRARIAN OF THE UNIVERSITY 1868.1883 1905 Cornell University Library Z6621.D81 16 Cataloaue of the '"sh .manuscripts in th olin 3 1924 029 605 080 The original of this book is in the Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://archive.org/details/cu31924029605080 CATALOGUE IRISH MANUSCRIPTS LIBRARY OF TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. CATALOGUE OF THE IRISH MANUSCRIPTS IN THE LIBRARY OF TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN, COMPILED BY THE late T. K. ABBOTT, B.D., D.Litt., SOMETIME LIBRARIAN, AND E. J. GWYNN, M.A. DUBLIN: HODGES, FIGGIS, & CO., 20, NASSAU STREET LONDON: LONGMANS, GREEN, & CO., PATERNOSTER ROW PUBLISHERS TO THE UNIVERSITY 1921 a 2 Printed at the By Ponsonby & Gibbs. PREFACE. The history of our Library from the foundation of the College has been sketched in outline by Dr. J. K. Ingram, in his Address to the Congress of Librarians, 1884, and by Dr. T. K. Abbott, in the Book of Trinity College, and again in the preface to his General Catalogue of our mss. Both have given some interesting parti- culars as to the history of our collection of manuscripts, but we have as yet no detailed study of its origin and growth. It may be worth while to put together here in a few pages what can be learned as to the provenance of our Irish MSS., with which alone this volume is concerned. I shall confine myself to inquiring when and how they came into our Library ; what is known as to the earlier history of each manuscript will be found in the description of each under its number, or in the literature there quoted. Until quite recently no continuous official record was kept of acquisitions by gift or purchase. We possess indeed several volumes of Library Minutes, extending from 1786 onward, the earlier part of which, down to 1821, we owe mainly to the eccentric but industrious Dr. John Barrett, who was Librarian during most of that period. I have searched these Minutes carefully and gleaned some stray details, but they are mainly occupied with Library routine. Our main source of information is the series of Catalogues of mss. which are now to be described, supplemented by what we can learn from the manuscripts themselves. The Catalogues. — Those that concern us (setting aside some which only deal with printed books) are : — 1. The earliest, classed D. 1. 7. It is undated, but is later than the gift of Ussher's library in 1661. The arrangement is " local," by press, shelf, and number. 2. D. 1. 6, with its rough copy D. 1.8, both dated 1688. The arrangement is alphabetical, with press-marks added, which differ I PREFACE. from those in no. i. Some entries in the rough copy are omitted in the fair copy, no doubt by accident. The main entries in the latter are printed in E. Bernard Catal. Lib. mss. Angliae et Hiberniae, 1697, vol. ii, pt. 2, p. 16. Prom this again Lhwyd abstracted his list of Irish mss. in Trinity College, printed in Archaologia Britannica, 435. 3. A catalogue compiled about 1743* by John Lyon, a Canon of St. Patrick's, and a scholar of some note (see Dictionary of National Biography). In this, and in the two following, a local arrangement is followed, which is still preserved in the main for presses A to G. An abstract of Lyon's description of presses A to E, by Sir J. T. Gilbert, is printed in the fourth Report of the Historical MSS. Commission (1873), pp. 588-598. 4. The Monck- Mason Catalogue, 5 vols. (L. 1. 14-18). In July, 1812, H. J. Monck-Mason was appointed by the Irish Commissioners of Public Records to compile a complete Cata- logue of our mss. He was occupied with this for twelve years or so, and prepared a draft for publication. The Commissioners seem to have intended to print his work, but in the end this was not done; and when the Commission was dissolved in 1830, the draft was apparently left on Mason's hands. The Board of Trinity proposed to publish it at the College's expense, but he seems to have declined this offer, and he finally sold his work to the College in 1837 f° r £ I2 °-\ Dr. Abbott's account of the circumstances in the preface to his General Catalogue is based on the statement prefixed to Mason's first volume, but Mason's complaints against the Commissioners are not borne out by the documents in the Public Record Office. The task of describing the Irish mss. in Press H was entrusted by the editor to Edward O'Reilly, who seems to have completed his part of the task in 1819 or soon after. J * College Register, Dec. 1, 1742. t College Register, Feb. 2 to Mar. 23, 1833. Roy. Coram, on Dublin University, 1853 : Evidence, p. 175. But Todd had O'Reilly's volume in his hands in July, 1835 : see below, p. xi. I A dossier in the Public Record Office numbered IQ. 21.3 contains Mason's quarterly reports on his work from December, 1812, to March, 1819. In the last three he reports that he is occupied on Press H ; in March, 1819, this Press ' ' will yet take a short time to complete." O'Reilly is not mentioned. PREFACE. 5. From 1836 to 1840 John O'Donovan was employed in com- piling; a much fuller and better account of Press H. It is un- finished, breaking off at p. 48 of H. 3. 18 (no. 1337). 6. In the year 1900 Dr. Abbott published the first printed Catalogue of our mss. that went beyond the limits of Bernard's, already mentioned. He adopted the plan of giving each MS. a single number. The arrangement of the mss. on the shelves has been repeatedly altered, as the collection grew and was shifted from one room to another; hence arises a series of different shelf-marks, the older ones being often lost and obliterated. This naturally causes much difficulty in identifying the entries in the successive Catalogues, since the earlier compilers did not see the necessity of keeping a record of previous arrangements. In the case of Irish mss., the difficulty is increased by the vagueness of the descriptions given. Besides, the original volumes have in many cases been broken up and the parts recombined, often in a quite arbitrary fashion. Our present Librarian, Dr. J. G. Smyly, has made a careful study of the press-marks, and has succeeded, at the cost of much trouble, in identifying nearly all the mss. mentioned in the two earliest Catalogues. His results are embodied in a finding index which makes it possible to refer readily from these catalogues to Lyon's, and vice versa. We shall now proceed to trace the successive stages by which the collection grew to its present dimensions. Carew, Ussher, Stearne. — The first Irish manuscripts to come into our possession were five volumes, now nos- 1432 to 1436, which were presented by Sir George Carew, President of Munster, and author of Pacaia Hibernia. He died in 1629. These five are entered in Catalogue 1* In the year 1661, Ussher's library, which had been purchased by Cromwell's Army in 1657, was given by the Irish House of * Only 1432 and 1435 are there noted as " sometimes belonging to Sir George Carew"; both of these, and also 1436, bear his signature on the first leaf. Lyon puts down all five to him (or rather to his brother, Sir Peter ; but this is an obvious error, as Sir Peter died before the College was founded). In Catalogue I, no. 1433 is entered in a late hand, and both here and in Cata- logue 2 only the third part of the volume {Leabhar Gdbh&la) is described. bz PREFACE. Commons to Trinity College. The vicissitudes through which the collection had passed are described by Dr. Abbott in his article in the Book of Trinity College, p. 149. Another account of the circumstances will be found in Urwick's Early History of Trinity College, p. go.* Although the gift was made in 1661, the books and mss. do not seem to have been housed in our Library until 1666. We have unfortunately no list of Ussher's Mss.,t though we have more than one catalogue of his printed books. There is no doubt that the principal contents of our Presses A to E come from his library, but we cannot prove that any particular MS. belonged to him, except by internal evidence. We have such evidence for nos. 574, 580, 582, 591 ; these are miscellaneous collections, of which only such parts as are in the Irish language are described in the present volume ; some account of their other contents will be found in Dr. Abbott's General Catalogue. As to the Book of Kells (no. 58), there is no reason to question the tradition which assigns it to Ussher. He certainly had it in his hands when he was Bishop of Meath (Gilbert, National mss., p. 21), and he made a collation of its text (Ussher's Works, ed. Elrington, vi, 232). Our Book of Hymns (no. 1441) in all probability belonged to him ; but the ' codex vetustissimus ' which he describes (Works, vii, 300) is not ours, but the Franciscan copy.J From this latter he had transcripts made, which are now in no. 591. We may presume that he once owned the Book of Ballymote and the Book of Lecan,§ which he used in preparing his Antiquitates. They were for a short time in our Library : see p. xvii, infra. If we add no. 77 and no. 1437, which may or may not have come from Ussher, we shall have enumerated all the mss. from Presses A to E which are included in this Catalogue. They may *The story of the losses which the collection sustained while in the keeping of the Cromwellians rests on the unsupported assertion of Dr. Parr (Life of Ussher, p. 102), and is effectively refuted by CJrwick. fCatal. 2 mentions a Catalogus librorum mss. Revmi. Ja. TJsserii but this volume has disappeared. % Bernard and Atkinson, Irish Liber Hymnorum, I, xiv xv. $ According to O'Curry (in R. I. Academy Catalogue, p. 883), Michael O'Clery speaks of the Book of Lecan as being in 1636 in the possession of the "Protestant Primate." PREFACE. all be identified in theCatalogue of ib88, and all except nos. 58 and 574. in the earliest Catalogue. The following table (borrowed from Dr. Smyly's key) shows their former press-marks : — Present Catalogue. Shelf Mark in D. 1. 7. Shelf Mark and Keyword in D. 1.6. Number in Bernard. 58 — D. 23 'Evangelia' 4'7 77 E. 1. 7 E. 4 ' Missale' 580 574 — I. 124 'Excerpta' 424 (24) 580 R. 1. 1 I. 113 ' Armes ' 193 (43) 582 R. 1. 2 I. 112 'Collections' 336 (6) 59 1 R. 1. 6 I. 28 ' Whitakeri ' 810 (10-14) 1432 A. 1. 7 D. 10 ' Book ' 253 (part of) 1433 A. 1.8 B. 35 ' Book ' 254 1434 A. 1. 9 D. 24 'Postills' 649 '435 A. 1. 4 C. 29 ' Postematibus ' 647 1436 B. 1. 1 C. 1 'Chirurgia' 299 H37 A. 1. 19 A. 3 ' Physick * 636 1441 P. 10 I. 125 ' Hymni' 5°' Missing A. 1. 3 D. 19 ' Book of Lecane ' 257 Missing A. 1.5 D. 18 ' Book of Ballymote' 255 Missing A. 1. 2 B. 61 'Keating' 520 Missing A. 1. 6 C. S 'Nomina' 601 In 1 741 John Stearne, Bishop of Clogher, presented to the College a number of manuscripts, among them five wholly or partly in the Irish language; these are nos. 804, 1438, 1439, 1440, and 1699. Stearne's mss. are described by Lyon as "formerly belonging to Dr. John Madden," but this is too loose a statement ; at all events, the list of Madden's mss. printed in Bernard's Cata- logi, vol. ii, pt. 2, p. 57, includes only one of these five, our no. 804, which is Bernard's no. 1649. But all five must belong to the Stearne bequest, as they are housed in Press F, which is PREFACE. described in Lyon's Catalogue (about 1743) as containing " Codices mss. ex dono Rev. adm. viri Johannis Stearne." The only other Irish MS. added in Lyon's Catalogue is no. 143 1, presented by William Barry, m.a. Press H.—Kt the date of Lyon's catalogue the Library possessed only eleven volumes wholly or mainly in the Irish language. The bulk of our Irish collection, now kept in press H * was acquired in the following fifty years. The earliest list of the contents of this press is entered by Dr. John Barrett at p. 318 of Lyon's Catalogue. The numbers in this list -run consecutively, without division into shelves, from H 1 to H 87 (now no. 1370-t A short description, often very vague, is given for each number. The entry is undated, but as it includes a manuscript H 14, now no. 1291, which the Library Minutes (March 28, 1810) mention as purchased in 1807, the list cannot be earlier than the latter date. Unfortunately it is certainly not exhaustive, for it omits three of the Sebright volumes (nos. 1335, 1380, 1392), which, as will presently be shown, came into the Library in 1786. Again, although Barrett mentions most of the Sullivan mss., some are wanting: yet in all probability they were acquired at the same time as the rest. It is therefore not safe to infer that any MS. omitted by Barrett was not in the Library when he made out his list. In point of fact, I believe that the twenty-one MSS. which O'Reilly's Catalogue adds to Barrett's list were all in the Library before 1786. My reasons for thinking so are these. First, if O'Reilly's work was finished in 1819 (see above, p. vi, foot-note), the mss. enumerated therein were all in the Library in Barrett's time. Secondly, if any of them had been acquired between 1786 and 1821, the fact would be noted in the Library Minutes, which Barrett kept during those years with scrupulous care. As we shall presently see, he registers duly the Sebright gift and the * Before the shifting of the mss. in 1802, described in Book of T.C.D., p. 177, the Irish mss. seem to have been divided between Press H and Press I (Lib. Min., Feb. 7, 1803). I find in the College Register, May 13, 1815, a minute directing the Assistant Librarian to arrange the mss. in presses H, I, K, L, putting the Irish mss. together. Barrett's list may have been made on this occasion. r This list is continued in Dr. Abbott's hand. PREFACE. purchase of Vallancey's mss., and he has similarly recorded the acquisition of Icelandic and Oriental mss. during this period. Thirdly, the added mss. are all earlier in date than 1786. The question remains, why Barrett did not complete his list. I can only suggest that he found it very difficult to describe these mss., as he evidently knew no Irish, and that he left a number which seemed to him more puzzling or less important until a more convenient season, which never came. O'Reilly carries on Barrett's numbering from H 88 to H 106, and then adds " H. 4. 1 " and "H.4. 2," after which he writes "End of H." In July, 1835, Dr. J. H. Todd, finding, as he says, that the class H books had "become much deranged," decided to renumber them according to shelves. Thus H. 21 became H. 2. 7, and so on : the sequence of volumes was, however, preserved. At the same time Todd made out a complete list of Press H, as enumerated by O'Reilly, adding one item, H. 5. 21. This list he wrote in at the beginning of O'Reilly's volume, giving the old and the new classing. Somewhat later he added at the end of O'Reilly's catalogue brief descriptions of H. 5. 21 to H. 5. 30; later entries add further H. 5. 31 and 32, and all Irish mss. since acquired are placed in the same press. We have now to inquire to what sources the manuscripts in H can be traced. Sullivan MSS. — A large number were collected by Dr. Francis Stoughton Sullivan, who was elected Fellow in 1738 and died in 1766. His zeal for Irish literature at a time when it was generally neglected and despised deserves all praise ; but he was very un- fortunate in his choice of Hugh O'Daly as scribe. He employed this man between the years 1740 and 1760; during that period O'Daly wrote nos. 1280, 1284, 1285, 1286, 1287, 1288, 1291, 1346, 1358, 1360, 1377, 1384, 1406, and part of 1391. Most of these are stated to have been written for Dr. Sullivan. The rest were no doubt written to his order, and nos. 1374 and 1390, which O'Daly wrote at earlier dates, were probably purchased by his patron. Dr. Sullivan possessed a few other Irish mss. No. 1279, an im- perfect copy of the Four Masters, transcribed by O' Gorman from a ms. belonging to the elder Charles O'Conor (now in the Royal Irish Academy, Stowe c iii, 3), contains a fragmentary translation (vol. i. PREFACE. ff. 25-72) in Dr. Sullivan's hand, so that he was probably the owner. No. 1378 certainly belonged to him, also, probably, no. 1381, and it is likely that he owned no. 1383, which is written by a scribe of the same family as the writers of 1378 and 1381, and has traces of O'Daly's handiwork. In no. 1289 there are notes in Sullivan's hand at pp. 5s, 125, 137, etc., but these scarcely amount to a proof of ownership. Except for 1291, which was bought from a bookseller in 1807, I have found no evidence as to when and how Sullivan's mss. came into our possession.* Fergus MSS. — A small but important group of manuscripts comes to us from the collection of Dr. John Fergus, a Dublin doctor, about whom Sir J. Gilbert has given some particulars in his article on Dublin streets in the Irish Quarterly Review for 1853, p. 610, note: see also an account of the Liber Flavus Fergusiorum in Trans. R.I.A. for March, 1906. His books were sold after his death in 1766, and O'Curry states (MS. Mat. 98) that the Library of Trinity College bought the volumes now known as the Annals of Ulster (no. 1282), Annals of Loch C6 (no. 1293), and Annals of the Four Masters (nos. 1300 and 1301). The sale catalogue which O'Curry mentions as pasted in Vallancey's Green Book (now R.I.A., 24 E 4) is no longer there; but the Academy possesses a copy of this catalogue made by Hardiman (23 D 20, p. 90). This, however, does not give the names of purchasers. O'Curry's words seem to imply that Trinity College bought only the three annalistic compilations ; but there is evidence to show that a few other volumes were bought at the same time. For Vallancey has noted in his Green Book (which is a kind of finding index to mss. and other incunabula) the names of those who purchased manuscripts from the Fergus collection, and he sets down four volumes as acquired by Trinity College. These he describes as " An Expositor in Irish," " History of Ireland, by Keating," "Miscellanies in Irish," "Prosody in Irish." Of these the first is our no. 1331, which is given the same odd title in Barrett's list; the second must be our no. 1332, as all our other copies of Keating are otherwise accounted for ; the third may by a like process of exclusion be confide ntly identified with no. 1347 * Probably after his death in 1766 and before 1786, when Barrett's Minutes begin. PREFACE. xiii (written by M. O'Gorman) ; the fourth is too vaguely described for recognition. Strangely enough, neither the sale catalogue nor Vallancey makes mention of the three more important purchases made by Trinity College at the Fergus sale. Gilbert, in the article already referred to, asserts that the whole collection, with the exception of the Liber Flavus Fergusiorum, was acquired by Trinity College, but this is certainly a mistake ; Vallancey notes a number of volumes as purchased by Lord Drogheda and other collectors or dealers. There is, however, reason to believe that besides the purchases attested by O' Curry and Vallancey, one at least of our medical Mss. was formerly the property of Dr. Fergus. The proof of this depends on the identification of his handwriting. In no. 1301, which, as we have seen, certainly belonged to him, there are bound into the ms. seven pages of notes in English written in a bad hand of the eighteenth century, and as these notes are immediately followed by a curious letter from Myles Higgins, of Castlebar, to " Dr. Fargus, Jarvis Street, Dublin," the presumption arises that they were written by Dr. Fergus. This presumption becomes a certainty when we find in his copy of the Annals of Ulster (no. 1282) a page of English notes in the same bad hand, again followed by a letter addressed by a patient, Geo. Macnemara, to " My dear D r ," and dated 1752. Now, in no. 1333, the hand which we have thus learned to recognize as that of Dr. Fergus has inserted references to the original text of the Hippocratic aphorisms; there is also a scrap of paper, now pasted to the cover of the volume, containing some lines of Greek transliterated into English characters, in the same handwriting. We may conclude that this manuscript belonged to Dr. Fergus. It is to be noted that No. 1333 follows on the shelf two manuscripts, 1331 and 1332, which we have already traced to the same source. We cannot identify it with an entry in the sale catalogue, " Hypocratis Aphorisms written on vellum, very ancient," for Vallancey puts down this volume to Lord Drogheda.* We may, *By the kindness of the present Earl, I have been able to examine the library at Moore Abbey, which still contains several mss. from the Fergus collec- tion. I could not find the Hippocrates, but it is mentioned in the catalogue of the library, and Dr. Douglas Hyde tells me that lie saw it there some years ago. PREFACE. however, recognize it in another of Fergus' mss. which is de- scribed in the sale catalogue as "A medical piece, a very ancient MS." Sebright Gift.— The importance of our Irish collection depends above all on the manuscripts presented to the Library by Sir John Sebright. Most of them were originally gathered by Edward Lhwyd during a tour which he made in Ireland in the year 1700. His note- books (see nos. 1368 1369, 1380, 1392) give some hints as to the places he visited and as to some persons from whom he hoped to make purchases. After his death, in 1709, this part of his collection was bought by Sir Thomas Sebright, from whom it passed to Sir John, the sixth baronet. Edmund Burke persuaded this gentleman to send his mss. over to Dublin for examination in 1782 or earlier * and he was prevailed on to present them to Trinity College in 1786.+ We possess a " Catalogue of Sir John Sebright's collection of Irish mss. Presented to the College of Dublin," which was apparently drawn up at the time of the gift. It consists of forty-three items, numbered 1 to 47, the numbers 23, 27, 31, and 46 being omitted. It is, however, a very unsatisfactory list ; the descriptions of the nineteen vellum mss. are sometimes too vague for identification, and most of the twenty-four paper mss. are merely referred to by number. A fuller enumeration is found in Barrett's table of Press H, already mentioned. In this the Sebright mss. are carefully marked to the number of forty-one ; yet this also is an incomplete account, threenumbers (1335, 1380, 1392), which certainly belonged to Lhwyd, being omitted. When Todd drew up his fuller table of Press H, he also marked the Sebright mss., making forty-six items. But he errs on the other side. He puts down to Sebright nos. 1321, 1322, 1391, 1392, 1393, not so counted by Barrett. He is right as to 1392, but 1391 belongs to the Sullivan mss. ; as to the other three, there is no internal evidence to decide between Barrett and Todd, and it is safer to trust Barrett, who was Assistant * See Burke's letter, quoted in O'Donovan's Grammar, p. lxx. See also a letter front Sir J. Sebright to VaXlancey, printtzdiriNotes and Queries, fifth ser., iv, p. 89. Vallancey was anxious to have access to the MSS., and his application seems to have been successful. f Lib. Min., October 31st, 1786. PREFA CE. Librarian at the date of the gift. Neither of these authorities attributes to Sebright three mss. which can be shown by internal evidence to come from his collection: these are 1328, 1335, and 1380. Including these, we may set down fifty-three 'numbers as coming from this source: — 1298, 1302 to 1320 inclusive, 1328, I33S. 1336, i337> '339 to 1344, 1349 to 1356, 1362 to 1371, 1380, 1392, 1401, 1442, 1443.* It must be observed that not all of the Sebright MSS.f can have been collected by Lhwyd ; the following are dated later than 1709, the year of his death:— 1342, 1344, 1353, 1354, 1356, 1364, 1365, 1371. Also no. 1343 was in the hands of Sean O Caisin, Kilkenny, in 171 1 (p. 3). Most of the rest bear Lhwyd's name or seal or other internal proof of ownership ; there remain five which were probably his, but may have reached Sebright from some other quarter ; these are 1 3 1 5, 1340, 1341, 1350, 1352. Vallancey. — A memorandum in the Library minutes for 28th May, 1792, and a further entry at June 8th, 1792, both in the hand of Dr. Barrett, record that Nos. 1324 to 1329I were bought at a sale of Vallancey's books. One of them, no. 1328, has already been noted as belonging to the Sebright collection. By what chance it passed through Vallancey's hands I cannot say. Probably he borrowed it when the collection was first sent over to Dublin, and failed to return it when the mss. were given to Trinity College. Anyhow, there is on the flyleaf the note " From Sir John Seabright's Collection," and below, in another hand, "Purchased at Col. Vallancey's sale, June, 1792." No. 1402 was presented by Vallancey in 1802 ; he may also have owned no. 1292, in which there is a note in Irishon the flyleaf by Charles O'Conor the elder, saying that Major Vallancey had lent him the book in 1774. Later Additions.— O'Reilly's Catalogueends with no. 1392. The rest of Press H (1393-1422, with 1698, 1701, and 1712-1716) must have been added after its completion, excepting no. 1401, which *In comparing this list with Todd's, it must be noted that H. 2. 12 is divided by Dr. Abbott into thirteen numbers, whereas Todd counts it as eight. t Dr. Abbott's statements as to the Sebright mss. are erroneous in several particulais. + Dr. Todd and Dr. Abbott add no. 1323, but this is a mistake, due to- reading somewhat hastily Barrett's entry at p. 318 of Lyon's Catalogue. PREFACE. wsa originally part of no. 13 16, and no. 1402, presented by Vallancey in 1802, but ignored by O'Reilly. These later acquisitions we owe no doubt mainly to Dr. J. H. Todd, who was elected Fellow in 1831, and became Assistant Librarian in 1834. Always zealous in the cause of Irish scholarship, he induced the Board of Trinity to employ O'Curry and Hennessy in making transcripts from impor- tant codices, and to retain the services of John O'Donovan for five years on his Catalogue. From O'Donovan we received nos. 1398, 1399, 1400, 1420, 1701. We also acquired three of O'Reilly's mss. {1419, 1421, 1422); the bulk of his great collection went, however, to the Royal Irish Academy. O'Donovan (preface to Four Masters, xxxiii) mentions no. 1 397 as bought by Dr. Todd in London a few years previously. No. 1403 was bought at the sale of Archbishop Tenison's library in 1861.* A number ot transcripts and miscel- laneous papers belonging to Bishop Reeves were bought after his •death in i8g2.f It remains to mention three important Latin-Irish codices, which contain Irish notes or glosses. The Book of Moling (no. 60) was deposited in the Library towards the end of the eighteenth century % by Mr. Kavanagh, of Borris Idrone, to whose family it had belonged for centuries. The intention of Mr. Kavanagh to present it to the College was at one time in debate, but our right of ownership was finally recognized in 1895. The Book of Dimma (no. 59) was bought from Sir W. Betham in 1836. § In 1853, the Book of Armagh being for sale, Reeves, then a country rector and a poor man, paid ^300 to save this treasure for Ireland. Primate John George Beresford thereupon reimbursed the sum to Reeves, and presented the Book to Trinity College. MSS. missing or not identified. — It has been already mentioned that our Library once contained two famous codices which it no * This library, with its collection of mss., dated back to 1695 : see Diet. Nat. Biog. tNo. 1089 ought not to be included in this volume; it contains no Irish matter. \ See Lawlor, Chapters on the Book of Mulling, p. 2. § See College Register, March 2gth, 1836. The price is there given as ^150; the entry in Lyon's Catalogue, under A. 4. 23, says ^200. PRE FA CE. longer possesses, the Great Book of Lecan and the Book of Ballymote. Ussher quotes them frequently in his Antiquitates as Liber Sliguntinus and Liber Balimotensis, and they probably came to us with the rest of his books. At all events, they are mentioned in the two earliest Catalogues. According to Bishop Nicolson, " Irish Historical Library," p. 39, the Book of Lecan was carried to Paris during the troubles of James IPs reign. It is noted on the flyleaf of Catal. 2 as " missing in 1702." It was never recovered by the College, but was restored to Ireland in 1787, and is now housed in the Royal Irish Academy. The circumstances under which we lost the Book of Ballymote are obscure. It seems to have been lent to Dr. Anthony Raymond about 1720, and to have remained for some time in his keeping. We have in one of our manuscripts, no. 1361, a list of the contents of the Book of Ballymote, made by Tadhg O'Neachtain, and dated 1726. Another volume written by the same scribe, no. 1289, contains long extracts, apparently copied direct from the Book of Ballymote ; these, however, cannot be accurately dated, as O'Neachtain worked at this volume for at least sixteen years (1729-1745), probably more. No. 1295, which is a copy of the greater part of Ballymote, by Tipper, bears date 1728. It is possible that while Tipper and O'Neachtain were at work the Book was still in Raymond's hands. Vallancey says that it was stolen by Raymond's servant. However this may be, the Book appears in a list of "manuscripts wanting in 1742," which is written, on a flyleaf of Catal. 2. What is known of its later fortunes will be found in O'Curry's unpublished Academy Catalogue, or, more briefly, in Atkinson's introduction to the facsimile. Another volume which cannot now be traced is thus described in the Catalogue of 1688 (under : ' Nomina " = Bernard, no. 601) : " Nomina Regum quorundam Conatiae. Opus quoddam de jure. Opera Galeni et Hippocratis de Chirurgia. Hibernice, fol. membr." The earliest Catalogue has the same entry, except that it omits the clause " Opus quoddam de jure." This description, as it stands, does not correspond to any ms. described by Lyon, nor to any that is now in the Library. Either the volume has been lost, or it has been broken up, and its parts may still exist among those PREFACE. vellums whose provenance is uncertain. It is possible, for example, that the treatise on law which it contained may be identical with the first and second parts of no. 1433 : for it is only the last part of that ms. (copy of Leabhar Gdbhdla ) that can be recognized with certainty in the two earliest Catalogues. Those Catalogues also mention a copy of Keating's History, which seems to have disappeared (see table on p. ix). It is entered on the flyleaf of the 1688 Catalogue, among a list of mss. that were missing in 1702. The same Catalogue has a series of entries in a late hand, among which is " B. 64, a Book in Irish, which seems to be antiquities." This may, perhaps, be the missing Keating : and it is further possible that both these entries are to be identified with no. 1439, which appears in Lyon's Catalogue as F. 3. 21. This is, however, not likely, as all the contents of Press F are assumed to have come from Bishop Stearne in 1741. There remains a case which is perhaps one of confusion, not of loss. Our no. 1335, one of the Sebright mss., is by O'Reilly classed H 52, and his description leaves no doubt of its identity. But in Barrett's list H. 52 is thus described: " A Miscellany of Poems and extracts from the Book of Ballymote, 4 ," and it is not marked as a Sebright MS. Clearly this is not our 1335, nor can that Ms. be elsewhere recognized among Barrett's descriptions. Further, in the flyleaves of Lyon's Catalogue there is a list of mss. lent to various persons, and here occurs this entry: "Reed, this 20 Feb., 1808, an Irish ms., no. 3, marked H. 37, a miscellany containing some Irish poems and some abstracts from the Book of Ballymote, for which I promise to be accountable. M. K. Leyden." To this is appended: " Oct. 19, 1812. Found this MS. J. Barrett." This is evidently the same volume as H. 52 of Barrett's list. But H. 37 in Barrett's own list, and in O'Reilly, is Plunkett's Dictionary. Where, then, is the manuscript which Barrett at one time calls H. 37 and at another H. 52? I have not found a solution of this question. Dr. Abbott's general Catalogue of MSS. in Trinity College was published in 1900. In compiling this he relied, where the Irish manuscripts were concerned, principally on O'Donovan's Catalogue, PREFACE. xix so far as it went; unfortunately it breaks off abruptly near the beginning of H. 3.18, and for the rest of the collection he had no better assistance than is afforded by O'Reilly's descriptions, which are usually superficial and frequently incorrect. Besides, the scale on which the whole volume was planned made it impossible to give as full an account of the Irish mss. as Dr. Abbott felt to be desirable. Accordingly he determined to attempt a fresh Catalogue specially devoted to these manuscripts, and this undertaking occupied the last years of his long life. He died in December, 1913, at the age of eighty-four, leaving his task half finished. When I was asked in 191 5 to complete the work, I found that the first 176 pages had been printed off and the type broken up : this section of the volume is therefore published as Dr. Abbott left it. The rest of his work was in various stages of preparation : some sheets were pretty far advanced, others were merely reprints of the 1900 volume. I have done my best to carry out Dr. Abbott's design on the general lines which he had adopted. I have compiled the two indices, recollated the first 176 pages with the mss., and recorded in the Supplement such additions and corrections as I could supply. I have not, however, thought it necessary to revise the descriptions of the Book of Leinster or of our copy of the Book of Ballymote, as their contents are fully dealt with in Atkinson's facsimile editions. The case of the Yellow Book of Lecan is different : the facsimile being unhappily very deficient, it seemed desirable to print any additional information that would throw light on the history and contents of this important volume. I should have liked to draw more fully on the abundant marginalia of H. 3 . 17 and H. 3.18, but considerations of economy made it necessary to study brevity. I have, however, tried to notice all entries which helped to identify the scribes or determine the dates of the mss. In some few cases it has been necessary to rearrange the contents of a volume (e.g. H. 4 . 22), and this has occasionally falsified the cross-references in Dr. Abbott's pages, but such discrepancies can almost always be corrected by consulting the indices. It seemed useless to attempt to index thoroughly the tracts on law and medicine, as the account given of these was inevitably unsatisfactory, since almost every- thing has still to be done in these fields of study. PREFACE. It remains to acknowledge gratefully the help in various matters that has been freely given to Dr. Abbott and to me by Mr. R. Flower, Mr. R. I. Best, Professor O. J. Bergin, the Reverend C Plummer, Professor H. J. Lawlor, Professor T. F. O'Rahilly, Mr. H. Wood (of the Public Record Office), Dr. T. P. C. Kirkpatrick, and Mrs. A. B. Hamilton. To our Librarian, Dr. J. G. Smyly, and to our Assistant Librarian, Mr. A. De Burgh, I am deeply obliged for their constant helpfulness and patience. The long delay in the publication of this volume has been due partly to my enforced absences from Dublin, partly to the pressure of other College duties. I add a few corrections : No. 60 : the classing should be A. 1. 15, not A. 4 . 20. No. 1089 : this number should be deleted. No. 1293: for ' Bradley ' read ' Badley.' No. 1363, p. 88*: for cucab read \i\icaX>. No. 1415, p. 26 : for ' Geoffrey ' read ' Godfrey.' No. 1433, p. 19 : the date should probably be read 1-541, or perhaps 1542. Suppl., no. 1336, marginalia, pp. 527-8: delete the note on Ara Cothraige, and see Index, s.v. Suppl., no, 1 341, p. 258 : for b'Urnriumcm read Deapmurhcm. E. J. GWYNN. November 17, 1921. CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS. \The numbers are those of the General Catalogue of Manuscripts^ 52 4to membr., a.d. 807. The " Book of Armagh," containing the New Testa- ment in Latin, with the Lives of St. Patrick and St. Martin of Tours ; and the Confession of St. Patrick, also in Latin. The following are in Irish : — ff. 2 to 24. Some glosses on the Patrician documents. Published by Whitley Stokes in the " Thesaurus Palseo- hibernicus," vol. ii., p. 45. ff. 17a to 1 83. "Tirechan's Annotations" on the Life of St. Patrick. Published, with translation, by Whitley Stokes, in his " Goidelica," ed. 2, 1872, pp. 83 ff. Also in the " Thesaurus," ii., p. 238. "These notes comprise the most copious specimens of Old-Irish prose yet discovered." For other memoranda in Latin, but with Irish names, see " Thesaurus," p. 364. ff. 31 to 190. Biblical Glosses (Gospels and Acts). "Thesaurus Palaeohib.," vol. i., pp.474 to 478. The entire MS. is being edited by Rev. Dr. Gwynn. 58. fol. membr. a. 1.6. The "Book of Kells." The original MS. contains the Four Gospels in Latin, with the usual sub- sidiary matter. On pages left blank by the 2 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [58,59 original scribe are written sundry deeds in Irish, viz. : — i. Carta de Balli Uidrin cum Molendino et de Balli Comgain cum Molendino. Granted by the family of Kells for the support of pilgrims. Not older than 1126, nor later than 1 140 : see post. 11. Grant by Maelsechnaill, son of Conchobhar O'Mael- sechnaill [d. 1087], king of Tara, of Disert Columcille in Kells, with its vegetable garden, to God and pious pilgrims. "Not later than 1084." in. Statement as to land purchased by the priest of Kells and his kinsmen for eighteen ounces [of gold], with names of witnesses. Before 1094. iv. Do paipe Oelga mpo. Of the freedom of Cill Delga granted by Conchobhar O'Maelsechlaind (sic) to God and Columcille for ever, in atonement for a violation of sanctuary. Between 1021 and 1050. v. Purchase of a house by Congal ua Brestlen. Probably xi th century. vi. Freedom of Ard-Breacain, granted by Muirchertach O'Lochlainn, king of Ireland, and by Maelsechlaind, king of Meath, and by Aedh, king of [TJi] Loegaire. The last surrenders his privilege of one night's "coinmhe" in each quarter, in consideration of three ounces of gold. Middle of xii th century. vii. Purchase of land by Gilla Crist mac Manchain for twenty-four ounces of silver, besides the tuition of Cu- Uladh's son. Probably close of xi th century. These deeds were published by O'Donovan in the " Miscellany of the Irish Archaeological Society," vol. i, pp. 127-158. The dates above given are those assigned to the original deeds by O'Donovan, from a consideration of the persons named. The actual copies he assigns, from the character of the writing and the contractions used, to the latter part of the xii lh century. Transcripts of the first six, made for Ussher, are in the vol. No. 580. 59 membr., s. vii. (?). A . 2 , The Book of Dimma, containing the Four Gospels in Latin. At the end is a quatrain in Irish (a prayer), for which see " Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus." 60-580] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 3 60 membr., s. vii. (?). a. 4. 20. The Book of Mulling (or Moling), containing the Four Gospels in Latin. On the last page is a curious circular device with Irish words. This is discussed by the Rev. Dr. Lawlor in his " Chapters on the Book of Mulling." Edinb. 1897. 77 s. xvi. b. 1.1. In the Armagh Breviary. On a leaf preceding the Calendar (in the middle of the book) is a statement in Irish that, in a.d. 1535, Abp. Dowdall charged Conn O'Neill, who was then Earl and O'Neill, and others, with having seized to themselves much of the estate of the Primate and the Church. Evidence having been given, O'Neill surrendered these lands. A translation by Prof. O'Mahony is inserted, dated 1867. The following page contains a request for prayer for Donnchadh O'Carbhaill, Prince of Airgiall, who built and restored churches and monasteries, a.d. 1170. There are one or two obits in Irish. 574 fol. chart., s.xvii. E. 3.20. Various Annals, mostly Latin. p. 1. Fragmenta ex Registro Clochoren. decerpta [torn] fratre Patricio Calyn Augustinen. epo Clochoren. Includes some Irish. p. 224. Annals of Boyle. In Ussher's hand : " Notes out of Mr. Crofton's booke in Connaght " ; and lower down "Liber Croftonianus vel potius Abbatiae Buellensis (ad ann. 1151)." The Annals begin on the following folio, and in the later parts there is some Irish. p. 431. Annales Ultonienses a Christo Nato ad ann. 661. Latin in the Irish character, with occasional Irish words, written by Duald mac Firbis. 580 fol- chart., s.xvii. %■ 3- 8 - p. 91. Copies of the first six of the Irish deeds in the BookofKells. See No. 58. B2 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [582-804 582 e. 3. 13- p. 109. Poem on the early inhabitants of Dublin by St. Benen (Benignus) beg. : Clcd punn pecmcup puaipc pecmg. Copied from the Book of Ballymote (279 fi 10), by John Kelly, Fellow of Trinity College, who has added a Latin translation on p. 108 (about 1620). 591 fol. chart., circ. 1600. E. 3. 28. Miscellanea de Rebus Hibernicis. The greater part of the volume is English and Latin : see General Catalogue. The following items are Irish : — Hymnus in S. Brigidam (Ultan's) inc. : bpigic b6 bich- maich. See No. 1441. 21 : 7 quatrains. Broccani Hymnus in laudem S. Brigidae : Ni cap bpigic buaoach. No. 1441. 22 : 53 quatrains. Sanctani Hymnus : dceach pfg nampa. No. 1441. 23. Fiechi Slebthiensis Hymnus in laudem S. Patricii : genmp pac in nemchup. No. 1441, 19: 34 quatrains. Followed by a translation of the scholium on S. Patrick's Life. (Gaudii Thesaurus.) Scop na lugcap" (= lucgdipeac) goipchip amm leabpan po. TTlo ciomna (a religious piece). 3^ pp. Confession of the penitent, i^p. "On Ciomna nua." : A series of short extracts from the N.T., beginning with Heb. i. 1. 4 pp. A 804 Miscellaneous Collection of Genealogical and Historical Tracts, amongst which are the follow- ing wholly or partly in Irish : — p. 39. Descent of Brian 6g mac gilla Padraic. p. 43. Genealogy of Diarmid Caomhanagh. On the back is this memorandum: "This paper found on y one Birn apprehended on y« xi of May 1667 by mee Tho. Harney." p. 47. Secmcup 1 byium ouin cailli6 bgapao. Begins with Robert Fitz Gerald son of Gerald son of Murchadh. p. 53. Poem of 22 quatrains: Ocdim accdp pioip TirJipl coihaiple. On the last blank page is the same note as that quoted above at p. 43. 804] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. P- 55- 5 enea ^ a ° cloirme peopuip mc peopuip con- rhaicne .1. cigeapna bapun aca na pfog. Genealogy of the Birminghams, who changed their name to Mac Feorais (see O'Hart, Irish Pedigrees, i., p. 317). This Birmingham was Baron of Athenry, and called the third conqueror of Ireland. Written by Duald Mac Firbis, 27 Nov. 1665. pp. 57, 58 blank. p. 59. The Birmingham pedigree in English. p. 63. 5 enea l' a c Ttlggpagnaill : " Genealogy of the Reynolds from Milesius called of Spain, to the cheefe head of the famyly called Megranall." Irish and English. Written by Tully Conry or Mulconry. pp. 69, 70 blank. p. 71. A catalogue of the kings of the race of Ir, who reigned over all Ireland. Irish and English. p. 74 blank. p. 75. A catalogue of the saints of the race of Ir. Irish and English. (63 are reckoned, beginning with St. Finnan of Clonard, and ending with St. Earc Eps.) Written by Tully O'Mulconry in 1658. p. 79. List of the descendants of Domhnall mac giolla Iosa, the first man who was called Maguidhir, who d. 134s, with dates 1324 to 1626. p. 80. Poem by Tadhg dall O'Higgin : TTlag in bfola opuimliogan. See No. 134s ii i. 17 and 1356, which read correctly: TTlaigean ofogla Opium Laigeann. p. 83. lugach mac lche cc a ngabdlcap macoib TTlileo. Begins : Suibiom ponn pop pan cpachc. " Note that this is said to bin the first distique of poesie that was made in Ireland upon the arivall of the sons of Gallom for the conquest of this nacon in nature of a lacrime or mournfull ellegie by Ludovicus upon the death of his wife Feilice .1. pial Ingen Tflileao eppainne." See No. 1286, p. 87. Many more extracts from Irish Annals, &c. p. 327. Annales Prioratus Omnium SS. in Loghree in Com. Longford (1004-1441), script, circa 1400 per August Magraide \i.e. Augustine mac Raighin], Canonicum. See ZCP. v. 453 (but he died 1405). p. 331. Ex Annalibus Loghkeensibus (pen drawn through "Conactiensibus"), 1249 101356. Latin, with some Irish words. p. 335. Entitled Annales Inisfallenses (pen drawn through "airs Corkagienses"). Brief excerpts, chiefly obits 430-1 173. Dr.Chas. O'Conor, in his "RerumHibernicarumScriptores," b CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [804-1070 vol. ii., in which he gives the text of our No. 1281, cites from a MS. in the British Museum (which he calls Codex Harleianus) several entries not found in that codex, ex. gr. under the years 547, 548, 551, 557, 562, 571. These entries are found in the present MS. The correct designation of the British Museum MS., as I learn from Mr. Warner, is Add. 4787. In that MS. there is a gap between 1131 and 1 160, and another between 1181 and 1191. The pre- sent MS. has nothing between 11 30 and 1159, and in the margin is this note : " hie deerant 30 ani in originali" ; but the fragment itself does not extend beyond 1173- pp. 339-360. Headed "Ex Annalibus Inisfaithlensibus." All English, in a different hand from the preceding and the following. p. 361. Brief annals, 1283-1320, partly Irish. More annals of Ireland to end of book. B. 3. 18,19. In the Sarum Breviary (a printed book) : vol. i, ff. 189- 191. Stanzas in lower margin mutilated, f. 192 (flyleaf). • The first two lines cut off by the binder : t)o gemeb inigen on umla bap boibe (= munttre mate De). t)6 an mac fin. The second page illegible. Vol. ii : In the margin below the calendar, the third line of a sacred poem con- tinued on the margin of the succeeding pages : papiop noca pugap poga ope. The first two lines on the pre- ceding page are illegible. vol. ii., f. 88. Sacred poem beginning : a 06 50 cugaip bampa gabail bo graidh. The following, from 1069 to 1138, are from Bp. Reeves' collection : — 1069 fol., s. xix. The Felireof Aengus the Culdee : Prologues, Glosses, and notes in the original Irish, copied from the Leabhar Breac, with a literal translation by Eugene O'Curry. The Felire was edited by Dr. Whitley Stokes. 1070 fol., s.xix. Index to the Felire of Aengus and the Calendar of Donegall. 1071-1084] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 7 1071 fol., s.xix. O'Mellan's Journal of Events in Ireland in 1641— 1647, chiefly those in which the O'Neills were concerned. Irish text, with translation and Index of Names. The original is in the possession of Lord O'Neill. The present copy was transcribed by Dr. Reeves from that made by O'Curry for the Royal Irish Academy. The translation is by Robert M'Adam, of Belfast : see another copy of the translation in No. 1130. 1079 fol., s.xix. Scottish Records, etc. : 1. Tract on the men of Alba from the genealogical MS. of Duald Mac Firbis, copied and translated by Eugene Curry (or O'Curry), with collation of the copies in the Book of Ballymote and the Book of Lecan. 2. Pedigree of Mac Leoid from Mac Firbis. 3. Pedigrees of other Scottish families. 4. The Shrine of Adamnan. 5. List of Poems in MS. Laud. 615, Bodleian Library, purporting to be a collection of Columcille's poems. 1081 4to, s. xix. Index to O' Flaherty's Ogygia. 1082 fol., s.xix. Index to Shearman's Loca Patriciana. 1083 fol., s.xix. Index Locorum to Colgan's Acta Sanctorum. 1084 Index Locorum to the Annals of the Four Masters (printed, interleaved, and largely augmented from other sources by Bp. W. Reeves). 8 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1085-1106 1085 fol., s. xix. Index to the Annals of the Four Masters by Bp. Reeves. (The references are fuller than in the printed index.) 1089 4-to, s. xix. Includes : Collections regarding the Irish use of the number seven in religious and social records. By Bp. Reeves. 1104 fol., s. xix. Vita S. Brigittae : i. Transcript of a gth-century MS. in the possession (in Reeves' time) of Rev. T. W. Carson, with notes. 2. O'Curr/s translation of the Irish Life in the Leabhar Breac, with notes. 1106 fol., s. xix. Vita S. Columbae. A collection containing : i. Life of St. Columba in Irish, from the Book of Lis- more, with translation by O'Curry, and various readings from the Leabhar Breac, and the Highland Society's MS. 2. Life of St. Columba, by Cummineus, copied from Mabillon, collated with Colgan. 3. Preface to the Amhra Coluimcille, from the Leabhar Breac. 4. Preface to the Altus from the same MS. 5. Story of Columba and his cook from the same. 6. Story of Columba, King Brandubh and the devils, from the Book of Lecan. 7. The wanderings of Snedgus and Mac Ragail, from the Yellow Book of Lecan (No. 1318), col. 391. 8. Preface to the Amhra Coluimcille, from the same. 9. Columcille and the daughter of the King of Alba, from the same. 10. Story of Conor MacNessa, from the same. 1 1 . Extract from the Life of Diarmaid Mac Fergusa, from the same. 12. Death of Aedh Mac Ainmire, from the Book of Lecan. 1106-1116] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 13. Legend of Inbher Ailbhine, from the Book of Bally- mote. 14. The Visions of Adamnan, from the Leabhar Breac. See No. n 16. 15. St. Ruadhan and King Diarmait, from the same. 16. Adamnan and Finnachta, from a MS. in Mr. Mason's possession. " All the above, except No. 2, were copied and translated by Eugene Curry, and the collection so made is unique." By Reeves. 17. Translation by Curry of the Cain of Adamnan (Lex Adamnani), from the Old Book of Rathbhoth (Raphoe). 1112 fol., s. xix. Lives of St. Patrick : 1. The Irish text of the Tripartite Life, taken from a MS. in the British Museum (Egerton, 93). This is a copy of Dr. Whitley Stokes' transcript, with a literal translation by John O'Donovan, and a collation of a Bodleian MS. (Rawlinson, B. 512). 2. The Irish text of the Life contained in the Leabhar BreaCj with a literal translation by O'Donovan. 1115 fol., s. xix. Life of Adamnan in Irish, with notes. 1116 fol., s. xix. Visions of Adamnan : 1. The Irish text of the Leabhar Breac, with the different readings from the Leabhar na hUidhri. 2. Two translations, one by O'Curry, the other from the text of the Leabhar na hUidhri, with notes. 3. The text from the Leabhar na hUidhri, with translation. Interleaved. See Revue Celtique, xxx. 349: "Aislingthi Adhamnain," from a Paris MS. (fonds Celtique, No. 1), by J. Vendryes. The text resembles this. 4. The Supplement, or ' Second Vision ' : in Latin and English. io CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1128-1135 1128 4-to, s. xix. The Annals of Ulster, translated from O' Conor's ' Rerum Hib. Scriptores.' Extract from the Ulster Journal of Archaeology, 1853, with some MS. notes (to a.d. 601 , only). 1129 fol., s. xix. Two Extracts from the Book of Leinster, translated : viz. on the Boruma tribute and the Battle of Dunbrog. 1130 fol., s. xix. A transcript of the Liber Hymnorum. 1131 fol., s. xix. Copy of the Leabhar Gabhala. 1132 fol., s. xix. Copy of the Annals (wrongly called) ' of Innisfallen,' No. 1 28 1, q. v. Translated by Thos. Connellan. 1135 fol., s. xix. 1. Translation of the Voyage of Maildun, from the Leabhar na hUidhri, by W. M. Hennessy. 2. The Vision of Mac Conglinne, from the Leabhar Breac, transl. by. W. M. Hennessy (publ. in Fraser's Magazine, Sept., 1873), with the original Irish. Edited also by Prof. Kuno Meyer, Lond. 1892. See also No. 1337, 732. 3. Poem, from the Book of Ballymote, fo. 140 b. a. 28 No. 1275, 409, beginning : i r op 5 lccn ; with translation and notes, also a poem from Cod 1135-1137] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. u S. Pauli in Carinthia, No. lxxiv, beginning : Qe& oil ppi anOuO nane. Publ. by Windisch, Irische Texte, 1880. (He gives the No. as lxxxiv.) See also Stokes, Goidelica, ed. 2, p. 176 ; and O'Curry, Manners, iii. 47. The short poems numbered by Windisch iii and iv 3 headed respectively Suibne Geilt and Maling are also here (with notes). Also a poem by Moelisu : ' Deus meus adjuva me.' Irish, with some Latin. 1136 A portfolio, containing Miscellaneous Papers of W. M. Hennessy, including: 1. Notes on the number nine in folk-lore, etc. 2. Monastic Rules from Irish MSS.. viz.: Cain Emine ; Riagail in Coimded ; Riagail Ciarain ; Riagail Cormaic Mic Cuilennain, from R.I. A. 23 P. 3 ; Riagail Ailbhe, from the same, and 23 N. 1 1. 3. The Synod of Saighir, from the Book of Lecan : Irish and English. 4. Seanchas naomh Erenn, from the Book of Lecan, fol. 34. 5. The tragical fate of Muircertagh Mac Erca. See No. 1298, 248 ; No. 1318, 310 : Rev. Celt, xxiii. 395. 6. Duald Mac Firbis on the wife of Eochaidh Muidh- medhon: Irish and English. 7. Extract from Leabhar na hUidhri on the death of Loegaire : Irish and English. 8. Extract from Mac Firbis' Book of Pedigrees : Irish and English, by Hennessy. 9. Celebrated women of Ireland, from the Book of Lecan, 184-189. 10. Miscellaneous notes and letters (some by Hennessy), relating to Irish matters ; notes on names, etc. 1137 A portfolio containing various papers of Bp. Reeves, including : Extracts from O'Donnell's Life of Columcille in the Bodleian Library, by O'Donovan, with translation. CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1137-1278 Riagail na Celed ride : O'Moelruain cc. Irish text, with translation. A second copy of this, with the contractions expanded. Cain Adamnain : Irish text, with translation apparently by O'Curry; paged 2907 to 2921, as it seems in continua- tion of vol. 16 of Transcripts of the Brehon Laws. See No. 1424. (unfinished). Caicpeim Ceallacain Caipil: extract from the Book of Lismore (one page), ed. A. Bugge, Christiania, 1905. Extract from Egerton, 97 (British Museum;, headed: Gc po pip coip caipci Concubaip mic Saiog f TTliaocain. This is a copy of a deed of mortgage of land in the barony of Tulla, Co. Clare. Published in Catal. B. M., p. 155- Extract from Harl. 3756, fol. 38, being copy of a covenant between Gerald, eighth Earl of Kildare, and Mageochagan of Cin61 Fhiachach, a.d. 1512. Pub. ibid., p. 149. These two seem to have been prepared for the Brehon Laws Commission. 1138 Portfolio containing M'Adam's translation of O'Mel- lan's Journal (see No. 107 1). The following items, 1278 to 1337, p. 48, were catalogued by Dr. John O'Donovan, 1836-1840. His descriptions have been in general adopted, with some necessary corrections, and with the omission of some discursive matter which would be out of place in such a catalogue as the present. 1278 fol. chart., s. xviii. h. 1. 1, 2. Annales Connatienses (1 224-1563) ; 2 vols., pp. 370. Copy by Maurice O'Gorman, a.d. 1764, from the vellum MS. described by Dr. Chas. O'Conor in his ' Bibliotheca MS. Stowensis,' vol. i., p. 73, which is now in the R.I.A. Cm. 1. The chronology is minutely detailed, the day of the week on which the Kalends fell in each year being given, also the age of the Moon, the Cycles of Moon and Sun, and the indiction, ' This is the most curious historical record now extant of the Province of Connaught ' See O'Curry, 'MS. Materials,' p. 113. 1279-1280] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. , 3 1279 fol. chart., s. xviii. h. i. 3-5. Annales Dungallenses, or Annals of the Four Masters (a.m. 2242 to a,d. 1172), 3 vols., pp. 548. In the same hand as the preceding. See post, Nos. 1 300, 1301. 1280 fol. chart., s. xviii. h. 1. 6. A collection of Romances, Historical Poems, and Genealogies, pp. 278. Transcribed by Hugh O'Daly in 1758 for Dr. Fras. Sullivan, Fellow of Trinity College. The date and name are on p. 50. f. 1. Siabpa Sioe, occup lnneirige rhic na mfocorhairile, ' The Fairy of the hill, and the Proceedings of the son of ill counsel.' Partly prose, partly verse : stated to be written in imitation of a production of Carroll O'Daly, called Gipce 6eanbaiU. Ascribed to Philip Brady, 'commonly styled Philip Minister, a witty clergyman, of whom many stories are told in Meath and Cavan.' f. 15. 6accpa an maoria rhaoil, ' The Adventures of the Bald Dog.' Edited by R. A. S. Macalister for the Irish Texts Society. The subject is King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. The ' bald dog ' was a prince metamorphosed by the incantations of his stepmother. O'Donovan states that this story is still told in the valley of Glenconceine, Co. Deny, where some of the places mentioned (including the site of King Arthur's Castle) are pointed out. Hence he conjectured that the author was an O'Kelly, the bard of the district. It preserves many now antiquated idioms and expressions. Several MSS. of this and the following are enumerated by M. D'Arbois de Jubainville. For the ancient version, see No. 13 18, 749. f. 30. eaccna rhic an lolaip, ' Adventures of the Son of the Eagle.' A modern tale, the scene of which is in Holland and the East Indies. Ed. Macalister, with the foregoing. £51. An ancient historical tale entitled, Oioe cloinne Uipnig, ' Death of the sons of Uisneach.' Published, with translation, in the 'Transactions' of the Gaelic Society (1808), by Theophilus O'Flanagan. A similar text has been published by Stokes in the ' Irische Texte,' Ser. 2, CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1280 Heft. 2. ' This copy is very defective, and the orthography bad': O'D. f. 57. Another tale entitled Oibe cloinne Lip, ' Death of the children of Lir.' Publ. by O'Curry, ' Atlantis,' iii. 382; iv. 113. See also Joyce : 'Romances.' f. 63. List of the Kings of Munster and Leath-Mhogha from Oilioll Olum to Donnell O'Brien. f. 64. Leabap Oipip. Chronicles of the Wars of Ireland, consisting chiefly of an account of the Battle of Clontarf and the heroes who fell in it. Ed. R. I. Best : ' Eriu ' i. 74, See No. 1287, p. 63. f. 73. Genealogies of families descended from Cas and from Cian, son of Oilioll Olum. f. 79. Annals of wars, deaths, and other remarkable things relating to the O'Neills. f. 82. Pedigrees of various families of the Heremonian and Irian races. f. j 13. Pedigrees of Anglo-Norman families in Ireland. f. 117. Pedigrees of O'Duffy, O'Murrigan, O'Donnellan, O'Hamill, and of the clann Conchoille, and of the saints Columcille and Baithin. f. 118. Poem on the deaths of ten members of the houses of Thomond and Clanrickard : 35 quatrains. See the account in O'Grady's B. M. Catal., p. 390. Beg. : dnoip oiokrnn an beacma (by Tadhg mac Daire). 119. Poem beg. : gain riieapa an capmpa aemain. 19 quatrains. f. 1 193. Poem by Eochy O'Hosey, beg. : biol puaca plaiceap Gipe, lamenting the dissensions of the Irish chiefs and encouraging [Red] Hugh O'Donnell. 57 quatrains : 'probably written 1593.' See analysis and long excerpts in B. M. Catal., p. 469. f. 122. Poem by Hugh O'Donnell, beg. lTlolpaio ConaiU clann Gdil. 26 quatrains. f. 1 22 J. Poem addressed to the author of the last, beg • Cia misia mhic an Chalbaigh. 14 quatrains. Another copy in Bibl. Roy. Brussels, No. 6131-33, fo. 61a f. 123. Poem on the death of Hugh Maguire, chief of Fermanagh, beg.: leabaio capab 1 5 Copcai* ™ quatrains. °' •" f 124J Historical Poem on the territory of Ivea^h addressed to Art, son of Hugh Magennis, its chief besr' Ldm beaps <5,pionn ,b eacach : 37 quatrains. It enume- rates the tribes of the Clanna-Rury. For excerpt and historical note, see B. M. Catal., p. 395. I n the B. M. MS Eg. 1 1 1, it is attributed to Moylin Oge Mac Brody. 1280] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 15 f. 126. Poem beg. : ITIo cean &uic a JpaiT'Tie gapB. f. 126^. Poem beg. : TTlaipg rheallap muipn an opaogail. See Catal. B. M., p. 357, where an excerpt is given, f. 1276. Poem beg. : dcd an paogal 05 peanrh6ipe. f. 128. Historical poem, beg. : lonrhum pgpibeann pcaoil- ceap punn. f. 131. Poem by Owen Roe Mac Ward on the death of Hugh O'Neill, eldest son of Hugh O'Neill the Great, and the two sons of O'Donnell (the elder of whom was Earl of Tirconnell), who died at Rome in 1608, addressed to Nuela, sister of the O'Donnells, weeping at the grave of her brothers. Begins : d bean puaip paill ap an bpeapc. First pub. in Trans. Oss. Soc, vol. v., i860. Clarence Mangan had published a metrical version in the Irish Penny Journal. It has lately been edited, with translation and notes, by Mr. Thomas Flannery, in Seacc Sdp&dnca ^ae&ilge, 1908. See also historical notes and excerpt in B. M. Catalogue, p. 371. f. 132a. Poem by Owen Roe Mac Ward addressed to Red Hugh O'Donnell on his setting out for Spain to request additional forces from Philip III (a.d. 1602), beg. : Rob popaio c'eaccpa a Q06. Other copies in Bibl. Roy. Brussels, No. 6131-33, and in R. I. A. 23 C. 33, p. 167, and 23 L. 17, f. 89*. f. 132$. Another by the same on the same subject, beg. : bona an cupap cpiallcap ponn. f. 133*. Poem by the same on hearing of the death of Red Hugh in Spain : Cia pe bpuilcaio pem eipne (13 stanzas). Other copies R.I. A., 23C. 33, p. 255, and Brussels MS., u.s. to. 256. Ibid. Another poem (by the same) on the deserted state of the fortress of Donegal, after the death of Red Hugh, beg.: a bum cip acd ic enoip (36 stanzas). Other copies R.I. A., 23 N. 15, p. 200, and 23 L. 77, f. 88. Two stanzas in Brussels MS. ut supra, fo. 20a. f. 135. Poem by Eochy O'Hosey on the misfortunes of Ireland from continued broils and dissensions, and in particular, on the feuds of the families of De Burgo in Connaught, beg. : TTldeaip coccaio cpioc banba. 58 stanzas. f. 137. Another poem by the same on the dejected state of Ireland, beg. : Do p6ca& pulang 5 a01Dea1 '- +3 stanzas, f. 138. Poem by the same, addressed to Hugh Maguire on hearing that he had been wounded in the hand, beg. : Slan pd Oo loc a larh Clooa. 37 stanzas. For analysis, see B. M. Catal., p. 455 [pdo loc Eg. 1 1 1]. 1 6 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1281 1281 fol. chart., s. xviii. h. i. 7. I.— Annals, a.d. 320-1320. Written in the year 1765 by John.O'Conry (or O'Mulconry), ff. 65, erroneously entitled ' Annals of Innisfallen,' but see below. There is a copy from this MS. in the B. M. Egerton, 98, 99. The subscription is : — Sgpiobca le Seagan 6 Connaipe pan bppanc. Then a note by Chas. O'Conor : San bpyiainc jio pcpfobao an leabaji Gipip po la S6an ua TTlaolconaipe ec 6 Ian bo lochcaib iomoa a gcponic, ec a noeachcugaft, ec cpucaigce lom&a ap pin anop aldrhaib Chachail ui Concubaip, a.d. 1775 (i.e. Dr. Chas. O'Conor). Inserted is a letter from Dr. John O'Donovan, in which he says : ' It appears from a letter (prefixed to the copy in the Royal Irish Academy) in the handwriting of Theophilus O'Flanagan, [who states that Dr. O'Brien made the Bodleian copy of the Annals the basis of his compilation] that the Dublin copy . . . was manufactured by the Rt. Rev. John O'Brien, sometime R. C. Bishop of Cloyne.' It turns out, says O'Donovan, to be nothing more than a collection of entries from all sources, good, bad, and indifferent, such as from Giraldus Cambrensis' Hibernia Expugnata, from Hanmer's Chronicle, from the Caithreim Thoirdhealbhatgk, and from every other authority, English and Irish, accessible to the compilers. If published, he says, it ought to be entitled, ' Annals of Ireland, compiled in France from various authorities, Irish and English, in the year 1765, by Mr. John Conry and Dr. John O'Brien.' O'Donovan adds, however, that they ' had some Munster Annals which we have not, and from them they have extracted various passages relating to Desmond not to be found in any other compilation that I know of. The chronology is through- out corrected from Ware, Camden, and Hanmer, by Dr. O'Brien. Dr. Chas. O'Conor has added in the margin several marks and corrections.' II.— f. 84. Chronicle of the Kings and Battles of the Dal-Cais, from Mogh Nuadhat to Brian Boru . . . drawn from the old Book of Munster in the possession of Donnell O'Sullivan, a.d. 1762. 1281] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 17 Interspersed are quotations and entire poems of ancient bards, including : — f. 853. By Ciothruadh, beg. : Q mic beana pic pe maic Nia&. 6 stanzas. f. 865. By Hugh Albanach, beg.: Rfog&a acd an TTlumaiTi ann gac rao&. 1 1 stanzas. f. 87a. Anon., Tianna poppa bdbap pipbolg. 6 stanzas, f. 873. From the Psalter of Cashel : piaic peapcopb comknnn ceab. 6 stanzas. f. 88a. By Comhgan Mac Da-Chearda : pSiminn aniu& c6 pdpac. Edited by E. J. Gwynn in ' Metrical Dind- shenchus,' Todd Lect. x. f. 883. From the Psalter of Cashel : Cdm p6 gab Connall 6acluach. 4 stanzas. f. 89a. By St. Ruadhan (patron saint of Lothra, Co. Tipperary. On his bell, see O'Curry, ' MS. Materials,' P- 337) : Q Chonaill luach (MS. luach) bo coimgipge peorhairi. 5 stanzas. f. 895. By St. Brendan, Gn bd Qo&a mo &d capaib. 4 stanzas. Ibid. By the same, beanachc an Coirh&e cumaccaicc. 4 stanzas. f. gi<5. beannachc D6 nam p6p bdil ccaip. 6 stanzas. f. 92a. By Flann Mac Lonain, Lopcdn loca beapg- oeapc (sic). 22 stanzas. f. 933. By Cormac Mac Cuilionnain, bishop and king of Munsterin the ninth century : Rui&leap bal gCaip c6abaib apmac t>a cuac beag TTItiirian cuaich. 51 stanzas. f. 940. By Mac Lonain, Lop can leip cap pip poola. 1 2 stanzas, f. 945 and 95a blank. f. 95$. Anon, on Kennedy, father of Brian, paipio neac an oioce uaig. 8 stanzas. Ibid. By Flann Mac Lonain on the palace of Kincora, Ceann Copao bun Oa bcapla gac copab. 10 stanzas. f. 96^. By the Coarb of St. Patrick for Mahon, son of Kennedy, King of Munster, Caogab aipbpig aip bi ceabaib. 4 stanzas. Ibid. By Eochy O'Flynn, on the origin of the Gaels, beg. J5aebiol glap o bcafb 5 a01D1 ^- 37 stanzas. f. 97a. By the same, on the coming of the Firbolgs and Tuatha De Danann, Q cdoriia cldip Cuinn. 12 stanzas. Followed by a gloss : see below, No. 1286, p. 25. f. 98. Genealogical ramifications of the Dal-Cas according to the old Book of Munster. Contains genealogies of CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1281 Donogh, son of Brian; of Doncuan, son of Kennedy; of the O'Kennedy ; of the clann Cosgraigh ; of O'Shanaghan ; of O'Flynn; of the clann Ailginne; of the clann Eachadha; of the MacNamaras or Hy-Caisin ; of O'Hiffernan ; of O'Ronghaille. f. 103. Catalogue of the Dalcassian kings after the intro- duction of Christianity, with the poem beg. t)a ihac oeag 00 cinn 6 Cap: see No. 1289. There are other copies in the R.I. A. 23 E. 26, p. 242 : Book of Lecan, fo. 220 a. 1 . f. 105. Genealogy of the descendants of Brian Boru according to the Mac Brodys, who are styled O'Brodins, . . . and the historical book of the O'Mulconrys, being drawn from the transcript of David O'Bruadair in the year 1690. f. 1 1 zb. A tract headed, ' Drawn from the Book of Hugh Roy Mac Curtin ; the Genealogy of Dermot Breac O'Brien, of the tribe of Carrigoccoinnioll . . . with the branch of Morogh O'Brien, Major-General in France, and his son Donnell, first Earl of Lismore, who d. 1759.' f. 115a. Copy of an authentic certificate of the Mayor and Bailiffs of Galway .... in favour of the above Morrogh mac Turlogh O'Brien in Queen Elizabeth's time. It attests that the Mac Teiges, of Aran, of whom he was chief, had been temporal captains or lords of the islands of Aran time out of man's memory, etc. (English). i. nbb, 117, 118 blank. f. 119. Poem by Owen Magrath (1650) on the succession of the O'Briens : £115 oath haipe a inpe an laoig. f. i2o3. Catalogue of the kings of the Dal-Cais from Brian Boru to Donnell O'Brien, last king of Cashel, continued to Conor, son of Mahon. f. 121. Poem by Maoilin Oge Mac Brody on the family of O'Brien : Cuippeab comaom aip cloinn Call. 101 stanzas. See O'Grady, B. M. Catal., p. 394. f. 123. Poem by Mac Con O'Clery on the same : Nf oual gan cuirhne aip ceapc pfg. 105 quatrains. f. 125*. Poem by Donnell O'Mulconry on the history and extent of the territories of the Dal-Cais : pope oipbeapcaip dpa cliac. 66 quatrains. f. 128. A tract on the genealogy of the descendants of Eogan M6r, son of Olioll Olum, including O'Sullivan and Mac Carthy. f. 138-143 blank. 1. ii.i. Poem on the kings of Cashel by O'Dugan : 1281] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 19 Caipeal cacaip cloinne TTloga. 73 quatrains. Publ. by P. O'Daly. Dublin, 1847. f. 146. Metrical genealogies of the Irish saints, composed according to Dr. Chas. O'Conor by Selbach of Cashel, s. xii. (seeBibl. Stowensis, p. 150). It beg. : Naerhpeancap naorh mnpe pail. There is a copy in the Bodleian : cf. BB. 212-229. These are followed by an alphabetical list of saints, with their fathers : 05 po piop cldp 7 nuirhip nprhop ppirrmaoirh 6ipmn. f. 152. ' Contention of the Bards,' written in the reign of James I., concerning the comparative dignity of the nobility of the North and the South : see O'Reilly's 'Irish Writers,' under the name Teige mac Dairy, pp. 149, etc., viz. : — 1525. By Torna Eigeas : Ddilcaoa lOip Cope lp Nidi. See B. M. Catal., p. 533. 1533. Reply by Tadhg mac Dary : Olc bo ca.5na.1p a 66pna. 1546. ByLugaidhO'Clery : a Caiog na cacaoip Gopna. 15 85. By Robert Mac Arthur, d.d., of the Order of St. Francis: TTleapa caspapa 60165 p6in. 1 60a. By Hugh O'Donnell : meapa Do caspaip a 60165. 164S. By Turlogh O'Brien : a doo of 5 na neac peons- 165a. By Tadhg mac Dary: pagaim ceapc a clann dbip. 165S. By Lugaidh O'Clery: Do cualla& (cualla in 1356) ap caspaip a 60165. 170^. By Tadhg mac Dary : d Lt3i§ea& labpaim 50 p6irh. 171a. By Lugaidh O'Clery : na bpopbais mipe a rhic Ddipe. Ibid, (anon., but according to No. 1356, by Baoghalach (Boetius) macEgan) : TTlaips Oapab peiciorh peap saoil. 171$. By Tadhg mac Dary: Q &ume labpap an laoi. 172a. By MacDermod of Moylurg: Da b6apamaoip Oa nairhOeom pern. Ibid. By Art 6g O'Keeffe : a pip caspap an came (cam, 1356) baoic. Ibid. By Baodhthallach (Baothghalach) macEgan : puipe peam cagpa a 60165. 173a. By Anluann macEgan: Nac aic an obaippe aip 60165. 173*. peap peapa 6 lonncdmce cc : peac opam a pip na laoi6e. c 2 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1281, 1282 f. 1 74 are two poems of Toma Eigeas (both published in Hardiman's Irish Minstrelsy) : — i. Lament for the death of his foster-children : TTlo od oalcdn nfop bpuao Worn \sic, but in 1345, nippac liuin]. z. 5 aQ Tn0 ceagaps a Neill naip. (This is ceagapg Rfg Copna 'Gigeap bo Niall naoigiallac.) f. 1743. Poem by Owen Magrath on the same subject, beg. cugac an cdppo aip 'eipinn. f. 175a. Poem by Fergal Ward (Mac an Bhaird) on the downfall of the Irish: lomoa eagnac ag '6ipmn. Ibid. Poem by David O'Bruadair on the same : (3p anapa mbliagna bpiannmb. 1282 fol. membr., s. xvi. h. 1. 8. Annales Ultonienses, a.d. 431—1504, in the hand- writing of Rory O'Luinin (see f. 104^2). Copied, according to O'Conor, from the Bodleian MS. Rawlinson, 459. These Annals were compiled by Cathal Mac Manus, who d. 1498, and continued to 1541 by Roderick Cassidy, Archdeacon of Clogher. See O'Conor's Bibliotheca MS. Stowensis, vol. i., p. 174. The present copy ends imperfect at the year 1504. There are also wanting the leaves containing the years 1 102-1 108, 1 1 15— 1 162, and !374— !378. The first folio is numbered 12. Edited by W. M. Hennessy in the Master of the Rolls' Series, 1901. The Introduction by Rev. Dr. B. Mac Carthy in vol. iv. O'Conor's edition (to 1131) in the fourth vol. of Rer. Hib. Scriptores is pronounced by Dr. Mac Carthy to be worthless. ff. 12-15 contain a fragment of the 'Annals of Tigher- nach.' On this fragment, see Dr. Todd's letter in O'Curry's ' MS. Materials,' p. 517, and O'Curry's own remarks. Also R. C. xvin. 374. O'Donovan notes that the Four Masters (MS. in R.I.A.) state that they had a copy of these Annals before them, but he says that they have not always copied them at full length, and he even suspects their accuracy giving an example. The Annals of Tighernach have been edited by W. Stokes (1897). 1283, 1284] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 1283 fol. membr., s. xvii. h. i. 9. A Medical Treatise (imperfect), ff. 38 (lettered on the back ' Guido de Chauliac ' ). This is a fragment of the treatise in No. 1435 (e. 3. 30) and (imperfect) No. 1436 (e. 4. 1, p. 129 sqq.), beginning ' cum humane vite brevitas teste Hippocrate vix sufficiat ad immense artis longitudinem.' The present fragment begins with p. 19, 1. 3 of H35> and ends with 120, col. 2, but with defects. It treats of apostemata, eruptive disorders, wounds, etc. Avicenna, Allifius, Serapion, Dioscorides, and others are quoted. On p. 27 Guido is quoted. At the foot of p. 12, col. 2, is a definition of cancer: ' Cancer est apostemamelingcolicum,' No. 1435, p. 37, col. 2, 1. 10. After this about six fF. are wanting, p. 13 beginning 'l gac rjile cinel,' No. 1435, p. 43, col. 2, 1. 7, shortly after the beginning of the section ; ' Simplicia mundificativa sunt ista.' O'Donovan, being of course unaware of this defect, states that 'the causes, symptoms, and treatment of cancer are fully discussed.' ' Cancer,' by the way, had a much wider signification than it has now. One-half of the fol. 13, 14 has been cut away. There are two additional, much mutilated folios at the end of the volume, separated from the rest by a blank leaf. On the second of these is : ' licit [sic'] avicenna mencionem non facit de apostema [te] aquoso utile est nobis de apostemate hie aliquam facere mencionem.' 1284 fol. chart., s.xviii. h. 1. 10. Tales, Poems, etc., ff. 182, written in 1742 by Hugh O'Daly : fol. 1. A romantic tale entitled eaccyia ConnaiH gulbain, 'The Adventures of Connall Gulban ' (son of Niall of the Nine Hostages, and ancestor of the O'Donnells), beg.: 'Rfg uaral oinnibe pfogoa jiacrhairi neim bipedc' O'Donovan thought the tale was composed in the fifteenth century. The style, he says, is verbose, and the narrative childishly marvellous : cf. B.M. Catal., p. 633 (Add. 18,951)- f. 46. ' The Adventures of Richard and Lisarda.' This and the two following tales are translated from a Spanish work entitled ' Para Todos : Exemplos Morales, Humanos y Divinos,' by Juan Perez de Montalvan. Sec. ed., Sevilla, CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS. [1284 1736, pp. 115, 233, 385. Earlier copies of the Irish are in the R.I.A., 23M. 3, written about 1706, by Father Manus O'Donnell, who seems to have been the translator. See note by Mr. T. F. O'Rahilly in ' Notes and Queries, May 22, 1909, p. 1 18. f. 76. eaccpa an pdlaip opeoi&achcamriail : ' Ad- ventures in the Enchanted Palace.' The scene is in Greece. Beginning : On ccuicim rjon noi&ce, 1 ap ponrhuchao an calairh. f. 98. 6accpa an cecapnaig coiUe compaipish : 'Ad- ventures of the Compassionate Wood Kern ' (i.e. Bandit), f. 120. Poem on the genealogy of the saints of Ireland, here ascribed to Eochaidh Eiges O'Clercan, surnamed Eochaidh of the Battle of Creeve-Tullagh. (For other copies, see Nos. 1281 and 1348.) ff. 136-139 blank. f. 140. Short Annals of Tirconnell (or rather chronology), from 1540 to 1646 ; then, beginning with 1241 and going on from 1423 to 1626. A part is translated into English in the handwriting of Dr. Fras. Sullivan. f. 141^. Genealogy of the descendants of Mil. f. 142. The Forus Focal, a Metrical Glossary (imperfect). See Stokes : ' Transactions of the Philological Society,' 1 89 1. This copy begins with quatrain 8 of Stokes' text: peat) ainm oinnipin lappin, but 55 is followed by 67- 75. Then come 56 to 65. There are many differences of reading, but the copy is incorrectly written : cf. No. 1307. f. 144. The same words explained in prose, in the form of an alphabetical glossary. f. 14.7. Brief account of the Colonies that settled in Ire- land, from the time of the antediluvian Cesair to that of the sons of Mil. 147J contains a list of Archbishoprics and Bishoprics in Ireland. f. 148. Poem on the tutelary saints of various tribes in Ireland, beg. : bpeicearh 'Gineann ap 6 pdcpaig. f. 1485. Poem beginning : Na pip piop Do paogail puaill. Also in Laud. 615, p. 5. Pub. in Zeits. vii., p. 301. f. 149. Poem by S. Columcille, beginning : maonapdn oarh lp an cpliatt (published by the Irish Archaeological Society, Miscellany, vol. i. See also Yellow Book of Lecan, No. 1318, 320). Pub. with the preceding, loc.cit., p. 302. f. 149*. Poem in praise of hospitality, beginning: Q t)6 oil cabaip toarhpa aoarii big. Also in Laud. 615, p. 5. 1284] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 23 Ibid. Another poem by Columcille : beana a 5 ual r e maic urn nf. f. 150. Poem on the virtues of the saints of Ireland (by Cuimin of Condere) : Capap paccpaig puipc maca. Edited by Stokes : Zeits. i. 59. f. 151, line 18. Historical poem, in the form of a dialogue between St. Patrick and an ancient White Thorn that grew on the hill of Emania, beg. : Q pgicm 6arhna maca. f. 152, line 18. Poem on the Contention of the Four Elements : Ceacpap 00 cualap gan cpdo. f. 153. Elegy of Conn of the Hundred Battles, beg. : lom&a anocc a huilc a 6ipe. ('A modern composition,' O'D.) f. 1 53^. Historical poem by Dublitirua Huathgaile (whose date is unknown). Not Donnchuach, which name is due to a blunder : see Todd, Proc. R.I. A., vol. v., pp. 169, 170, and K. Meyer, Rawl. 502, p. v), beg. : T?6ioig Gam, a t)6 bo neiih. Also in No. 1356. 527, and 1432. 1 ; in LL. 141^. It begins from Adam, who is said to have had 50 sons and 50 daughters. The names of the wives of Shem, Ham, and Japhet are given as Olla, Oliva, and Ollivana. O'Reilly attributes the poem to Flann of Monasterboice. ff- * 57-I59- Several of these poems were published in O'Kearney's 'Irish Prophecies.' See also No. 1354. f. 157. A prophetic poem, 'fathered on' Columcille, beg. : 'Gipb a baoicin buam (of events from his own time to the coming of the English, 1354.210). Also in Laud. 6J5, p. 82. See O'Curry, ' MS. Materials,' pp. 400, 625. f. 159, 19; 160, 10; 1610, s. f. ; 161b; 1653,7. Other similar poems also in the name of Columcille, viz. : — 159a, 19. Also addressed to Baithen, foretelling inter alia the battle of Magh Ealta, beg. : "Na cpf Cumn ap pliocc an puaift. 160a, 10. To St. Brendan : Ciocpaio aimpip a Opennuin, 1354, 207. See O'Curry, 'MS. Materials,' pp.4°9> 6 * 6 - ibia. Ceamaip bpeag 51& lionmap lib ('vile forgery,' O'D.) : O'Curry, he. cit. ibib. THo cean Ouic a ceaccaipe (No. 1289, 945) : O'Curry, loc. cit. f. 162. Poem representing Columcille as contending with two demons in human form (of a woman and a child) : TTlac nac liom licip opam ]>a. f. 163. Poem in which Oisin relates to St. Patrick a prophecy of his father Finn Mac Cumhaill, beg. : Oipm an pai&e jiinn (No. 1289.930). 45 quatrains. See another 2 4 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1284,1285 copy, No. 1285. 115. Also B. M. Catal., p. 523 (but reads imraidhse linn). f. 164A Poem in which Finn Mac Cumhaill foretells the arrival of St. Patrick, etc., beg. . Q bean labpap learn an laog (No. 1289, col. 930): ' vile forgery,' O'D.). f. 165, 1. 7. A prophetic poem, beg. : abain liom a Seanoa (No. 1289, col. 927). f. 165$, s. f. A prophetic poem fathered on Coireall, son of Crunan, beg. : Gp olc acd an 'eiyie anocc. f. i66£. Another ascribed to St. Ultan, in which the saint laments the state to which Ireland would be reduced by the Saxons, beg.: Pogan najjaoicipi anoip (No. 1289, col. 929). f. 167,10. A prophetic poem ascribed to St. Berchan (relating to Red Hugh O'Donnell, who died in Spain, a.d. 1603: see No. 1280, f. 133^), beginning: TTlaipcam caip6ip b6ipmn uaim. See O'Curry, < MS. Materials,' pp. 417, 628. f. 1673. Another fathered on St. Maol-tamhlachta : Clbaip a TTlaolcamlacca. See O'Curry, pp. 423,629. f. 168. Poems by Columcille on hospitality and on his treatment of the poor : — 1. a pip peil mao dil leac gan beic a bp6in. 2. Deanam pabpao mop an moo. f. 168 s. f. Account of the number and discipline of the soldiers of Finn Mac Cumhaill. f. 170. A historical tale entitled, 'Death of Dermot, son of Fergus Cerbheoil.' Said to be extracted from the Book ofSligo. Ed. O'Grady, ' Silva Gadelica.' Inverting the volume we find a genealogical tree of the descendants of Aongus, or Oilioll Olum, King of Munster d. a.d. 260. ff. 4-7. English colloquial phrases with their Irish equi- valents, the latter in the hand of Hugh O'Daly. ™J h f s I s on £ of several volumes transcribed by Hugh ° P^y f° r TI Dr - Franci s Stoughton Sullivan, Fellow of Trinity College, 1738 ; Prof, of Laws, I7S o ; d. 1766. O Daly s transcripts suggest, says Dr. O'Grady, 'that ink was not the only fluid present on the scribal table ' • B M Catal., p. 499. 1285 fol. chart., s. xviii. H. 1. 11. Miscellanea, ff. 180. In the handwriting of Hueh O'Daly in 1752 The date is given in words and figures at the bottom of f. 78^. That given 1285] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 25 at the foot of f. 636, viz. 1792, is obviously an error, Oa xxxx being written for either tia xx or xxxx. In fact, Dr. Sullivan, for whom 0' Daly- wrote the book, died in 1766. This volume consists almost entirely of copies from two MSS. now in the B. M., viz. Egerton, 136 (circa 1600), which was purchased from J. Hardiman in 1832, and Add. 30, 512 (s. xvi) (the Book of the O'Mulconrys), purchased at W. Shaw Mason's sale in 1858. A list of the contents of the latter volume is given by Stokes in the Revue Celtique, xxviii. 306. It has also been used in No. 1291. i. 1. A Catena of sayings on Virtues and Vices, from Biblical and other sources, taken from 'Liber Scintillarum, attributed to Defensor (s. viii.), Migne 88, col. 597 (Eg. f. 1). (For another copy (s. xv.), see No. 1699.) Beginning: De Caritate. f. 17 begins sacred history from the creation, and an exposition of the ten commandments. (Eg. 1 3 1^.) f. 30. Story headed beacha ale;c. annpo, beginning : Gpoile peap pai&Bip poicmelac pobai a poiri) bap bi comainrii epenianup. A legend of St. Alexius, from the Legenda Aurea. (See ed. Graesse, p. 403 : Acta SS. Jul. iv., p. 251.) (Eg. f. 33*.) f. 32^ foot : S56I0: ale;c. 6 po el6g copuise pin. Scca a Thacap vero ciap lpin p6irii capep a mic mnipceap punn. f. 35a bottom : pmic bo beacha dle;c. f. 35$. History of St. Juliana, virgin martyr. See Acta SS. Bolland. torn. 11. Feb., p. 868. Begins : bai apoile eppaib 1pm boniain bapbo coriiainm Ni comebiana \_sic~\ coimeabaishe bo t)ia in aimpip TTla^mnin eimpip. (Eg. f. 4 i£.) f. 38a. On the Lord's Prayer and the Creed. {Ibid. ±6b.) f. 38^. Legend of the death of St. Paul, and of a woman who gave him her kerchief to cover his face that he might not see the executioner as he struck him. How, by means of this, the head was discovered in the time of Constantine. Begins : t)io mbai \)6l abpbal 1 cuibpech ic Nip cepaip inpin T?6irh. (Eg. f. 47^.) f. 39k Of a scholar of Clonmacnoise who was starving and was tempted by the devil, and how he was saved by 26 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1285 the grace of God and St. Ciaran. Beg. : Gpoile mac egailyi pobui 1 cluain mic Noip 7 nf puaip a baechain bio. (Eg. f.49.) f. \ob. Of Christ's preaching in the Synagogue at Nazareth, with a digression into an account of various strange people as described by Pliny and others, some, for example, having no heads, and ears in their breasts, and eyes in their shoulders, etc. (Eg. f. 50.) f. 42a. Of the meeting of the Hebrew sages on Mount Olivet, and of the revelation made to them, beg. : t)ia mbabcap egnaibe na nGbpaib ap Tnullach plebe Olipech. (Eg.f.53.) f. 44A Story of a Jewish child who went with a Christian companion into the Church and saw the crucifix and the image of the Virgin and Child, and partook of the con- secrated bread, and of his parents' attempt to destroy him. Beg. : pechcup noen 01a pababmp ba lenorh a comcluici. (Eg. f. S 6.) f. 45. Story of Barlaam and Josaphat (see Chambers's Encyclopaedia, s.n. Barlaam). (Eg. f. 57J.) f. 55 to 57 blank. f. 58a. Of the death of S. Columcille and of his con- versation with S. Baithin three years before. Beg. : pechcup bo Columcille ma peglep pein cpf bliabna pia mbdp bo pinne pailce nachjjavpib. (Eg. f. 73*.) Ibid. Of what elements Adam was made, and of the results of one or other prevailing : see following No., p. 936. {Ibid. f. 74^) f. 583. Of the voyage of St. Brendan Mac Finnloccha to the Land of Promise, and how the devil showed him the pains of hell. Contains p. 60a poem beginning : lubap pgapioc me aniu. 13 stanzas. {Ibid. f. 75.) Cf. Lismore Lives. f. 60b. Tract on the seven daughters of Humility and on the children of Pride, headed : In lurhla cona .vn. ni nsenaib annpo piop. {Ibid. f. 79^.) f.6i«. Oon paipibm annpo. A form of confession of particular sins. Beg. : 0. oibe et a acaip lonmuin lnnipim mo caip bo Dia. -, baibpi. {Ibid. f. 81.) See another copy in No, 1699. r/ f. 64. Passio Salvatoris, headed : cuib na haome anbro .1. paip Cpiopb. (Eg. f. 97.) ' f.79. A religious poem by Maurice O'Hosey, besr. : Corach ap mbeacab bdp D6. 36 stanzas. {Ibid.i 3 ib) f.Sos. Poem of six quatrains, beg.: Le Oia beipim a buibe. {Ibid. f. 133 J.) ' 1285] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. Ibid. Table of contents of this book, but covers only the first 1 6 pp. bob is blank. f. 81. The Life of St. Brigid, ' as handed down by writers who were contemporary with her, and as preserved by tradition' MS. (in Irish). The language is decidedly modern, says O'Donovan, and ' it is of very little use except that it may throw light on some obscure passages in more ancient lives.' It begins : peachcup bo t)ubchac a ccoijjeao Laigean. f. 95I. beacha phabpuicc pann. Anecdotes from the Life of St. Patrick. Also modernized. It seems to have been shortened from the Tripartite Life. It begins : ' Populus qui sedebat tenebris pidit [sic] luichem magnam.' Cf. Colgan, Septima Vita. It includes the following : — f. ioo<z. Uapdn ngap, uapdn pom cap lp pom cap. l\ stanzas. f. \o\b. mo beanachc pop na cuaeoib. f. 103a. beannachc t)6 pop Ttlurhain. f. 104a. Poem of seven quatrains : Cpf caoga ppalm luaioceap lib. f. 1045. A controversial poem of 90 stanzas by Gillabride O'Hosey, addressed to a Franciscan who had embraced the reformed religion, beginning : Cpuag learn a compam 00 cop. There is another copy of this in No. 1373, where the author is called Bonaventure O'Hosey, and it is said to have been addressed to Miler Magrath, Abp. of Cashel. See also No. 1325. Also Egerton, 128, p. 15. f. 107a. A romantic tale, entitled (p. no) ITleapugab cleipeac Coluim-cille, ' Wandering of the Clergy of Columcille' : based on the same event as the "Voyage of Snedgus and MacRiagla" (YBL 391; see R.C. ix. 34), and the ' Adventure of Columba's Clerics ' (YBL 707 ; R.C. xxvi. 132; Add. 30,512, f. 2), ('not very ancient, but the language is good,' O'D.). Begins : t>o capnig cpah beipeo pigi i plaicerhnvjp Oorhnaill mic Geba. f. 107*. Poem : beanaio anmam poipcme a cleipci Coluimcille. 5 stanzas. f. 108a. beannachc ope a imp glan. 4 stanzas. Ibid. Imp paglan pangamap. 10 stanzas. f. io83. lnbip bum a penoip cppuic. 5 stanzas. f. 109a. beipio lib in buillenn po a cleipci bmne. f. 1095. Suaipc in imp pangamaip imoa a cnuap lpa camgean. 4 stanzas. f. 1 100. muinbcrp Coluimcille ba pognan a pipmne. 3 stanzas. f. nob. guibrm pi na pig. 28 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1285 Ibid, lp alcunt) an inrjpi peo. 3 stanzas. f. 111. Account of the miracles of St. Finian mac Fintan. ' The language and orthography are ancient.' Beginning : [ajcpiabon X>\diu a cumuin pepca i mfpbuili in cpaibbig peo .... (Add. f. 63.) Herein f. mb, s. f. peachcup cansacap papain do mwzrbpecan 7 poga[b]pac longpopc lccaeb pleui aipt>, f. 1 14a mid. A quatrain " Cencolt ctuinne tucsad don bhile abluind. . . ." glossed. Incorrectly copied from Add. f. 114a, 13. Account of a dissension between St. Patrick and Loegaire, monarch of Ireland. Beginning : tDiamboi coinblichb cogaio et -pmchad peipge. . . .icip pabpucc -\ laogaipi. (Add. f. 10.) f. 1 143. At the end a quatrain: TTlaipc caicheap ppoinn a XP cam. f. 115. A poem, in which Oisin, son of Finn macCumhaill, is represented as repeating to St. Patrick a prophecy of Finn's, beginning: a Oipin an paio[i] pin. 47 quatrains. (Add. f. 16.) (See another copy in the preceding No., f. 163.) f. 116. Poem enumerating rivers and seas known to the ancients, beg. : cigib cpf aibne an blip cip. (Add. f. 17.) f. 117. Anecdote from the life of St. Patrick. {Ibid. f. 176.) f. 117a. Begins abruptly: Laoghaipe mac Heill naoi- ghiallach 4, 100 Mia&hna 7 x mhbliadhna o 5m XP. Of the people of Ireland who would not believe until they had seen heaven and hell with their bodily eyes (cf. Colgan, ' Sexta Appendix ad Acta S.P.,' p. 274) ; of the appear- ance of the Son of God, and how Patrick was borne to the Island of Truth ; followed by a poem on the Purgatory of Loch Derg, beg. : Qn coimigio acd ap mm ] ap Idp. 9 stanzas. {Ibid. 17S.) Ibid., 1. 9. Another poem on the same, beg. : 'CipDig aop cumca cdom a mmnncip uapnl loan. {Ibid. f. 18.) 118J. Note on S. Martin: TTIapcan lppe cue beppao manuisi, &c. f. 119. Short notice of the regulation of Kalends and Cycles. (Add. f. 11b.) f. 119a, 9. Characteristics of the different tribes in Ire- land. 'The Milesians are fair-skinned and brown-haired; the Tuatha D6 Danann, handsome, fair-haired, musical ; the Firbolgs, black-haired ; treacherous, unmusical.' This is also told in a poem of five quatrains : ' ut dixit an pile,' beg.: pinbaib Senchaioe bpeap bpdil. {Ibid. f. 1 1 b.) f. 1 1 gb blank. f. 120. Poem treating of the different colonies that 1285] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 29 settled in Ireland, beg. 5a met) ngabail puaip 'Cine,, followed by a list of the descendants of Maurice Fitzgerald, and Annals of the family. This poem is quoted as a great authority by Duald Mac Firbis in his pedigree of the Fitzgeralds. 36 quatrains. {Ibid. f. 12.) f. 1233. Will of Cormac Mac Cuilionnain, Bishop, and King of Munsterin the tenth century, in verse, headed " Copmac Cuilinnam in la lap mbay cc." Stated to have been com- posed the day before his fall in the battle of Bealach Mughud (in Magh Ailbhe), in which he fought against Flann Sionna, son of Maelsechnaill, king of Ireland, a.d. 903, beginning: TTlicirj ceacc cap mo ciomna. He bequeaths a cup of silver to the Church of Emly, a gold cup to the Church of Cork, his crozier to Ardfert, and other presents to other churches. ' This poem is certainly not the original composition of Cormac ' : O'D. f. 124. A prophetical poem 'fathered on' St. Fursa, describing the wickedness of future ages. Begins: TTlaipg chaipseba aipipne. {Ibid. f. 19.) See ZCP 1496. f. 124^. Prophetical rhapsody (by Fland Finna) on the same subject, beg. : THaips caipgeba aimpip. O'Donovan states that some of the prophecies in this and the preceding No. were translated by Denis Taaffe, and published in his life of Columcille. Taaffe's book is not in this Library, nor does it appear in the British Museum Catalogue. Some of the prophecies were also published by O'Kearney in 1856. O'Donovan gives a curious account of the popular belief as to Columcille's book of prophecy supposed to be preserved at Armagh and Derry, but concealed from public inspection. That at Derry was in a chest which 'no man born of woman ' was entitled to open. Hervey, Earl of Bristol and Bishop of Derry, not being ' born of woman,' was said to have opened it and found the MS. There is now no know- ledge of any such book either at Armagh {teste Dr. Morgan) or at Derry {teste Bp. Chadwick), nor any knowledge of the tradition. f. 1245,1. 10. A stanza, beg.: IS maircc breithim beres g6i (printed in a paper on the Monaste?y of Tallaght (Gwynn & Purton), from R.I. A., 3 B. 23). f. 1255. The rule of St. Mochuda of Rathen, afterwards called Carthach of Lismore. {Ibid. f. 20.) The language is old. The first poem is translated by Meyer, Gaelic Journal, 5,187. Cf. No. 1318,221. Also in L. Breac, 261a, 262a. See Strachan, 'Deponent Verb,' p. 73; Trans. Philol. Soc, 1892, p. 516. He puts the text at the beginning of the ninth century. Machuta d. 636 (O'Curry, 'MS. Materials,' 3 o CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1285 p. 374). There is a MS. life of him in Stowe, A. 4. 1 (R.I. A.). In a MS. in the R.I. A. 23 N. 10, p. 82, the author is said to be pochab na Can6ine, who d., ace. to Annals of Ulster, 818. f. 128a, 6. A religious poem, beginning: dlicpe 10cm inrhmn. Pub. Archiv C.L., m. 321. {Ibid. f. 22.) f. 1283, 19. Poem in which the soul of Donnell, king of Meath, laments his having plundered the church of St. Ciaran, for which he was then suffering the pains of hell. Beg. : Oaclup Ciapam pom caipig. {Ibid. f. 22^.) f. 129a. A prayer to the Archangels for each day of the week : gabpiel Lim. Pub. Eriu 11. 92 : cf. v. 112 (= Add. 52b). _ Ibid., 1. 8 from bottom: dine in copgaip poep cp. {Ibid. f. 23, col. 1.) f. 129^ (written continuously with the preceding by O'Daly). Poem : lp caeb nochc pesaic nseip. {Rid. f. 23, col. 2, 1. 19.) f. 130. Litany of St. Aengus, beg.: Seachc naorh eppoic dec air .un. Cf/aibh, &c. It mentions Egyptian and other foreign saints interred in Ireland : Hugh Ward (Vardaeus) in his life of St. Rumold, Lovanii, 1662 : p. 204, gives a summary of a text agreeing closely with this. {Ibid. f. 23b.) f. 1 32. A prophetic account of the state of society towards the end of the world, claiming to be by Mac Lonain (who, according to the tract in this vol., f. 1493, died A.D. 896). Beg. : Risa copaig aimpipe mopoa maep&a. {Ibid. f. 25*.) f. 133^. Tale about Bran, son of Faelan, king of Leinster (ob. a.d. 837), and Eimine Bain and his fifty clerics, called ' Cain Eimine Bain.' Beg. : bolobup plo.151 Laigm. Edited by J. G. O'Keeffe. ' Anecdota, from Irish MSS.,' pp. 40 ff. Translated by C. Plummer in Eriu iv. {Ibid. f. 27.) f. 135. Poem on the history of the bell called clog-na- piogh, or Bell of the Kings, still preserved near Fenagh, Co. Leitrim. It is said to have belonged to St. Caillin, and to have contained the water in which nineteen of the Irish kings were baptized. It was struck by the monks of Fenagh to curse several chiefs who refused to pay them their dues, beg.: On clocc po na piog puao. {Ibid. f. 28*.) f. 1 36. A hortatory poem addressed to the young, begin- ning : Cinoup acta bo cinparh, called (f. i86£) cimno. Gimin naerhca. {Ibid. f. 29.) £1373,1.14. A thanksgiving: beannochc 7 ebpocca. Ibid., line 19 : Hymn of Praise to the Blessed Trinity. Publ. Eriu, vol.iv., p. 126, by R. I. Best. {Ibid. f. 30, 31.) f. 1373, 1.6. A prayer, beg. . Qn ppiopaib inbum. 1285] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 31 Ibid., 1. 12. A prayer for tears: Cucc baiii a t)6 m6iri. Pub. by Prof. K. Meyer: Archiv ill., p. 232, from B. M. Add. 30512. Ibid. 1.6 from bottom: popo Ttiian 00m Tnen[TnJain pi. {Ibid. f. 30*.) Pub. by Prof. K. Meyer : Gaelic Journal. f. 138a. Pater gibbe no gaba coprhaix blichc n ana. {Ibid, f.31.) Ibid., 1. 7. Poem on the ages of Christ and His disciples : Saogal 01a cio cia nac cualaio. {Ibid.) Ibid., 1. 24. Poem enumerating- the seven ecclesiastical degrees, and showing how Christ performed the duties of each: na .vn. peace ngpaoa clu gan geip. {Ibid, i.^ib.) f. 139a. Seventeen short maxims, each beginning with bligib, ex. gr. bligib egna aipmicin. {Ibid.) Ibid., 1. 7. Another set of maxims, ex. gr. Nf cimuin achaip bia fric". {Ibid.) Ibid., 1. 13. A prophetic poem : a t)6 rhofp cojjnJgazM a muba ipail (see LB., p. 242 : Q 06 co n-agbainb mo bi epail). {Ibid.) f. 140c Poem on the Fast of Friday by Mael Iosa [ua Brolchain] : bia hdine nf lonsuo. 3 stanzas. Ibid. TT1o labpaft pob c(i molup cen mannpab. 5 lines. {Ibid. f. 32*.) Ibid. Fil d6de. ni geib edrum 7 ecc. 8 stanzas, badly copied. {Ibid.) f. 1 403. Of the different kinds of timber of which the Cross of Christ was made (viz. cedar, cypress, palm, and olive). {Ibid.) f. 141a. Short maxims (sixteen), ex. gr. peapp bala in a beabaib . . . peapp capa ma. {Ibid.) Ibid., 1. 8. Coimgi Coluimcille. A prayer of Columcille on setting out on a journey, beg. : Seb no ciog [.1. coci above] ceici XP (glossed). 9 lines. {Ibid.) Ibid. Cpege na comaipicea coil 06 .1. maich aip a cumas[g]\\\ar ole, etc. See ' Monastery of Tallaght,' last section. Then are mentioned certain practices of penitential prayers. Figill tri cead sleachtain ised conainus do 7 da cra'sfigill fri biaid ceachtair ai da cead maitin "j biat eaturra tri croisfigill cead imnoin, etc. See O'Clery in Windisch's ' Worterbuch,' s. v. figell. {Ibid. f. 33^.) Ibid. Cuidam clericus uenit o Mac Oigith Lismoir co- ndeciult do Reichtin. {Ibid.) A short religious dialogue. f. i\\b, 1. 14. Short story of a monk, reputed to be a saint : boi manach hie ebupguibi 65 TTluipe nf ebpab acht bi buap bon aue. {Ibid.) 32 CATALOGUE OF HUSH MANUSCRIPTS, [1285 Ibid., 1. 22. Verses on chronology from the Creation to the birth of Christ. f. 142. Poem on the Irish numerical letters, beg. : Q aoj» cornea epeig, followed by another on the fates of children according to the day of the week on which they were born, beg.: gem in borhnaig aXteh nib. {Ibid. f. 34.) f. 142^. Two short prophetic poems ascribed to St. Bee Mac De (6th century). The first begins : Colcc [sic, other copies have OLc] bic an upca [see Stokes' Lismore Series, p. xxvi, and No. 1337, P-7SS]: tne second: Ci bia[&] cradbaid a ceallaib. {Ibid.) Ibid. Another short poem: Uch a De, uch anm lp uch ane. Pub. by Prof. K. Meyer from B. M. 30, 512, fo. 34, in Archiv in. 233. (In his note correct 19 to 18.) {Ibid. f. 34*.) f. 143a. Baoth lem in t'aos leighind. Ibid., 1. 16. Poem ascribed to St. Columcille, bidding farewell to the Isle of Aran (Galway), beg. : ceileabpao uaimpe b'Opumb. Published by O'Flanagan in the Transactions of the Gaelic Society (1808). {Ibid.) f. 144a. Short poem ascribed to St. Fursa: T?o be mmn- peacca be. {Ibid.) Publ. K. M. Archiv in. 232. Ibid., 1. 8. Droing do eochraibh na h,?«ia (prose). Ibid., 1. 15. A curious old Litany addressed to the Three Persons of the Blessed Trinity. 'The language is very ancient.' Beg. : A aihair a mhic a spiraid naem dilffud dann. {Ibid. f. 36.) f. 148. Chronological notices of the deaths of various illustrious persons in Ireland and elsewhere, beginning with the coming of St. Patrick. Ends with following poem. {Ibid. f. 38*.) s y f.iSob. TTlapbna Congalaz^, beg.: buaibpeach laichi ppi cec coipc. s stanzas. Attributed to Mugr6n. {Ibid. f. 40^. ) f. 1 5 10. Short extracts. The first is: Cumbuc na Triubiiibi mac pip gaipg; characteristics of various nations, Greeks, Romans, French, etc. By Giolla na Naomh. {ibid.) Ibid. Poem by Muirchertach mac N&ll, beg. : Wmeeadk repetition at end is dligeadh) dreaman muingeal mias. {Ibid. f. 41.) n Ibid. Three lines, beg. : cpebi blegup ppi barr 1 tnipcaip .1., etc. {Ibid.) " ' ' Ibid. A religious poem of three stanzas: mo cheopai nepi poppin pf 5 . {Ibid.) Pub. by K. Meyer : Eriu, vi., 1285] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 33 Ibid. Ceopai cinel ino oumebac inopo. {Ibid.) 151*. On receiving the Holy Communion fasting, beg. : Arole senntond dic6id do c[h]omnai iar ndit[h]atdi. Publ. by Prof. K. Meyer: Zeits. vi. 257. {Ibid. f. 41.) Ibid., 1. 9. Precepts for the instruction of youth, ex. gr. hidh dein iri ceach nae. {Ibid.) Ibid., 1. 14. Another set of maxims, ex. gr. tri sercc De . . . ., tri miscaide De .... {Ibid, in marg.) Ibid. Moral tale of a rich Saxon and his poor neighbour, beg. : Gpole neach poimm pobui hi papain 7 pobui boimm mac coimnepum 7 puaill 00 popbai occa. f. 152. Poem beginning : pip uipgae pin pip upme. 31 stanzas. {Ibid. 41^.) f. 153. Hortatory poem ascribed to St. Columcille, beg. : Secnaio lppenn a oafne. The language, however, is modern. {Ibid. 42.) Also in Laud. 615, p. 103. 13 stanzas. f. 153, s. f. The Seven to whom alms should be given. {Ibid. 42S.) f. 153^, s. f. On the happy effects of striking a bell in the churchyard, beg. : Q pip Benap clocc na cpdch. Pub. Archiv in., p. 233. {Ibid. 43.) f. 154. Poem by Maolmuire O'Moirin, said to h.ave been composed an hour before his death: Qlim mo Oia mbia coiccilacc : twelve stanzas. {Ibid. 43.) Also in Egerton, '75. P- '3- f. 154a, 16. Poem addressed to the Blessed Trinity by William Mac an Leagha : dilim an cpiup acaicc piucc op mm. 7 stanzas. {Ibid. 436.) f. 154^, s. f. Poem ascribed to St. Ciaran (sixth century) : beginning, biupim {sic, but leg. an pim, as in other copies) a pf an pichio pdm. 'The language is extremely difficult and certainly ancient,' O'D. {Ibid. 438). Also in LL 374c; and Egerton, 175, p. 14. 12 stanzas. f. 154^, med. Poem by Maol Iosa [ua Brolchain], beg. : a Coimbiu nam comet) [nom-chomet]. Publ. by Prof. K. Meyer: Zt. vol. vi., p. 250. 13 stanzas. {Ibid. 44.) f. 155a, 1. 13- Anonymous poem : Q Cpfopc cobpa caip cuccam. 8 stanzas. {Ibid. \$a.2.) Publ. by K. Meyer: Eriu vi., p. 114. f. 155a, s. f. A prophetic poem (anon.): dcd leabap liompa pg6la copaich Domain. Also B.M. Add. 30, 512, fo. 44, b. 1 : ' One of those foolish productions which make us suspicious of Irish historical documents,' O'D. f. 156a, 1. 7. Sentences : Ni huapal mmab ecne, &c. f. 156a, 1. 13. A moral poem : Olegaib piga a piapugao. D 34 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1285 {Ibid. 45.) Pub. by Prof. K. Meyer : Zeits. iv., p. 468, from Stowe MS., d. 4. 2. e f. 156/$. Another beginning : Cigeapna maipg ap nac &i, which O'D. writes eip&i. Prof. K. Meyer reads it drei. Read drei\m]. (E. J. G.) The copy in R. I. A. 23 D., p. 543, has cpecm. {Ibid.) 45a, 2. f. 157. Beginning: Coma piagail in coimbi. A metrical rule with no heading, but in a Brussels MS., entitled the Rule of Comgall of Bangor. Publ. by Prof. Strachan : Eriu, vol. i., p. 191. 34 stanzas. {Ibid. 454.) f- '57*. '• S from bottom. Of the seven Masses for the dead which save from hell. Beg. : Seacc naippmb ecnaipci, ain ip«rf icpec 50 pipen. Also in No. 1337, p. 45, from which MS. it is published by Prof. K. Meyer: Archiv in., p. 216. Some differences of reading. f. 158. Religious reflections in verse from the history of Scripture and historical characters, beginning : <5 a bumi la hollumnachc fpa, nac eibip bo cup aip cul. {Ibid.) f. 159a, from 1. 22. Several disconnected items, which, in fact, as we learn from Mr. R. Flower, are marginalia gathered from sundry pages of Add. 30, 512. They are as follow : — 1. Gipgi moccpac pogail moc .... Add. 46*. 2. Cp. bom 60 imhead cP bom paepab (3 11. rhyming). Add. 48. 3. Concerning the massacre of the Innocents at Bethlehem : piece (corruptly written piece) muig pocla puapc imon mbeicil umacuapc .... Three rhyming lines, nearly as in the Felire of Oengus, Rawl. 512, beginning ' Tricha.' Stokes' ed., p. 262 : Dec. 28, line 9. The present copy adds the words : ;rl, ap c. apbimlib pin, from Add. 45 J. 4. vii. Cipcall conuice inb cpinoib .... Add. 35#- 5. Op each ngpab pil an ainglib .... Add. 48. 6. Cpei beamum lp mo col. bomun beamuin 7 bean .... Add. 48S. f. 159^ blank. f. 1 60. List of homonymous Irish male saints in alpha- betical order. There are reckoned 18 of the name Aedhan, more than 200 Colmans, 23 Columbs, and so on. {Ibid. 48.) f. 164a, col. 2, mid. List of homonymous female saints: bogaib punna, beginning with 28 Brigits. f. 165. Names of the mothers of Irish saints. {Ibid. 52b.) f. 1673. Historical poem relating to King Cur6i. be». : Coimecap lip cenb an pig. {Ibid. 55^.) 1285, 1286] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 35 f. 168. Pedigrees of Irish saints. {Ibid. 56.) f. 1 68a. 1. 19, Sadb inghean Cuinn chedchathaig cc. A quatrain, beginning : bee cech tir is gach talamh. Pedigrees continued. f. 179*. Genealogies of the Irish saints (see No. 1281, f. 146; No. 1284, p. 120, and No. 1348 ii). The order of the Naomhshenchus in 1348 is somewhat different, 10 pp. Complete. {Ibid. 67J.) f. 184. Beg. : Gpoile h-oclach buei an abbuine t)naimenai5. Story of an abbot of Druimenaig, who was changed into a woman. Pub. by K. Meyer from the Book of Fermoy and B. M. Add. 30,512, ' Anecdota from Irish MSS.,' vol.i. f. 185a. mid. Poem in the form of a dialogue between St. Patrick and Oisfn, beg. : lnoip a Oipin eaccaig. f. 1855. Poem on the four men who were permitted to survive the deluge in the four quarters of the globe. Beg. : Cechpa cleich pepa abpop. f. 186. Table of contents. 1286 fol. chart., s. xviii. h. i. 12. Leabhar Gabhala or Book of Invasions (or Colo- nizations) compiled in 163 1 in the Franciscan Convent of Lisgoole, Co. Fermanagh). The dedication to Brian Maguire, first Baron of Ennis- killen, begins thus : ' I, the friar Michael O'Clery, have, by permission of my superiors, undertaken to purge of error, rectify, and transcribe this old chronicle called Leabhar Gabhdla. . . . This I could not accomplish without the assistance of other chroniclers at some fixed abode.' In the Bibliotheca MS. Stowensis, vol. i., p. 2, Dr. O'Conor describes a twelfth-century vellum MS. of the original Leabhar Gabhaltas, which formed the basis of this work, and, on p. 143, he remarks that O'Clery's book differs very little from this ancient copy. The work has been translated (?) into French by Henri Lizeray and William O'Dwyer. Paris, 1884. Some portions have been translated into English, viz. the Preface, by O'Curry in his Lectures on the MS. Materials of Irish History ; the Poems on Teamhair (Tara) by Petrie, Trans. R. I. A., vol. xviii., and re-edited by E. J. Gwynn in ' Metrical Dindshenchas,' Todd Lect., Ser. viii. D2 36 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1286 Sundry metrical compositions are embodied in the work, viz. : — p. 13. The Adventures of Ceasair : Ceacpaca cpa t>on cuip cifi. p. 19. Adventures of Partholan : papcolon canap cdinic. p. 25. Poem of 104 verses by Eochaid O'Flainn (d. 984, but under p. 50 it is given by O'D. as 948). Begins : caorha cldip Cuinn caoirhpmg. p. 35. Poem of 196 verses by the same : 'Gipe oil oipbmt> gaoioil. According to O'Donovan this is now the oldest authority extant for the tradition of Neimed's colony, the Fomorians, etc. p. 39. Of the departure of the Clomn Neirnibh from Ireland, and of their return under the name of the Fir Bolg, Gaileoin, and pip Oorhnann. p. 41. Poem by Tany O'Mulconry (d. 1126) on the Fir- bolgian colony, beginning: 'Gipe apap na n-iopgal. p. 44. Poem by the same, giving the names and length of reign, etc., of the Firbolgian kings, beg. : pipbolcc badap ponna peal. 12 verses. p. 50. Poem of 60 verses by Eochaid O'Flainn on the history of this colony. Begins: 'Gipe 50 n-uaill co n-foonmb. p. 53. Poem on the three sons of Cearmad, beginning: 6cup apt) po puaipmfoo. p. 54. Poem by Tany O'Mulconry, giving the names, etc., of the Tuatha T>6 Danann kings. Pub. by K. Meyer : ' Anecdota from Irish MSS.,' i. 24. p. 55. Poem of 160 verses by Flann, of the monastery of Bute, on the deaths of the most remarkable of the Tuatha D6 Danann, beginning: 'Cpcig a eolca 5cm on. p. 68. Poem on the history of the Gaedhill : gaooal glap o ocaib Saoioil. Various readings are noted from the Book of Ballymote, where the poem is attributed to Gilla Coemhain. Some stanzas are omitted. p. 78. Poem of 24 quatrains on the adventures of Golamh, i.e. Mil, or Milesius, with various readings from the Book of Ballymote, where the poem is attributed to Cinfaela. Begins: Oo lui6 ^olarh apm Sceicia. 14 stanzas. p. 82. Poem giving the names of the Milesian leaders : Coipis na loingpi cap leap. 6 quatrains. p. 85, Poem attributed to Amergin, son of Milesius : Oilin [w] lac n-'epeann (glossed by O'Clery). There is a copy in the Book of Ballymote. Printed in Hardiman's ' Irish Minstrelsy, 11. 349. 1286] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 37 p. 87. Poem said to be by Lughaidh, son of Ith, in lamentation for his wife Fial, beginning: Sui&em punna pop pan [al. op an] cpachc. Fial was daughter of Mil, and Lugaidh his nephew. Given at length by O'Reilly, s.v. ambceac. Ed. Trans. Oss. Soc, vol. v., 238. 3 stanzas. p. 88. Poem said to be composed by Amergin on setting his foot on land. Begins . dm gaoch 1 muip, am conn cpeacan, am puaim map, am flam Secip. There are copies in the Book of Leinster and in the Book of Bally- mote. Printed in ' Irish Minstrelsy,' ii. 350. pp. 89, 90. Names of the chiefs who came with Lugaidh son of Ith to Ireland. p. 91. Of the raths erected by Gibeap, senior of the sons of Mil, and by his chieftains. p. 92. Poem (anon.), detailing the leading facts of the Milesian expedition, and enumerating the forts erected by them, beg. : capccap TTlac TTI1I1& cap muip. p. 94. Poem attributed to Roighne, son of Ugaine Mor and brother of Mai, giving in reply to Mai's inquiries an account of the peregrinations of the Gadelians. Beg. : d Ttlic din Ugaine copaich bo pup 6pmn. p. 96. Poem on the chieftains, poets, etc., who belonged to Eibhear and Eireamhon. Beg. : t)a mac Trillion mfao nopban, with readings from BB. 6 quatrains. p. 97. Poem on a dispute between Eibhear and Eireamhon, sons of Mil, beg. : G eolca banba 50 mblaifj. 3 quatrains. p. 10 1. Poem on the reign of Irel the Wise. Beg.: hlpel opap na cloinne. 10 quatrains. p. 102. Poem on the history of the reign of Conmaol. (The remainder of the volume is in the handwriting of Hugh O'Daly, written in 1742 for Dr. Fras. Sullivan.) p. 105. Poem, beg.: Cigeapnmap mac Ollaig dipt). 14 quatrains. p. 107. Poem of 72 verses by Eochaid O'Flainn on the accession of Sobhairce and Cearmna to the throne of Ireland, a.m. 3045. Beg.: t>un Sobaipcebian pluaig linn. p. 109. Poem detailing the remarkable events of the reign of Eochy Faobhar-glas. Beg. : eochaibh paobap na peine. 7 quatrains. p. no. Poem of 5 quatrains, beg.: ipiaca abpainn {_ sic] laoc. p. 112. Poem of 8 stanzas on the reign of Aongus Oll-mhuchaidh. Beg. : Clongup olmuchao arhpa. p. 113. Poem of 328 verses by Eochaid O'Flainn on the invasion by the sons of Milesjus, beginning ■ 6cpi& (MS. has ecpirj, BB. eipci$), a aop eccna aoibinn, with various 38 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1286 readings from the Book of Lecan and the Book of Ballymote. p. 121. Poem on the reign of Enna Airgtheach, beginning: 6nna ba plaich pail co ppaig. 3 quatrains. p. 123. Poem of 32 verses ascribed to Fercertna File, beginning : OUarh poola peocaip gal. It mentions the establishing of the Feis of Tara, and the erection of the Mur Ollamhan by Ollamh Fodhla. p. 126. Poem on the reign of Siorna the long-lived. Beg. : Siopna paoglac piop an plaic. 10 quatrains. p. 132. Poem of 188 verses by Eochaid O'Flainn, giving an account of the erection of the palace of Emania, in Ulster, by Cimbaeth, king of Ulster (a.m. 3529, FM), and of the kings who ruled there down to the demolition of Emania, a.d. 381, FM. Begins : Q Grham loonac aoibinn. p. 139. Poem of 56 verses by Eochaid O'Flainn, giving the names of the twenty-five sons of Ugaine M6r, king of Ireland, and of the partition of the country between them. Beg. : Ugaine Uallac arhna. p. 142. A short poem on the reign of Fiacha Fearmara. Beg. : piaca peapmapa ma gin. 10 stanzas. p. 144. Another of 7 stanzas on the reign of Rury (Ru&paige). Beg. : TCuonaig I?f 710 gab" 6ipenn. p. 145. Poem giving the names and length of reign of the Irish kings from Eireamhon to Eochaidh Feidhleach. 65 stanzas. p. 150^. Poem of 6 stanzas: Rvjonaige peace noeic oon bionn. p. 154. A poem of 268 verses, beginning : Gpfac 6p cpfacairj Cuachal Ceaccrhap, by Maolmura of Fahan (d. 884), giving an account of the battles fought by Tuathal Teachtmhar, monarch of Ireland, a.d. 130 to 160, against Eochaidh, king of Leinster, his son-in-law, and the Aithech Tuatha. p. 161. A short poem on the reign of Conaire Caomh, monarch of Ireland, d. a.d. 165. r> P ' ',ti* P ° em ° f h8 verses b y Flann of the monastery of Bute (Monasterboice), beg. : Rig Cearhpa 01a ccepbann cnu giving an account of the monarchs of Ireland from Eochaidh Feidhleach (a.m. 5069, FM) to the death of DathL who died at the foot of the Alps, a.d. 428. Also in Book of Lemster and in R.I. A., B. iv. 2, fo. 112a. p. 171. A poem of 52 verses attributed to Adamnan, repnmand.ng king Fionnachta for abolishing the tribute called Borumha, beginning : lniu cie cean 5 lait> cucca p. 175. Poem of 76 verses by Maolmura Othna, 1286] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 39 beginning : piann pop 'Gjunn iceig cogai&e Cuacail Ceaccmaip. p. 179. Poem of 208 verses by Flann, of the monastery of Bute, on the kings from Dathi to Melaghlin More. Begins : TJ15 Gearhpa caoboioe iaji ccam. p. 183. An account (in prose) of the pioga 50 bppeap- abyia, i.e. reges cum renitentia, or the kings of Ireland after Malachy, whose title was disputed. The Book of Invasions ends on p. 184. At the end the scribe, Hugh O'Daly, gives the date 1742. The second part of the volume is separately paged, and the copyist, the same Hugh O'Daly, states that it is transcribed from a book written by John, son of Maurice O'Mulconry, 400 years before his own time. O'Daly then gives the pedigree of the O'Sullivans. p. 1. A collection of pedigrees of the Milesian families of Ireland. p. 54. Poem in the form of a dialogue between Fintan (' the wandering Jew of Irish history ') and one who questioned him on the ancient history of Ireland. Begins : Gppai& pm a eouin accla. Edited in ' Anecdota,' i. p. 60. Note about the sons of Noah: Imchup mo.c'Noe. (MS. ix.) Ibid. Note on the partition of Israel and Judah : lp cmn punaioec. Ibid. Notes as to regulations made by certain popes respecting the service of the Mass, the observance of Easter, etc. 61-64 seems to have been extracted from the Book of Rights. p. 61. Account of the privileges and prohibitions (tabus) of the kings of Ireland, in verse and prose. There are seven prerogatives and seven prohibitions to the kings of Tara, five prerogatives and five prohibitions to each of the provincial kings. p. 64. The will of Niall of the Nine Hostages. See 'Anecdota Oxoniensia. Rawl. 502.' p. 65. O'Huidhrin's Topographical Poem, consisting of 780 verses, intended as a supplement to O'Dugan's Topo- graphical Poem, which dealt only with the northern half of Ireland. The author, Giolla-na-naomh O'Huidhrin, died a.d. 1420. (Edited, 1862, by O'Donovan, for the Irish Archjeol. Society, from MSS. in the R. I. A.) pp. 88, 89 contain a genealogical tree of the descendants of Niall of the Nine Hostages by Dr. Sullivan. 4-0 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1286,1287 p. 90, I.13. Poem: Calma an crneaS clant> Cachair. 38 stanzas. p. 92, 1. 17. Astronomical notices of the material heavens, the signs of the zodiac, the sun's course, etc. Beg. : lp he pi niniiu ocup calmun po cheip in pipmawzzw/. p. 93, 1. 5. Of Ciapnac, daughter of the king of thePicts, and how she was taken captive, and how Cormac, grandson of Conn, obtained her from her captors, and took her to his house, and of Ethne's harsh treatment of her, etc., followed by the poem: Ciapnac cuitial Chopmac choip. 3 stanzas. See K. Meyer: Otia Merseiana, ii. 75. Ibid., 1. 20. The three things that destroy a kingdom. Ibid., 1. 26. Of the six who minister in the church, and of their qualifications. Ibid., 1. 31. Some maxims, beg. : C10 lp nepa 00 t)ia. Ibid., 1. 38. Of the reasons of the ,Canonical hours. See No. 1336, col. 673, and R. I. Best: Eriu, iii. 116. p. 94, 1. n. Of what elements Adam was made, and of the effects of the predominance of one or other. See preceding No. f. 580:. Ibid., 1. 23. Account of the banqueting-hall at Tara. See No. 1 318, col. 244. p. 95. Poem describing the same. p. 97. Fragment of the Book of Dinnseanchus, treating of the origin of certain place-names. Loose in the volume is an index of words and forms in a few of the pages of the Leabhar Gabhala, by Dr. Fras. Sullivan. 1287 fol. chart., s. xviii. 13- Historical and Romantic Tales and Poems, tran- scribed by Hugh O'Daly, a.d. 1746. Several pieces in this vol. are copied from the B.M. MS., Eg. 1782 (ad. 1419), which was purchased by the Museum at Shaw Mason's sale, 1858. p. 5. The battle of Magh Mucruimhe (a.d. 221), fought between Art Aenfhir, son of Conn of the Hundred Battles, and Lugaid Macconn of the race of Ith, who, having been banished, had obtained aid from the king of the Britons and others. O'Donovan judged from the language that it was a composition of the fourteenth or fifteenth century. Edited 1287] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 41 by Stokes: 'Revue Celtique,' xiii. 426. See also B. M. Catal., p. 519, an d in this Catalogue, No. 1289. p. 58. Elegy on the death of Capt. Francis O'Sullivan (d. 1746), beg. : lp pdoa Id upcoib cpioc. p. 59. Leabap lppeagupanalaap cogaib'epionn annpo 7 50 in6prh6p ap cachaCl nan Gapbhabh [sic\ 7 ap an Laocpoib bo cuic ann 7c. The annals begin a.d. 976. The account of the battle of Clontarf begins on p. 63. The substance of this account was published by O'Donovan in the ' Dublin Penny Journal,' vol. i. Cf. B. M. Catal., p. 520; and for other copies, see Nos. 1280, 1289, 1296, 1329, 1414. Also Eg. 1782, from which this seems to be copied. Included are the poems : — p. 77. By Mac Liag : pdba beic gem aoibneap. p. 78. By Gillacaoz'wA in lamentation for Brian and his son, etc., the poet going to Greece and thence to the Jordan, beg. : Clcuarhap [sic, al. uacmap] an oioce nochc: eleven quatrains. Published in Hardiman's ' Irish Minstrelsy,' ii. 208. p. 80. By the same ; when being on his pilgrimage he thought on Raithleann, the dwelling of Cian, beg. : T?ao {al. Rac) Raiclionn pdb Cuipc lp Cuam. The Leabhar Oiris has been edited from the R. I. A. MS. 23 E 26, by R. I. Best, in Eriu, vol. i., p. 74. p. 86. Pedigree of the O'Briens. p. 89. A homily entitled : On ceanga bicnuao, giving an account of Heaven and Hell, and of some romantic places on earth ; in the form of a dialogue between the spirit of Philip the Apostle called, in Heaven, ' The Ever-new Tongue,' and the Hebrew sages. Published by Stokes, from the Book of Lismore, in Eriu, ii., p. 96. Also in a modern redaction (18 17) by M. Dottin : Rev. Celt, xxviii., p. 277, with which the present copy agrees. After p. 94 it is continued on p. 87, col. 2, and p. 88, ending with 1. 7 of M. Dottin's sect. n. p. 95. A romantic tale entitled : Oeapgpuacap Conaill Ceapnaig, or ' the red rush of C. C ' One of the principal romantic tales of the Irish ; it details the exploits of Conall Cearnach in revenging the death of Cuchullin of Dundalk.' p. 149. Story of the exploits, capture, and rescue of Ceallachan, king of Cashel, entitled: CaicpSim 1 eaccpa Ceallacham Chaipil. Edited from the Book of Lismore and other MSS. by A. Bugge, Christiania, 1905. This copy agrees closely with the R.I. A. MS., 23 H. ia. 42 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1287 p. 195. The tale called 'Tain B6 Cuailgne.' This agrees closely with B. M. Add. 18748, which was copied in 1800 from an original of 1730. See the following No. f. 3. p. 321. Poem on the genealogy and hisiory of Conall Cearnach and other heroes of the Red Branch, beg. : Conall Cearmach cp6ub 6 na bpuil. Above this O'Curry has written : ' This is a modern forgery.' On the Red (or Royal) Branch, see O'Curry, 'Atlantis,' i., p. 368. p. 323. Tale entitled: LongeaplTlac Uipnig. Published by Theoph. O'FIanagan in the 'Transactions of the Gaelic Society,' 1808. Also by Q' Curry, 'Atlantis,' iii. 377, and by Windisch, ' Irische Texte>', i., 1880. Stokes, ' Irische Texte,' ii., 1887. This and the following items have been copied from B. M. Eg., 1782, f. 67a. ■ For other texts, see No. i 3 i8(YBL). i p. 327a, 1. 19 (no heading). Vis/on of Conchobhar. Begins nearly as LL, p. 254a, 31. fag. 69b.) p. 328. Aislingi Oengusai. . Edited by E. Miiller: Rev. Celtique, iii. 344. {Ibid. 70a.) p. 331. [Eachtra Nerai] (no heading), beg. : bui Chilli ocup TTleabb cubchi Samnoi hippaich Cpuachan. See Rev. Celt., x. 212. {Ibid. 71J.) p. 334. Cophup in od muccaba {al. muccioo). {Ibid. 73J.) p. 339. Gdin b6 Raegamna. {Ibid. 76S.) p. 340. ' Compert Conchobhair.' Edited by Professor K. Meyer: Rev. Celt., vi., p. 174. {Ibid. 79S.) p. 342. ' Compert Conchulainn.' Edited by Windisch : 'Irische Texte,' i., p. 134. {Ibid. 78S.) P-345- Cd 'Ti b6 Oapcaoa {ibid. Boa).— ' The language very ancient ' : O'D. For this and the following Tains, see Windisch's 'Irische Texte,' ii. 2, Leipz., 1887. See also Leahy's ' Heroic Romances of Ireland,' vol. ii. p. 346. Gdin t><5 Regamna. {Ibid. 81a.) p. 347. Cdm b6 piiouip. {Ibid. 82a.) See O'Curry: 'Manners,' etc., iii., p. 338. See also for these three, No. 1318. p. 349. Cdin t)6 ppaich. {Ibid. 82b.) Publ. with trans, by O Beirne Crowe, Proc. R.I.A. MSS. Ser., vol. i., pt. 1, 1870. Also Anderson: Rev. Celt., xxiv. P- 355; 'Cethar do connadar (leg. condagar) da gach cladam is cuinn cesla don eladuin.' Publ. by K. Meyer from Eg. 1782 (8 7 i), in Archiv, iii., p. 3. The present copy agrees almost literatim. Ibid. Adventures of Connla, son of Conn of the Hundred Battles. Publ. in Windisch's Grammar. {Ibid. 19 J.) 1287] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 43 p. 356. ' Baile,' or 'Vision' of St. Bricini, abbot of Tuam Drecan (nowTomregan). Bricini lived in the seventh century. See O' Curry, ' MS. Materials,' p. 418. O'Curry thinks the story was written about a.d. iooo. {Ibid, ija.) Also in Harl. 5280. Ibid. ' Incipit poppeip (leg. popbcnp, 'siege') pep palgae .1. pep itiano.' {Ibid, iga.) This refers to an expedition to a mythical country — said to be the Isle of Man. After a few lines of introduction comes a rhapsody by Cuchullin on the occasion of his fight with Get, king of the Fomorians. Cf. B. M. Catal., p. 89 ; Eg. 88, f . 1 1 ; and on the expedition, O'Curry, ' Manners,' iii., p. 30. p. 360. ' Incipiut Verba Scathaige fria Coinchuluinn 6 scarad doibth.' {Ibid, igb.) An episode of the Tochmarcc Eimire. ' Scathach was the Scottish Amazon who held a school of arms in the Isle of Skye.' Mr. O'Grady, B. M. Catal., p. 90 (Eg. 88). These Verba relate to the perils that awaited C. in the future Tain B6 Ctiailgne encounter. There is a copy in Rawl. 512. p. 361, 1. 15. Fragment of an ancisnt glossary. On p. 361 are words beginning with L; on 362, words beginning with M ; after which a few beginning with I. Except for some difference of order, these agree with the glossary in No. 1337 (H. 3. 18), beginning on p. 633. p. 363. ' De quibusdam rebus mirandis Hibernie.' There is a better copy in the Book of Ballymote, p. 256. The present copy ends with col. b, 1. 14 of B. B. See Todd's Nennius, p. 192. This is followed by a paragraph on the sons of Noah (MS. ix.), as in the preceding No., pt. 2, p. 60, and other short extracts, including, p. 364, a note on the popes who introduced certain observances in the service of the Mass. This is copied from B. B., p. 14. col. 2. Then follows the Will of Niall of the Nine Hostages (see No. 1286, pt. 2, p. 64) : then a single line on Bachrach (' Bathrach,' MS.), who told Conchobar of the Passion of Christ. Next, the questions are asked : Who was the first builder ? who the first physician ? who the first fisherman (in Erin) ? The answer is from Mac Firbis' Introduction to his ' Book of Genealogies,' as given in O'Curry : ' MS. Materials,' p. 577. p. 365. Some descendants of Niall of the Nine Hostages. Ibid. ' In Sceithia .i. Clann Goimeir MzV Japheth.' Ibid. On the sons of Magu (grandmother of Cuchullin). Ibid. Genealogy of Cet m Magach. p. 366. Of three kings not tributary to the kings of Cashel. 44 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS. [1287, 1288 Ibid. Descent of Cinbeith [sic] from Domnall Ilchelgach. Ibid. Some other genealogical extracts, viz. : of St. Mobi Clairineach mac Beoain, ' Clarenech dano he uar rotair indhuir rothairin indhiir a agid (and cf. Mart. Oeng., ed. Stokes, p. 222jy) gur bo haenclar.' (See Liber Hymnorum, i., p. 184.) This is followed by an account of Cianog, daughter of Cicharan, and grandmother of the wife of Cennedig mac Lorcain. Then there is a paragraph about Scota, the fabled daughter of Pharaoh, king of Egypt. At the end the scribe, Hugh O'Daly, gives his name and the date, 17th December, 1746, stating (in Irish): 'There is an end and finis of every battle, engagement, and deed of note which I found in the old paper book.' Then follows a quatrain in praise of Counsellor O'Sullivan {i.e. Dr. Francis Sullivan, f.t.c.d., the descendant of Eoghan M6r). 1288 fol. chart., s. xviii. h. i. 14. Tales and Poems. Transcribed by Hugh O'Daly in the year 1750. f. 1. Pedigree of O'Malone. f. 3. The tale entitled Tain B6 Cuailgne. Fragmentary, transcribed from B. M. Eg. 1782 (a.d. 1419) : see Windisch's 'Tain,' Introd., lxiv. seq. Fergus macRoigh, the hero of the tale, is represented as resuscitated for the purpose of giving his account of the war. The tale has been edited by Windisch in ' Irische Texte,' 1905 (LL. version). Also by Prof. Strachan and Mr. J. G. O'Keeffe : Eriu, vol. i. Suppl. See also ' Etudes sur le T. B. C.,' by M. D'Arbois de Jubainville, Rev. Celt., vol. xxviii., and a French trans., ibid., p. 145. f. 26 begins the story called Tochmarcc Etaine. On the fourth page it passes without a break into the tale of the Bruighean Da Derga. The T. E. is resumed on f. 40$, and, on 42a, gives way again to the other tale, and is again resumed on 43^, line 14, ending on 45a, 1. 9. For both Tales, see No. 1318 (YBL), cols. 123, 716, and 876. The present copy is transcribed from Eg. 1782. See Stokes' ed. of ' Togci.il Bruidne Da Derga': Paris, 1902 (reprint from Rev. Celt.). f. 54. The Amhra or Eulogy of Columcille, reputed to have been written by Dalian mac Forgaill (fl. 580), with gloss. Professor Strachan, for good reasons, assigns it to 1288] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 45 perhaps the early part of the ninth century, adding that it is written in an artificial and intentionally obscure style (R.C. xvii. 41). Stokes agrees {{bid. xx. 30). See No. 1318 (YBL), p. 680, and Liber Hymnorum, No. 1441 (edited by Bernard and Atkinson). The present copy is from Eg. 1782. The Introduction and glosses are much longer than those in the L. H. It is, however, imperfect, ending with 479 of L. H. The Amhra has been edited by Stokes from the recension in Rawl. 502. See a facsimile of this in " Anecdota Oxoniensia," edited by Prof. K. Meyer. The Amhra was edited first by O'Beirne Crowe. f. 81 begins the Leabhar Branach, or Book of the O'Byrnes, of Glenmalur, consisting of poems chiefly in praise of Hugh mac Shane O'Byrne {d. 1579): ' The war- like opponent and plunderer of his English and Irish neighbours.' See 'Four Masters,' a.d. 1579. There are copies of some of these in B. M. Eg. 176, written by O'Gorman, from which copious excerpts are given, with illustrative notes in Mr. O'Grady's Catalogue, pp. 498 sqq. An edition is in preparation for the Irish Texts Society, from a better copy in the Harvaid University Library, of which a photographic copy has been presented to this Library by Prof. F. N. Robinson, of Harvard. f. 810. By Donogh O'Muirgios (about 1570): t)d pcmn 065 mo oucpacc. 12 quatrains. f. %ia, 1. 25. By Gilla-na-naemh (Roe) M'Keogh (or Mac Eochaidh) : lTlaipg nac cuigionn beic 50 maic. 7 quatrains. f. 81b. By the same: Ceag ceoil map a bpagcap pfon. 4J quatrains. Ibid. By John, son of Fergal M'Keogh : 6ap5a Idn 6p Laigneachuib. 36 quatrains. f. 82^. By Mac Cassarly : Clt3 Laigionn ap 015J1106C 0G0&. 25 quatrains. f. 83*. By Tadhg Dall O'Higgin (addressed to Hugh O'Byrne : Seapc mud fR buic G01& na I615 a bpaill. 1 1 quatrains. Ibid., 1. 25. By Gilla-na-naomh M'Keogh (to the same) 1 gpdpa t)6 o'pupcacc Goo. 16J quatrains. f. 84a. By Shane, son of Rory O'Higgin (in praise of the same Hugh's generosity to the bards) : Cia ceanncup a&mat) naoi pcmn. 9 quatrains. f. 84^. By Fergal, son of Thomas M'Keogh (to the same) : mcnps 00 nl oeirinn O'd 0615. 45 quatrains. f. 85^, 19. By Doighre O'Daly : Cia ap uaiple bo Laig- neachuib. 21 quatrains. 46 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1288 f. 86a, s.f (in a different hand). By Gilla-na-naohm M'Keogh: cpaob eolaip a n-oinig Gob. 21 quatrains. f. 87. (I5 po buanaipe Gob rhic Seuin. By Donogh O'Morissy, beg. : beach e6laip na he^spi Go& (about 1570), giving the names of the ancestors of Hugh. 43 quatrains. f. 90. By Ferganainm M'Keogh, beg. : Cm coirhebpap clu Laigean. 29 quatrains. f. 91. By the same, entitled: Caithreim, or Catalogue of the battles of Hugh O'Byrne. Beg. : Ceoma Qo&a an pabpao maill. This document gives the original Irish spelling of many names of places in Dublin and neigh- bouring counties. 88 quatrains. f. 94. G5 po buanaipe piachaio rhic Qo&a (about 1597). (On him, see B. M. Catal., p. 499). And first, four poems by Niall O'Rooney (about 1590), viz. : uippim po&la ag enbuine. 27 quatrains. f. 94*. bpanaig ap clu 6j> cloinne Neill. 37 quatrains. f. 96a. TTlicib cuaipc a gceann piac[a]. (Eg. f. 8.) 28 quatrains. f. 96*. Deacaip 0615 ap beag-uppaib. 18 quatrains. f. 97a. By Fergus 6g mac an bhaipb (Ward) : TT16p c6ip cdic ap cpfc Laigean. 46 quatrains. See note and excerpts in B. M. Catal., p. 500. (Eg. f. 3,) f. 98*. By Aitios O'Lorcain : Dion 50010101 ap gabail Ragnuill. 37 quatrains. f. 99*. By Fergal, son of Lugaidh M'Keogh : Ddop ceannufgceap clti gaipgeao. 39 quatrains. f. 100*. By the same: bpipeao piagla p6rholca. 48 quatrains. f. 1 02a. By the same, in praise of Hugh and his sons and brother : TTloippeipiop laoc lm 5 iop cpoib. 5 quatrains. Printed in B. M. Catal., p. 502. f. 102a, 14. By Rory, son of Hugh Maguire ; a plea for the election of Fiach O'Byrne to the chieftainship in 1579 : P<J5pa[&] cpuinnigceap cpu mbpoin. 30 quatrains. See ibid., p. 503. (Eg. f. 12.) f. 103 By the same ; on the house of Ballinacor, after the death of Fiach O'Byrne, beg. : Ciorvnup acd an cpeab po apcoig 8 quatrains. Printed in B. M. Catal., p. 508. (Eg. i 7 5.) y 3 f. 103, 17. By Shane, son of Philip M'Keogh : San puapap cupla coimpea6. 45 quatrains. f. 104. By Gilla-na-naomh M'Keogh: p U ap 5 ail bo geall a bume. 11 quatrains. ° 1288] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. ' 47 f. 105. By Donnell mac Briain O'Higgin : Gapga an 01T115 pan dipt) coip. 32 quatrains. f. 106. By Gilla-na-naomh M'Keogh : TTIaich t)ia pa aipiog lomldn. 14 quatrains. f. lotb. By Fergal M'Keogh : Cia anoip oa gcpeibib clann Oacac. 29 quatrains. f. 107. An ode by Aongus macDoighri O'Daly, addressed to the Irish in general, and to the O' Byrnes in particular, to rouse them against the English, beg. : t)ia lib a laocpaio J5aoioiol. Publ. in Hardiman's 'Irish Minstrelsy,' ii. 280. Also in B. M. Catal., p. 504. (Eg. f. 95*.) 15 quatrains. f. 1073, 22. A farewell to Ballinacor, by Donogh O'Fialain, beg. : beannacc 05 baile na coppa. 3 quatrains. Printed in B. M. Catal., p. 507. (Eg. f. 17.) f. 107^, 29. By Ranold M'Keogh: Guippeach tnipe t>6ip piachaib. 7 quatrains. f. 108. Poem of twenty lines by Melaghlin O'Coffey lamenting the destitute state of the house of Fiach after his expulsion, beg. : W paicim oigip QrzV] Go&a. Ibid. By Tuileagna Roe O'Mulconry: puac gach pip puigioll a cuai&e. 8 quatrains. f. loSb. Poem by Gilla-na-naomh Roe M'Keogh, attempt- ing to reconcile the O'Byrnes and O'Tooles, beg. : t>ia bo peicioch ap gcapac. 10 quatrains. Ibid. Song by Aongus mac Doighri O'Daly on the success of one of Fiach's expeditions, beg. : S56I cdpsrhap bo pdinig pa cpfocaib pdil. f. 109. By Donnell M'Keogh lamenting the death of Fiach. (Fiach was slain in 1597 'in a treacherous attack made on him by his kinsman at the request of the lord justice of Ireland, Sir William Russell.' The ' Four Masters.') Beg. : TTIaips bo chonaipc ceann piacaio. 15 quatrains. f. 109^. By Aongus O'Daly on the same subject : Q oholann bo cfm gan ceann. 14 quatrains. f. nob. By Donogh, son of Donnell M'Keogh, on the same : Cia anoip p6icrhiop b'mc Laigion. 24 quatrains. f. in. By Fergal Mac Lugaidh on the same: Do 61m gac peap ace piacha. 27 quatrains. f.mb. By Fergal Oge M'Keogh on the same: TTIaipg acd cap 6ip piacha. 24 quatrains. f. 112, 1. 11 begins the collection of poems composed for Felim, son of Fiach O'Byrne. Clgpo buanaipe peilim fnc piaca rhic Gooa rhic Seaain. (On him, see Mr. O'Grady's note, B. M. Catal., p. 512. The first is by 48 * CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1288 Eochy O'Hosey, beg. : lnrhom [sic] ceac pe ccugap cul. 24 quatrains. See excerpt in B. M. Catal., p. 474, from Eg. in, f. 113. By Aongus O'Daly : pugap ainmbpeac ap peilim. 33 quatrains. Ibid. By Giolla-Iosa O'Daly on the history of Leinster, and in praise of the sons of Fiacha : Ppefrha an 605016 cpfoc Laigion. f. 1 14ft. By Mahon O'Higgin on the cessation of the war in Leinster and in praise of Felim : Cp6b 00 coipc 00506 Laigean. 37 quatrains. f. 1 15J. By Cuconnaught O'Daly on the same : Uppa an 605016 cpfoc Laigean. f. 116J. By Donnell M'Keogh, welcoming Felim on his return from Ulster with auxiliaries ' to disturb the glory of the English': 6ipe pem pdilcipi a peilim. 11 quatrains. Printed in B. M. Catal., p. 513. (Eg. f. 23*.) f. 117. By Eochy O'Hosey, who endeavours to regain the lost confidence of Felim : leanpab ap naspa ap peilim. 20 quatrains. f. njb. By Donnell M'Keogh on occasion of the illness of Felim: Cogaim liaig 60 leigiop peilim. 12 quatrains. f. 118. By John O'Rooney : t>fa bo caorhna cloinne piachai&. 10 quatrains. Ibid. By Donogh O'Fialain on O'Byrne's fortress of Ballinacor : paba an cupup cug earhuin. 44 quatrains. f. 119S. By Fergal Mac Lugaidh : 6a5c6ip bo p6spa& peilim. 51 quatrains. f. 121. A ' crosantacht ' in verse and prose addressed to Felim mac Fiach O'Byrne by Donnell Carragh M'Keogh : lom&a uippim 05 clomn Chacaoip. See excerpt in B. M. Catal., p. 510. (Eg. f. i8i.) f. 123. By Eochy O'Hosey: Ceallach enig lac Laigen. 50 quatrains. f. 125 blank. ff. 126, 127. Two poems by the same in praise of Rose, daughter of Fiach O'Toole: — 1. Cp6b po an buai6pea& ban ngaoi&eal : 45 quatrains. 2. On coipceim-pi a 5ceann Laigneach : 36 quatrains. f. 129. By Thomas M'Keogh in praise of Torlogh, son of Fiach O'Byrne : d gclu lp lonrhup &pme [sic] Rdgnuill. 27 quatrains. Ibid. By Aengus O'Daly on the same : Ceapbca na peile puil opoin. 22 quatrains. f. 130*. By Donnell, son of Ferganainm M'Keogh, to the same Torlogh : fialb uaim corhapca cumumn. 27 quatrains. 1288] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 49 f. 131. By Aongus O'Daly on Felim O'Byrne : 5 e( *PP vhaipic na mion-ouappa. 12 quatrains. f. 1 3 1 &. By Donogh M'Keogh on the deaths of Tohn O'Byrne and his sister Margaret, son and daughter of Fiacha : <5 0,T1 oeiyi cailliop cluicce. 26 quatrains. f. 132J. By Aongus O'Daly on Cathair. brother of Finch : Ooben ceile 00 cacaoip. 15 quatrains. f. 133. By Donnell M'Keogh on Edmond and Gerald O'Byrne: paoa cupchap clu oeipi. 33 quatrains. f. 134. By Donogh, son of Donnell M'Keogh, an attempt to reconcile the sons of Fiacha O'Byrne and the sons of John, son of Redmond O'Byrne : Ttlairig cpeioiop luchc airhliopa. 16 quatrains. f. 134S. By Niall O'Rooney on the son of John O'Byrne: buaio Tuoarima cup Ragnallcuib. 18 quatrains. f. 135. By Donnell O'Lorcan in praise of Girald O'Byrne : 5eall gach lairhe 05 lairh jjeaT 101 ^- 5 quatrains. f. 136. Begins the collection of poems composed for Briair, son of Fiacha O'Byrne, consisting of only two poems; the first by Rory, son of Thomas M'Keogh: Sioblac ap 66ileib cpioc bpanach. 31 quatrains. f. 137. By Donnell, son of Ferganainm M'Keogh : pailce porhac a &piain 1 Opom. 14 quatrains. See B. M.Catal., p. 512. f. 138. Pedigree of John, son of Hugh O'Byrne. f. 1383. Pedigree of the tribe of Ballynakill, i.e. of James, son of Cahir, who was lord of Ballynakill. f. 139. Pedigree of the old tribe of Doon, and of other branches of the family of Ballynacorr M6r. f. 140. Poem of 240 lines by Duffy O'Duigennan on the O'Neills, princes of Tyrone, from Niall Oge, who com- menced his reign in 1390, to Hugh, Earl of Tyrone, who fled to Spain in 1608. Beg. : Corhoin cpoinic clcmna Nigill (dated 1598). f. 142. Poem by Eochaid O'Hosey, written for Torlogh Luineach O'Neill {i.e. Hugh, last Earl of Tyrone), calling on him to summon the forces of Ireland against the English. Beg. : On plua.5 pice po a n-erhain. f. 145. O'Dugan's Topographical Poem : CpiaUam cim- cioll na poola. Published with the next by Dr. O'Donovan. for the Irish Archseol. Society, 1862. f. 1513. O'Huidhrin's Topographical Poem, written as a supplement to the preceding (see No. 1286, pt. 2, p. 65). It is here falselv ascribed to Donogh M'Keogh. f. 157. Poem by Dermot Mac Ward (about 1689) addressed to some Cormac in defence of the Irian race, the ancient E 5c CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1288, 1289 inhabitants of Ulster. Beg. : Q Chopinuic caorhnig an 66ip. f. 158 blauk. f. 159. Poem by Teige Dall O'Higgin (about 1585) on the history and nobleness of the men of Oriel, pleading for the union of tlie ' seed of Colla,' under one head, ' Maguire.' Written for Cuconnacht Maguire, chief of Fermanagh. Beg. : t>dome paopa pfol gColla. See excerpt and historical note, B. M. Catal., p. 407. f. 161. Poem by John, son of Rory Og O'Higgin (c. 1585), in praise of the same Cuconnacht Maguire : T?oga an cuaine Cuconnachc. f. 162. Poem by Edmond O'Cassidy (about 1710) in praise of Brian, son of Cuconnaught Maguire. : paoiW/i pipmanca anocc. 1 65*5. By the same on the return of Brian to Ireland: 'Pamlidh Ceariiaip Ceapa lp piabmaig caoirh. 'The O'Cassidys were hereditary physicians of the Maguires.' Ibid. Poem by O'Hosey in defence of himself to some 'Son of Teige.' Beg. : Neiriicioncach mipe mic Ca&g. f. 166. By Owen Mac Ward on the deaths of the Earls O'Neill and O'Donnell (about 1653). a bean bo puaip paill aip an bpepc. (See No. 1280, 131.) f. 167. By Hugh, son of John O'Dalv (about 1728), enumerating the most distinguished Irish chiefs who fell in the battle of Aughrim : TTlupsail dipc ay bo puan. f. 167*. By Owen O'Daly (about 1689) on the superiority of the O'Neills to the O'Mores : Olc an pgeul ceacc 6 bo 6105. f. 168. By O'Dugan, giving the history of the descendants of Cathair M6r, who was king of Leinster in the second century: Rfogpaio laigean clann Chacaoiji. f. 171. Elegy of Sorley (Soriiaiple) Mac Donnell, who, as here related, fell at Aughrim : IS an eacbpuim an dip acdib. The author, according to O'Reilly, was James Courtney, better known as Dall TTlac Cuaipc (See No. 1379.) f. 174A A satiric poem by Hugh O'Daly (about 1726), written against O'Luinin, an Irish bard who went to Dublin and changed his religion : a uaiple 6ipeann peric mo cuim. ' ' 1289 fol. chart., 1729-1745. H . 1. 15. 'The Psalter of Tara, transcribed by Tadhg O'Neachtan, which contains the Book of 1289] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 5 , Invasions, the Book of the Eoganachts . . . .' Much of this is from the Book of Ballymote. The title ' Psalter of Tara' is, as O'Donovan observes, a fictitious one, as writers are mentioned who flourished 600 years after the desertion of Tara. The first 12 pp. not numbered contain a very minute table of the contents. pp. 1-2 1 contain a prose account of the six ages of the world taken from Holy Scripture and the Fathers. BB. 3a. See Zimmer, " Nennius Vindicatus," p. 225. p. 13, 1. 32, begins a poem by Dublitir O'Huathghaile : Rei&ig oarh . . . = BB. 17/83 (see other copies, No. 1284, f. 153^, and Index). O'Reilly, ' Writers,' p. lxxix., under date a.d. 1065, says: " At this period flourished Donnchuach O'Fuathgaile, a cleric, who wrote a poem giving an account of Adam and Eve, of Noah and his sons, and of the tribes or nations sprung from them." Donnchuach is a corruption or mis- understanding of a place-name (don chuaich maig = "from the cuckoo's plain"). See Meyer, " Anecdota Oxoniensia," Rawl B. 502, p. 10, note. p. 2i, 1. 24. A prose account of the contents of Flann's poem on synchronisms of Irish kings with those of Assyria, Persia, etc. Flann of the monastery of Bute, Professor of Divinity, died a.d. 1056. BB. na. p. 27. A metrical enumeration of the principal eras. BB. 13, p. 24. p. 28, 1. 6. Account of the measures used by the ancient Irish : Cpe gone cpann, cpe cpann cu, with other numerical memoranda. BB. 14a. p. 28. Poem of 248 lines by Maelmura Othna, beginning : Canam bunaoap na ngaeoil. Published in the Irish version of Nennius by the Irish Archseol. Soc, p. 220. p. 29 The Leabhar Gabhala or Book of Invasions. A more ancient form, and more copious than that which was revised by Michael O'Clery (No. 1286), but agreeing word for word with the copy in the Book of Ballymote, from which it was probably copied (BB. 130 ft".), except that where the gap occurs in the latter between 44 and 45 the matter is supplied from another copy. Includes : p. 88. A poem on Tara, published byPetrie in his Memoir on Tara Hill, Trans. R.I. A., vol. xviii., p. 1F0, and in the Metrical Dindsenchas, part 1. CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1289 p. 91. ora. from Ggepc, BB. 42a, and to end of col., a blank space being left. After this space is the heading " Gopaioen annpo pige rhacaib inileao 6 Gipearhon 50 pige Oaici mac piacpa&, then proceeding as in BB. 42, 03- p. 97, I. 6. BB. 44/3so, then follows the poem eicpiol mac ipeoil paca pogab Gipiu lol&a&ca. 12 stanzas. Ibid. 1. 2 from bottom. Poem : Conriiail cec plac a TTluimuin. 6 stanzas = 1286, 102. p. 98. Poem : Cigeapnmap mac Callaig aipt). 14 stanzas = 1286, 105. p. 99. Poem : 6ocu paobap glaip na peine. 6 stanzas = 1286, 109. p. 100. Poem : piacao Labpame laoc. 4 stanzas = 1286, 1 10. Ibid. Qongur olmucac arhpa. 8 stanzas = 1286, 112. p. 102. Siopna paoglac paop in plaic. 11 stanzas = 1286, 126. p. 106. Catalogue of kings of Ireland to Roderic O'Conor. p. 108. Poem, by Giolla Caoimhen: Gipiu apt) imp na piog. BB. 450. p. 117. List of princes of Ireland from the time of O'Laoghaire to that of Roderick O'Conor. p. 122. Poem by Giolla Modhuda ua Caiside, beginning: <5ipe 65 imp na naoim. See Index. p. 125, s. f. List of kings of Ulster who dwelt in Emania with a poem on the same : Clann oUaiiium uaiple eaiiina. BB. 51/}. p^ 131. List of the kings of Leinster from Breasal Bealach to Dermot Mac Morogh, with (p. 134) a poem on the same : Coigeb Laigen na \eacht pfog. p. 137. List of the kings of Connaught from Amhalgaidh to Roderic O'Conor, with a poem on the same (p. 139): Cpuaca Connachc Viae gopac. p. 143. List of the kings of Munster from Eogan Taidhleach to Donnell O'Brien, with (p. 145) a poem bj Shane O'Dugan on the same : Caipiol cacaoip clanne TTIoga (see No. 1281, f. 144). p. 149. A tract on the elements of valid judgments, beginning: Cuic conaipe puigill aicpegcap ann. See Catal. B. M., p. 88, where Mr. O'Grady observes, ' The oldest copy of this scarce tract is in Rawl. : B. 502, f. 63^ col. 1, in the Bodleian [Brehon Laws, O'D. 2485], and ; much longer one in H. 3. 18, p. [470], col. 2, T.C.D (No. 1337), O'C. 1150].' There is another copy ii 1289] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 53 No. 1358. [For Raw]., B. 502, see K. Meyer's 'Anecdota Oxoniensia ' (facsimile). The present MS. is erroneously headed ' (by the scribe), ' Teagasg Riogh,' and both O'Reilly and O'Donovan adopted this title without exami- nation. O'Curry has written in pencil, ' Not the Teagasg Riogh.' p. 166. On the degrees of poets, beg. : Ciplip gjiaoa pile? nfn. peace, ollarh, anpriuc, elf, cana, oop, mac- puiriTne pocluc. Cpf pogpaio leo, camem, bpipiug, oblaipe. p. 175. A short poem headed : ' Miana Cormaic.' 'The desires of Cormac' (see also No. 141 1), followed by a prose account of the same monarch and of Finn MacCumhaill, the leader of his kerns. The poem begins : lTlicm Copbmaic age Gearhpac. The prose : Gipbrng uapal oipbifcneac ao gab uap 6ipinn. p. 176. Poem: Gainicc in caipngipe b'pinn. p. 178. Poem giving a sketch of the history of the houses at Tara, beg. : baile na TJfog TJop Ceariipac (see O'Curry, ' Manners,' etc., iii. 7), folldwed by two modern poems, one headed ' Caoilte lamenting the state of Oisin,' and beg. : Uaisneac pin a penoip paoip ; the other, 'The advice of Finn to Lugaid,' beg. : Q rhic lugaio colaibpnap. p. 179. Leabhar Eoghanach, or Book of Genealogies, etc., of the descendants of Eogan, son of Niall of the Nine Hostages. Beg. : ' Diluvium factum est xl diebus et xl noctibus.' BB. 67a. Ibid. ' Hibernia Insula in Occidente posita.' BB. All this has been copied from the Book of Ballymote. p. 220. Leabhar Connachtach, or Book of Connaught, containing the pedigrees of the families sprung from Brian, brother of the aforesaid Niall. BB. 88a. p. 246. Leabhar Fiachrach, containing pedigrees of the families descended from Fiachra, brother of Niall, the race of Tir Auley. There is a better copy in the Book of Lecan. BB. 107/3. p. 251. Leabhar Oirghialach, or Book of Oriel, containing the pedigrees of the families descended from the three Collas who conquered Ulster, a.d. 333. BB. 109a. p. 271. Leabhar Laighnech, or Book of Leinster, con- taining the pedigrees of the families of Leinster. BB. 119/?. p. 284. Will of Cathair Mor. BB. 127,8. Cf. L. na gCeart, p. 192. p. 301. The Book of Muskerry, containing the pedigrees of the families sprung from Cairbre Muse, who flourished 54 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS. [1289 in the third century. (The Conarian race of Ireland and Scotland.) BB. 130. p. 313. Seanchus bfear n-Alban, or genealogical history of the men of Scotland. BB. 148. p. 319. Leabhar Ultach, or Book of Ulster, containing the genealogies of the ancient inhabitants of Ulster, com- monly called the Irian race and, the Clan Rurv. BB. 151. p. 337. Poem : CU15 mic piobpainn [n6 pinjjin]. BB. 161/3.47. p. 340, 1. 17 trom bottom. Descendants of Conall Cernach. BB. 164a. p. 351. Leabhar Muimhneach or Book of Munster. BB. 171. p. 366. Q6nuaba6 pencupab TTIurhain anuap o Nuaba. BB. 1790. p. 367. Naoi mic beg Oilioll. BB. 179/3. p. 368. The Dal Cais race. BB. 182. p. 397. Leabhar Sleachta Dairfhine or Book of the pos- terity of Lugaid Mac Iotha. BB. 194^8. p. 409. The Topographical work called Dinnseanchus or history of hills, fortresses, etc. A better copy on vellum is noted post, No. 1322. The prose version, edited by Stokes, Rev. Celt., xv. and xvi. ; the metrical portions by E. J. Gwynn, Todd Lecture Ser., vols. 8. seq. BB. 3490. p. 533. Auraicept (or Uraicept) na n-Eigeas (-ip in MS.), ' Primer of the Bards ' {i.e. of Amergin Glunfionn, Fercertne and Ceanfaoladh). See Nos. 1363 and 1432. On the Uraicept, see B. M. Catal., p. i02ff. p. 551. Finit liber primus, incipit 00 leabap pepcepcne, p. 57 1. Of the various kinds of metre, beg.: C10. lin Qipce. p. 588. Of the degrees of the church. Seven lines only; then follow on the degrees of the filidh. (O'Neachtan's running headings are misleading.) p. 596. Book of the Ollaves or chief poets, containing various rules for poetical composition. The foregoing part of the MS. seems to have been copied from the Book of Ballymote. p. 616. Poem ascribed to Oisin, in which he describes for St. Patrick the battle of Gabhair, fought about the close of the third century, beg. : TT16p cmocc mo curha p6in. 'The site of this battle is still rhown in Meath, a short distance north of the hill of Tara, where a stream stilK retains the name of Gabhra (Gowra).' (Gabhra is the gen. of Gabhair.) Published in the Trans, of the Ossianic Society, vol. i. But the present text varies considerably. 1289] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 55 p. 6zi. A metrical treatise on the nature of letters and versification, called ' Leal>har Aiste Danaireacht.' This heading continues to p. 650. Copied from a&aiii 6 Cicmain. Begins : a aop Sana lp aicmo oath. p. 625 (in continuation). A metrical treatise on Prosody, headed : t)o aipcib imaipceaOal 1 coicceann aimpeac anpo piop ec ca Uon aipci pil ann, nfn. a.u. \x. ap cpi ceabaib. p - . 629. Caileann blia6na cam compacac gem mate eppac ngaocac. Omens for the year according to the day of the week that the first day of the year happened to fall on. p. 631 (in continuation). Headed by O'Curry : popup pocal. Beg. : G0101 gac maic amopao clainn ceo.pt> o cpaobopao. pp. 636 to 650. On faults in poetry (prose). p. 651. t>uan peancaip (on Latin genders, metrical), beg.: CU15 coiccino ciagaio mep. p. 653. A prose dialogue, entitled CoiiiluaOap pinn agup Gilbe, a curious specimen of Irish proverbial sayings. See No. 1 328. Begins : C16 lp leceo na pian ? ap pionn ; lp leceo in ceo ap Gilbe. p. 654. Poem enumerating the territories and townlands of Ireland : Ca lion cpfocac in (5ipinn. Printed by O'Currv : 'Battle of Mag Lena,' p. 106 (note), from H. 3. 18 (No. 1337). p. 659. A treatise on poetry, partly metrical, entitled ' Leabhar Filidheachta.' (Quotes as the longest word in Latin, ' Teneriticabilitudinitatibus.') Includes, p. 664, Cpe poclao ca^paid pilid 00 ofbi&in an lnDligio. 54 stanzas. p. 668. Poem on the history of the Picts. Begins: Cpuicnig Doppapclam in lac Glban nariipa. For an account of this poem, see Appendix to Pinkerton's ' Enquiry into the History of Scotland preceding the year 1056.' p. 675. 'War between Conn and Mogha.' This is the running title as far as p. 710, and is of course due to the scribe, O'Neachtan, but the title at the beginning of p. 675 is : Cac Cnuca ap peapa la Conn Ceaocacac -| clanna TTloipne cpep gab Conn ceannap cpf 0015161b .1. Ulla& Laigean 7 Connacc -\ lonnpoig TTloige leana. It contains in fact the story of the battle of Magh Leana, but in a shorter form than O'Curry's text, as given in the ' Transac- tions of the Celtic Society, 1855.' It begins : Clann 56 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1289 bea&la oacaille beipgcine, and includes the following poems : — p. 675. dpling 00 conaipc ap paoip. 6 quatrains, p. 677. peapc lTloga Neib. 4 quatrains, p. 679. a Babuine pionn polcbuibe. 2 quatrains, p. 680. Qbclumim puaim cuinne. 2^- quatrains, p. 684. Qnani leac lui&e pe noic. 6 quatrains. p. 688. Sc6ul linn lift Sircig ppip. 2^ quatrains. p. 692 (in continuation). The battle of Magh Mucroimbe (a.d. 195). See the account in B. M. Catal., p. 519. There is an older version in Book of Leinster, p. 288a. The poems included are: — p. 692. Cpiallam gup in ccfp ut>. 6 quatrains. p. 693. Q TTIacceoin coirhefpge. 2 stanzas. Ibid. Q Nua&a eipge 5U Geairiaip. 7 stanzas. p. 695. Caoine beanam bo bean. 22 quatrains. p. 696. Qbaip liom a pip a 605am 50 ngaoi [gan 5001, 1296]. 26 quatrains. p. 698. La luigim basullvha pmn. 12 quatrains. p. 703. baoc bSibmeann na mbopb geupa. 2 quatrains. Ibid, lp cugaib canagpa. 4 qnairains. p. 705. Co rime ineipge caca Cuinn. 4- quatrains. Ibid. The lament of Olioll Olum on the death of his sons. p. 706. Q Tiannpig [dnpuib, 1296] peall [p6il, 1296] aicpip buinn. 3^ quatrains. p. 707. pinic bo cac TTIoige Tlliiicpeiriie agup Ca&s ua 'Neachcuin. 1732 Juil 27. p. 708 begins a Chronicle from Severus Pertinax. p. 712. Cacugab Ceallacain Caipil. This and the following article (beginning 726 s.f.) together include the poems contained in 'Caithreim Cellachain Caisil,' published, from the Book of Lismore and other MSS. (with translation), by Prof. Alexander Bugge (Christiania, 1905), as far as his § 78, with a few others. The prose narrative is, however, more condensed. It begins : Jabap Cellacan Caipil aip p6in caoipeacc anagaib Loclannaib, pan bliabuin 899. gup efpge peace ccuaca beg Caipil pip ] ap nalcugab p6 Dfa. Then the text corresponds with § 7 of the Book of Lismore. After the poem printed in Bugge, p. 46, conies a brief conclusion (less than a page), which begins : Cia bpuilip a TTlaupp? no a Uppam an TTlaig? cia a bpuilip a TTlinepba .1. a mion— apba ? Ending : -\ bo piagalaig p6 a pfc 50 puin a beaca 50 bpuaip bap begpig a 1289] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 57 gcaipiol, pan bliaoum 912. pmic. From the agreement of the text of this MS. with the readings cited by Bugge from that in the British Museum, Egerton, 106, it appears probable that it was copied therefrom. The following poems are included : — p. 712. G151O 50 Luimneac na long, a clanna 6050111 na ndpoglonn. n quatrains. p. 714. Cp66a fin a clanna 605am. 8 quatrains. p. 715. TTIo cean a t)onncao tteabla. 12 quatrains. p. 717. Dialogue between Ceallachan and Dunchuan : Uaca pin a clanna Cuipc. 13 quatrains. p. 719. Sceala& liom a laoc Lomn a ua Oiliolla Oluim. 9 quatrains. p. 720. tkippam na cinn 5an colla. 17 quatrains. p. 722. lruiip a Qipcpeacam am bpeapaib TDurhuin lp oa mnaib. 9 quatrains. p. 724. Qipcpeacam beanaig nnceacc uaim. 9 quatrains. Ibid, lnnip t>o clanna 605am, Don puipinn pinn p6il eolsaib. 12 quatrains. p. 725. 6ipge a 01115(31015 calma. 7 quatrains. Not in Bugge. p. 726. Coipseab 506a bpuigill uaib a pern Tnurhun. Not in Bugge. 12 quatrains. Ibid. Copmgeachc na ccaoipig pop Ceallacam Caipil piop punn. Includes the following poems : — p. 727. 61P516 pi&ce ceao bu& cuac. 5 quatrains. Not in Bugge. Ibid. J"! 1 meala cu 00 pige pdn. 10 quatrains. Not in Bugge. p. 728. Gc pilib ponna clanna C6m. 6 quatrains. Not in Bugge. p. 729. lonnpaijceap lib Gpbrhaca (sic). 8 quatrains. Not in Buggr. p. 730. Q Sicpic ceicip cap cuinn. 9 quatrains. p. 731. TT16 a ooilgeap learn meanmuin. 7 quatrains. p. 732. lnnip a Oumeacam c-umn ouinne. cia hiab na corhlainn. 6 quatrains. Ibid. Cpuag liom cuicim na ccpiac. 4 quatrains. p. 733. Do cuicpeac clanna Caip Cpuao. 4 quatrains. Not in Bugge. Ibid Copp ua Condipe an cpuag lib. 5 quatrains. p. 734. TTloipifieanmab na TTlileab mbuaib. 6 quatrains. Ibid. Concubap ba calma m Cms. 5 quatrains. CA TA L OG UE OF IRISH MA NUSCRIPTS, [1289 p. 737. Leabhar Oiris, containing an account of the Battle of Clontarf, a.d. 1014. See Erin, i. 74, and cf. No. 1280,44. p. 741. Poem by MacLiag lamenting- tlie death of Brian Boroihme at Clontarf, beg. : Gnoip cdmic cuicim bpiam. 27^ stanzas. Also in R.I.A., 23 g. 8, f. 59, and B. iv. 2. p. 744. Poem in the form of a dialogue between Mac Coisi, chief bard of the North, and Mac Lias-, beg.: TTlapcuin 6uic a lojiaijio [«'<r] peil, a rhic coipi co ccaoimcein. 52 quatrains. p. 747. I'oem : pionnac peancui&e bpep bpail. 76 stanzas. p. 751. Account of the dispute between King Dermot (a.d. 563) and St. Rodanus (Ruadhan), in consequence of which the latter cursed the hill of Tara, and prayed that no king- might thenceforward dwell in it. Includes the poem : Goconnaipc aiplvn5 olc. p. 755. Leabhar Ceart na n-Eigeas, a treatise on grammar and poetry. On p. 823 the date 1734, March 7. p. 848. Pedigree of O'Reilly, chief of East Breifny. On p. 848 the date 1735, March 9. p. 859. Pedigree of the family of Mac Brady, stated to have been translated from the Latin of Boethius Roe Mac Egan, a Franciscan, and of John Hackett, a Dominican, who wrote at Louvain. p. 862. Poem by Brian Roe Mac Conmee in praise of Ulster: loriiba uippim 05 UUcaib. p. 864. Poem on the history of the palace of Emania, beg. : 6arhuin alainn dpup Ulcaio. p. 865. Poem giving the pedigree of the Hy-Manians or O'Kellvs of Connaught. p. 872. Poem by Erard Mac Coisi, chief poet to king Maelseachlin, lamenting the deserted state of the palace of. Dun-na-sgiath, after Maelseachlin's death in 1022. Begins : t>uppcm map cat a 611m na pgiac. Ed. Archiv, iii, 305. p. 873. Leabhar Gabhala, as given in the Book of Lecan. This is much briefer than the copv compiled bv O'Clery. p. 915. Leabhar Tairghiallacli," or Book of Prophecies. Most of these are in No. 1284. Ibid. Ropga'o pile 00 Ouil Itjic. p. 917. dp bopca aniu in knee (paipcin of St. Jarlath). On p. 921 the date 1737, r^ 1 '- 3- p. 922. (puppu o'paipcine) 1. TTlaip 5 caipg^aba aipipne. 2. lTlaipg caipgeaba annpip beipeao oorhuin. (Cf. No. 1336, p. 835.) 1289] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 59 p. 923. Poem attributed to Columcille : TJioga copaib aimpipe. p. 924. Ditto : ciocpao gince cap muiji anall. p. 925. Ditto : ciucpaig aimpip a bpeanbainn. p. 926. Qbaip a iflaoil Gamlacca, pgeul beipeafr boihuin. (No. 1284, 167$). _ p. 927. (Seabnain cc rjo Columcille) : dbaip piom a Seabna pgeul Deipeao an boiiiuin. (See Zeits., iii, p. 31.) p. 928. Ocd leabap liompa. (No. 1284, 165c) p 929. Ultcin cc. pagap na gaoice anoip. (No. 1284, tbsb). p. 930. (Oipin cc bo pacpuic naoifica.) a Oipin an paoa (paibe 1284) pmn. (No. 1284, 163.) On p. 932 the date 1758, April 7. p. 933. (3 bean labpap liom an laob. (No. 1284, 164^.) Ibid. Na cpf Cumn bo pliocc na Ruaib. p. 934. A prophecy: bup 10115a loc 16m gan baingen ap bic. p. 935. By Donogh Mor O'Daly : 5 an ^ e ^V^ e 'obain an bpaca. p. 937. Sean 65 niagpaig cc : 50c ponn 50 peapaib TTluige. p. 939.* Boile Mogha Ruith : Cpuag an baecap cpuag. p. 940.* (Gocaib 6igip cc ap ppalcaip Caipil.) Rip in opb pelriianac. p. 939. On naorh ceabna : Corhalpuibeap b'6ipinn lobail cap a heopa. p. 940. On pep cebna. lp boilsi learn lona an C65. Ibid. Prophecy of St. Briccini : t>ai bpiccini cuama bpecain (prose). p. 944. Prophecy of Finn Mac Cumhaill : TTlaipg p^innio bo cualab an ps^al. p. 945. Prophecy of Finn : S^ 607111 Ruip Ganaig ba pfop barn. Ibid. Prophecv of Columcille: TTlocean buic a ceaccaipe. (No. 1284, 161*.') p. 946. The Triads : a collection of Irish proverbs and wise sayings. It begins with an enumeration of places in Ireland proverbially noted for some peculiarity. Cecrnn (5ipeann Opb TTldcab . . . Opbdn 6ipeann Cluain lilac Noip, and so about other places. Ed. by Prof. K. Meyer, Todd Lecture Ser. xlii. The triad of 1. 7, p. 955 (K. M. 222, ins.) treating of the leinib (kilt), ocpac (pantaloons), and of the beppab (glossed, hair of the head), is quoted and commented on 6o CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1289-1291 by O'Curry, ' Manners,' iii, p. 107, where O'C. mistaUes the scribe's b for c ; these letters being very much alike in O'Neachtan's script. On p. 957 the date 1745, May 15. p. 958. Prophetic poem ascribed to St. Columcille, beg. : 6ipb a baoicin buain (see No. 1284, f. 157). p. 960. Poem by Coireall, son of Curnan, describing the wretched state of Ireland in his time, beg. : Olc oxd (Sine anocc (No. 1284. 165). p. 961. Poem predicting the coming of the English, beg. : Gbaip liom a faoi peanba. 1290 fol. chart., c. 1740. h. i. 16. Irish-English Dictionary by Tadhg O'Neachtan. At the end is. a list of Irish and English names of plants and trees. O'Donovan says : ' It contains a vast number of words, and is very valuable as being the production of a very able Irish scholar, who was born in 1671, and lived during a period in which the ancient Irish language was perfectly understood ; but it is very defective as a Dictionary* inasmuch as it very seldom gives any examples to elucidate the English interpretations of the various ancient words. Notwithstanding this defect, it is a work of great authority, and the meanings given of Irish words may be relied upon as far as they go. O'Reilly copied the greater part of this work into his Dictionary, but he does not tell us what words he took from it.' O'Reilly, however, has many words which are not in this book. 1291 fol. chart., 1755. H.1.17. Poems and Miscellanea. Transcribed by Hugh O'Daly for Dr. Sullivan in 1755 (so on p. 7+. On title, 1757). f. 1. A romantic tale entitled Bruighean da Choga, describing a war between Connaught and Ulster about a.d.i. Publ. by Stokes, Revue Celtique, 1900. This copy is a transcript of the B. M. MS. Add. 30, 512, 105a ff. f. 16*. Life of St. Laurence the martyr. {Ibid. 117.) f. 26. The tokens of the fifteen days preceding the day of judgment. This seems to have been translated from the 1291] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 61 Latin. This account is much shorter than that published by Stokes in Rev. Celt., vol. xxviii. (from the above- mentioned MS.). f. 31. Life of Jacobus (Intercisus), a Persian martyr in the reign of Sapor. {Ibid. 88a.) f. 35. Life of St. Mary of Egypt; seems to be a trans- lation from the Latin. {Ibid. 75a.) ' The language is ancient,' says O'D. f. 44. Story of Satan's Temptations of Eve and of Jesus, 'the Harrowing of Hell and conversations of Satan with other devils and with Jesus.' {Ibid. Sob, 2 ff.) f. 54J blank. f.55. Fragment of a poem on Irish chronology. The page begins : Goo oldish mac Seachnaish peang. f. 56A. Poem on Irish history and genealogy, beginning : Goioinn pin a 6ipe dpo. f. 61. Poem : buo aoioinn bum ciap gapccoig. 28 stanzas. f. 63. Historical poem, ascribed to Gilla Coemhin, beg. : G eolca (5ipecm aipbe. Also in B.iv. 2, to. 21b (R.I. A.). f. 65. Poem of 236 lines by Sean Mac Con O'Clery, addressed to Turlogh Luineach O'Neill, beginning : Sealbao (5ipecm 05 aicme TleiU. It enumerates the exploits of O'Neill's ancestors, and calls on Turlogh to recover Tara from the English. See B.jVI. Catal., p. 387. f. 6gb. Poem on the history and genealogy of the O'Briens by Teige MacDary (see a better copy in No. 1281, f. 121, where the poem is more properly ascribed to Maoilin MacBrody). Begins : Coippeab cumaoin ap clann Cdil. See the ' Four Masters,' a.d. 1600. Also in B. iv. 2, fo. 27^ (R.I.A.). f. 74. Poem by Neidhe O'MuIconry on the history of the 0'Conors_ of Connaught, beginning : 661 bcirh peipiop cloinne Cuinn. {Ibid. fo. 50a.) f. 76. Poem by Donogh O'MuIconry on the kings of Connaught, beginning : 6ipbio a eigpi banoa. f. 79. Poem by Maoilin O'MuIconry on the same, beg. : Olfge pfg eolup b'ollarii. f. 83. Poem by Conaing Boy O'MuIconry on the tombs of Clonmacnoise and the kings interred in them, beginning : G peileas laoch leice Chuinn. Ed. with translation, Eriu ii, 163. f. 84J. Poem of 160 lines by Maurice O'MuIconry on the merits of Hugh O'Conor and the history of his family, beginning : Nf ltiaipionn b'6ipinn ace Gob. 62 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1291 f. 87. Poem of 132 lines by Teige Mac Dary on the genealogy of the descendants of Conn of the hundred battles, beginning: t)ermfo cuiiiine a clanri Chump. f. 89^. Poem of 188 lines by Cormac, son of Carroll Mac Coinmidhe, on the downfall of the O'Neills, and on the death of Art O'Neill, beginning : pafaa an puaig pi a P pfogpaid bpega. The family of Mac Conmee (now Anglicized Mac Naniee) were hereditary bards to the O'Neills. In this poem the bard laments that the blessing left by St. Patrick to the family of O'Neill has become null and void on account of the anger of God with them. f. 93. Poem of 104 lines by Ferflatha O'Gnimh (now Agnew) on the death of the same Art O'Neill, beginning: t)uaioriea& C61510 caoi euriind. f. 94A Poem of 172 lines addressed bv the same Ferflatha to Turlogh O'Neill on the state of Ireland, beginning : Q Choip&ealbaig curm h-ai5neao. f. 97^. Anonymous poem of 28 lines on the Royal palaces of Ireland, beginning : S6 pig puipc 6ipiorm cmaWain. Ascribed by some to O'Dugan, who d. 1372. f. 98. Poem of 216 lines addressed to Sir Arthur Magennis, of Iveagh (the son of Hugh), by Fergal Oge Mac Ward, beginning: Cpf uaicne im imp 5 aolDea ^- See excerpt in B. M. Catal., p. 485. This gives a sketch of the early Milesian history of Ire- land, and of the families descended from the three sons of Mile. f. toi. Poem of 144 lines on the duties of a king, begin- ning : t)ia mao mipe bao pf p6il. Stokes (Book of Lismore, xxix) states that in Laud. 610, fo. 72*. 1, this is entitled : ' Fingen cecinit do Cormac mac Cuilenrn~]ain.' Cf. L. Br. f. 1036. Poem of 176 lines on the contentions of the descendants of Niall of the Nine Hostages for the crown of Ireland, beginning : t)o rhfnioce t)ia na oeic n-aicne. f. 106b. Fragment of a poem containing eight lines, beginning: Caini5 peal ap fit ula6. f. 107. Poem of 116 lines on the genealogies of the families of Munter-Eoluis in County Leitrim and vicinity. Beginning : G6lup mac biooapiaig mic Cpomam. f. 109. Poem of 124 lines by Fergal Oge Mac Ward on the battle (near Downpatrick) in which Brian O'Neill and many of the chieftains of the North were slain. Beginning : ■Leacc capao 1 ccac bpiain. Publ. in Miscell. Celt. Soc, 1849, p. 404. 1291] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 63 f. 111. Poem of 216 lines on the exploits of (Sir) John O'Doherty (d. 1599)- Beginning: TTl6p pe cup caicp6im f. 1 15^. Poem of 80 lines, beginning: CI 65a glacup na h-aipm. The writer says that he is only a common soldier, and complains that he can procure no other employment. f. 116. A satirical poem of 48 lines by Teige dall O'Higgin (fl. a. 1610), beginning : Sludg peipip cdinic 00m 615. This is a satire on six of the O' Haras who forcibly took refreshments in his house. In consequence of this satire they returned and cut out his tongue, and otherwise so maltreated him that he died. They seem also to have murdered his wife and child. 'On the 30th June, 1617, an Inquisition was held in Sligo by which it was found that the six O'Haras (named) were attainted of the murder of Teige dall O'Higgin, his wife, and child. See O'Reilly's ' Writers ' under 1610. On the incident referred to in the poem, see O'Grady, B. M. Catal., p. 408. The poem itself is printed with translation, ibid., p. 439 ff. p. 1 1 7 J. Poem of 72 lines in praise of women, beginning : C60 pldn iompa.10 00 na mndib. p. 118. pupan ope a itiacaoirh 015. f. n83, s. f. A satirical poem of 312 lines by Turlogh Carrach O'Conor on Col. Jones (ab. 1641). Beginning: Qn g-cuala pib cuppa an Copinel Seonpa = No. 1381, 60. f. 119*, 1.8 from bottom: lTld p6gpao an cacaip 06m (i.e. oomnaU : see table of contents) bon cptboirjpi (i.e. cpibloio-pi) = No. 1381, 55*. f. 122a. Cumann do ceangaill an copp : Parable of a fox and a crane = No. 1381, 61a. Ibid., 1. 17. TTIaips rjonl cumann pe mnaib. Story illustrating the deceitfulness of woman. p. 123*, I.3. Oca c6pn-polc caplongpac beap. A love poem. f. 124. A romantic tale entitled, Goipisheachc Seaibe in msine 605am 615 rhic Gogam rh6ip ; the scene is placed in the reign of Cormac Mac Airt (third century). See D'Arbois de Jubainville for lists of other copies. f. 151. Poem of 300 lines by Fergal Oge Mac an Bhaird in praise of Hugh Magennis and his ancestors, beginning : Luiosopc pineaifina puil lp. This was the Magennis, Viscount Iveagh, who was styled by English writers of the reign of Elizabeth, ' the politest of the Irish.' ,,,■,, f. 157. Poem of 84 lines on the genealogy of the Clanna Rury, beginning: peacaio caipoeap clomne R015. 64 CATALOGUE OF 1 IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1291,1293 f. 158^. Poem of 28 lines on the heroes who sprang from Magach the grandmother of Cuchullin, beginning- : Cacbao mac TTlaolcpoic na gcac. Published by Theophilus O'Flanagan in the 'Transactions' of the Gaelic Society. f. 159. The Lamentation of Cuchullin over the dead body of his son Conlaech, beginning : Cnuag pin a aoinpip Qoipe. Published with translation by Miss Brooke in her ' Reliques of Irish Poetry,' Dublin, 1789. f. 160. Poetical advice to women, consisting of 68 lines, by Hanlon MacEgan, beginning: bpeagach pin a bean. f. 161. A disconnected poem of 68 lines, beginning : Nf riiaipenn Cearhaip a b-cuaic. f. ldib. Poem in dispraise of beer, beginning : Q bean 00 ni an lionn. f. 162. Extracts from poems on different subjects. f. 1623. A Fingalian poem, partly in the form of a dia- logue between St. Patrick and Oisin, beginning : Ld bthnne aip Sliab puaib. f. 163J. Elegy by Andrew Maguire on the death of Conor Maguire, the last baron of Enniskillen (executed at White- hall, 1641). Beginning : Cp6i5 Do gpuann an uaippr a Shdpa. f. 165*. Poem in praise of a lady, beginning : Ld ba pabup a gcacaip na 5a'lbe. f. 167. Short moral poem, beginning : TTIaipg bo ni compdb gjan clacc. f. 167^. Poem by Father Thomas Mac Clery, giving directions to avoid the gout, beginning : dicne baiii bo galap. f. 168. Table of contents and a few lines addressed bv the writer, who calls himself O'Daly Fionn, to Dr. Sullivan.' 1292 4to maj. chart., n". 221. h. 1. 18. Annales et Miscellanea. (Inserted in the vol. is a description of its contents bv Dr. Chas. O'Conor. A note by him states that it had been lent to him by Vallancey in 1774.) f. 3 contains a short table of contents (in Latin) ending thus : ' Haec omnia monumenta zelo ac industria illustrissimi ac reverendissimi Joannis O'Brien, Episcopi Cloynensis et Rossensis in Hibernia qui die xiii a mensis Martii, anno 1769, Lugduni in Gallia obiit, comparata et in unum nunc codicem digesta fuerant.' This was Bishop O'Brien, author of the Dictionary. 1292] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 65 f. 4 (anciently numbered 487) contains the 16 concluding lines of a poem in praise of some member of the family of the Geraldines. The first line of the fragment is : Ip Licmnain Leapuigce. In the margin McCurtin has written : TTlap bp6a;5 nf oorftpa ip bpfiag 6. There follow 16 lines headed, in English, ' the ensuing lines were composed in answer to a fals message.' Beginning : Q ceacncaipioe (sic) r\a geapalcaoi pe nagaid 5cm gpuig. f. 46. A tract entitled, blog t>o peancup pil mbpiain- ponn, i.e. a fragment of the history of the descendants of Brian (Boroimhe). (See another copy, No. 1281, f. 106.) f. 135. blog Oo peancup bupcac, taken from the Leabup [OJipip] of the O'Mulconrys (ends imperfect). Six lines down is the heading : bunciop bapuin Caipleain 1 Conamg. f. 15. Caicp6im Goipoealbaig, i.e. the victories of Turlogh (O'Brien), being an account of the wars of the O'Briens, both amongst themselves and against the English from the time of the English conquest to 1318, originally written by John Magrath, principal historian of the nobles of Dal Cais in the year 1459. Transcribed by Andrew Mac Curtin. There is a translation of this work in the British Museum, Add. 20, 718, and Eg. 102. The former MS. is, as far as the writing goes, the joint production of Theophilus O'Flanagan and Peter O'Connell, but the version is ' in many places so rude as to be unintelligible to the mere English reader.' It is also inaccurate according to O'Curry. The translation itself therefore cannot be O'Connell's. There is a copy of this translation in the library of the Royal Irish Academy, where there is also a copy of the original Irish. O'Donovan states that the original vellum MS. was in the possession of Sir W. Betham. See No. 1294. f. 1 1 lb. Three quatrains by Andrew Mac Curtin, addressed to the person for whom the transcript was made. f. 113 (formerly numbered as p. 40). An imperfect copy of the Annals of Tigernach. Transcribed, as Dr. O'Conor shows, from the Bodleian MS. Laud., 488. On f. 139*, s. f. marg. is written : 'Tigernacus hue usque scripsit, et hoc anno quievit,' viz. an. 1088. Breaks off at the year 1407. f. 164 (formerly numbered p. 234) begins the 'Chronicon Scotorum,' byDuald Mac Firbis (d. 1670), ending a.d. 1135. Autograph of Duald Mac Firbis. See O'Curry, 'MS. Materials,' p. 128. The copy in the Stowe Library was transcribed from this. (Bibl. MS. Stowensis i., p. 201). 66 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS. [1292, 1293 The last four pages of the volume contain Annals from 1 142 to 1150, which O'Donovan says may be part of the ' Chronicon Scotorum.' 1293 11" x 8", membr., s. xvi. h. i. 19. The Annals of Kilronan, or of Loch Ce, a.d. 1014 to 1571- There are 99 leaves of vellum and 36 of paper, many of the latter blank. This book was formerly lettered on the back, ' Tigernachi continuatio ' ; but O'Donovan claims to have shown that it is the Book of the O'Duigenans of Kilronan. O'Curry identifies it with the Annals of Loch C& (MS. Materials of Irish History, p. 94 sqq.). The chief transcriber was Philip Bradley, and the date of his tran- scription 1588. There is a memorandum by David Duigenan that the book contained three leaves and five score of vellum. It has therefore lost four vellum leaves since this was written. The defects in the vellum are from the year 1138 to 1170. Here six leaves of paper are inserted, but they are blank. Again there is a defect from 13 16 to 1462. Here 22 paper leaves are inserted, the first six of which are blank. The entries on the remaining leaves are very scanty, and are repeated twice. After 1462 the writing is in different hands. There are also four paper leaves inserted after the first folio, on one of which the contents of the first page have been copied by John Mac Namee, 1698, that page having even then been almost illegible. On another of these leaves another copy of the same is written by Eugene O'Curry, 1842. At the year 1256 is the story of the Battle of Magh Slecht. Pub. by O'Curry, 'Materials,' p. 536: Trans, at p. 101,. The last page in the volume is wholly illegible. In addition to the paper leaves enumerated above there are four after the year 1061, but there is no chasm in the original. O'Curry discovered the continuation of these Annals to the year 1590 in the British Museum, Clar. xlv. 4792, and his copy of this is inserted in the present volume. The work was edited by W. M. Hennessy in the Master of the Rolls' series in 1871. 1294,1295] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 67 1294 4to chart., s. xviii. h. 2. 1-3. Catthreim Toirdhealbhaigh, or victories of Turlogh O'Brien (see No. 1292, f. 15), 3 vols., pp. 438. These volumes also contain pedigrees of various branches of the O'Brien family which have been already noticed in Nos. 1281, 1291, and the following poems : — Vol. iii., p. 401. Poem by Maoilin Oge Mac Brody on the history of the O'Loughlins of Burren, beginning : O ceacpap gluaipio gaoioil, composed in the year 1594, followed by a prose account in English taken from the poem and written by the transcriber of the volume, Maurice Gorman. p. 415. Poem by Hugh Boy Mac Curtin commemorating the noble descent and patrimony of Turlogh O'Loughlin Burren, beginning: Cpann op gach coiU cpaob Gamna. p. 423, 1. 9. List of ancient Irish words with explanations. p. 425. Poem by Maoilin Oge Mac Brody on the genealogy and history of the O'Gormans of Clare, beginning : Oeopcno porma pliocc Cacaoip. The transcriber of these volumes was Maurice O'Gorman. 1295 fol. chart., 1728. h. 2.4. The Book of Ballymote (incomplete copy). The original vellum Book of Ballymote, written about 1400, and formerly (1688) belonging to Trinity College, is now in the library of the Royal Irish Academy, to which it was presented by the Chev. O'Gorman in 1785. The text has been published in facsimile by the Academy under the editorship of Dr. Robert Atkinson. The present copy was made in 1728 by Richard Tipper, of Mitchellstown, in the parish of Castleknock, of whom O'Reilly says, in his account of the contents of this MS., that 'to the industry of Tipper the Irish scholar and anti- quarian is indebted for many copies of valuable antient MSS., which he made from originals that are either not extant or are locked up in libraries from the public' p. 1 begins an account of the six ages of the world. The vellum begins with what is here p. 5, 1. 6 from bottom. p. 12. The poem of O'Huathgaili, concerning the de- scendants of Noah : TJei&ig Dam a De bo uirh. See Index for other copies. 68 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1295 p. 16. A tract on synchronisms, author unknown. See O'Curry, 'Materials,' p. 520. p. 20. The synchronisms of Flann Mainistrech, followed (p. 26) by the poem : Min mac beil 71050.6 na P105. pp. 29-105. The Leabhar Gabhala. pp. 32-35 contain matter missing from the vellum book after folio 8 (facs. p. 16). p. 82, 12 begins the history of the kingdoms of Ireland. Incipit 00 plcnciupaib Gapfon (sic). p. 89 (45a) begins with the end of a poem on the Boroma tribute. See No. 1339, p. 35. p. 90, s. f. (45)8, 28). Gilla Coeman's poem : (Sipiu apt> imp na pig. p. 100. List of the kings of Ireland from Laogaire to Roderic O'Conor. p. 103 (49/?, 46). Gilla Modubda's poem on the succession of the Christian kings of Ireland. Only 46 lines are given, and 1. 45 begins with Ndoi (for t)eac of the vellum). Space is left for the rest of the poem. pp. 106-108 blank. pp. 109-130 (5 1/8, 1). Lists of the Christian kings of Ulster, Leinster, Connaught, and Munster, with poems on the same. p. 131 (62a, 44). Cormac's instructions to his son, with the instructions of the Brehon Fithil to his son. Edited by Prof. K. Meyer, Todd Lecture Ser. pp. 136-140 (65 £21). The Triads. Edited by Prof. K. Meyer, Todd Lecture Ser., vol. xiii. The portion missing from the vellum after p. 66 is found here supplied from another copy. pp. 141-377. Genealogies of the various tribes and families of Ireland (p. 247, the Will of Cathaoir M6r). pp. 378-390 (206). Translation of Nennius on the history of the Britons and Picts. See the Irish Nennius, edited by Dr. J. H. Todd for the Irish Archaeological Soc, Dublin, 1848. On p. 390 is the date 1728, with the name of the copyist Richard Tipper. P- 39i (233 a 8, 212-232 being omitted), prose account of four saints, sons of Owen Mac Murrogh. This tract, imperfect in the vellum, is here complete, ending at the bottom of 394. P- 39S(H7. the History of the Jews being omitted). How Conchobar obtained the kingdom : cf. LL. 106032. p. 397. Story of the death of Nathi or Dathi, last pagan king of Ireland (d. 420), with the poems of Torna Eiges 1295] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 69 and Dorban on the cemetery at Cruachan. The former : Qcd poc-pa pi pinb pail (Trans, by O'Curry, M. & C, ii. 71); the latter: 'Niarii -| Opucc if Oaci, by Petrie, Eccles. Archit., 2nd ed., p. 104, from LU. pp. 399-461 are bound at the end of the volume. p. 399 (249a 31). 'Coir Anmanda.' Names and epithets of the Irish kings. See No. 1337, 565. pp. 409-411. Extracts from the Book of Glendalough, containing notices of the Aithechthuatha, or rent-paying classes. This includes the poem: Saep clanna heipmn mle T?6mapBca la henbuine ; the poem, Ip op glan lp neirh 1m spe'in (see Thesaur. Palaeohibern. n., and 'Felire,' p. cv) ; and an account of the wonders of Ireland (256046). pp. 411-436 (257046-266). Account of the death of Aithirne, beg. : Cocmapc Luaine ec aioeo Gicaipne, with other tales, as in No. 1318, col. 880-908. See O'Curry, M. & C, iii. 373. p. 438 (289. the Book of Rights being omitted). On the various kinds of metre. Ends p. 450 with the words : Suipgi mall po (= p. 295 a 32). Edited by Thurneysen, Ir. Texte, iii. pp. 451-461 are blank. pp. 462-590 (349-410). The Dinnseanchus. On p. 590 is the subscription of the copyist, Richard Tipper, with the date 1727. p. 469 (352/3 31). O'Hartigain's poem: dcall apaicce Cearhaip.'is published in O'Curry, 'MS. Materials,' p. 513. p. 577 (405 a 49) begins the story : Moin Tire Nair, which in LL. 202 is : Snam Da En. Publ. by Prof. Marstrander, Eriu v., p. 219. pp. 591-594 blank. p. 595 (282). Bean Seanchus. History of famous women, beginning with Eve. pp. 605-622. The Book of Oghams. Publ. by G. M. Atkinson, Journ. Kilkenny Archaeol. Soc, July, 1874. Ends (311/328). p. 618 contains matter inserted and displaced, viz. : On piasail le cuiscap an ogam cpaob .... Verses : beic na haonap bom Idirh &eip. 6 stanzas. Ogam coll. — Collap ailm an ogaim. 3^ stanzas. Ogam conpoine.— t>h. ailm beana .bl. on 5-an aicmeala pc. tip am]\a 70 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1296 1296 fol. chart., s. xviii. H.2.5. Genealogies, Tales, Poems, etc. p. 3 (pp. i, 2 are wanting). Account of the creation of the world, the descendants of Adam, the deluge, etc. p. 11. History of the Milesians. p. 16. Genealogies of the descendants of Eibhear Finn, who inhabited the south of Ireland. p. 49. Genealogies of the descendants of Eogan, son of Oilioll Olum. p. S3- Descendants of Core, son of Lugaidh. p. 60. Pedigrees of the McCarthys and other descendants of Ceallachan of Cashel. p. 78. Pedigrees of O'Sullivan Mor, O'Sullivan Beare, and O'Sullivan Moyle. p. 80. Pedigree of Mac Gillicuddy and O'Coill. p. 81. Pedigree of O'Keeffe. p. 82. Prosodiacal rules in Irish verse (in a later hand), continued at pp. 89, 118. p. 83. Genealogies of the Hy-Neagh (Ui-Eachach) of Munster, divided into the O'Donoghoes, O'Mahonys, etc. : p. 8+, O'Donoghue of the Lakes, and O'Donoghue of the Glen; p. 85, O'Mahony Finn and collateral branches; p. 87, O'Mahony of Carbery. p. 89. Rules of prosody continued from p. 82. p. 90. Poem of 364 lines by Cathan O'Duinin (fl. 1320) on the ramifications of the families of the Hy-Neagh (Ui- Eachach) of Munster, beg. : (5ipcig pe caoibneap bup ccac. In this is given the pedigree of the O'Donoghues for twenty-seven generations, from Core, son of Lugaidh, king of Desmond, a.d. 380, to Teige the Generous, a.d. 1320, for whose inauguration the poem was written. See O'Reilly, 'Irish Writers,' p. 95. PP- 97 _I 3+- Pedigrees of various Irish families :— 97, O'Moriarty and O' Donovan ; 98, O'Cullen ; 99, O'Brien; io2, O'Brien, of Inchiquin, Carrigogonnell, Ceall, and Glenkeen ; 103, MacMahon, of Corca Baiscinn ; 101, O'Brien, of Aherlagh, and O'Kennedy, and Macnamara ; 105, O'Dea, Magrath, and MacCoghlan ; 106, MacConry and O'Quin ; 107, MacClancy ; 109, O'Carroll and O'Meagher ; no, O'Hara and O'Gara ; in, Magennis, Lord of Iveagh; 113, O'Conor, of Kerry ; 115, O'Conor, of Corc- amroe; 117, O'Loughlin, of Burren ; 119, O'Neill; 120, MacSweeny, of Fanad, of Doe, and of Bannagh ; izi, 1296J TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 71 O'Donnell ; 123, O'Shaughnessy ; 124, MacDonnell, Earl of Antrim ; 125, Maguire ; 126, The Dalriads of Scotland, and MacMorogh of Leinster ; 127, MacGillapatrick, or Fitzpatrick, of Ossory ; 128, O'Mulrian, now Rian ; O'Melaghlin of Meath ; O'Mulloy ; 130, Mageoghegan ; 131, David, king of Scotland; 132, O'Mulvey, O'Quirk ; 133, O'Driscoll ; 134, Mac Ailin, now Campbell (or Mac Lean). p. 135. A short account of English families in Ireland. p. 13b. Table of Irish contractions. p. 1 39. Account of the different colonies that settled in Ireland, beginning with the antediluvian Ceasair. p. 214. Leabhar Oiris, or Book of Annals, attributed to Mac Liag, bard to Brian Born, containing an account of the battle of Clontarf : see No. 1287,63. Besides the poems in that copy, this contains : <5 e W- 5 1D ) ncaic d° rheipneac a 5710:0, being a dialogue during the battle between Dubhlaing O'Hartacain and Murchadh, son of Brian. 7 quatrains. In the copy in No. 1414, Aoibhill, banshee of the royal house of Minister, is the interlocutor, Murchadh having one stanza. Edited from the R.I. A. MS., 23 E. 26, by R. I. Best, in l£riu, i., p. l\sqq. The BM. MS., Eg. 105, is a transcript of the same. p. 233. Part of Leabhar na gCeart, or Book of Rights. There is another copy of this in the Book of Ballymote, from which it was edited by O'Donovan for the Celtic Society, 1847. p. 242. Poem by Andrew Mac Curtin foretelling the future state of things in Ireland, beginning: 5° c ^'5 V°™ ^ m V ba DCU50.0 gpapaio De. p. 243. Romantic tale called Cac pionn Cpdga, or 'The Battle of Ventry.' For an account of this tale, see O'Curry, 'MS. Materials,' p. 315. It has been edited by Prof. K. Meyer from the copy on vellum in the Bodleian Library (Rawlinson, 487). p. 265. The battle of Magh Mucruimhe (about a.d. 195). Imperfect. For the poems included, see No. 1289: those on p. 693 (0 Tflaccoin); on 698,703 (lp cugaib) are not here, nor 707 (fTlo Cean). On the other hand, we have additional poems, viz.: — p. 274. Donipa oo pdsuib. 12 quatrains, p. 277. O lugna imci5 buo cuaio. 17 quatrains, p. 272 bis. NT mo cecmn a Lugao laga. 3-J quatrain.*. The paging is very irregular: 279 is followed by 290, then 72 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1296 the numbers 271 to 279 are repeated, and 279 to is followed by 281. pp. 281-2. In a later hand. p. 281. Prayer against a pestilence (Latin). Ibid., 1. 7. Lines about weather signs in January, beg. : La pin p6l ma nolun [sic'] at pogpan gpian go ,glan. This is an extract from a set of such signs for tfte several months, contained in R.I. A., 23G20, p. 258. Ibid. Fragment of a historical poem [by Domnaill mac D;iire mac Brody], beg.: Ce pini cape ep epi neil (in R.I. A., 23 B 35, p. 1) cia a.\ fine caipe ap epic N61II. There are three copies in R.I. A., viz.: 23B35, p. 1 (41 stanzas); 23 G 1, p. 368 (42), and 23 M 16, p. 197. The present copy wants stanzas 8 to 17, 27 to 29, and all after 32 ; 13 blanks are left for the missing portions. p. 283. Poem on the coming of Conlaoch to Ireland, beginning : t)o canuig an bopb laoic. p. 284. Poem. The advice of the poor friar to his neigh- bour, beginning : J5 aD a cein 50 p6irh mo ceagapg uaimpe. p. 285. The battle of Cnucha. Wants about 3 pp. at the beginning. See another copy in No. 141 1 (also imperfect), where the list of poems is given. This copy has three poems which are not found there, viz. : — 285, Do geabap pfop cdoinn pailce : 3 quatrains. 289, Q acap alrha gonna hdpbplataib: 6 quatrains. 301, 6ipe gi cfangao cfneoll : one quatrain. On the other hand, it omits those on pp. 60, 61, 65, 67, 70, 73, 75, 86. p. 303. The great defeat of Magh Muirtheimhne, and the death of Cuchullin (a section of the Tain B6 Cuailnge) : Go bpeipleac itluigi TTlvjipcpeirfine anpo pon lomldme agup bo callmuinc Cucullen agup bo oeapgpuagcap Conull Ceapna ag oiogulc a baip t>a eip agup bo, gac mop gnaoirh eile oa nbeapnao ann, -jci See Miss E. Hull's Cuchulinn Saga, also No. 1319, m. Includes the poems : — p. 304. dcaib puna bup naipm aig: 3 stanzas. Ibid. Ofa bup meaca a eipeappaop : 8 stanzas. p. 30S. beapbpacaip tJeiccme, a oeapcglap buanaig. 3£ quatrains, p. 309. t)o coilleab mo geapa p6in. 5J quatrains. Ibid. TT16ala lidin gaip Tia pliiaig. 7 quatrains, p. 311. bdnncpacc mbann acd gloo. 2& quatrains. 1296] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 73 p. 311. efpig a Cuculuinn pi on neap cpuap. 2 quatrains. p. 314. a Cuagafn Cuailgne cpai&. 7 quatrains. No. 1362,214 reads: G cuculainb. p. 316. Ni6ppab eaglac gup aniob. 6A- quatrains. /Jz#. cacpao a itiic lilaoil Cp6ig. 3A quatrains. p. 317. a Oeiccme ap pdp bo balldn. 4 quatrains. p. 318. pip na coipmipg ap p6t). 2 quatrains. p. 3 rg. Rugpab tiaim poinn bom anam. 3 quatrains. (In No. 1362 this line and the fourth change places.) p. 320. TTlo cean buic a Cu. 4 quatrains. p. 324. <5°'P C V om 5001c cpem cneap cuanna. 13J quatrains. p. 326. Romgab anfu aigneab eile. 3-J- quatrains. p. 328. Laoc bu& pepp na cpiacac (?) na £15. 4 quatrains. (In 1362, 245, this is the fourth line, the first being Cuculain ba hampa an gem, which here is second.) p. 329. TTle aip an mag gan cu efpge na nagaio. 5 quatrains. (In 1362, 246, this begins: buppan Cuculain caio, which here is third line.) Ibid, atjbeipim ay& connull. Qonrhapcac pun aip an muig. n quatrains. (In 1362, 247, the first two lines are transposed.) p. 331. TTldine po eibipc pa ceann. 3 quatrains. p. 332. Uc a cinn on uc a cinn. 13J quatrains. (This is the fifth line in the copy in 1362, 253.) p. 334. Sd&al puaimneac pin a eipc. 4 quatrains. p. 336. Ceann colla itiic paiceariiuil. 3 quatrains. p. 338. Q Conull cue iab na cinn. 31 quatrains. (In 1362, 267, this begins : Q Conall ca pealb na cinn.) p. 340. Poem lamenting the expulsion of the Irish nobility, beginning : Co cuabla pg^ala bo c6ap gac lo me (anon.). p. 341, s. f. A religious poem by Donnell Mac Dary Mac Bruodin, beginning : 5 ea ^ V e maoinib molab Ce. p. 343. An amatory poem by Richard Burke, or De Burgh, beginning: pip na po&la ap nbul b'6ag. p. 344. Poem beginning : Gp mbeanocc map bligim buic (anon.). Ibid. sA. Poem by O'Daly Finn, beginning: Caoin cu p6m a buine boicc. Sometimes attributed to Dr. Keating ; generally to Donogh Mor O'Daly. See Fr. M°Erlean's ed. of Keating's poems. His text is from this MS. p. 345. Short religious poem by Aengus O'Daly Finn, beginning- Cpuag map acd mo colamn epiab. 74 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1296,1297 p. 345. Satirical poem by John Roe O'Shehan against David O'Mahony, beginning : Ce paba me am mdipcip oeappcacfi &eprhuimanac. 'The language is provincial, and the orthography very corrupt' : O'D. p. 346. Answer to the foregoing by Thomas Prundivill, beginning: 5° oeapbf-a a rhaipcep Sedin lp beap pfjigip. (' This Thomas Prundivill seemeth to be the person for whom the whole volume was transcribed.') p. 347. A religious composition entitled, ' Dialogue between the body and the soul.' Begins : ' Domine, quis habitabit . . . .' Ends imperfect on p. 354. See No. 13 18. Cf. Atkinson: Pass, and Horn., p. 266, and Rev. Celt, xxiii. 1. P- 353- Poem on the instability of human pride, illus- trated by examples drawn from biblical and secular history. Begins: 5 a r ™ V a ^ b'piop an nabaip. p. 354. On the genealogy of the Sarsfield family, from Noah downwards. Incomplete. ' The volume is in the handwriting of Desmond O'Conor,. who is most probably the translator of Keating's History of Ireland.' There is a loose memorandum by Eugene Curry: ' This manuscript appears to have been read with some care by Andrew Mac Curtin : see a quatrain by way of amendment in his handwriting, at p. 58, beginning: cp6 boii aon^mp anba an opoib. See also one of his own poems in the same hand, at p. 242' : Eugene Curry, 29 Mav, 1839. 1297 4to chart., c. 1715. H. 2. 6. Miscellanea, chiefly Poems and Romances. Transcribed in 171 6 by John Magauran, or Magovern, for Brian Maguire, who has written his own pedigree and praise on a flyleaf. Each tract is paged separately. I- — Life of Maghnus and Giolla-iosa, sons of Donn More Mac Raghnaill, ' exceedingly curious and valuable as illustrating the history of Fermanagh, and throwing light upon Irish manners and clanship in the 14th centurv.' 29 pp. p. 30. An amatory poem by Dermot Mac Muireadhaigh r beginning: map peacou a bean na mala gceaac gcom- &luice. 2 pp. II.— Life of St. Mogue, or Maidoc, 104 pp. He was first bishop of Ferns. Headed : beaca lhaogtftse; alias beaca 1297] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 75. 000615 (10D615, MS.)- According to O'Donovan he is still vividly remembered in the country of his birth (parish of Templeport, Cavan). This Life does not materially differ from that published by Colgan, but is more copious. The body of the narrative is prose, but several poems and extracts from poems are introduced, some of which are attributed to the saint himself, but are clearly later. The most remarkable are : — p. 10. Sgeal oile aip Goo oaipioe. Here the saint is called Aodh, Mo (= my) being often prefixed to the names of saints, and the names of ancient ecclesiastics were always thus changed upon entering holy orders. The diminutive og was added for the sake of affection, and thus Mo-Aodh-og became Maodhog = Mogue. This name, says O'Donovan, was very common in Ferns about fifty years before his writing as a Christian name, but it is now modified to Moses. In Mr. Registrar-General Matheson's report on ' Varieties and Synonyms of Surnames and Christian Names in Ireland (Dublin, 1901),' Moses and Mogue are stated to be used as equivalents (p. 29). p. 16. Poem of 104 lines, beginning : Ciop TTlaooois; 5cm rheapachaO. p. 27. Verses beginning: Coipg lT)aoo6i;5 1 ccin t>pea- can. p. 34. Verses (68) beginning : La bo Tllaorjos pan muilleann. p. 62. Poem of 40 lines, beginning : Ca Lfon mionn 05 1*100665 rh6ip, on the relics left by St. Mogue. p. 66. Poem of 76 lines by Giolla Modhuda, beginning : Leacbonn a ccig 50c pdcaig. This recounts the dues paid to the successors of St. Mogue. p. 69. Poem of 4 pp. on the life of St. Mogue, beginning: Seancap fflao&6i5 meabpaig leac. p. 74. Poem of 116 lines, beginning: corhpuinn 171aoo6i5 pa m<5p moo. This states how St. Mogue's dues in Leinster, Ulster, and Connaught were divided among his coarbs in the churches of Ferns, Drumlane (Co. Cavan), and Rossinver (Co." Leitrim). p. 77. Poem of 108 lines by Giolla Modhuda O'Cassidy on the judgments or curses left by St. Mogue on any of the Breifnians who should violate his churches, encroach on his lands, or dishonour his coarbs. Beginning : eibepbpeaca Thao&oig rhfn. p. 85. Poem of 208 lines, beginning : Oinn an riomna luaicep linn. In this is given the Will of the saint, in which he disposes of the relics referred to above (p. 62). 76 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1297 His Breac or speckled garment he leaves to the church of Rossinver, his Ministir or portable shrine to Drumlane, his black crozier to Ferns, his two bells to Drumlane, his white crozier to Rossinver, and his MacRatha(?) to be placed over his tomb at Rossinver. p. 94. Poem of 108 lines by Giolla Modhuda O'Cassidy on the history and virtues of St. Mogue : TTlaipio peapca TTlaoooij; rh6ip. p. 97. Poem , of 60 lines by Giolla Maghuda o Caiside, beginning : Uasal an mac. p. 99. Poem of 144 lines, by Siodhradh o Cuirnin (+ 1347), on the life and good deeds of Maedoc, beginning : Seanchas Maodhoig meabhair linn. Cf. Meyer, 'Irish Metric,' P-5S- p. 1 oz. Poem of 64 lines ascribed to St. Mogue, in which he denounces vengeance on all who should violate his churches, beginning : TTlaips a paipe6cap mo cill echo. p. 103. Poem on the miracles by which St. Mogue lessened the powers of Fergal O'Rourke and his descen- dants, beginning : TTlaipg oan corhappa naorh 50715, ' Woe to him whose neighbour is a fierce saint.' Short poems occur : — p. 2. C60 peqpc Tflaoooi5 na rrnonn. p. 3. S6 mic Ouib6acpfoc po clop. p. 4. Ocd peanna die 1111 bf a lTlaooog ped&ba. p. 6. bfaio on6ip na hdicepi. p. 7. La bo 1TI. pa m6p pari. p. 13. bpeac TT1. 00 rhuig nirh. p. 58. Guillea& ap rinopbuile TT)., m6p pe a rhaoibiorh. III.— A romantic tale entitled : ' Bruighean Chaorthuinn,' com- posed about the fifteenth century. 20 pp. Mr. O'Grady remarks ('Silva Gadelica,' Pref., p. xvi) that Bruidheaii means primarily a mansion for hospitality on a large scale, but in the title of a story the term indicates that it is one of violence connected with a dwelling. The full form is Toghai! bruidhne. IV.— Another tale entitled : ' Eachtra an Ghiolla Deacair,' Adventure of the lazy fellow ( 24* pp.), describing a chase by Finn mac Cumhaill and his militia through Drom- collcoille (near Dublin): ed. O'Gradv, 'Silva Gadelica.' See O'Curry, ' MS. Materials,' p. 316. V.— Another, describing a chase by Finn mac Cumhaill in Connaught, entitled: bpuigean ceipe Copmnn. 8pp.: 1297] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 77 ed. O'Grady, 'Silva Gadelica.' Finn and his heroes tire detained by magic in the caves of Ceish Corran (caves well known to travellers). See No. 1376, p. 205. f. 5. Poem written by an Irish priest in Spain (see ZCP. v. 541), bidding farewell to Ireland, i£ pp. : beip beann- acc uaim piap cap haip. This is followed by a ludicrous account of the clan of Thomas Mac Lobuis by Robert Nugent, 4 pp. By the clan of Mac Lobuis are here meant the English, plebeians who obtained possessions in the time of Cromwell. It is entitled : Cpopanacc aip clainn Comaip, and includes a metrical composition, beginning : Ceipc 0:5am ope a Semuip, and another beginning: Nf oual peimeleip ag pfol I6baip. See No. 1381, p. 261, iv. and v. VI. — Historical tale (an episode of Tain B6 Cuailnge) entitled, Tragical fate of Ferdiadh, son of Daman, killed in single combat by Cuchullin at Ardee : hence so named (Ath- Fhirdiadh). f. io (numbered 9, 6 being repeated). Poem on the Atonement, beginning - O peacaiS an tjfp op pfola& accdinic apfarh. Then follows a short religious poem by Bonaventura O'Hosey, beginning: Cpiup and [05] bpan ap mo bap. This is in a different and inferior hand, and clearly has been inserted merely to fill blank space. Publ. in the 'Pious Miscellany' of Tadg Gaolach {i.e. Timothy O'Sullivan), Dub. 1868, and there ascribed to Donnchad M6r O'Daly (p. 96). Also by Dr. Hyde : ' Religious Songs of Connacht.' After f. 28 is slipped in a leaflet containing verses addressed ' by Thady Naghtan to Mr. Francis Sullivan.' VII. — A romantic tale entitled, Gaccpa clomne pig na Tliopuaioe. Adventures of the sons of the king of Norway. The scene is placed in Greece, Holland, etc. 62^ pp. Ed. Hyde : Irish Texts Ser., vol. i. VII. (to).— Another romantic tale entitled, Gaccpa an macaoim moip mac pig na hCappaifie. Adventures of the great youth, the son of the king of Spain. He is said to have been killed by Oscar, grandson of Cumhaill. See No. 1319, 189. zi pp. f. 116. Romance entitled, bpuigean beag na hairhuine, i.e. the little fray of Allen. The actors are Finn mac Cumhaill, Oisin, Oscar, etc. See No. 1318,939. gi pp. Ed. O'Grady: ' Silva Gadeliea.' VIII.— Romantic tale entitled, Gaccpa TJiOipe na leorhan. Adventures of the knight of the lions. The hero is a French knight. Perhaps a translation from the French or 7 8 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1298 Spanish. There is a copy of this tale in R.I. A., 24 P. 16, 103-166. (In 24 A. 1, p. ( seg., and 24 P. 2, p. 1 seq., there is a different tale with the same title.) 134 pp.; ending imperfect. IX.— Another romance, entitled 6accpa an amabdin moip. Adventures of the great Oaf. Several of King Arthur's knights are introduced, and the wonderful effects of magic produced by Gruagacha or necromancy are told in the style of the adventures of the knights errant. O'Donovan suggested that it might be a translation from the Welsh. It is quite different from the poem so named. This version also in R.I. A., 24P. 16, 49-97. 38 pp.: ending imperfect. 1298 1 1" ■■> 8", membr., s. xv. h. 2. 7. Genealogical and Historical Collections. The first 69 folios (numbered for the most part by columns) contain pedigrees, partly metrical, of sundry ancient Irish families : p. 54 begins the Book of Oriel ; p. 178, Pedigrees of Irish saints. The metrical parts are: 190, on the O'Kellys of Hy-Many • Leanam caipoeap cloinb TTIdini ; 194, on the same : lmfaa pperh paep 00 pil Cuinb ; 196, by John O'Dugan (d. 1370) on the descendants of Niall of the Nine Hostages : pibbaio cubpa clcmna N61II; 210, by the same, on the history of the O'Kellys of Hy-Many : Uapal in pfl pfl Ceallaig; 213, an alliterative composition by the same in praise of Teige O'Kelly : Ca.1pn5epca.iD cpen cogbalcac ann 6ipinb ; 222, by the same, on the history, etc., of the kings of Meath, transcribed by Lucas O'Dallan : Goga pfg ag pfgaib Ceaihpac ; 227 begins with a fragment of a poem on the famous women of Ireland, nearly every stanza of which ends with buaift, with which apparently the poem began ; 228, a poem addressed to a chief named Eogan (apparently Eogan O'Madden, of whose exploits an account is given in 206) : d eogain pahuicneao caipm ag plua.5 pocla : 232, on the virtues' of St. Ciaran and on the history of Clonmacnois, beginning : paicep cofmji Ciapain pabap cacaib ; 236 to 238, on the history of the O'Kellys of Hy-Many: Sealaigeacc po ag pfl filami pa peac y^ p6im pigpaibi. This concludes the first part of the volume, which originally formed a distinct volume, and seems, says 1298] rRINI'IT COLLEGE, DUBLTN. yg O'Donovan, to be a fragment of the Book of Hy-Many (Leabbar Hy-Maine), described by O'Reilly in his " Irish Writers," p. cxxi. A large vellum MS. known as "The Book of Hy-Many," is now in the R. I. A. (Stowe collection). The MS. described by O'Reilly was then in the possession of SirW. Betham, from whom it was subsequently purchased by Sir Thomas Phillipps. The next folio (formerly the outside one of a volume) has no writing on the recto. That and the following folio (both much injured by damp) contain the concluding part of a romantic tale. p. 244. (as numbered, but really p. 143, most of the preceding numbers being of columns). A historical tale entitled : Oige Cuinn cebcacmg. Death of Conn of the Hundred Battles. (This is the only MS. of this tale mentioned by D'Arbois de Jubainville.) p. 246. Of Conn's grandson, Cormac,,and his dream, beg. : Ro gabh Cormac ua Cuind rigi Evenn doridisi ar tuitim na trf Fergus leis i cath Crinna. p. 248. A romantic tale, entitled : Oige TTluipceapcaig line 6apca. Death of Muirchertach Mac Erca, about 530 (cf. O'D. : "Four Masters," i. 174), said lo be given as told by the saints Cairneach, Mocteus, and Ciaran : ' We learn from it that St. Cairneach cursed the royal house of Cletty on the Boyne, and excommunicated king Muir- chertach by ringing his bells and by other ceremonies, and that he also condemned the hill of Cletty to perpetual sterility. This the saint did at the request of Muirchertach's queen.' See Y.B.L., 310-320. The oldest mention of Muirchertach's death is the poem in LL. (No. 1339), p. 31. Edited by Stokes in Rev. Celt, xxiii 395. p. 254. Names of some who fell at the battle of Clontarf. Why the son of Amlaff was not present : " IS uime narleiged mac Amlaidh a cath Cluain Tarbh do coimeadh Atha cliath." Ibid., col. 2. An ancient poem enumerating the heroes who fell at the battle of Clontarf, beginning : bpobap asup bpian banba. p. 256. Account of the burial of Brian Boru, and the return of the Dal Cais and other Momonians homewards. p. 258. Birth and labours of Hercules, beg.: Bui ri uasal oirnide don cinel Gr6agach Amphitrionis mac Alisius. Extracts published Rev. Celt. x. 178 (Nettlan). p. 300. Romantic tale about Sir Guy, Earl of Warwick and Bocigam (Buckingham ?). Pub. by Prof. F. N. Robinson : Ztsch, vol. vi. p. 348. Romantic tale about Bibus, son of Guy, Earl of 8o CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1298 Tiamcuin {i.e. Bevis of Hampton), a territory divided from Scotland by a small river. Published with the preceding. p. 364. Romantic tale about Giallchadh, king of Ireland (a.m. 3389, according to O'Flaherty), and his son Nuada. p. 376 (begins what was formerly a distinct volume). The Cath Catharda, or "Civil War." It is headed: "Do cogad siuialta na Romanach dia ngoireit Gaoidheil in Cath Cathardha." A free adaptation of Lucan's Pharsalia, books i-vii. This copy is imperfect, lacking II. 741-1191, and 2579 to 6167 (end) of the text published (with transla- tion and glossary), by Stokes, in " Irische Texte" (1909), from the only complete MS., which is in the Franciscan Library, Dublin. There are other imperfect copies in the R.I. A. which have been used by Stokes. p. 418. Auraiccept TTIopaino, or the Instruction, of Morann to king Feradhach Fionnfachtnach (about a.d. 15-36). A sequel to " Orgain Cairpre Cinn Chait," which is in No. 1337,761. See Preface to Meyer's edition of Tecosca Cormaic. p. 422. Translation of that part of Giraldus Cambrensis' " Hibernia Expugnata " which treats of the Geraldines. Fragmentary. p. 432. Account of the finding of the Holy Cross. This serves as an introduction to the following : — p. 435, col. 2, I.4 from foot: Charlemagne's Quest of the Crown of Christ and relics of the saints, beginning Apud Sciim Dionicium. After p. 453 a leaf is lest ; p. 456 is quite illegible: cf. No. 1304 and 1319, p. 433. Published by Stokes in Rev. Celt, xix, with the title "The Irish Fierabras," from Eg. 175, f. 1 sqq., with readings from this copy and Laud. 610,45. There are copies also in the Liber Flavus Fergusiorum, f. 1, and in the Library of the King's Inns, Dublin (No. 10, f. 1). The story is the subject of a French Chanson de Geste, " Les Anciens Poetes de la France": Paris, i860. There is also an English version, published by the Roxburghe Club in 1854, under the title, "The Sowdone of Babeloyna." A copy of the original Latin is in this Library, F. 5. 3 (No. 667 in Cat.). PP- 457-4 60 - A fragment of another MS. containing the concluding part of the account of the Trojan war which is perfect in the Book of Ballymote. On the last column it appears that the transcript was finished in 1479. This volume, with Nos. 1 302-1321, was presented by Sir John Sebright ; they originally belonged to Edw. Lhwyd, whose autograph appears in this and some others. Many have also an impression of Lhwyd's seal in red wax. 1299] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 8r 1299 1 1" x 8", membr., s. xv (?). h. 2. 8. Medical and physiological, etc. p. 1. Medical treatise, beginning: 'Vita humana est triplex et cetera amail adez'r Aiisloteles prj'mo eticorum .1. ata an helha. daercna ar na fogailt a tri morfaib.' 'The contractions are exceedingly difficult and intelligible only to those who have made them their particular study': O'D. The first 25 pp. contain a physiological discourse on the functions of the brain, heart, and other organs, chiefly from Galen ; but other physicians are also quoted, p. 1, col. 1, med. 'Cum totcius [sic] pater sciencia [sic] generalitas tres principales partes habet,' etc. Ibid., col. 2 : 'Cumplexio ceribri multis modis cognositur .1. is ed adeir Gaknus. p. 4, col. 1, 1. 2. 'Deaurebus.' 1.8. ' De oculo.' 1. 26. ' Deo [sic] cordis autem cassibus deinceps dicatur.' p. ii, col. 1, s. f. ' De epatis autem calidi et aliis eiusdem diversitatibus complexionum dicturi sumus.' p. 17, col. 2 : ' Uirtus naturalis est in epate que cum pervenerit ad membra in tres diuiditur partes ' (very corruptly written), p. 20, med. . Labrum anois de s\>\rilibus. p. 21, 1. 16, Testiculi instrumenta sunt spermatis. p. 25S, s. f., begins a treatise on diseases, especially fevers, chiefly from Galen : ' Morbus- est cum membra accionis sue naturalis temperamenta egrediuntur.' Ends imperfectly, p. 34. See No. 1302. p. 35. Poem on the history of Ardbraccan, beginning : Gipgio puap a collcanaig (in a later hand). p. 38. A tabular classification of diseases, p. 39. Treatise on Astronomy on the Ptolemaic system, beg. : ' Mundus itaque dicitur Mercurius dicitur tribus modis,' transcribed 1443 : see p. 56. p. 57 (in a different handwriting). A treatise on nature, beginning : ' [NJatura est principium motus et quietis.' The several sections begin with Latin headings, thus p. 610, s. f., ' Dicit Plato quod tria fuerunt principia rerum.' p. 63a, s. f., ' Etiam declaravimus iuvameantum uniuscumque membri cecundum quod sufficiebat nobis.' p. 64J, s. f., 'Et eciam membra uertutis nutritiva et operationes sunt neccisaria in essi animalium et non generativa.' p. 66, 'Due sunt potencie cognosive in homine, sensus et intellectus.' p. 69, 'De actionibus ocultis naturi taractatur hie' p. 71,. 'De foirmis meidis.' 8z CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, L1300, 1301 1300 4-to, s. xviii. h. z. 9 and 10. Annals of the Four Masters, Part I. (from a.m. 2242 to a.d. 1 171), 2 vols., 4to. The ' Four Masters ' were Michael, Conary, and Cucogry (or Peregrine) O'CIery, and Ferfeasa (or Fergus) O'Mulconry. The designation ' Four Masters ' was given to them by Colgan in the Preface to his ' Acta Sanctorum Hiberniae,' and was, perhaps, suggested to him by the fact that ' Quatuor Magistri ' had been long previously applied by the medical writers of the middle ages to the Four Masters of the medical sciences (O'Donovan). Previously to Colgan the work had been called ' Annates Dungallenses,' having been compiled in the convent of Donegal, a Franciscan foundation, The work was undertaken under the patronage and for the use of Fergal O'Gara, Lord of Moy O'Gara and Coolavin, Co. Sligo, the original dedication to whom, in the handwriting of Michael O'CIery, is in the copy in the Royal Irish Academy. It was begun 22nd January, 1632, and finished 10th August, 1636. In the same copy is the original testimonium signed by the superiors of the convent, in which are enumerated the works collected and used by the compilers, which were, the Annals of Clon- macnoise, Annals of Oilean na Naomh, an island in Lough Ree [these two only came down to 1227], Annals of Senat Mac Magnus on the lake of Erne (now called the Ulster Annals), Annals of the O'Maolconarys, Annals of Kilronan, compiled by the O'Duigenans, also the Annals of Lecan, compiled by Mac Firbis. For the later parts of the work are mentioned also the Book of Cucogry O'CIery (1281 to 1537), the Book of Maolin Og Mac Bruaideada (1588 to 1603), the Book of Lugaid O'CIery (1586 to 1602). These two volumes were transcribed by Hugh O'Molloy, from the autograph in the possession of Chas. O'Conor of Belanagare for Dr. John O'Fergus, in the year 1734-5. They are paged continuously, vol. i. ending with p. 536; vol. ii. containing pp. 537 to 1023. Prefixed to the first volume are copies of the dedication and the testimonia. 1301 fol. 11" x 7", chart., s. xvii. h. 2. n. Annals of the Four Masters, Part II. (1335 to 1608). This is an original copy, that is to say, it is for the most part in the handwriting of Conary O'CIery, the hands of 1301, 1302] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 83 the other two O'Clerys, however, appearing frequently throughout the volume (O'Donovan, Introductory Remarks, p. xviii). There is a considerable quantity of inserted matter in the handwriting of Roderick O'Flaherty, author of ' Ogygia,' to whom the Annals were lent and explained by his tutor, Duald Mac Firbis, the last of the hereditary antiquaries of Lecan. ' His insertions are very valuable, for two reasons, because the work from which he took them is no longer extant, and because we have his authority for the meaning of many now obsolete terms.' We next find the volume in its present imperfect state in the possession of John Conry, of Dublin, in 1724 (see Abp. Nicholson's account of Conry's MSS. in his Irish Historical Library). After Conry it came into the possession of Dr. John Fergus, or O'Fergus, of Dublin, who had it bound in 1739. The first fol. is numbered 687, the last 11 50, but there is some irregularity in the numbering. The Royal Irish Academy possesses what is apparently the original autograph of the entire work, ' being the very copy which passed from the representatives of the O'Gara family into the hands of Chas. O'Conor.' It was presented to that body in 1831 by Dr. Geo. Petrie, who had bought it at the sale of Col. Burton Conyngham's library. No doubt, as O'Donovan observes, each of the Four Masters made a copy, of which he afterwards disposed, and he adds, that " it will yet be discovered that there is another copy at Louvain, which O'Clery made for the use of Colgan, who first sent him to Ireland to collect materials for his ' Acta Sanctorum.' " The text of the Annals was first published complete by Dr. John O'Donovan, who added an English translation and a large body of learned annotations. 7 vols., 4to ; Dublin, 1851. See No. 1405, for a copy of a MS. in the R. I. A. 1302 fol. membr., s. xvi., ff. 7. h. 2. 12, No. 1. A treatise on diseases, and particularly fevers. Beginning : ' Morbus est cum membra actionis sui (sic) naturalis temperamenta egrediuntur ' ; impf. This agrees, word for word, with the tract mentioned above (No. 1299, p. 25b). This and the following thirteen items are in a case. G2 84 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1303,1304 1303 fol. membr., ff. io. H. 2.12. No. 2. Discourse on the Ten Commandments. This is the same as the Homily in the Leabhar Breac. p. 243a, published by Prof. Atkinson, in the " Passions and Homilies," p. 245, but with differences of reading. Thus it begins : " Legtar . . . co tainic duine occ do indsaidi in tigherna nemda." In the last line of the Introduction it omits "masse*/," and, for " ol Dia fessin," reads "ar ihu." It is remarkable that, in both copies, the fifth and sixth commandments (sixth and seventh) are transposed. At the end the quotation from Ezekiel is omitted. Also p. 1 1 J, 1. 14. A brief history of the Creation and the patriarchs, from the Old Testament, beg. : ' In principio fecit ds celum et terrum .1 ' Ends imperfect. 1304 fol. membr., s. xv., ff. 12. h. 2. 12, No. 3. I. The finding of the Holy Cross, and the Quest of the Crown of Christ. In two parts. ' Incipit Invenicio see. crucis. .1. cmt>pcaiHt<rr annyo pagail na cpoiche noim.' Transcribed by Teige O'Riordan, a.d. 1475. For the 'Invention,' cf. No. 1298. 432; also Y.B.L. 803. See the Leabhar Breac, p. 221 sqq. This is followed, as in No. 1298, 435, by the story of Charlemagne's Quest of the Crown of Christ. The 'Invention' only proceeds as far as 1298,433, col. 2, 1. 3, from foot, after which (end of p. 2) there is a gap ' amounting to the matter of 2 ff (including the beginning of the Quest), the text of p. 3 beginning "met amiceiHe" : Stokes, Rev. Celt, xix, p. 28, 1. 1 ; 1298, 438, col. 2, I. 13. Ends : Conio m poaip cperlaip ac leinnam copowe cp 1 caipi na naem conuici pin. II. Inserted are 3 ff. containing capp. 8 to 17 of (pseudo) Turpin's History of Charlemagne in Irish, but numbered here 5 to 14. 1305-1307] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 1305 fol. membr., ff. 16. h. 2. 12, No. 4. Fragment of the Uraicept na n-eigeas or Primer of the Bards. Giving declensions of nouns, conjugations of verbs, etc., with examples from early Irish poets: see No. 1289, p. 533. In a cover made up partly of two half leaves of a Latin Missal, with a few musical notes (neumes), and partly of mutilated leaves of Irish and Latin MSS. 1306 fol. membr., s. xv., ff. 12. h. 2. 12, No. 5. Medical. Part of a treatise on the operations of various medicines, written in a syllogistic style. Imperfect at the beginning. The first extant question proposed is (col. 1, 1. 9) : 'Does pepper act according to the active power in warming ? ' O'D. says it seems to be a part of No. 1. In the last col. Ibn Mesne is cited : Inque eben Mesne .1. lp annpo peolap ebe Tftesuea ce hiac na \eighu ip coip t>o cup lpna \>\l\eadh Xyan^nm^ach. 1307 4to chart, et membr. h. 2. 12, No. 6. Two Irish metrical glossaries, viz. O'Dugan's Foras Focal, and that by Rev. Patr. O'Cuirnin, begin- ning : Oeipbfiup oo'n eagna in eigp. (Used by Michael O'Clery in compiling his Focloir, published Louvain, 1643.) Publ. by Stokes, Trans. Philological Soc, 1891, the former from LL. 395 and Stowe, No. III. (R. I. A.), the latter from the present copy, and R. I. A. 23 L. 21. Stokes says there is no trustworthy authority for attributing the Forus Focal to O'Dubhagain. Written in 1698 by Eoghan Mac Gilleoin, which O'D. says corresponds to Mac Cleane, for the use of Mr. Lochhn Campbell. 8 ff., chart. This is enclosed in two leaves of vellum, containing part of the story of the finding of the Holy Cross. See No. 1 304. N.B.— No. 7 is Latin. See General Catalogue, No. 1442. 86 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS. [1308, 1309 1308 4to memb., ff. 1 1 . h.2.iz,No.8. I. — Dialogue of the Two Sages. A contest between Neide and Ferceirtne for the position of chief Ollamh in the time of Concobhar mac Nessa : "The language is that known as Bearla Feine, in which the Brehon Laws are written": O'D. Ed. Stokes, R.C. xxvi. See Nos. 1316, 71; 1318, 549 (241); 1319, 185;. '337» 'S 2 » 543; I 339. '86; and O'Curry, 'MS. Materials,' p. 383. It has an interlinear gloss, and an account of the tract precedes it. II. — p. 106, med. Incipit do corus bard 7 a bardni .i. cetharda condegar, &c. Cis lir baird, &c. = B.B. 296)615, going on to 15011 = B.B. 29904. Then follows a section partly agreeing with the last eleven lines of B.B. 296)8. P. 15^, 1. 1 1 : Rules for various kinds of versification. " Incipit dona aistib. Do haistib ni daircetail xcoitchenn. ' ' p. 12 ends imperfect, with Clerech, = B.B. 291042 ; B.B. 28901. After 1608 (B.B. 289033) the rest of the col. and most of the next are blank, the text being resumed with B.B. 289/823. p. i8£ 1 = B.B. 288)813. HI. — A single leaf containing a fragment of Brehon Laws relating to the seven ecclesiastical degrees and the seven poetical degrees. This is fol. 1309 4to membr., ff. 8. h. 2. 12, No. 9. Fragment of Biblical History. Beginning imperfect with Moses ; ends perfect with the Babylonian captivity. Written by Teige O'Riordan, a.d. 1474. Followed by notices relating to the Diocese of Limerick, and a list of Irish dioceses in a later hand. 1309*-1312J TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 87 1309* fol. membr. h. 2. 12, No. 10. A single leaf, mutilated, containing a fragment of a Computus Manualis, corresponding with para- graphs 1 to 8 of that published by Mr. O' Grady in his Catalogue of British Museum MSS. p. 285, from Cotton, Appendix LI. 1310 4to membr., ff. 7. h. 2. 12, No. 11. Medical Fragment. (First and last pages illegible.) p. 2. A treatise from Galen and Aristotle on the properties of matter and the sub-divisions of the medical sciences. p. 9, med. On the nature of the human soul. Beginning : Sicut digscit [sic] iohannes daman senus [sic] magnus theologus, meidicus et pilosapius [sic] .1. amail ad^r . . . anima est substancia uiuens simplex et incorporea. p. 12. On diet (in a later hand). p. 13. Medical maxims in Latin (partly obliterated). 1311 4-to membr., ff. 6. h. 2. 12, No. 12. Fragment of a Grammatical Treatise. (Agrees, so far as it goes, with the treatise in No. 1289.) 1312 4to membr., if. 4. h. 2. 12, No. 13. Fragment of a translation of "Gualterus de dosibus." On Materia Medica and the proper doses. See Catal. B.M., p. 175, Had. 546. On the last p. is the colophon : " Tairrnicc ann sin leabar galteruis de dosisib na leigheas." It has lost one leaf at the beginning and two in the middle. (See a complete copy, post, No. 1436.) Some medical notes follow to fill up col. 2 of p. 8. $8 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1313-1315 1313 4to raembr., ff. 8. h. 2. 12, No, 14. Medical Aphorisms, Latin and Irish. The Aphorisms in Latin, with explanations in Irish. Inc., ' libi?rat te Deus fili amantissime a devio errorum.' The first maxim is : Ignoratis principiis, ignorantur que post principia sunt. Principiis obsta sero medicina paratur. The last 3 ff. contain the first two sections of Hippocrates' Aphorisms, with explanations in Irish. 1314 4to membr. h. 2. it, Nos. .15 to 18. Miscellaneous Fragments. No. 15. Fragment of the account of the combat between Cuchullin and Ferdiad at Ardee : ff. 2. See No. 1297, vi - No. 16. Fragment of a treatise on simple and compound medicines, ff. 6 ; much mutilated. p. 1, col. 1, 1. 15 from foot: Cairmig ce;c lohafneip [sic'] ebe misue (i.e. Johannis [ibnj Mesuae Damasceni) annpo. Then : Labpum anoip bo cuingilliS na \eigheas. p. 3, col. 1, 1. 9 from foot : Capitulum primum de recteficasione [sic] meididsinarum [sic]. p 4, col. 1, 1. 13 from foot: Ibn Mesue is quoted. No. 17. On prosody, etc. A single sheet in three folds, written in the same hand as No. 15. No. 18. An irregularly shaped parchment apparently complete, but illegible. 1315 fol. membr., ff. 112. h. 2. 13. Medical and Miscellaneous. pp. 1, 2 (much injured by damp). Definitions of diseases in Latin and Irish. Ex. gr. asma est dificultas hanelitzw capiendo . . . . apoplexia, tres sunt species .... p. 3. Definitions of philosophical terms, ex.gr. intellectus .1. persepco principiorum : each followed by the Irish. p. 5. Explanation of the ten Predicaments. p. J 1 (in a comparatively modern hand). The Rosg or Battle Ode, said to have been addressed to the champion Ooll in the battle of Magh Rath. Published by Miss Brooke 1315] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. in her ' Reliques of Irish Poetry.' This copy differs in many words from hers. p. 13. Ode addressed to Hugh O'Neill, chief of the Northern Hy-Niall, enumerating the rights and duties of the king, beginning : Ceapc gac pi cu p6il 00 clanaib Neill ndip. Amongst the duties are, not to remain one year without giving battle or taking a spoil, and to make Lagenians pay him the Borumean tribute. O'Donovan thinks the O'Neill addressed was the celebrated Hugh, who lived in the reign of Elizabeth. O'Curry assigns him the date a.d. 798, and says the poet was Fothaidh na Canoine, and that the poem was addressed to Aed Ordnide, overking of Ireland, 773-817, 'Manners,' etc., ii. 176. This copy is in a comparatively modern hand. p. 14. A tree of philosophy giving the classification of the sciences and the names of their inventors. p. 15. Alphabetical treatise on plants and their uses. Begins : [A]cipe quid est faciendum non est quorum sed quomodo et cum quibus. After the introduction comes [Ajbrotonum . . . The list does not extend beyond Castanea, after which is a blank of one-third of a column. p. 70. Fragment of a Latin grammar in the Irish language. Ex. gr. hie poeta .1. pilio. This only extends to the third declension of nouns, but copious examples are given, the Latin nouns being translated into Irish. Published by Dr. Whitley Stokes for the Irish Archaeol. and Celtic Society, under the title, ' Irish Glosses, a Medieval tract on Latin Declension,' Dublin, i860. p. 76, col. 3, after the Latin is a series of medical defini- tions, ex. gr. sginan [i.e. squinancia] est apostema gutturis. p. 78. (later hand.) Table of contents of a treatise on diseases, which begins (p. 79) : Post mundi fabriquam eiusque deccorem de substancia terrestri ds hominem formavit, etc. Ibid., col. 2. Fractura crania [sic] est capitis causa doloris. p. 120. Description of the signs of the zodiac. j). 123. On medical indications derived from astrology, beginning : Quando luna est in ariete (all Latin). p. 124, col. 2 (a different hand). Moral maxims, Latin and Irish) ; ex. gr. Meliorest sapiencia quam scecularis [_sic~\ potencia. p. 125 blank. p. 126. On the preservation of health. In hoc autem opusculo quinque sunt partes principales (i.e. (i°) pre- liminary; (2 ) rules derived from natural things; (3 ) from go CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1315,1316 unnatural things ; (4°) from things against nature ; (5°) on instruments used in the preservation of health). p. 141, col. 1, de herbis et oleribus que sunt in usu ponende. p. 143. quia quidem bonae carnes. p. 145. de piscibus. Ends p. 188, col. 1. Col. 2 has some definitions of diseases, etc., in a later hand. p. 190. Another medical treatise on various kinds of food, classified first according to taste, and secondly accord- ing to substance, whether vegetable or animal. The heads of the chapters are given in Latin. It begins: Quoniam imprimis coegit antiquos disputare de naturis ciborum. This includes much about the varieties of birds, beasts, and fishes. The contents of the chapters are given in a com- paratively modern hand^on p. 189. O'Donovan thinks the treatise is a translation of or commentary on a work by the physician Isaac. 1316 membr.. s. xiv. h. 2. 15*7. Brehon Laws and Miscellanea. This and the following number were formerly bound together, the vellum and paper being mixed. The old paging is in brackets. p. 1. Fragment of a medical work on laxative medicines, 14" x 10", ff. 5. Begins perfect : Inlabcmcha ap cup oon leigeap laccach. Ends imperfect. The folios, having at some former time been folded in two, are much injured in the middle. p. 11. Portions of the Seanchus Mor. Treatises on the laws relating to divisions of tribes in a territory, also those relating to bees, to mills and watercourses, of the seven grades of poets; part of the Cain Aigillne; the Corus bescna, etc. The text is accompanied with copious inter- linear gloss. At the top of p.'n Edw. Lhwyd has written his name and the words ' Liber 2" s constat fol. 28.'- The Seanchus Mor is said to have been compiled by three Kings, three Brehons, and three Bishops in the time of St. Patrick, who was one of the three bishops. The heading in this MS. is in a modern hand, which O'Donovan thought to be that of Duald Mac Firbis. There are three distinct fragments, in all, 26 ff, 14" x 10". The tract, PP- 39-4 2 > has been separated by the binder from its con- tinuation, p. 47. At the bottom of p. 36 is a memorandum 1316] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 91 in Irish, written by Hugh, son of Conor MacEgan, in the year 1350, which he calls the second year of the plague. A second memorandum, containing a prayer for preservation of himself and friends through this plague, is dated Christmas night, and in it Hugh Mac Egan says that he wrote this 'in his own father's book.' p. 67. A historical fragment. Begins imperfect, with an account of the demolition of Conaing's Tower on Tory Island, which is followed by an account of the blinding of king Cormac Mac Airt, and of the expulsion of the Deisi from Meath. This is a later version of the tale in the Bodleian MS., Rawl. B. 502, published in ' Cymmrodorion,' vol. xiii, p. 104; and, by Prof. K. Meyer, from Laud. 610, f. 99^2 to io2«, in Eriu, vol. iii, p. 135. p. 68£, 1. 12. A religious legend about a soul released from purgatory, with a short poem repeated by the ' brightened ' spirit. Ibid., 1. 40. Account of the royal road of Alexander the Great. This is followed by a memorandum stating that this was written in the winter in which Donchadh O'Kennedy assumed the Archbishopric of Cashel. This archbishop died a.d. 1252. p. 69. Death of Cuan, son of Ailchin. Also in LL. 274. Ibid, b, 1. 35. Homily on Michael the Archangel. Begins : Milia milium ministrabant ei decimilies, proceeding then in Irish. This is the Homily printed by Prof. Atkinson in 'Passions and Homilies,' p. 213, from L.Br. 7201; but with considerable differences of reading. This copy ends imperfect with Atkinson, line 6354. p. 71. A fragment of 8 ff. in smaller folio, 12" x <)£", containing first, ' The Dialogue of the Two Sages ' (see No. 1308) ; and then : p. 78a, s. f. On the seven degrees of the poets; ends imperfect. pp. 87, 87*, 2 ff. 8" x 6", containing a fragment of the Latin text of Ezekiel, beginning ch. xxviii. 15-16, followed (without a break) by ch. xxxv. 1 sqq. The second folio begins with ' undique,' ch. xxxix. 17, and continues to xl. 6. The verso passes to ch. xliv. 1. The latter part is illegible. pp. 88, 88*. One folio of a MS. on genealogy and history, the second page is almost illegible ; the first treats of Cairbre Lifechair, and of the descendants of king Cathaoir Mor. p. 89. A fragment of a book on Ecclesiastical Law in Latin ; 1 folio. p. 91. if. Treating of genealogies. 9 z CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, ]_1316, 1817 p. 92. Illegible. This seems connected with pp. 88, 88*, and whh it to have served simply as a cover to 89, 90. p. 93. if. Fragment of the history of Troy. ■= p. 95. 1 f. Fragment of a sermon on Mary Magdalene : followed (95^) by a discourse on John the Baptist. On p. 94#, near the bottom, are questions on the dignity of John ; ex. gr. Cia 00 naoriiao a nbpoinn a wzp ap na lionao an ppwrac Tiao/ii, acht 60m. Cia Oo pinne •§a\\foeacus a ,-bpoinn a /rap acht 60m, etc. p. 97. Account of the deluge and the early history of the Jews, including (p. 101) a poem on the succession of the patriarchs, beginning : Gchaip caich cumpis niihi an pi uapal amglibi. p. 103. f. 1, mutilated. p. 105. The Heptads, with copious glossary; imperfect at the beginning. At the end a printed Calendar. 4to, from a seventeenth- century Prayer Book. 1317 fol., 13" x 8", chart., s. xvii. h. 2. 15*. Glossaries and Miscellanea. Prefixed is a note in the handwriting of Maurice Gorman, giving the names of the persons who stole the horses, mules, and asses of the cardinal who had been sent from Rome to Ireland to instruct the people in the time of Donnell More O'Brien, king of Munster, in consequence of which crime the Pope sold the rent and law of Ireland to the Saxons. See the same account in the old MSS., 1336 (H3. 17), and 1363 (H 4. 22). pp. 1-6. On these leaves are mounted small mutilated fragments, containing jottings at wide intervals for a glossarial index, ex. gr. under the heading, Ga, is, pe eab .1. pupail. p. 7 (headed I. ei) is continuous. pp. 9, 10. Fragment of a historical poem. pp. 11, 12. Fragment of a Glossary; the leaf torn in half down the middle. Example, " Acuis a causa .1. on cuis." p. 13 (91). i4ff. The Glossary of Cormacmac Cuileannain, Bp. of Cashel (d. a.d. 908), transcribed for Donogh by a -scribe named Fland, who, on p. 114, writes, 'O Donnchadh, it is a great shame for thee to ask me to write on St. Finnan's day. I Fland.' The glossary ends on p. 115 ; the first two leaves are much mutilated. 1317] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 93 Cormac's Glossary was edited by Dr. Whitley Stokes, "Three Irish Glossaries," London, 1862. He calls this copy Codex C. Again, transl. by O'Donovan, ed. Stokes. Calcutta, 1868. On the verso of the last folio is a letter from Dongalach O'Riardan to O'Kennedy, on behalf of a poor man to whom, it would seem, O'Kennedy had refused to pay his wages. p. 39(116). Ouil laifcne. 1 fol. A glossary of the artificial language called Ogham. See Stokes, ' Goidelica,' 2nd ed., p. 72, and Thurneysen, Rev. Celt., vii., p. 369. Also Prof. K. Meyer, Journal of the Gipsy Lore Society, Jan. 1909, where a photographic facsimile is given. This is followed by a fragment of a glossary (1 fol.) extending only to the letter G. A transcript of this by O'Curry is- in No. 1338. p. 43(120). 8 ff. Another Irish Glossary on a larger scale, defective at the beginning. It wants all of A and B, and part of C. The part containing S, T, U is much injured and mutilated. Examples are given to establish the meaning of the words. This is O'Davoren's Glossary, written a.d. 1569, copied (according to O'Curry) by Duald Mac Firbis. Published from a vellum MS. in the British Museum by Dr. Whitley Stokes. p. 59 (135). ff. 9. A short anecdote of Adamnan, 8th Abbot of Iona (apparently of the 17th century). Publ. by Prof. K. Meyer, Zeits. v. 495. Followed by an imperfect copy of the so-called second Visio Adamnani, with Latin and English translations. For this Vision see Stokes, Rev. Celt, xii ; (from Leabhar Breac). p. 75 (iS3) f- '• Poem on the family of O'Dowd of Tireragh. Imperfect, and hardly legible. p. 77 (155). ff. 27. Another copy of Cormac's Glossary (edited by Dr. Whitley Stokes, Codex D). The handwriting is that of Duald Mac Firbis (O'Curry). There are correc- tions and insertions by a later hand. p. 102 id. a. I. (178). Fragment of an etymological tract, extending only to the letter C. It begins : Incipit discreptio [sic] de origine Scoticae linguae. There is a perfect copy of this tract in No. 1318. p. 105 (181). ff. 9. An imperfect copy of the ' Uraicept of Cennfaelad : see No. 1289. p. 131. ff. 11. Fragment of the Irish Law Glossary re- ferred to by Duald Mac Firbis in the preface to his (MS.) genealogical work as his ' Law Glossary,' and in his hand- writing. This fragment treats of the laws relating to poets. There is a transcript by O'Curry in 1338 and 1401. This <)+ CATALOGUE OF IRISH JfAA r (7SC/?/P2'S, [1317, 1318 was formerly followed by a single-leaf fragment now transferred to 1318, col. 345, where it belongs. p. 157 (229). ff. 76. A copy of the historical and topo- graphical work called the Dinnseanchus (see Book of Ballymote). 1318 fol. 12" x 9," membr., ss. xiv., xv. h. 2. 16. The Yellow Book of Lecan and Miscellanea. The title, Yellow Book of Lecan, properly belongs only to a portion of this book. See introduction to facsimile. The seal impression in wax on the second leaf is a shield with lion rampant, regardant, being the arms of Lloyd of Keyswin, Merioneth, and Meringdon, Salop. See Berry, Encyclopaedia Heraldica. For some bibliographical notes, see Prof. K. Meyer, Zeits., vol. i, p. 494. The numbering is by columns, of which there are some- times three in a page. The numbers in hrackets represent the pages of the facsimile. Col. 1, 2 (436, 437), and 125-128(434,435). Fragment of the Life of St. Fechin of Fore. Edited by Stokes, Rev. Celt. xii. 318. O'Donovan remarks that Ussher was in error when he stated in his Primordia that the Irish name of Fore was Baile Leabhar, ' Town of Books.' The local pronunciation of Baile Fhobhair, he says, sounds to an illiterate Irishman like Bail' leabhar. There is annexed a transcript by O'Curry. Col. 3-87 (255, 283). A good copy of Cormac's Glossary (see No. 1316, p. 91). This is the text called B by Dr. Whitley Slokes. Col. 88-122 (421-431). A perfect copy of the etymo- logical tract mentioned in No. 13 17, p. 102. Col. 123, 124 (432, 433), one leaf containing the beginning of the romance called Bruidhen Dd Derga, ending with § 8, 1. 2 of Stokes' edition (see col. 716 infra ; but this is in a later hand, and the spelling corrupt). Col. 128-216 (361-404). Duanaire or Book of Mis- cellaneous Poems, written by Seanchan, son of Maelmuire O'Maelchonaire in 1473 (see col. 210). The poems are as follows : — 129. Religious poem, wanting the beginning. 130. Religious poem, author's name and first line illegible. 1318] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 95 131, 1. 18. Moral poem, by Tadhg 6g O'Higgin : Chchin me 00c oibe a Gom. 19 quatrains. 132, 1. 13. By the same, on the Blessed Virgin : Choi mipi ac TTlacaip t)e\ 3 stanzas. 133, 1. 31. By the same : Caipc a piccdna ac pfl d&aim. 32 stanzas. 135, 1. 12. By the same: Cm ftabup mcmmain pe aip. 28 stanzas. 136. 1. 27. Religious poem [by the same] : beag nac cdinic mo ceapma. 44 stanzas. 138,1.32. By the same, O'Higgin: lmoa p6o bfpeach co t)ia. 41 stanzas. 140, 1. 27. By the same : TTIaips banab poipb in paegal. 36 stanzas. 142, 1. 17. By the same: Gcd pint) ap pligeaft. 21 stanzas. 143, 1. 11. By the same: G5 po bpdigi oeic a t)e\ 34 stanzas. 144, 1. 35. By the same : Oenuo Cpipc comaipli a mdcaip. 31 stanzas. 146, 1. 16. By the same: ($ab m'egnac a Q6\n baipbi. 31 stanzas. 147, 1. 34. (Anon., but by the same) : Pecmg in Coimoeao pe cloinn Qoanh. 27 stanzas. 149, 1. 1. (Anon., but by the same): Oca a 00500 pern caipoib. 10 stanzas. Ibid., 1. 22. By O'Higgin : Cechcaipe oiLip ac t)ia. 25 stanzas. 150, 1. 29. By the same. A poem addressed to the Blessed Virgin: Cagaip pec rhac a ltluipe. 17 stanzas. 152, 1. 10. By the same : beag ndp Oe apmaioeap mo 6vjcai6. 25 stanzas. 153, 1.8. By the same, addressed to the Blessed Virgin: poillpig 00 rhipbuile, a ltluipe. 19 stanzas. 154, 1. 1. A historical poem by the same : Ld a Cempaig ac Coip&ealbach. 31 stanzas. 155, 1. 19. By the same, on Grania, wife of Roderic O'Conor: Cia 00 geabumn co 5r ainne - 2 3 stanzas. 156, 1.24. By the same, on the death of Tadhg O'Conor — Sligo: lTI6p mo cuio t>o curhaib 6065. 51 stanzas. See analysis in B. M. Catal., p. 364. (O'Donovan writes ciac for cuio.) 159, 1. 1. By the same, on the death of Tadhg mac Melaghlin O'Kelly : Clnoip Do cuigpf&e Cai&g. 41 stanzas. See B.M. Catal., p. 365. 96 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1318 160, 1. 34. By the same, on the death of Ulick Mac William Burke: puilsnfb bup len a Leac Cuinn. 44 stanzas. On Mac William Burke, ' the lower ' : see B. M. Catal., p. 365 n. 162, I.30. By the same, on the death of Mac William Burke : paba in pdici pi p6riium. 41 stanzas. 164. By the same, on O'Conor Kerry: paoa 6 Ullcaib a n-oibpe (alluding to O'Conor Kerry's being of the Rudrician stock of Ulster). 43 ranns. 166. By the same, on James Butler, Earl of Ormond : Oeibe a ri(5ipinn in c-iapla. 33 ranns. 167. By the same, advising the men of the south to unanimity : Oenaib coiiiaenca a clann 6irhip. 34 ranns. 169. By the same, on the death of his elder brother, Fergus Roe O'Higgin : Clnocc pgaeilio na pgola. 29 ranns. See excerpt in B.M. Catal., p. 366. 170. By the same, on the exploits of Niall 6g O'Neill: 6'n dp& cuaio C15 in cobaip. 37 ranns. There is a copy in B.M. : see Catal. 364. 172. By the same, eulogizing some person not named: Cogaib Oia neach 'na naibm. 46 ranns. 174. By the same, on the death of the daughter of O'Kelly : iDeag bom aep cumca mup cfi. 27 ranns. 175. By the same, on Mac Mahon of Oriel: Do meall in pocup piL Colla. 39 ranns. 177. By the same, on the O'Neills: Oilip bpeac bo bpeic le peilb. 39 ranns. 178. By the same, on the death of Ulick Burke: TTlaips ban coiiiuppa a capa. 23 ranns. 179. By the same, on William Burke, third Earl of Clanrickard : Do bpipib piagail pig Sa^an. 48 ranns. 182. By the same, on MacDonnell, Earl of Ross: puapup aipcib gan iappai&. 30 ranns. 183. By the same, on Edmond Burke: dp cumain lim an Id an§. 14 ranns. 184. By the same, on Tadhg son of Cathal 6g O'Conor : Clip'S imr ldT1 D0 uaip [sic"} Ca&g. 23 ranns. 185. By the same, on the imprisonment of Tadhg O'Brien and the death of Grainne, daughter of O'Kelly : t>a bpaigib uaim a n-lnip. 23 ranns. 1 8b. By the same, on the daughter of O'Kelly : Ouchaib be6pu& TTlag TTlafne. 34 ranns. 187. By the same, on Tadhg, son of Cormac MacDermot : TTlaips bo nf uabap cap m'eip. 23 ranns. 188. By the same, on Neachtan O'Donnell: Pacup a ndriiaib bo Meaccam. 1318] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 97 19 1 (anon.). Cpom in puanpa an pil dbaim. 36 ranns. ' O'Reilly ascribes this to Tuathal O'Higgin,' O'D. The column is, in fact, headed (in a later hand) : Ouanaipe Cuacail mac (an bhaipb). 192. By the same (Tuathal), on the Eucharist: Q ouine caicip copp D6. 33 ranns. 194. By the same (Tuathal) : Denam cincugab na colla. 25 ranns. 195. By the same, on the love of God for man: TH6p Q-pdo t)§ bo na baeinib. 47 ranns. 197. By the same, on the death of Niall Garve O'Donnell, who died in the year 1439, in the Isle of Man, where he was incarcerated by the English : Nf be6paib mipi a TTlanainn. 37 ranns. 199. By the same, on the same O'Donnell : Nf a n-aipcib ppfc plaiciup N61II. 42 ranns. 201. By the same, on the office of poet to a chieftain: TJapal in c ainm ollarh pfg. 27 ranns. 202. By the same, on two young sons of the king of Connaug*ht: X)a rhac pugab bo pig Chonnacc. 40 ranns. 204. By the same, on Hugh Roe O'Neill and the Borumean tribute : lccpam bopairhe 05 cloinn Chumb. 37 ranns. 206. By the same, on O'Reilly, the son of Shane, and his wife the daughter of O'Farrell : Oo poinneao pigi Connacc. 37 ranns. 207. By Cormac O'Higgin on the Redeemer of the World : Capa na hfiigni lppa. 32 ranns. 209. By the same : Qcd m paegaL ag penmoip (wrongly headed by a later hand, ' By the same Felim'). 38 ranns. At the bottom of p. 210 the transcriber gives his name and date : see col. 128. 211. By the same : lmoa ceaccaipe a cig X)6. 40 ranns. 212. By Tuathal O'Higgin on Brian son of Hugh O'Conor and his wife Margaret daughter of O'Farrell : Rugab ceinne a ceach TT16abba. 42 ranns. 214 (anon.). On Turlogh O'Conor: dnoip gabup in gaipgeab. 9 ranns. 215. Partly illegible. Col. 217 (405). Cain Domnaig. On the observance of Sunday and other festivals (see another copy, infra, col. (?57)- There is also a copy in the Leabhar Breac. See Eriu, ii. 189. Col. 221 (407). Incipit Regula Mochuta Raithin ; in H 98 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS. [1318 metre. Edited (from the Leabhar Breac), Gaelic Journal, v. 187 ; Archiv, iii. 312. Col. 224. On the Celi D6. Publ. by Reeves, Trans. R.I.A., vol. xxiv., p. 200, with trans, by O'Donovan. Col. 227, 1. 8 (410). Rhapsody of the Irish prophet Bee Mac De\ Col. 228^, 1. 17 (410). Apgitir crabuid, Fursa cecinit. Publ. from a Harl. MS. by Prof. K. Meyer, Zeits. iii. 447. Col. 229a, 1. 42(411). The wise sayings of Flann Fina or Alfred, son of Oswy, king of Northumbria. See K. Meyer, Pref. to " Tecosca Cormaic," Todd Lecture Series ; and Anecdota, iii. Col. 233 (413). Poem of 96 lines by Flann Fina, describing" things that he saw in Ireland. Translated by O'Donovan in the 'Dublin Penny Journal,' vol. i., p. 94. It begins : Robeab a n-inip pint) pdil. Col. 234, 1. 3 (413). Testamentary precepts of Morann Mac Maoin, chief Brehon of Ireland, to his monarch, Feradach the Just. Col. 236 (414). The Triads; enumerating the three most remarkable fairs, lakes, mountains, etc., in Ireland. Publ. by Prof. K. Meyer, Todd Lecture Series, vol. xiii : cf. 1289, 947; 1295, 136. Col. 244 (418). Description of the Banqueting Hall of Tara, with a plan and a list of the persons who sat at the feast, and the parts of each beast allotted to the different classes. See col. 810. Published with translation in the 'Transactions' of the Royal Irish Academy, vol. xviii., 1839, in a Memoir on the History and Antiquities of Tara Hill by Dr. Geo. Petrie, p. 197. Col. 245 (419). A poem on the same subject. Col. 247 (420). Short account of the births, deaths, personal appearance, etc., of the twelve Apostles. Col. 248 (420). Poem ascribed to Cormac MacCuileannain, bishop of Cashel, giving a number of proverbs ; beginning : Cocaip c6ille coipceacc, publ. by Prof. K. Meyer, Zeits., vol. v.; see No. 1337, P- 37> followed by a series of descriptions of objectionable characters, and next by an account of an alder planted on Inis Cealtra by this Cormac, on which apples miraculously grew, still to be seen in the time of the writer, but not in O'Donovan's time. Pub. by Prof. K. Meyer, ' Folklore,' vol. v., p. 309. The date of this gathering is a.d. 1465. Col. 249 (284). Sketch of the history of the Tews from Abraham to David. Col. 281. 'Account of the battles and death of Congal, 1318] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 99 king of Ulster.' O'Donovan copied this title from O'Reilly. In fact cols. 281 to 310 (mid.) contain the history of the battle of Magh Rath, which was published by O'Donovan from this MS. (two years after he had written this part of his catalogue), for the Irish Archaeological Society (1842). He omits the four quatrains appended to the tale in the MS. Hence his remark that "in the MS. no notice is given that the story ends here"; since the quatrains pre- cede the pinic. Cols. 281, 282 are now almost wholly illegible. The first few verses are, however, plain enough. 0015.310-320(313-318). Tale entitled, 'The tragical fate of Muircheartach mac Erca.' See also No. 1298, p. 248. Publ. Rev. Celt, xxiii. 395. Of this some account is given in the paper on the Hill of Tara above referred to. It is " valuable for the light it throws on the superstitions of the ancient Irish before the Anglo-Norman invasion." Part of cols. 317, 318 is blank. From a memorandum of the scribe at the end it appears that it was written by Morogh O'Cuindilis, ' the second year after the coming of the king of the Saxons (Richard II.) to Ireland, who left it without coming to terms of peace.' He notes that there was a great plague on men and cattle in the same year. Col. 320, 1. 14 (318). Poem ascribed to Columcille, beginning: TTToenancm bam lmn pliab. Written when he was on a journey alone, and it is recommended to be repeated by one setting out on a journey. Published in the Miscellany of the Irish Archaeological Society, vol. i., with trans, by O'Donovan, and in Zeitsch., vii. 302. Col. 321 (319). Historical tale entitled, pieb ovjin na 71-560 agup each TTIuise TJdcha, i.e., the Banquet of Dun na ngedh and Battle of Moira (Magh Rath) (fought a.d. 634). Published by O'Donovan for the Irish Archaeological Society. See infra, col. 945. Col. 332, 1. 45 (324). The first rann composed by Mac Liag, bard of Brian Boru. Col. 333 (325). Names of the officers of the Fianna Eireann, under Finn Mac Cumhaill. Col. 33s (326). Short account of St. Cuman Fota, followed by a metrical dialogue between him and St. Comgan, known as MacDaCherda, " the son of Two Arts, (viz., folly and wisdom), about sin, church going, alms, marriage, etc. Published, with trans., by J. G. O'Keeffe, Erin, v., p. 18. On Mac Da Cherda, see O'Curry, ' Manners,' ii. 204. Col 336 1. 6 (326). Metrical prayer by St. Mael Isa ■O'Brailaghan (fl. s. xi.). Edited (from an Oxford MS.) in H2 ioo CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [131& the Oxford ed. of the Battle of Ventry. Also with trans, in Gaelic Journal iv., p. 56. ibid., 1. 17. Litany called "Scuap Chrabaid," or "Besom ofDevotion," attributed toColga.orColcumaccuDuinechda, Lector of Clonmacnoise, ob. 789. Beginning : Gceoc ppic a Iru noio. Translated by O'Curry in the 'Irish Ecclesi- astical Record,' vol. i., p. 4 sqq. Also published in part by Dr. Mac Carthy in Trans. R.I. A., vol. xxvii., pp. 178-181. Edited, in full, with trans., by Prof. K. Meyer in " Otia Merseiana," ii., p. 92. Between 336 and 337 is a small scrap of vellum containing inter alia the statement that 'this year a swarm of butterflies came into Iar Connacht, so that they left not a leaf on any oak tree in O' Flaherty's country.' Col. 338, 1. 4(327). Anothervery ancient litany addressed to the Holy Trinity, beginning : O Deus Pater omnipotens, Deus exercituum, miserere nobis.' The rest is Irish. There is a copy of this in the Bodleian Library. Ibid, b, 1. 4. List of Archbishops of Armagh from St. Patrick to Giolla Mac Liag, or Gelasius. Ibid, b, 69. Short genealogical account of the Clann Breasail. 001.339(328). Account of the rights and privileges of the chieftains of Muscraighe. Col. 340. A prophecy fathered on St. Moling, headed baile moling, beginning : acbepim lib a Laigniu. Col. 34; (329). Account of the journey of Eogan M6r Taidhlech to Spain, and his marriage of Momera, the king's daughter, called "Tochmarcc Momera," and the birth of Oilill Olum. Publ. by O'Curry, with the Battle of Magh Lena, Celtic Soc, 1855. Col. 343, 1. 31 (330). Various extracts. 1. Of the peace made by Finn Mac Cumhaill between Glangressach, chief ollamh of the Meic Miled and Sodelb da. of Cormac. z. How Fergus went to Connaught after his murder of the children of Usnech, and of his death. 3. Of Silvius, grandson of Ascanius, coming to Britain. Col. 344, 1. 31 (330). Account of celebrated trees of Ireland prostrated by a storm in the year 665. Ibid., 1. 54. Account of St. Bee Mac De. Col. 3 45) ff. 6 (331). Fragment of the Tale of Tain B6 Fliadhais. (In O'Donovan's time one leaf of this was in No. 1317). There is another copy in No. 1287, p. 347. This is different from the tale pub. by Windisch. Cols. 365, 366. A short account of the mother and five sisters of St. Patrick. 1318] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. Cols. 367, 368 are illegible. After col. 368 is inserted a letter (in English) written by Thaddsus Roddy of Crossfield, Co. Leitrim, in the year 1700, about Irish Antiquities, Books, etc. (chart, ff. 9). Published in the ' Miscellany ' of the Irish Arch geological Society. On the last page is a criticism by Chas. O'Conor of Belanagare. Col. 370 (1) begins a fragment consisting of 8 ff . In a note at the foot of 380, 381 we read : . . . . bui&e Leacain amTii.an leabaip po. lTleipi Cippuaib mac Ca.105 puaifj, i.e. ' The Yellow [Book] of Lecan is the name of this book. I [am] Cirroe, the son of Teige Roe.' Some words seem to have preceded bui&e, but only two or three letters are traceable. Col. 370 (1). A Romance headed : Incipit 00 impam chupaig TTIaelbuin, i.e. 'Of the navigation of the coracle of Muldoon.' See W. Stokes, Rev. Celt., ix., p. 447, and R. I. Best, in 'Anecdota from Irish MSS.,' No. 1. There is a MS. transl. in No. 11 35. Col. 391, 1. 16 (11). A Romance entitled : lmpam Sn6ogupa asup mic TCiagla.' {Ibid., p. 14.) Col. 395, 1.37(13)- A Romance entitled: lmpam bpuin mic pebuil (published by Prof. K. Meyer, Grimm Library, No. 4). Col. 397, 1. 8 from foot, begins an old Irish homily : Oc locomap buibi bo,t)ia. Pub. by Prof. Strachan (who discovered this copy) : Eriu, vol. iii. Previously published from an inferior MS. in R. I. A., by Prof. K. Meyer ■ Zeits., iv. 241. Col. 400, I.26 (16). Gaccpa Chonola puaio mic Cumb Checchachaig : ' The Adventures of Conla Roe, son of Conn of the Hundred Battles' ; published by Windisch in his Grammar. Ends imperfect on col. 400, after which several lines have been erased. At the bottom is the memorandum : ' Iste liber in se continet centu lxv a folia.' Col. 401 (438-455) begins a fragment consisting of 9 ff., and containing that part of the Dinnseanchus which relates to the hill of Tara and Aicill and all down to Sliabh Mairge. See Petrie, I.e. There are also three small slips of vellum inserted. Col. 437a (341-366). A fragment consisting of 10 ff. of a Medical Treatise dealing with Wounds and Ulcers ; Diseases of the Nose ; of the Teeth and Mouth ; of Hernia, etc. As far as 450 this is the same as the second frag- ment in No. 1 32 1. Col. 463, "Capitulum de corocione extima et puta combustione " ; 465, "quartus liber erit io2 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [131& brevis de primo omisis morbis qui sunt particulates " ; 466, litairgia. Ends after the beginning of the sedis ' de iter agentibus.' Atkinson says : Cf. Gordonio (Bernardus de) Lilium Medicinae, and see J. Gaddesden : Rosa Anglica[na~|. Cols. 477-486 (454-457). Fragment of a medical treatise on the four elements ; de semine animalium ; de virilnis animalium. Cols. 487-499 (456-462). Commentary on the seventh book of the Aphorisms of Hippocrates, 2-59. The penulti- mate page gives the name of the scribe ' Gillapatrick Albanach.' and the date a.d. 1413. These ff. (cols. 477- 499) were formerly inverted by mistake of the binder, and the numbering of the cols, was perverted accordingly. Col. 500 (217) begins the Leabhar Ollamhan, which com- prises the Uraicept; an account of the Ogams, etc. (ff. 18J), written in 1408. The scribe has written (in Irish) several curious notes at the bottom of some of the pages, e.g. col. 508 : ' Methinks, O school, it is well I have gotten the candle from you by scheming.' Cols. 518, 519 : 'This is a page I wrote on St. Nicholas' night, and all the school idle except myself, and may God forgive this to me and to the woman that gave me light, i.e. Sheela.' Cols. 520,521 : ' This is a bad page, the worst of all, and bad luck to the woman who is in fault who set my mind from one land to another.' Col. 549 (241) begins a beautiful copy of the Dialogue of the Two Sages, with a copious interlinear gloss. See, for other references, No. 1308. Edited, Stokes, R.C. xxvi. 4. Cols. 570-572 (252) contain a catechism, beginning with the maxims of St. Fursa: see col. 228. Cols. 573-958 (17-215) is probably a part of the Yellow Book of Lecan (ff. 99). It contains the following tracts :— Co1 - 573 ('7)- The Cdin b6 Cuailgne, beginning imper- fect, with Conpoipc obairi, pen pene. Ends imperfect at the bottom of col. 619. This text is,published by O'Keeffe and Strachan as a supplement to Eriu, 1904, 1905, 1907. Compare Windisch's edition in ' Irische Texte ' (from LU. and other MSS.). See Index for another copy. Col. 620 (41). Account of the heroes who flourished under Oilioll and Meadhb, king and queen of Connaught, and their battles and cattle-spoils. See Irische Texte, ii. 2, pp. 189, 2 ^Si Z 4 I - , £°!3 4 (5|)- Tiin b6Dartada. 646. Tain b6 Regomon. &4»- lam b6 Regamna. These published by Windisch, 1318] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. I03 Irische Texte, ii. 2. 649. Tain b6 Fraich, published by Prof. K. Meyer, Zeits. iv. 32, and (from the Book of Leinster) by O'Beirne Crowe, Proc. R. I. A., Irish MSS. Series, i. 1, P- 134- Col. 658(60). Tain b6 Aingen. The same as Echtra Nerai of Egerton, 1782. Publ. Rev. Celt., x., p. 212, from both MSS. _ Copies of some of these tales have already been mentioned under No. 1287, but the present MS. is a superior copy. Col. 662 (62), 1. 13. Account of the Patriarchs, from the Old Testament. Col. 680 (71) begins the Amhra Coluimcille, written by Dalian Forgaill, containing also a long preface and a copious interlinear gloss. See No. 1288, f. 54. Publ. in Atkinson and Bernard's Liber Hymnorum. On col. 690 (facs. 74a 31) is the story of Labraidh Lore, who had the ears of a horse, and how the fact became known by means of a harp made from the wood of a willow, to which the secret had been whispered. See Keating's History, under a.m. 3648. Col. 700 (81), s. f. The homily called In Teanga Bithnua. See Nos. 1287. 89, and 1413, 1414. On the MSS. of this, see R.C. xi. 241, 394; xv. 88. After 705 four cols., containing the continuation of the homily, are left unnumbered. Col. 707 (86) (as numbered), 1. 29, Cacqia clepech Coluimcille, 'The Adventures of Columcille's clerics.' Publ. by Stokes, R.C. xxvi. 130. Based on the same event as the Voyage of Snedgus and Mac Riagla, col. 391 supra. Col. 716 (91). The historical tale, usually entitled, G05a.1l tmuione Od Oeapsa, ' Destruction of Bruidhean Da Derga,' which was the palace of king Conary I., who was burned in it by a band of invaders headed by three native desperadoes (a.d. 60). Published by Stokes, Rev. Celt., vol. xxii ; also separately, Paris, 1902. See col. 123, and No. 1319, P-477- This copy omits many of the descriptions. Between 731 and 732 there were in O'Donovan's time four paper leaves, now transferred to the end of the book, one of which contains an account of Brian Boru, of the forts, monasteries, round towers, etc. The others are almost unintelligible. Col. 740 (105). Incipit 00 Sui&iuguo Gellaich Cempa, said to have been recited at Tara in the days of Dermot mac Fergusa Cerbhaill by the mythical Fintan, who lived from before ,the deluge to the sixth century. Published by R. I. Best, Eriu iv. See another copy, No. 1336, 711. io 4 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1318 Col. 749, 1. 20 (iog). Story headed Loingeas Macn-Uis- leand, but in the first line the name is 'Trie n-Uisnich,' 'The expulsion of the sons of Uisnech.' This is the most ancient form yet discovered of the Tale of Deirdre. Published from this MS., with a more modern version, for which see No. 1280, 51, by Theophilus O'Flanagan in the 'Transactions' of the Gaelic Society, 1808. Also by O'Curry, in the Atlantis, iii., p. 377 ; by Windisch, Irische Texte; and by Stokes, Irische Texte, Leipz. 1887. Col. 754(112) begins an account of the plundering of the Lagenian palace of Dinn Righ (Orgain Dinn-Righ) (a.m. 3682 according to O'Flaherty). See LL., p. 269. Publ. by Stokes, Zeits., vol. iii, 1899. The site of this palace of Dinree is still to be seen near the river Barrow, not far from Old Leighlin, where it is shown on Mercator's Map of the Barony of Idrone. Col. 756, 1.47(113). Story entitled, 6prnao C151 bui- cheab, ' Songs of the House of Buichead.' Buichead is said to have flourished in the second century. Also in Book of Leinster, 270a, in No. 1319, 463, and Rawl. 502. See d'Arbois de Jubainville, Catalogue, p. 127. Publ. by Stokes, Rev. Celt., xxv. 18, 225. Versified by Sir S. Ferguson in ' Lays of the Western Gael.' Col. 759, 1. 5 (114). Historical tale entitled, pieo t)pi- cneno -| loingep mac n-Ouilnbertmaic, 'The Banquet of Bricriu and the banishment of the sons of Duildermot.' This is quite different from the Fled Bricrend as contained in the Leabhar na hUidhri, published by Windisch, Irische Texte, ser. i. See that volume, p. 236. Col. 765, s. f. (117). Story entitled, Gochmaric bee pola, ' The courtship of Bee Fola,' a beauty who flourished in the middle of the seventh century. See O'Grady's ' Silva Gadelica,' vol. i, p. 85. Col. 768, 1. 36 (119). List of the chiefs of the Fiana Eireann, or Irish Militia, under Finn MacCumhaill. Col. 77oi, 1. 24 (120). Account of the taking up of Enoch and Elijah into heaven (the two sorrows of the Kingdom of Heaven). See Rev. Celt., xi. 394. Col. 772, 1. 40 (121). Stories from the life of David, king of Israel. Col. 776, I.47 (123). Account of the deaths of Cur6i Mac Daire, of Caherconry, and of Blathnaid. For the tale, see Keating's History, O'Mahony's ed., p., 28 2 ; Halliday, p. 398. Also see de Jubainville, p. 18 ; and Eriu, ii. 18. Col. 780, 1. 27 (125). Poem of seventy-eight ranns by Flanacan, son of Ceallach, king of Bregia, beginning : 1818] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. ,05 limit) peel pcailcep naipic. It tells the days of the week on which many catastrophes happened in Ireland. See O'Curry, ' Manners,' ii. 96. Col. 781, 1. 43 (125). Short account of the battle feats of Cuchulainn. Col. 782 (126). Short account of the Assembly of Druim Ceat. For a full account see No. 1288, f. 54. See de Jubainville, p. 30. Col. 783, 1.44(126). Account of the death of Niall of the Nine Hostages. Published from a Bodleian MS., with translation, by Prof. K. Meyer, Otia Merseiana, ii. 84. Col. 785, 1. 21 (127). Elegy, consisting of fifteen ranns, on the death of Niall, by his foster-father Torna Eigeas and his foster-brother, beginning : In can 00 cheigmfp oo'n bdil. Publ. by Prof. K. Meyer in ' Festschrift fur Whitley Siokes ' ; also with translation in Gaelic Journal, x. 578. Col. 786 (128). Of the birth of Brandub and of Aedan, twin sons of Eochu, and of Gabran's daughter on the same night. See Prof. K. Meyer, Zeits. ii., p. 134, where the same story is told (from an Oxford MS.) in different words. Col. 786, 1. 46. A historical tale entitled, ' The story of Cano, son of Gartnan and of Credh, the daughter of Guair6.' Publ. ' Anecdota from Irish MSS.,' i. 1. See O'Curry, 'Manners,' etc., iii., p. 164. Col. 795. Part of the story of the Battle of Cam Conall, the whole of which is in LU. See Stokes, Zeits. iii., p. 203. Col. 795, 1. 21 (132). A story about Guair6 Aidhne, king of Connaught in the seventh century, and the saints Cuimin Fota and .Caimin, in which each states what he most desires. See also No. 1382, p. 85 ; and for other copies, see Stokes, Lismore Lives, p. xvi. 001.796(133). Story about St. Colman Mac Duach (patron saint of Kilmacduagh) and king Guair6. This is the story which accounts for the origin of Bothar na Mias, near Glencolumbkille, Co. Clare. For this tale, see also No. 1382, p. 82, where the saint is called Mochua. See Eriu, i. 4.3. Col. 797, 1. 12(133). Story about king Guair6, Mac Da Cherda, and Cuimin, Fota. Published, with translation, by J. G. O'Keeffe, Eriu, v. p. 26. Cf. col. 335. Col. 798 (134), s. f. Story about Mac Da Cherda, son of Mael Ochtrach. Beginning: In TTlac Da Cepba impaiceap puno, mac pibe TTlaile-ochcpaig ic Omeapcaich .1. pf nanbeipi/maisi/ pemin Ounleccpach pop piun ,aobap P15, . . . Publ. with transl. by J. G. O'Keeffe, Eriu v., p. 34, cf. col. 335. See O'Curry, 'Manners,' ii. 204. io6 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1318 Col. 800, 1. 34 (13s). Story about Eochaid Righ-Eigeas, chief poet of Ireland, and Fiachna, son of Boetan, king of Ulster. Col. 802 (136). Stories about Bee Mac D6 (saint and reputed prophet). See ' Silva Gadelica,' 75, 1. 12. And 1. 38, about Dermot Mac Cearbhaill, king of Ireland, in the sixth century. See ' Silva Gadelica,' 74, 1. 24. Col. 803, 1. 22 (136). Account of the conversion of Constantine, and the finding of the Cross. Col. 805, 1- '3 ( J 37)- Account of the first satire composed in Ireland by Cairbre for Breas Mac Ealadan. Col. 8o6,l. 7 (138). Story about Salemon, king of Greece (on the question, What power is strongest ?) Publ. with transl. in Gaelic Journal, ii., p. 216, from the Book of Leinster. Col. 807, 1. 8 (138). Account of the beheading of John the Baptist, followed by a shorty poem on the four Herods, by a poet named Bran. See Eriu, iv. Col. 808, 1. 9 (139). Account of the three persons in Ireland who spoke immediately after their birth. Col. 810, 1. 40 (140). Description of the Banqueting Hall at Tara. See col. 244. ' Col. 811, 1. 23 (140). Poem on the sons of king Cormac : a Chonmaic coipe bo rhaicne. Ibid., s. f. A short note on the dates of St. Patrick's birth, arrival in Ireland, and death. Col. 812 (141). Account of the Passion of our Lord. This is the Passio in Atkinson's "Passions and Homilies," p. 113. It ends in the middle of col. 823, and then the text, runs on into the Gospel of Nicodemus. Col. 839, 1. 19 (154). Homily on the Blessed Virgin. (Imperfect.) Col. 844 (157). Account of the fall of the Angels and the expulsion of Adam from Eden. . Col. 849 (159). Account of the death of John the Baptist, and of the miracles wrought by his head, " Passions and Homilies," p. 64. On col. 851 is a request to the reader to pray for the scribe Mac Firbis. Cols. 852-857 (161-163). ' A tract entitled, 'Dialogue of the soul and body.' " Passions and Homilies," p. 266. For other copies, see Rev. Celt, xi., p. 392, 399 ; also xxiii. 1. Col. 857 fin. (163), the scribe has recorded his name and the date of his writing,' ' A prayer for Gilla Iosa, son of Donogh More Mac Firbis, who wrote this book in the year 1380 a.d.' Lecan was the seat of the Mac Firbises who- 1318] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 107 were hereditary bards to the O'Dowds, but whether this is a part of the particular book called the Leabhar Buidhe, or Yellow Book, cannot be certainly proved. The hand- writing is not the same as that of the fragment earlier in this volume. Col. 858 (164). A short story of St. Columcille and of Aidan, son of Gabhran, king of Scotland. Publ. by Stokes in Amra C.C., Goidelica, p. 156. Ibid., I. 23, begins a tract entitled, ' Precepts of Gregory of Rome.' Also in No. 1319, 423a. Col. 860 (165). Account of the life of the same Pope. Col. 863, 1. 38(166). 'Instructions of king Solomon.' Col. 869, 1. 9 (169). Homily on Michael the Archangel. " Passions and Homilies," p. 240. The two following pages are not numbered. Col. 8695 (169) contains a poem of 15 ranns and the 17 wonders which appeared on the night of Christ's birth. At the bottom of this page is a memorandum by a later Mac Firbis comparing his own writing with that of the scribe of the MS. This is followed by a note written by Charles O'Conor, a.d. 1770, at Dublin. On the same page, col. 2 (left blank by the original scribe), is a notice in English by Edmund Burke : 'These last words written when the manuscript was sent to Ireland in 1776, E. Burke.' This 1776 is obviously an error for 1770. On the next unnumbered page begins an account of the death of Dermot, son of Fergus Cearbhaill, in prose and verse. See O'Grady's SilvaGadelica, p. 72. Col. 875, 1. 28 (174). Account of the migration of the tribe called Ciarraighe into Connaught. Col. 876,1.6(175). Tale entitled : Cochmanc 6cdfne. The Courtship of €cd\n. See ' Irische Texte,' i. 1 ; Thurneysen, Sagen aus der alten Irland, and Stern in Zeits., v. 522. See also O'Curry, 'Manners,' ii, 192-194; iii. 190. He says there is another copy in H. 1. 13 (MS. Mat. 585). This is probably an error for H 1. 14. See No. 1288. 26. Col. 877, 1. 28(175). A historical story entitled, poca ca6a Cnuca 7 seineamain pint) mic Cumaill, 'Cause of the battle of Cnucha and the birth of Finn mac Cumhaill.' Ed. in Windisch's Grammar, and Rev. Celt., ii. 86. For the battle of Cnuca, see Hennessy, R.C. ii. 86 (from LU.). Col. 878, 1. 47 C176). A legend about the Dagda and others of the Tuatha De Danann, told by Hugh, abbot of Assroe, near Ballyshannon. i o8 CA TA LOG UK OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1313 Col. 880 (177)- Tale entitled: Gochmapc Luaine 1 aiSeao Gchainne, 'Courtship of Luan and death of Athairne' (in the time of Conchobar) Cf. B.B. 23704 and No. 1319,466. Ed. Stokes, R.C. xxiv. 270. Col. 885, 1. 26(179). On the birth of Conchobar. See Rev. Celt., vi. 173. Col. 886,1. 48 (180). An ancient story entitled, 'The birth of Cormac O'Cuinn.' Col. 889, I.26 (181). Legend entitled, 6chcpa Chopmaic l Ofp Gaippngipi 7 ceapc claibim Copmaic, 'Adventures of Cormac in the Land of Promise, and the right of the sword of Cormac' See Irische Texte, iii. 1, p. 185. Col. 898, 1. 10(186). Historical Tale entitled, 'The Death of Crimthann, son of Fidach, and of the three sons of Eochaidh Muighmhedhon.' See Stokes, Rev. Celt., xxiv. 174. Col. 902, 1. 41 (188). Historical Tale entitled, Adventures of the sons of Muighmhedhon, viz., Brian, Ailill, and Fiacha. Publ. by Stokes, R.C. xxiv. 190. Col. 906, 1. 9 (190). Legend about the Irish Druid Mogh Ruith, said to have assisted Simon Magus in opposing the Apostle Peter. See Eriu, iv. 173. Col. 907 (190). Account of the cities in the North of Europe in which the Tuatha D6 Danann taught magic and other matters before they came to Ireland, and of some remarkable monuments which they brought with them. Followed by a poem on the same subject, beginning: Guach Oe" t>cmcmn na p6c poim ; a copy of which is published in Haliiday's edition of Keating's ' History of Ireland,' vol. i., p. 202. Col. 907. The scribe gives his name: GiollalsaMacFirbis. Col. 908 (191). Short account of Finnachta, king of Connaught, who abdicated, and embraced a monastic life, followed by a poem called his baile or prophetic rhapsody, beginning: Cicpa bin in bonn rjepg. Col. 909, 1.' 12 (191), Account of Cruachan, the royal palace and pagan cemetery of the kings of Connaught. O'Donovan states that on visiting the locality of Oroghan, in 1837, he was able to identify at once the grave of Dathi, last pagan monarch of Ireland, by means of the description here given. Col. 910, I.4 (192). Poem by Toma Eigeas, the tutor of Niall of the Nine Hostages, on the names of the pagan kings of Ireland buried on Croghan, beginning : dcd pubpa pi pinto pdil. See 1295, 397 . This is followed by an account of the pagan burial-places at Tailtean (Teltown), 1318] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 109 in Meath ; of Brugh na B6inne, near Slane, in the same county, and of the pagan cemeteries of Munster. Cf. Petrie, 'Eccles. Architecture,' p. 97. Col. 911, s. f. (192). Story entitled, Compejic TYlongcnn, 'The birth of Mongan'; followed on col. 912, 1. 30, by another story in which Mongan is stated to be (by metempsychosis) Finn mac Cumhaill. Cf. No. 1363,437. Publ. by Prof. K. Meyer in Appendix to "Voyage of Bran son of Febal to the Land of the Living," 1895. Col. 913, 1. 42 (193). Another story of Mongan. See O'Curry, iii. 174, and cf. No. 1363, p. 41, and Meyer, I.e. Col. 914, 1. 24 (194). Mongan's baile. Also in No. 1363, p. 41. Ibid., 1. 49. A tale entitled, ' Adventures of Connla, son of Conn of the Hundred Battles.' See Windisch, Grammar. Col. 916 (195). Story of Mac Liag, chief poet of Brian Boru. Valuable as explaining the ancient topography of the mountainous district called Sliabh Echtghi, lying between Loughrea in Galway and Feakle in Clare. 1. 30 begins a poem by Flann Mac Lonain on the scenery of the district, beginning : Gibinb aibmb Gccgi dpo. This is ed. by E. J. Gwynn in ' Metrical Dindsenchus,' Todd Lecture Ser., vol. x. Col. 9 1 7, s. f. ( 1 95 ). Story about the poet Flann Mac Lonain. Publ. 'Anecdota,' i. 45. Col. 919, 1. 31 (196). Poem beginning : Coneisiun 01'nb 5ep uLcai (anon.) (imperfect). Edited by Mr. O'Looney, Proc. R.I.A. Irish MSS. Ser., vol. i., pt. i., p. 190. Col. 920 (197). Copy (imperfect at the beginning) of the tract treating of the seven orders of Bards, with a copious interlinear gloss. Col. 938, 1, 11 (205) begins a short historical tale entitled, ' The death of Mac Conn ' (monarch of Ireland in the third century). Col. 939, 1. 8 (206). The battle of Almhain (now Allen, Co. Kildare), where king Ferghal was killed, a.d. 718. Publ. by Stokes, Rev. Celt., xxiv. 41. Col. 942, 1. 8 (207). The battle of Bealach Duin Bole (Dunbolg, Co. Wicklow), a.d. 594. A marginal note by Charles O'Conor of Belanagare gives the date of this battle as 599. Col. 945, s. f. (209). The battle of Magh Rath (Moira, Co. Down), a.d. 634. This is a shorter version of the tale than that which begins col. 32 1 , / and derived, partly at least, from different sources. See Eriu, v., pp. 226-227, where no CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1318 131 Professor Marstrander gives text and translation, with introduction. Col. 949, 1. 40 (211). Story entitled, In ceap naigean Ularj, etc. (called by O'Curry, < MS. Materials,' p. 37, 'the childbirth debility,' but in 'Manners,' ii. 319, 'enchanted sleep.' Ed. by Windisch in ' Sitzungsberichte d. K. Sachs. Akad.' 1884. Cf. No. 141 2.) Col. 951, 1-8 (212). A story of Finn mac Cumhaill, entitled, brmigecm dear-. Publ. by Prof. K. Meyer from a Stowe MS., in Rev. Celt., xiv., pp. 241-249 ; and col. 952, 1. 34, another anecdote of the same. Col. 951, 1. 34 (212). HowFiachna mac Baediin obtained the Kingdom of Scotland. Publ., with translation, by Prof. Marstrander, Eriu, v, p. 115. Col. 953, 1. 38 (213). Historical tale entitled, 'Death of Fothad Airgtheach.' He was killed by Caoilte in the battle of Ollarba. Col. 955 (214). Historical tale entitled, 'Death of the only son of Aife,' This was Connlaech, son of Cuchullin, who was killed unwittingly by his own father. Publ. by Prof. K. Meyer, Eriu, i., p. 1 13. A more modern account of this occurrence was published by Miss Brooke in her ' Reliques of Irish Poetry.' Col. 957, 1. 12 (214). Cain Domnaig : 'Regulations for keeping Sunday,' said to have been, brought from Rome by Conall, son of Caelmaine. Publ., Eriu. On this MS., see O'Curry's ' Lectures on ■ the MS. Materials of Ancient Irish History,' pp. 190, 191. The whole volume has been reproduced in facsimile by the Royal Irish Academy and Trinity College, under the editorship of Professor Robert Atkinson. 1319 4toetfol. membr. et chart. h. 2. 17, 1 and 2. Miscellanea. These two volumes, formerly one, are made up of various fragments, some quarto, some small folio, of various ages, and treating of different subjects. The first 82 pp., now separately bound as No. 1, are on paper, and contain a translation of some Latin work treating of the principal incidents in the Life of Christ, with pious meditations. The leaves are in disorder, the Finding in the Temple being on p. 77 ; the Descent into Hell, p. 61 ; the Resurrection, p. 60 ; the Ascension, p. 66 ; and the 1319] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. Passion, p. 2. The headings of the sections are in Latin. On p. 22 are the " Canticum primi parentis," and " Canti- cum Noie pro se et generatione sua"; p. 51, "Canticum Abraham et Isac," and " Canticum Moysi Finies et Iosu"; p. 52, [Canticum] David pro se et generatione sua," and "Canticum Esdrae " ; p. 49, " [Canjticum Ionnes Baptistes"; p. 43, " Quomodo Ionnes misit disci- pulos." The beginning of this section agrees with No. 1 3 16, p. 95. On pp. 29 to 36 is inserted a fragment consisting of four leaves, and containing an account of the martyrdom of St. Catherine, continued on pp. 45, 46, and 81, 82. On p. 45 is a fragment of a religious poem. The second volume is vellum. The first fragment beginning with p. 83 consists of three and a half leaves of a medical work treating of apostemata, etc. (small folio). Half the first leaf has been cut off, and the first page (not numbered) is wholly illegible. It appears to be of the fifteenth century. p. 90. Fragment consisting of eleven leaves, small folio, of the same age as the last. Contains a curious account of the Bolgic and Tuatha D6 Danann colonies, and a very circumstantial account of the battle of Magh Tuiredh (Moytura), fought between these colonies near Cong, where many of the monuments here mentioned still remain. On p. 99, col. 2, line 16, the scribe has given his name, Cormac O'Cuimin. p. q9, col. 2, I.21. Account of the Passion of Christ, as revealed by the Blessed Virgin to St. Anselm : cf. No. 1363. p. in. Fragment of the tale called Breisleach Mhor Mhuighe Muirtheimne, i.e. the great defeat of the plain of Muirthemne, in which Cuchullin was killed. An episode of the Tain B6 Cuailgne. For other fragments of this MS., see infra, p. 334. Pp. 111-114 should follow 335! pp-i r 5 -II 8 should follow 349. See No. 1296, 303; •3 l8 > 573. and Miss E - Hull > ' Cuchullin Saga.' p. 119. Fragments consisting of twenty-seven leaves, 4to, treating of the early history of Greece, of Jason and the golden fleece, pp. 1 19-126 is the Voyage of the Ship Argo. p. 127 begins the Destruction of Troy. This consists of two fragments, circa 1400. The first corresponds with Dares Phrygius, ed. Meister, from end of cap. 2 to cap. n inch, and from cap. 14 to middle of cap. 19, but with much additional matter ; the second begins with the end of cap. 20 and continues to cap. 44. Ed., with trans., by Stokes, IrischeTexte, Ser. 2, Heft 1, Leipz. 1884. See also Book of Leinster, pp. 397 ff. This fragment is separately CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1319 bound in a cover consisting of leaves of vellum which contain some ancient writing. p. 172. Nine leaves belonging to the beginning of the great Book of Lecan. The great Book of Lecan was in this Library in 1688, when the first extant Catalogue of MSS. was compiled (the same Catalogue a copy of which was supplied to Bernard for his ' Catalogus '). At that time these nine leaves were wanting: see Bernard, No. 257. It seems to have been carried to France in the reign of James II, and in 1787, through the Abb6 Kearney, of Paris, it was presented to the then recently founded Royal Irish Academy, in whose Library it is now preserved. By a singular fate, the nine leaves which were missing in 1688 have found their way to the shelves where the remainder of the book formerly stood. These were identified by O'Curry. These leaves have since been transposed so as to follow p. 193. p. 172. An account of the Britons, translated from Nennius. Imperfect at the beginning. The first line = the penultimate line of Todd's Nennius, p. 84. p. 174a, I.83. The Wonders of Britain, from Nennius (Todd, p. 1 12). p. 174^, 1. 24. Account of the origin of the Picts. This tract was published with a translation by Chas. O'Conor of Belanagare, in Pinkerton's ' Enquiry into the History of Scotland.' See No. 1Z89, 668. (Todd, p. 24.) p. 175. Names of the twenty-eight cities of the Britons. Ibid., col. a, s. f. A short account of the Division of the World between the sons of Noah. p. 175, 1. 12. Account of the origin of the Picts. (Todd, p. 120.) p. 1763,1.15. Poem on the origin of the Picts, beginning : Cpuichnich cit> buppopglaim. (Todd, p. 126.) p. 177a, 1.8. Poem on the origin of the Gael by Mael- mura of Fahan, beginning : Canu mbunabup na ngaeibel: see No. 1289, p. 28. These poems are printed in the Irish version of Nennius, edited by Todd for the Irish Archaeological Society, 1848. There is a copy in R.I. A., B. iv. 2. p. 178. Dialogue between St. Columcille and a young man at Carrie Eolairg, i.e. Mongan. Publ. by K. Meyer, Zeits., vol. ii. p. 179. Instructions of Cormac Mac Airt to his son Cairbre Lifeachair. Ed. by K. Meyer, ' Tecosca Cormaic,' Todd Lecture Ser. xv, from the Book of Leinster, and other MSS. O'Donovan had published text and translation from the 1319| TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 113 incomplete and faulty text in the Book of Lecan in the Dublin Penny Journal, vol. i. (This f. belongs to the Book of Lecan.) p. 181, col. 4, 1. 15- The Proverbs or Wise Sayings of Fithil, who was judge to king Cormac. Ed. Thurneysen, in Abhandl. d. konigl. Gesellsch. d. Wissensch. zu GSttingen, n. f. xiv. 2, p. 11. See LL. 346; No. 1295, 131. p. 183, col. 2, 1. 17. The Irish Triads. See No. 1289, 917 ; 1295,136; 1318, col. 236. Ed. Meyer. pp. 185-187, and 192, 193. The Dialogue of the two Sages (see 1318,549), without the gloss. Between pp. 187 and 192 are inserted two leaves in small folio and in a different hand from the larger folio, containing : — p. 188. Pedigree of the Muinter Murchadha, or of the O'Flaherty, and an account of the tribes and territories in O'Flaherty's country. p. 189^. A romantic tale entitled, 'The Death of the great youth, son of the king of Spain.' See No. 1297, vii. bis. Incomplete. p. 195. An imperfect copy of the Uracept (or Uraicept), na n-Eigeas, or Primer of the Bards, small folio, written by different hands. See Index. On some pages, left blank by the original scribe, the following interpolations appear : — p.235. A poem on Aengus Magrath, composed by William O'Finain : Seacc ngndoa pilio puaip densur- p. 237. A religious poem, beginning : Olc cuigcean cigkncce De. p. 238, I.18. Pedigree of O'Conor from Hugh, son of Dermot, up to Eremhon, son of Mile (in a comparatively modern hand). p. 2513. Pedigree of O'Shaughnessy from Giolla dubri, son of Dermot, up to Eochaidh Muighmhedhon (Eochy Moyvaine). The Uracept ends p. 278. p. 279-301. Fragment consisting of twelve leaves, small folio, containing a Catalogue of plants, minerals, etc., used in medicine. The last four pages are nearly illegible. . PP- 303-316 are absent; pp.302 and 317 have obviously been for a long time the outside leaves of the fragments to which they respectively belong. ii4 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1319 p. 317. Fragment consisting of 8 ff., quarto. The subject is medicine, but the writing is much injured by dirt and damp. pp. 334-351. Part of the Tarn Bo Cuailgne, ff. 9, 4to. With the fragment above noted (p. m) this forms a large piece of the work. The order of the pp. should be 336- 347, 334, 335- m-114, 348, 349, 115-118, 350, 351 (Windisch ; note in the book). PP- 35 '—397- Imperfect copy of the work entitled, Cogao gall le ^aooalaib, ' The war of the Galls with the Gaels,' containing an account of the principal battles fought between the Danes and the Irish, ending with that of Clontarf. O'Donovan says this is the oldest copy he had seen. Edited by Dr. J. H. Todd. See No. 1408. pp. 397^-435. In double columns, surrounded with lines in red ink ; the capitals similarly coloured. p. 3973, col. 1. Short account of St. Ciaran of Cluain Beoain. Ibid., col. 2, 1. 20. Anecdote of St. Moling, beginning : peachc 00 moling ipcaib in conaccai lTlail-Oobapcon mac Cellaig = LL. 283/329. Publ. K. Meyer, Rev. Celt., xiv. 188. p. 398a, 1. 17. Anecdote of St. Fursa of Peronne (how a piast got into his stomach and tormented him, and how it was transferred to a certain bishop), beginning: Bcmaing puppa peachc naen comaignenn cilli maigneanb. Ibid., 1. 34. Another anecdote of St. Moling, beginning : peachc 00 TTIoling ac ermaicci in aeclaip conaccai in oglach ipn cech 010 cu op moling mipi cri mc 06 a^ pe. Ni peouppa on ap moling. In great part illegible. LL. 284048. See Stokes: Lismore Lives, xvi. Publ. ' Goidelica,' p. 179. Ibid., s. f. Anecdotes of Oena and Guaire Aidhne, king of Connaught. Publ. Archiv iii. 1, and ' Silva Gadelica.' p. 399a, 1. 15. Anecdote of St. Cathnsach of Mayo of the Saxons, beg. : TCoebbaippib pacpain TTIaigi e6 bechrhab. O'Donovan says there is in Iar-Umhaill, near Croagh Patrick, a miraculous stone sacred to him, and called St. Cathusach's sword. Ibid., 1. 27. Genealogy of Joseph, from St. Matthew's Gospel. p. 400. Account of the Passion of our Lord. This is the triple account, as in " Passions and Homilies," beginning p. 113. On p. 406, col. 1, p. 6, begins the second account (P. and H., p. 124), which on p. 411, col. 2, 1. 18, passes into the third account (P. and H., p. I3I ); the new section 1319] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 115 however, beginning with cappapcap, the preceding words in 1. 3245, being joined (without 7 rl.) to what goes before. See YBL., facs. 141 sq. p. 420. Account of an interview between St. Columcille and Aedan, king of Scotland. Aedan had asked Baithin what sort of man C. was. p. 4233, I.20. Precepts of Pope Gregory. See No. 1318, col. 858. p. 4285. Pedigrees of Irish saints, beginning with St. Patrick. See K.Meyer: 'Anecdota Oxon. Rawl. 502.' p. 433. The Gesta of Charlemagne in his Quest of the Crown of Christ, and relics of the saints. See Nos. 1304 and 1319,432 : cf. LBr. 231^; Rev. Celt., xix. Begins imperfect with Rev. Celt., xix, p. 22, 1. 8. The first scribe ended on p. 454, but the text continues ; pp. 440 to 462 are hardly legible. 4to, ff. 15. (Imperfect.) p. 463. A historical tale, entitled : eapnao age buice&a, 'The songs of the house of Buichat.' See No. 1318, 756 (facs. 113047); LL. 270. Publ. by Stokes, Rev. Celt. xxv. 18, 225. p. 466, l.g. Tragic death of the poet Athairne of Binn Edair (i.e. Howth). See No. 1318, col. 880. Rev. Celt., xxiv. 270. p. 468. A list of battles fought in Ireland. No dates. p. 471. Account of the invasion of Britain by the. Fomorians, a race of pirates so called in early Irish history, beginning : Cib bid cansabari ponWaig. p. 474. Account of the cherishing of Conall Cearnach, and the deaths of Aillill and of Conall Cearnach, the most celebrated of the heroes of the Red Branch. Edited by Prof. K. Meyer, with transl., in Zeits., vol. i., p. 102, from this and an Edinburgh MS. M's. copy begins with 475^ 1. 6 ; but the story begins here 474a, 1- 9- The following are the readings in this MS. in places left blank by M. as illegible in the Edinb. MS. :— 1 . acht ceana. it mor tfala in let. 2. ataragus Maith do denuwz forom olse is. 3. aralaec maith is alma dorcti do ni maith. 4. form Rotfia failti 6m ar Medb. 5. Cuingitar teae ar leith damsa frz'mur na ratha. p. 477. Three fragments of the tale entitled, Cogml bpuisne t)d Oeapga, 'The destruction of the fort of Da Dearga. The first fragment corresponds with Stokes', § 15 to § 39 ; the second with § 62 to § 92 ; and the third, with § 101 to § in. See No. 1318, col. 716. 12 u6 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1319,1320 pp. 483^-485. Fragments of four poems treating of the Clann Donnell. The first wants the beginning ; the third line is : Do leigip t)ta bepbca an mipbail ; the others are illegible at the beginning, and in part throughout. On p. 483 occurs the name of the author of the third poem, William Dall O Hechan (probably William Dall ua Hechtigernain : see Meyer, 'Irish Metrics,' p. 5); and on p. 484 that of the author of the fourth, Gilla Pad . . . Mac Muiris mc . . . mc an bhaird. pp. 486, 487. Fragment treating of the meanings and derivations of grammatical terms, perhaps belonging to the Uracept na n-Eigeas. pp. 488-491. Fragment of the Life of Christ, with some account of the Apostles. On p. 489, col. 2, is the Epistle of Abgarus to Christ, with the reply, pp. 490,491 contain an account of the Nativity from some Apocryphal Gospel. On p. 491, col. z, is the incident of the Blessed Virgin being alternately sad and smiling, related in the Protevangelium Iacobi, xvii. 2. 1320 fol. H. 3. I. A Latin and Irish Dictionary, by Very Rev. Dr. Richard Plunket, of the Order of St. Francis. An extract only. The preface is dated Trim, 12th Sept., 1662 ; fol. inter- leaved. The author states in his instructions for the reader that his authorities for the hard words were ' Michael O'Clery, Archbp. Flathri O'Mulconry, Doctor Keating, Parrthas an Anama, and an old vellum MS. in which I found a copy of the Foras Focal, and particularly Michael O'Clery's Sanasan Nua and the old vellum aforesaid, also Ceilidh na h-iosgaide leithe Mac an Iolair, the Madadh Maol and some lists of hard words, with many other authorities which I do not now remember, and the common language for the greater part of the rest.' This copy was transcribed (not very accurately) from the original in Marsh's Library, for Edward Lhwyd, who used it in preparing his" < Archaeologia ' for the press. See ^° - , 1 . 4 , 25 ^ The roterittives contain an attempt at a Latin- English Basque Dictionary. Publ. with notes, etc. in Hermathena, vol. xiv, 1906. 1321-1323] TRTNITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 117 1321 4to membr., s. xvi. h. 3. 2. Two Medical Fragments; ff. 35. The first fragment, which ends on p. 48, treats on fevers, boils, hernia, paralysis, dropsy, palpitation. On p. 26 is an entry to the following effect :— ' This is the sum for which this book is pledged to John O'Cannavan, viz. two ounces, which he gave to the wife of Donuell O'Cannavan, in the presence of Maudlin, the daughter of Kennedy, and two bonnas (groats), which he asked of me again at the door of Nichol. O'Haroon's forge a quarter of a year afterwards, being eight pence and two ounces in all.' p. 49 begins the second fragment. At col. 1, line 18, is the heading: ' Sextum Capitulum de ulceribus et san(i)e et acua in auribus,' and 49, 2, 1. 22, the heading shpws that this, 'On diseases of the nose,' is the third tract of the third book, p. 52, 2, I.21, the fourth tract begins: 'De passionibus oris.' p. S3, I.45, begins: ' DeDoloreDencium.' p.60,2, I.43, begins the fifth tract : De Cummunibus.' See No. 13 17. 1322 4to maj. membr., ff. 36, s. xvi. h. 3. 3. The Dinnseanchus. This work treats of the names of Irish lakes, mountains, etc. Transcribed by John O'Keenan, but with no indication of the date except that it was before Christmas, and that John O'Mulconry was sick at Ardkyle. O'Donovan says this John O'Mulconry kept a celebrated school at Ardkyle, near Six Mile Bridge, county Clare, in the reign of Elizabeth, and was the writer of an Ode addressed to Brian na Murtha O'Rouarc, who, according to Lord Bacon, was, at his own request, hanged with a gad according to his own country fashion. The poems of the Dinnseanchus have been edited by Mr. E. J. Gwynn in the Todd Lecture Series. The poem on Tara was published by Petrie in his Memoir on Tara, p. 193. 1323 4to min. membr., s. xvi. (?) h. 3. 4. Treatises on Materia Medica. The first consists of 30 ff. and two fragments of leaves, and contains a list of plants, trees, gum, etc., alphabetically arranged. The leaves are disarranged : pp. 1-10 ought to be n8 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1323, 1324 pp. zi-30. The beginning is p. 11 : 'Ambra Spermaceti.' O'Donovan was misled by the disorder of the ff., and says that all before 'Carduus benedicte'. is wanting. O'Donovan says it seems to be a translation of a little work on Materia Medica which issued from the Medical School at Mont- pelier in 1303. At the bottom of pp. 32, 33 is an inscription in the ' Ogam Craobh ' character. The second tract, beginning 65, consists of 25 if., and treats of the manner of preparing plants, etc., for use. If is not arranged alphabetically. On pp. 81 and 100 appears, in a later hand, the name of Dermod O'Sheil. The family of O'Sheil were hereditary physicians from a remote period. On the margin of several pages appears the name of John M'Namara, described more fully on p. 8z as ' of Torthill, near Castle-president, one of his Majesties Attorneys at Law, sworn .lawyer in Tilliscourt, London.' 'This John was well known in Dublin as a collector of Irish MSS.' This book was bought at Vallancey's sale in 1792. It is in a brass-mounted binding with the arms of James I. on the sides; but it is clear that this binding originally belonged to a different book. 1324 4to chart., s.xviii. H. 3. 5. Historical Pieces. This book is in the handwriting of Maurice Gorman. The first 22 pp. contain part of the Annals of Innisfallen from 1120 to 1158. The continuation to 1183 (17 pp.) is placed by error of the binder at the end of the volume. p. 23 begins extracts from the Leabhar na gCeart or Book of Rights. p. 36, 1. 7. Account of the tributes paid by the Danes and people of Leinster to the king of that province. p. 38. List of kings of Munster from Cormac Cas and Fiacha Muillethan to Donnell Mor O'Brien. For another copy, see 1289, p. 143. p. 46. Some account of the early history of Ireland, from the Flood downwards, much as in Keating, Bk. i., sect. 4 (Irish Texts Soc. ed., i, 133 seq.), and of the travels of the Milesians before their arrival here ; p. 63 also a synchronism of the Irish monarchs and events with the monarchs of the world in the handwriting of Dr. O'Sullivan. Bought at Vallancey's sale, 1792. 1325] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 119 1325 4-to chart., s. xviii. h. 3. 6. Religious Pieces. pp. 1-55. The Psalter or Rosary of the Blessed Virgin, with an explanation and instructions for performing the devotions. p. 55, 1. 12. Of the twelve Golden Fridays of the year on which it is most beneficial to fast on bread and water ; viz. Friday after Quadragesima Sunday ; that before the feast of the Annunciation ; Good Friday ; Friday before Ascension Day; before and after Whitsunday; before the feasts of John the Baptist ; of SS. Peter and Paul ; the first feast of St. Mary in autumn ; the great feast of St. Mary in autumn ; the feast of All Saints ; Christmas. The due observance of these secures that the person shall not die suddenly nor without a priest; that he shall see with his bodily eyes the B. V. M. and the Lord Jesus, and that he shall have forty days forewarning of death. See also No. 14.11, p. 359- T , p. 57, 1. 3. Of the miracles of St. Jordanus. p. 59, 1. 16. Of the advantages of hearing Mass. p. 61. O'Daly Fionn's poem in praise of the Blessed Virgin, beginning : Soigceac balpaim bpvjg TTluipe. Unfinished. pp. 64-Z57. A treatise on the Mass, entitled Eochair Sgiath an Aifrinn, i.e. 'the key-shield of the Mass,' by Geoffrey Keating, d.d. Preceded by a preface which occupies pp. 64-91, in which the author enters into a con- troversy with Luther and Calvin. Dr. O'Conor mentions three copies of this work in the Stowe collection (vol. i, pp 157, 192). Publ. by P. O'Brien. Dubl., 1898. See No. 1353. pp. 258-357. Another work by Dr. Keating, entitled : Cpf biopSaoice an ' bdip, ' The three sharp arrows of Death.' Edited, with Glossary, etc., by Prof. R. Atkinson. New ed. by Dr. Bergin. See Nos. 1356, 1403. p. 558. ' Speculum Peccatoris.' p. 573, 1. 11. Miracles of the Blessed Virgin. p 570, 1. 7. Life of St. Thomas a Becket. p. 595, I.16. Life of St. Margaret, daughter of Theo- dosius : cf. Zeits., i. 119. p. 607. Life of St. Alexius. p 613. A controversial poem by Bonaventura O Hosey, guardian of the Irish friars at Louvain : Cpuag liom a i2o CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1325, 1326 compdm bo cop. See another copy in No. 1297, vi ; also 1285, 104^ and 1373, 1374. p. 621, I.9. A religious poem, beginning: beag nac ocdinig mo 66apma. p. 625. Poem in praise of the Blessed Virgin, beginning: TTlairig oiulcap b'lngin Qnna. p. 628, I.7. A religious poem, beginning: Naorhca an obaip iompd6 D6. p. 629. A moral poem, beginning : TTlaips rheallup muipn an c-paoguil. See No. 1280, \z6b. p. 635, I.9. Dialogue between the body and the soul. Ends on p. 645, and is followed by a copy, in a later hand, of ' Plearaca na Ruarcach,' with Dean Swift's translation of it. See Scott's edition of Swift's works, vol. xiv, p. 141. This is followed by a letter in English verse, written in 1720 to Dean Swift. These occupy 4^ pp. not numbered. The transcriber of this volume (excluding the last-men- tioned pages) was Stephen Rice, 1714. 1326 4to membr,, s. xvi. h. 3. 7. Medical Treatises (imperfect). Lettered on the side ' Sillanus de Nigris in Almansorem.' pp. 1-16. A Treatise on Materia Medica. So far as can be judged from comparison with Mr. O'Grady's account of Harl. 546, in the B.M. Catal., p. 175, this is a translation of ' Gualterus de dosibus.' It ends p. 15, col. 2, 1. 5 ; then begins ' de tuisis rabcedi[nel ' (i.e. raucedine). p. 17, col. 1. " Extremita[te]s animalium quia omnia carent pingedine, tarde digeruntur." It is apparently to this that the note on the lower margin refers, viz. " Isac in dietis particularibus." Ibid. "Diximus in priori particula qualiter antigui dis- cordati sunt de natura ceribri." p. 18, col. 1. "Oculi sunt de diuersis." Ibid., col. 2. " Nares frigidi [above, uel e] sunt et side." p. 20, 2, 1. 8. A short treatise on Anatomy, taken from Lopos, Hippocrates, and Apollonius ; ends impf. p. 26. PP- 27 -I 3 2 - Treatise on the nature and treatment of Dis- eases, in a hand apparently of the middle of the sixteenth century, beginning: "Sex sunt nomine quorum quo[d] libet significat dolorem capitis et cetera." p. 133 begins a fragment of a treatise on Materia Medica arranged alphabetically, but it wants all before ' Aristolochia longa,' and all after 'Consolida minor.' 1326-1328] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. The names of some hereditary physicians appear in the margin, viz. p. 141, ' Gilla na naomh O'Fergusa is the owner of this book' (about s. xviii), and p. 143, ' William Oge O'Callanan ' asks for the prayer of the reader (about s. xvii). Both the O'Ferguses and the O'Callanans were hereditary physicians. p. 146 (lower margin). Some person was about to write the genealogy of O'Cannavan, one of the hereditary physicians of West Connaught, but only got as far as the heading-. 1327 4to chart., ff. 83, s. xviii. H. 3. 8. 6ccccjia6 Conaill ^u^bain, i.e. The exploits of Conall Gulban (son of Niall of the Nine Hostages). There is a better copy in No. 1284. 1328 4to chart., s. xviii. h. 3. 9. Miscellaneous Tracts. p. 1. On the rights and privileges of poets in general, and of each of the seven classes in particular: cf. 1336, col. 778 and 1358. p. 39. Description of the Banqueting Hall at Tara. Both these tracts were copied by Maurice Gorman from MSS. belonging to Sir John Sebright, which are now in this Library. See No. 1318, col. 244, 810 and 1339, p. 29. The second has several notes by Vallancey of no value. p. 52. An Irish satirical poem, beginning: dicnirj oam homa pia haoi, with an interlinear gloss by Vallancey, who has also written notes on the opposite pages, comparing Irish words with those in other languages. p. 58. Twenty-one questions proposed by Finn O'Baoisgne (or FinnMacCumhaill)to Ailbhe, daughter of kingCormac. Ex. " What is more numerous than grass ? ' Dew,' said the maid." See No. 1259, p. 653. p. 59. A copy of the Teagasg Riog, or Instructions of king Cormac to his son. See No. 1319, 179 and 1339, 343. i22 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1329,1330 1329 4to chart., s.xviii. h. 3. 10. Historical Tracts. Transcribed by Maurice Gorman. pp. 1-75. The Battle of Magh Leana, fought between Conn of the Hundred Battles, and Eogan Mor, king of Munster. It is headed : Cach Cnuca. Then in the fourth line : lonnr-oig TTlhuige L6ar\a. See No. 1289, p. 675. Publ. by O'Curry, Celtic Soc, 1885. pp. 76-80 blank. pp. 81-147. The Battle of Magh Mucraimhe. See No. 1289, 692, and 1296, p. 265. pp. 148-152 blank. p. 153. Leabhar Oiris. The Battle of Clontarf. See No. 1289, p. 735, and No. 1414. See also No. 1280, p. 64. Eriu i. 74. p. 172 blank. p. 173. Elegy of twenty-eight quatrains on the death of Brian Boru : Gniap camic cuiciin bjiiam. See No. 1289, p. 741. The preceding seven volumes were bought at Vallancey's sale in 1792. 1330 4to chart., ff. 304 ; 1689-1709. H.3.11. The Pentateuch and the Historical Books of the Old Testament, with the Books of Job, Ezekiel, and Daniel. / An abridged translation, with occasional insertions "ex , traditione." For instance, in Genesis, chap, iv, is the story of Lamech killing Cain in mistake for a wild beast. ' The story is told by the Jewish commentator Rashi, with ^ further particulars. It may be seen also in Dr. John Gill's * Commentary. There are also occasional quotations from St. Gregory. The Book of Job occupies 22^ pp. ; Ezekiel (the Visions), 8 pp. ; Daniel, 25 pp. There is a brief account of Isaiah (i£ pp.) ; of Jeremiah (2 pp.), and of the minor prophets. Transcription commenced 14 May, 1689, completed by Rev. Thaddeus Macnamara, 27 October, 1709. At the end of several of the books is " scripsit hanc historian!," the name being erased. The traces left suggest " Hugo Moloni." On the last page the name has been cut out. Below, in a different hand, " Thadeus [sic'] Macnamara, Presbyter." 1331-1333] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 123 1331 4to chart., s. xviii. h. 3. iz. Vocabularies, etc. p. 1. Copy of an Irish vocabulary compiled in 1706 by Rev. Fras. Walsh, Lecturer in Divinity in the College of St. Anthony of Padua, belonging to the Irish Franciscans of Louvain. This is a reversion of O'Clery's vocabulary of difficult Irish words ; the easy words being in this arranged first, pp. 142. pp. 145-152. Explanations in metre of several ancient Irish words, beginning: peab ainm b'lnipm lap pin. pp. 153-164. The words in the preceding poem explained in dictionary order. pp. 164-168 blank. pp. 168-324. The more modern form of the Uraicept or Primer of the Bards. The Uraicept is said to have been originally written by Ferchertne (fl. A. m. 3950). See No. 1289, p. 533. The present copy is in the handwriting of the scribe who copied the Annals of the Four Masters for Doctor Fergus. 1332 fol. chart., c. 1700. h. 3. 13. Keating' s History of Ireland. Transcribed by Maurice O'Conor, who commenced the transcription in 1699. 1333 410 membr., s. xv. h. 3. 14. Medical. p. 1. After a few verses on Teige, son of Roderick O'Conor, follows a table of Latin abbreviations used in the work. p. 5. Commentary on the Aphorisms of Hippocrates. Wants the first thirteen Aphorisms and a little at the end, the last page being illegible. There is also a lacuna between iv. 68 (which is followed by 66), and iv. 76, which begins imperfect. The version differs from that in No. 1388, but closely resembles that in 1436. pp. 79-104. Another fragment of a medical treatise, being a translation of certain sections of books ii and iy of the ' Lilium Medicinae' of Bernard de Gordon : see No. 1341. The last page is illegible. i2 4 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1334,1335 1334 4to maj. membr., ff. 28, s.xv. vel xvi. h. 3. 15. Medical Treatise. The first leaf, which is only a cover, is mutilated. The first page gives an Irish explanation of some Latin words for colours, etc., but is nearly illegible. p. 3 commences a treatise on diseases, beginning : ' Sex sunt nomina,' etc., as in No. 1326, p. 27, but this is much shorter, and ends imperfect on p. 20. p. 21. Alphabetical list of plants, minerals, etc., used in medicine, with account of their properties and the manner of preparing them. Defective from near the beginning of the letter C to the end of P ; complete from that to the end. This is the same work that is mentioned above, No. 1323. This copy is beautifully written, and many of the capitals were adorned with silver. p. 44, col. 2, 1. 22. On symptoms and prognostics of wounds. Finit, 45.2.13. p. 45. 2. 14. Rule for the cure of mania and melancholia. p. 47. List of plants used in medicine (Latin and Irish), beginning : ' Acurus edon soilasdair.' Publ. Stokes. Archiv, i, p. 325. p. S 1 . De Urina. Abridged from ' Ieiridus, Egeidius, Isacc, GillaBertinus, and the best works which the author found in the East and the West.' Ends p. 61. 1335 4to chart., a.d. 1697. h. 3. 16. Tales, etc. The first two pp., not included in the pagination, con- tain in a later hand a satirical poem written by Diarmuid mac Seaghain against Dr. Whaley, an astrologer and almanack-maker in Dublin in the seventeenth century. The second leaf contains on the recto the title of the first story, entitled, TTleinlino agup an Spioyiab, with the name of the owner, William O'Linchy, and the date 1697, and on the verso the conjugation of two Irish verbs (continued on the recto of the following page). p. 1 begins the tale of Merlino and the Spirit, which is headed by a spirited drawing of two knights on horse- back. Ends p. 23. Published in Zeits., vol. iv, p. 394, by R. A. S. Macalister. For other copies, see Index. 1335,1336] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 125 p. 24. Adventures of Orlando, son of the king of Thessaly, and Melora, daughter of Arthur, king of the world, also preceded by a drawing. Ends p. 71. See No. 1399. After p- 71 are twenty-seven leaves left blank by the original scribe, on which Edward Lhwyd has written notes for his Archaeologia. p. 73. A short Irish Grammar (in the Irish language) in the same handwriting as pp. 1-7 1, with the name of Wm. O'Linchy, and the date 1696 on the title. p. 96. Brief and plaine rules for the reading of the Irish tongue. In the same handwriting. 1336 4X0 membr., ss. xv., xvi. h. 3. 17. Brehon Law Tracts and Miscellanea. A volume made up of several distinct books or tracts of different sizes. 1 . The Seanchus M6r, said to contain the body of Irish Laws as modified after the introduction of Christianity. See 1 316. See Petrie, Trans. R.I. A., vol. xviii. Memoir on Tara. He gives the prefatory matter, pp. 76-78. The penmanship is beautiful, and many of the capitals are ornamented with red, green, and silver. In some of the initial letters grotesque figures of animals are intro- duced. There is a copious gloss. From a note at the bottom of p. 1 we learn that the volume belonged to Duald Mac Firbis in 1666. A notice at the bottom of col. 161 informs us that this part of the volume was transcribed by John Mac Egan, of Ormond ; and from other memoranda at the bottom of cols. 193, 194., and the top of col. 223, it appears that it was transcribed in Leinster, and belonged to Edmond O'Doran, who was hereditary Brehon of that province. In the mem. on 193, 194 the scribe excuses his bad writing by the badness of the ink and the coldness of the weather, which was Christmas time. This tract ends col. 225 ; then follows a tract on the relative duties of the chieftain and his subjects, ending on col. 254 ; the next three columns being left blank and numbered as one. Reproduced for the Brehon Law Com- mission : see No. 1424. O'D. 1. A.L.I., vol. i. Col. 160 (full page), in top margin : Incipic bo gnimuio 51 all annpo. O'D. 199. Col. 255-303. A Law tract (called the Sechta, or Heptads) in the same hand, written in capital letters, with a copious iz6 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1336 interlinear gloss. Ends imperfect. See No. 1424, O'D. 330. A.L.I., vol. v. Col. 304. The Bretha Comhaithchesa, or Judgments of Cotenancy. See No. 1337, p. 14, and Ancient Laws of Ireland, vol. iv. No. 1424, O'D. 400. Col. 311. Of taking possession of land. There are sundry whimsical remarks of the scribe (John Cosnavy) in the margin. It appears that he moved from place to place while copying the MS., some staves being written at Acha- Maw, some at Castle Fleming, etc. No. 1424, O'D. 409. A.L.I., vol. iv. Col. 342. A tract relating to prescriptions, lapses, etc. : puapluicce each pupub. No. 1424, O'D. 444. Col. 349. On the classification of tribes in a territory ; impf. For a complete copy, see No. 13 16, p. 13. No. 1424, O'D. 454- Col. 351. (In a different hand.) Another copy of the Heptads ; the text in capitals, with a gloss and commentary in small letters interlined. O'D. 457. A.L.I., vol. v. Col. 393. Part of the Seanchus M6r, the text in full, in capitals, with gloss and commentary in small letters inter- lined. The text corresponds with that of col. 12 to col. 60 above, and some defects of that copy may be supplied from this. O'D. 490. Col. 413. The tract on landlord and tenant contained in No. 13 16, pp. 15 sqq. ; in capital letters with copious com- mentary in small letters, 5 ff., apparently of the fifteenth century. In a memorandum at the bottom of 427, 428, the scribe laments the slaying of the children of Turlogh Buidhe [O'Brien] by the son of O'Lochlainn, and gives his own name ; Carbre, the son of Shane [Mac Egan]. From a memorandum at the foot of col. 430, it appears that, when this memorandum was written, the tract consisted of 108 ff. O'D. 508. Cols. 431-468. A fragment consisting of 14 ff. of larger size than the preceding, with some small bits inserted in several places. It contains a commentary on various articles of the Brehon Laws, on rules of evidence, and of pleading, and gives very curious explanations of old words and phrases long obsolete. O'D. 531. Between 436, 437 two slips inserted, one beginning : lSed/i ip cm in Xyethhire a cam lanarhna, O'D. 550; the other beginning : pobuo lee .1. cecpi ba 7 pamazlrc .1. a c\\o\ighe baip aenup. O'D. 551. Col. 437. On forfeiture of land for crimes : Oom uet in peapann a cionca. O'D. 549. A.L.I., iv. 264. 1336] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. iz 7 Col. 438, 1. 12. Paragraph on the c6ip, or proper harmony of the harp. See O'Curry, 'Manners,' iii. 255. Between 440 and 441 are two slips, one headed : t)onb opasbail a comocup, O'D. 568 ; the other (lengthwise) beginning: pep Imp 1 puipecap gac ma cig, O'D. 570. Col. 445. There is a chasm between 444 and 445 ; the latter treats of compurgation, wanting the beginning. There is a good copy in 1337, p. 294. Col. 447. Laws relating to arson. O'D. 589. Col. 449. The Cain lanamhna, containing the Law of Marriage,, also of the relative duties of landlord and tenant, master and servant, abbot and monk. Between cols. 450, 45 1 is a slip, beginning : In senectute legetem [legitime] honorem consequi non poterit qui adolosenciam, etc. On the verso of this slip, inserted between the pages numbered 44-9, 45°i and 451, 452 is a short notice, in a different hand, of the reason why the Pope gave Ireland to the king of England. See above, No. 13 17. O'D. 594. Under this is a memorandum (in Irish) in the same hand, dated a.d. 1577: 'That is a bad little scrap for thee, O Egan, from Gabrial, etc' ; and under this another in the hand of the transcriber of the whole tract : ' It is easy to know Gabrial's part here, whatever be the reason.' At the bottom of cols. 465, 466 is another memorandum in the handwriting of the same Gabrial who transcribed the whole of that page ' in a hurry and with a bad pen, a.d. 1577.' Between cols. 454, 455 is a slip containing definitions of the seven liberal arts, dated 1571. Col. 457. A Law tract relating to distress, etc. O'D. 610. Cols. 461, 462, the writing inverted. Col. 463 is headed : Do papcarf cuini&e punt). Col. 467. Of dissolving a contract, and of the duty of a Brehon ; begins imperfect. Compare No. 1337. O'D. 627. Col. 469. A Law tract, in a different hand, headed : Oia pip cm lp bpeichearh in 50.6 cuip, i.e. 'To know who is judge in every cause.' In margin : Xiyetha weimed Zuaithe fo. It occupies 173 cols, closely written. Several cols. (487-496 are numbered in duplicate, and there are a few pages with only one col. Col. 483. Laws relating to theft, relations between Church and Tribe, and the nature of evidence. O'D. 649. Between 484, 485, a slip inserted, beginning : no (qu. bo) 711 aipcelccm ap bo cfp. O'D. 653. At the bottom of 493, 494 is a memorandum showing- iz8 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS. [1336 that it was- transcribed by Aodhagan (probably Egan MacEgan) in the year i574(?). At the bottom of 501, 502, the scribe gives his curse to ' Cormac, the blind, in the year 1575.' At the bottom of 511, 512, he signs himself Egan, son of Conor. On a slip inserted between 515, 516, and 517, 518, the same scribe writes a note saying : ' Terrible news from the territory of Ele, viz. that Cian, the son of Tadhg, son of Donogh O'Carroll, was killed by The O'Carroll (William Odhar), and many of his people along with him, and in my opinion this is but paying the tithes. I am Egan, son of Conor, etc' Dated, 1575. J5 acri aon l< ei 5P e F F° a bennachc. Col. 505. An abridgment of the Heptads. O'D. 689. A.L.I. , vol. v. Col. 511. t)o bpeicearhnup por geallaib pipanaz£^. In margin : Cpian medhonac penchupa po. (This note occurs frequently.) O'D. 697. A.L.I., v. 186. Col. 519. bye/ha ixeimed zuatthe po, beginning: Gipgille co cpeipi. O'D. 710. Between 520 and 521 is a slip of paper, beginning : Cip lip epnmle a mbSpgna. O'D. 716. Col. 521. lncipic bo cabapca aba bilep 7 aba inbilep piopanazg'A. O'D. 714. (In margin as col. 511.) Col. 524. Do bpeicearhnup por pinib lple piopana. O'D. 718. Col. 527. In margin : Copup pine po. O'D. 654. Ibid. Near foot in margin : Cain puicpibe po. Beg. : Nf paop nach beg ceneoil na benap cuic paich c6cach 7pl. O'D. 724. Col. 528 med. The scribe writes : feWach bo pin mipi dobagan 7 ip m6p mo naipe. Then proceeds: bo bpezM- earhnup bo na huile cm bo nf gac cincac piopanaz^vfc. Begins : Ciplip pobla cmcaib each cincai. O'D. 724. A.L.I. , iv. 240. Col. 535. Do bpecherhnup pop na ceicpe pinib 7 bo poinn in bibaztfA ecappa pfopanaij Ciplip pobla pine la peine. O'D. 735. In the margin : cpfan vneadhon penchupa po. Col. 545. Do na pacaib pipanaig. O'D. 757. Col. 548. popcorns aonpaich a cuinibhe .1. etc. O'D. 760. At the bottom of 550, 551, the scribe has written a rann to commemorate the death of Cian O'Carroll. From a note on 521, 522, and another on 552,553, it appears that the plague was then raging in Connaught. Col. 558. Oocabaipc mic in opba annpopiop. O'D. 778. 1336] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 129 Between 580, 581, and 582, 583, a slip of parchment is inserted, beginning: Do nf uppocpa cuip 7 cunnapca bib. O'D. 813. Col. 590. Do eipcib pola 7 bam heim enna 7 pobla e\nig annpo. O'D. 825. Col. 595. [D]iam ppiche pogba 7pl. O'D. 834. Col. 604. Ocus nncongap o gpaoaib ecalpa. O'D. 851. In the extreme lower margin of 632 is pechazVz 5le. 633 is only half a column ; the rest of the page is blank. Col. 634. A fragment of 3 ff. in a different handwriting, containing part of a commentary on the Brehon Laws. The text begins: Gigpabup each rnnaig ppi haibche. O'D. 882. Col. 644. A short Law tract treating of theft and murder, beginning : 5 acul 5 e popecup .1. in can lp lap plume. See No. 1424, O'D. 899. Col. 645. Commentary on various passages of the Brehon Laws, illustrated by anecdotes, beginning : Cm poich eneclann popaich enechgpfppaip 1 mbdn b6m aipep 1 cnocbem. O'D. 903. Col. 650. Tract on omens and visions of the night, beginning : Innech acchipe bigbail pola. This occupies two columns, though only numbered as one, and it is con- tinued on the preceding page after the end of the Law tract. Col. 651. Law: In epoiapp ] in ail^ine -\ in gopab. O'D. 912. Col. 653. On col. 653 is a law regulating the prices paid for building Churches, Penitentiaries, and Round Towers. It begins : TTlapa bupcac .u. tro^edh nb6c. In the margin is a note drawing attention to it : Nocle^inb po pip. O'D. 916. Translated by O'Curry, 'Manners,' iii. 49. 'This is,' says O'Donovan, 'the most valuable authority hitherto discovered for proving the origin and uses of the Round Towers of Ireland, on which so many modern sciolists have attempted to write. This sets the question at rest for ever.' Col. 654. Corus Bretha Nemhidh, i.e. true knowledge of the Law of the Nemhedh. O'D. 918. Only a fragment of the tract. Ibid. Sechc ngpaiD ecna. O'D. 919. p. 655. Headed : t)i gpabaib ecWa anbpo pip -\ bia neneclawwaib 7 bia naeppaib 7 bia posnamaib. Begins: Sechc nspdib eclapa. O'D. 920. Both these largely glossed. p. 656. Raibuile Qmipsein, abaip pip pileb. Clmepgein pepponbec. O'D. 924. See B. M. Catal., p. 14Z. At the K. i jo CATALOGUE OF. IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1336 top of the page is: Oebpechaib piW. In the margin: ' Oicipni prz' Gmvpgz'rc. Line iz begins a different matter in a peculiar cursive hand : Cesc cabmc uncuilce bjieiike- rnan. In the margin is : fine eile. O'D. ibid. 658 is a fol., 4 cols. 659 a page, 2 cols. 658, col. 1. 'Nach cualamg in ben peca na cpeca pech in pep . , . : O'D. 927. l;bid., col. 3. In the top corner is : Oebpechaib gaipe. Law, beginning : Cach pen pirn cuncabaipcachaip : O'D. 935- . -. Ibid., 1. 37. Oe bpuobpechaib : O'D. 935. Ibid. Top and side margins full of minute writing. Legal matters. O'D. 932, etc. Ibid., col. 4. Cuab bd opb .,1. : O'D. 936. 659, col. 1. Copup aichm apaccm penechup IN dichne: O'D. 938. At the top is : bpeca pen popma O'D. ibid. Col. 660. bui cupcompuc pep r\Q]\enn, 7J1I. O'D. 943. Col. 661. On exemptions : Cain bera. do,dligAedh ar bera. do Xurbaidh hWadhna do cach duine i nErind. Followed by a list of exemptions. See also No. 1337, col. 353, last line (where there is no heading) : O'D. 944. Col. 662. Q TTIopazraw a TTlaine a rn[ocba] co c\\ebuin, 7pl. lp 6 pc6l popaichmenabap hie. bpepal bpuga each .1. etc. Cf. O'D. 945. B. M. Catal., Nero A. vii. 140, for the text. This is illustration. Ibid., 1. 22. popuachcacap maca mocuinbe, lp 6 peel pa. Then a gap (space of two lines), and then popua (erasure, O'D. writes popuaccac) in milcu na tnuca .... The fifth line begins : bpeaca a puigell pin ap6ip Coipppi Lip. O'D. 946. Ibid., 1. 13, after gap. TJuccaib puib 7pl. lp fedh peel po/aichmennicap hie. bui peap poma la Ulca TYlugna a amm. Col. 663. The penalty for unjust satire : bai pig pop Ullcaib Gaippech Cepnobon amm mb p.fg. O'D. 947. Zeits. vii. 300. Col. 664. The making of Cuchullin's shield, beginning : luachpinne luch. Publ. by O'Curry, ,' Manners,' ii. 329. O'D. 949. The text by R. I. Best in ' Eriu,' v., p. 72. Ibid. dengup po aiblib lmuip .1. dengup TTlacpiacpach pobprcc no dengup TTlac dilella glaipp .1. TTIac Do bpepal bpicc. O'D. 950. Col. 665 med. Cochmapc Cocpeibe cian co bil. O'D. 951. Beginning: bui pi ampa per Ulcu Concobup a ainm. Cf. No. 1363, p. 3. Col. 666. Story of Trusc, son of Treagman, ' file ' of 1336] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 131 Conchobhar, and his wife, daughter of Mac R6the, king of Ossory, and their son Indua. Begins: Cobepap 1 pine peari an pine, bui nig ampa la hUllca Conchobun a amm. O'D. 95 1. Col. 667. Story of Lomna, ' drui ' of Finn Mac Cumhaill, and his detection of an intrigue of Finn's wife. Begins : CnaiUe peaoa 1 peilm naingic i. Ip6 reel mbipcep punb. Giving an account of the composition of the lines "Cuailli peba 1 poillim naipgic," etc., and the result. O'D. 953. The lines are glossed. They occur without the gloss, and without the story, in the B.M. MS. Nero A. vii, in connexion with the question as to the inheritance of illegitimate children. See O'D. 2229 and B. M. Catal. The story is told in Cormac's Glossary, s.v. Ope cp6ich, and by D'Arbois •de Jubainville ; " Introduction k l'Etude de la Litterature Celtique," pp. 249, 250. Col. 668, 1. 15 from bottom: W cochall clochpanb. O'D. 955- Col. 670, 1. 8 from foot. The rich Duanach : Oub Ouanach ipS peel popacmenaicw punn .1. bui bancho- aipc nma bo UUcaib Ouanach a hamm. Publ. K. Meyer : .Zeits., vii. 300. Col. 671. On the rights of poets, and other matters relating to poetry. A note in the margin states that the time and place were the same for this book and the pre- ceding. Heading (large) : Cocoich eicep acra a leapa. Beg. : Ceopa epnaile aipegba ap a nbmiab in lebarpa ■bpip aipci cac gpaib i bpip a comaip ] ip e puiblep cac 5paib pile6. O'D. 959. Ibid, (very small). Cinnup bo mic«r (pann above), ppi. vii. Nfn. O'D. 960. Col. ends : lp eab ip pciachanb each each [sic'] baili imbf in lochc ap bup -] in leapujab pabeoib. O'D. 961. Col. 672. Several technical words relating to poetry, written large and glossed. The first gloss is : cpepocul .1. aipcell puic 7 cennpochpup bepio 7 cocuc 7 mall- pu^a& aincic 6: cf. Cormac's gloss quoted by Windiscb, s.v. Some illustrative comments follow, continued on col. 673, which begins : TTlampepcaip ainm cmab i cmcaig m a cpepocul. O'D. 964. (It may be noted that O'D. 962, second last line, omits cenela, which comes after iiii). Between 672 and 673 are two slips ; one narrow, L-shaped, containing legal matters concerning the "eneclann" and ■" duas " of a poet. O'D. 962. See A.L.I. , v., pp. 230, 231. On the verso is a charm, for which, and for the other slip, see post, " Marginalia." i32 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1336 Cols. 675, 676. Short extracts on various subjects, mostly- proverbial, historical, and religious. Col. 675. Note on the canonical hours and the / events associated therewith. Published by R. I. Best, Eriu, iii. 116. Ibid. St. Patrick's descent from Noah, after which is an extract from the F61ire of Oengus, on the three saints who brought wheat, rye, and bees into Ireland, viz. : Finan Cam, Dedan, and Modomnoc (F. O., p. 112). Ibid., 1. 3 from foot. Rhymed sayings, beginning : Ip bep bo mac t)e cacu, 1. 24 : colluD 7 paoaile. Ibid., at foot of col. Zeits., vii. 298. Col. 676, 1. 4. A quatrain from F. O., p. 277 : Cacb noem pobui puilma. Ibid., 1. 9. A quatrain from F. O., p. 74 : bepach ip mochaem. Ibid. Several other sayings (not consecutive), viz. 1. 1 : Imab pepa pmnab nech. 1. 12: caemgen dixit. Ip maich mam meppusub. 1. 22 : Ip p6 limpa mo laigec. Ibid., 1. 14. The names of the apostles, followed by a quatrain on the twelve apostles of Ireland (from F. O., p. 168). (These references to the Felire are due to Mr. Best.) Col. 677. Genealogies of Mary and Joseph. Ibid. Vision of Baithin : see F61ire, p. 146. Ibid. Story of Comgall of Bangor and Mocholmog in illustration of fasting. Col. 678, 1. 9. Story of two youths, in Colman of Ela's monastery, cf. Plummer, V.S.H., i. 266. Ibid., 1. 23. Anec- dote of Comgall, cf. Plummer, ii. 17. Anecdote of Cormac mac Cuilennain and Emm Ban : Zeits., vii. Z99. Col. 679. Legal matter: Cip lip cop na cec cm na comlaicpi 7 pi. .1. etc. O'D. 966. The next col. and the whole of the succeding page are not numbered. The writing differs from what precedes. Col. 679a. t)eopaio coib 7 cepcailli. O'D. 971. At the end of col. 680 are the words ' constat fol. 95,' in the handwriting of Edw. Lhwyd. Col. 681. Fragment consisting of 8 ff . 4to., apparently of the fifteenth century. The first leaf was originally left blank as a cover, but has been written on in Latin. It contains a prayer written in the secretary hand of the time of Henry VIII. Col. 682. Poem on four remarkable trees in the East : Qcd cecpe cpann pa Xteth. 1336] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 133 Col. 683. A tale entitled Fledh Bricrinn (see No. 1318, col. 759). Ends imperfect, col. 710. Cols. 7io*-7i9. The Settlement of the Tellach ofTemair, beginning : baban hui Neill pechc .... The writing appears to belong to the end of the fourteenth or beginning of the fifteenth century. The first page, here called 710* is hardly legible, and was therefore not numbered. ,Publ. by R. I. Best from the copy in YBL., 740-749, in Erin, iv, p. 121. Col. 720. Account of the blinding of Cormac Mac Airt, monarch of Ireland, by Aengus Gai Buaibhtheach, i.e. Aengus of the Poisonous Dart : see Ancient Laws of Ire- land, iii, p. 82, and O'Curry, 'Materials,' p. 48. This is followed by an account of the poisonous dart itself, and of the expulsion of the Desi : see No. 13 16, p. 67a, and O'Curry, 'Manners,' ii, p. 205 ff. Publ. '• Anecdota,' i. 15. Col. 724. Short poem on the history of Cashel, beginning : Caipil acconoapc an6. Ibid., 1. 27. Account of the different territories in Ireland called Partly, followed by two anecdotes of the famous women Sadbh, daughter of Oilioll and Meadbh ; and Mada of Murresk. Col. 725. The principal wonders of Ireland. See the Book of Ballymote for a better copy (No. 1295, p. 410). Col. 727, 1. 16. Anecdotes of Cormac Mac Airt and Finn mac Cumhaill and others. Ibid., 1. 27. A tract on the properties of numbers. Col. 728. List of kings of the race of Cormac Cas, who governed Munster and all Ireland. Col. 729. Scripture genealogies. Col. 4. Paragraphs about the B.V.M. and her father, Joachim. Said {rnarg. inf.) to be copied from Lebar buide mc Murchada. Col. 731. Tract entitled, Seanchus na relec, i.e. History of the Cemeteries. It enumerates the most celebrated burial- places in Ireland before the introduction of Christianity. Ends col. 734, 1. 11. Also in L. na Uidhri. See Petrie, Eccles. Architecture, 97. Col. 734, 1. 12. List of women celebrated in Irish history as mothers or wives of illustrious personages. Begins with Scota, mother of Gaedheal Glas. Col. 737. Pedigree of O'Dooley, chieftain of Fertullagh. Col. 738. Account of the revolutions, distances, etc., of the sun and moon ; of the different kinds of men, birds, fishes, etc., and of the different orders of angels who visit the earth. 1 3+' CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1336 Col. 740. Account of the plebeian tribes called Aitheach Tuatha, or rent-paying class, who were subjugated by Tuathal Teachtmhar in the first (?) century. See No. 1295,. p. 409, and Rev. Celt., xx. 335. Col. 743, 1. 13, of the genealogy of the Dalaradii, and the pedigree of O'Linchy, chief of Dalaradia. Col. 746. Story about the three Fothadhs, joint kings of Ireland. See col. 856. Also Book of Leinster, No. 1339, p. 190, col. z, and ' Anecdota Oxon. Rawl. B. 502,' ecL Prof. K. Meyer. Col. 748, I. 8. Description of the boundaries of Dalcassia or Thomond, as fixed by Oilioll Ohim, king of M-unster; followed by an account of the Bolgic conquerors of Thomond. Col. 751, 1. 21. De fabulis Connacht Muman, 7 de xat- ioni nanrros, beginning: Ceac fnc Chilli mc TTIacach. Cf. col. 845. Col. 752, 1. 12. A short extract from the Coir Anmanna. Derivations of the names and cognomina of celebrated Irish personages. See No. 1295, 399. Col. 753. Genealogy of Leth Cuinn and the Eoganachta. Col. 754. Of the immediate descendants of Geide 011- gothach, and of other monarchs of Ireland. Col. 758. Description of the extent of the territories of Corca Laighe, of Tuath O'Conann, and of Tuath Ross, etc. Col. 760. Pedigree of O'Coffey, a chieftain in Corca Laighe. Ibid., 1. 13. Pedigree of O'Driscoll (a chieftain who ruled over the whole of Corca Laighe). Ibid., 1. 24. Pedigree of Mael Findain. Col. 761. Pedigrees of the tribes called Gailenga. Col. 765 occurs a passage recording the date of the Tain B6 Cuailnge. Quoted by O'Curry, < MS. Materials,' p. 508. Col. 767, 1. 5. Account of the rights, or dues, of the kings of Cashel. ■ Col. 768, 1. 8. History and privileges of Cashel. Col. 774. Comuaim nGeinelach. 'The Concord of Gene- alogies,' showing the progenitors in whom different Irish families met. Col. 778. Of the different orders of bards, their dues and privileges. O'D. 979. After 779, a gap.__ Col. 780. Qher mcTnilio Qafpdne .11. mc Laip .1. Gj\, Opba, etc. Cf. Zeits., viii. 302. The present text breaks off with 7pl. at Zeits., p. 304, 1. 30. 1336J TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. f 3 s Col. 780, 1. 12. S56I Copmcnc cmbpo pip. Col. 782, 1. 17. Account of the birth of Cormac MacAirt. Col. 784, 1. 19. Concerning the seven Maines, children of Ailill and Medb. Col. 785. Of the twelve tribes of Israel. Col. 787. Anecdote of Cuacht, daughter of Caelbadh of Magh Ailbhe in Leinster, with short notices of other Leinster families. Ibid., 1. 18. Definitions of the North, East, South, and West of Ireland. After 787 is a small slip inserted. The first page is illegible. The second begins : TTlanumpa balea mioe Cn pi cipe, etc. Religious verses. The slip after 799 belongs to this. Col. 788. Headed: THac "Raich j\ochum in acebepcpa [sic']. Of the kings of the race of Eireamon, who governed Ireland, and some account of tribes who descended from Eibhear, and were located in the northern half of Ireland. Col. 790, 1. 8 from bottom. A legendary anecdote of four persons called Mananan, viz. M. macAthard, M. mac Alloit, M. mac Cirb, and M. mac Lir. See Mac Kinnon's Cat. of Gaelic MSS., p. 131. Col. 791, 1. 18. Of some of the descendants of Fergus and Medb. Followed by the poem on their son Core Ruad, beginning : Core ruad mac Fergusa find (10 stanzas). Col. 793. Short notices of several persons famous in ancient Irish history, many only short pedigrees. There are five of Finn. O'Curry states that col. 794 contains the Clibeb Loegaipe. This is an error. AfteT col. 795 there is a defect. Col. 796 contains the end of a story telling how the kingship of Ireland was taken from Cormac and given to Cairpri Lifechair; also of the grief of Acaill, daughter of Cairpri, for the death of her brother Ere. Cf. A.L. I iii. 84. Col. 797. List of the stories in ancient Irish literature, which the poets were accustomed to recite for the amuse- ment of -kings and chiefs, given by O'Curry in Appendix to ' MS. Materials.' They had seven times fifty stories, that is, five times fifty chief stories, and twice fifty of an inferior kind. The chief stories related to demolitions, cattle-spoils, courtships, battles, caves, voyages, tragedies, banquets, sieges, adventures, elopements, and plunders. After 799 there is a small inserted slip (metrical) : Ip cu mo bia ip nWac, etc. This belongs to the slip after 787. Col. 800, 1. 10. Account of the Bolgic king Eochaidh Mac Eire, the first who sat at Tara, and an account of 136 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1336 Taillte, Uisneach, and Tlachtga, places of ancient celebrity in Meath. Col. 801, 1. 10. Account of Laiseach Lannmor, the pro- genitor of O'More and other families of Leix. (This column from 1. 10, and those numbered 802-805, are i n a later hand than the preceding.) Col. 803, 1. 12. Interpretation of the ominous croaking of the raven. Col. 806. Translation of Nennius' account of the Britons. See No. 1319, p. 172. Col. 826c. The seventeen characteristics of a good and a bad argument. In a later hand. Col. 827. Tale entitled, Tochmarc Ailbhi, i.e. the Court- ship of Ailbhe, daughter of Cormac Mac Airt. In a different hand. Col. 831, 1. 12. An interpretation of the appearance and singing of the wren. Headed : bpeanachc anbpo pip. The verso of this folio was left blank by the original scribe, but William, the son of Donnell oge O'Duirnin, has written in it his name and a few observations, ajj. 1670. The last fragment consists of 1 2 ff. and three half leaves. It is in a different hand from any of the preceding. Col. 832. The Amhra or Eulogium of St. Senan of Scattery Island, in the Shannon, composed by Dallan-Forguill, author of the Amhra Columcille. Begins: Senan poep pio achaip. There is an interlined gloss. Publ. by Stokes : Zeits. iii., p. 220. Col. 835. Prophecy ascribed to Finn Mac Cumhaill foretelling St. Patrick. Publ. O'Curry, 'MS. Materials,' p. 622. Ibid., s. f. Prophecy ascribed to St. Fursa of Peronne, followed by another of the signs preceding the day of judgment. Publ. by K. Meyer, Zeits., ix. 168. Col. 837, s. f. Of the qualifications of a good clergyman : Cib lp bech bo cleipech, etc. Col. 839, I. 19. Some triads, beginning: Tri buada crabaid, etc. Some of these are repeated in col. 855. Col. 8393 (a half leaf). Pedigrees of Fithil Mac Fircoigat, Diarmait Mac Duind, and Oilill Finn Mac Domhnaill Dualbhuidhe. Col. 840. Account of the first Satire composed in Ire- land, beginning : Cia c6ca po hoepab inb 6ipinn apcw ? nfn. bpep maceiaban. Cia bobnaipai ? nfn. Cainpne mac Gbaine bo Cuachaib b.b. Col. 841, 1. 17. Account of the first sentence passed in 1336] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 137 Ireland, which was by Amergin, brother of Eibhear and Eireamon. Col. 842. Short abstract of the tale of Cuchulinn and his son Connlaech, the latter, killed by his father unwittingly. Publ. by J. G. O'Keeffe. Eriu, i, p. 123. See No. 1318, col. 955. Col. 843, 1. 27. Account of the tribute imposed by the Fomorians on the Nemethians. Col. 844, 1. 3 from foot. Story of Macha, daughter of Eogan Mor, and Macha, daughter of the druid Triath Mac Creca : cf. Zeits., viii. 309. Col. 845, 1. 26. Account of the primitive inhabitants of Connaught. Headed : De fabulis Connachta, Mumain 7 de ratione na nlros. See col. 751. Col. 846, 1. 15. Account of Connla Mac Firceite, king of the Erna of Munster. Ibid., s. f. Two different pedigrees of Finn MacCumhaill, and a short account of the Fenian officers under him. Col. 847, s. f. Short account of the regulations made between the Ultonians and the tribes of Tara. Col. 848. Names of persons who first established certain customs in Ireland, also names of the ranks in society who were entitled to keep certain dogs, as the Mflchu (grey- hound), Oirce (lap-dog), and Archu. Col. 849, 1. 20. Dinnseanchus of Sliabh Comalt, now Keeper Hill, Co. Tipperary. Publ. Hermathena, 1912. Col. 850. Of the different kinds of luck attending persons born on the several days of the week. Col. 851. Derivations of the cognomina of the three sons ■of Cearmad Milbeil. Ibtd.,\. 22. Numenup \\T,er<x\\um mcipic. Table of letters which stand for numbers (quite different from the Roman numerals). Col. 852. Regulations of the Irish ,church according to the Testament of St. Patrick. Publ. Eriu, i. 2, 6. Col. 856. Tale of the three Fothadhs, beginning: bui pi peinbig \sic~\ pop-conbaccaib pecn naill. Publ., with trans., bv K. Meyer, Todd Lecture Ser., xvi. See col. 746. Col. 858, 1. 19. The fable of the birth of Romulus and Remus : ' Anecdota,' iii. +6. Col. 859, I.19. Explanation of the word Nepc6ic, and a story about three Tuatha De Danann armourers (quoted from Cormac's Glossary). Col. 861, 1. 8. Tale about three brothers, sons of Conaire mac Mogha Lamha, viz. Cairbre Muse, Cairbre Baiscinn, and Cairbre Riada. In this is introduced an ancient poem 138 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [133& ascribed to Cairbre Muse, beginning: po pep piaca pep ba liach. (On the descent of this Conaire, see ' Silva. Gadelica,' ii. 456, 473, and Keating Hist., ed. Dinneen, lines 4902-5.) Col. 863, 1. 7. Account of Shalmaneser, king of Assyria. Ibid., 1. 26. How Conmachael of the Conmaicni got the surname Eolais. Col. 864. Of the spreading branches of the race of Ir, the son of Mile. Col. 870. Bean Seanchas. List of the famous women of antiquity, beginning with Eve. (There is a perfect copy in the Book of Ballymote.) The last page is illegible, that preceding it nearly so. This and (omitting 1338) the four following numbers form part of the Sebright collection (formerly (Lhwyd's). Some Marginalia. p. 1. Oubalcach mac J5iollalopa lJ16ip rhic an Oubalc- aig line S6mwp lflic pipbipig Leacdin locip piacpacb peap an leabaip pi. Gnno Xri 1666. Cols. 80,81, foot. Oigluim .1. belb inbuine t>o biglm™ .1. bo cuipeb amail aca. Suaipc belb bo bui por eua .1. pole buibe, bia buba, baill gela, etc. Cf. Irische Texte, iii. 30. Cols. 193, 194. puain bon caibipne pin anium pachap- unb anbiuib nollog mop 7 anir/z/ap Laigen bo emopepa. 7 a Cuaim apb bo popbab 7 lp ole in licip 7 nf me' lp cinncach ace oleup in buib 7 puaipe na aimpipe. A complaint similar to this is on col. 287: ac oleup in buib 7 in meampuim. Col. 224 (top margin), d Leapap 6mamn T Oe6pam an pann pin. Cols. 493, 494 bis [anpo an]. Sin hecan bo opoc/? lic/r o- aooagan la bpocA aibme uile pop a leabar p6in 7 a mainipbip o Copmacdin in ctil pdirii 7 a cpopbdn in bel pdirn 7 cabpab 506 aon I6igpeap a pgac ap manmampe pe"in 7 ap anmam TTlaipgrase ingine m iapla, pobbac iS74(?) = " The Abbey Gormagan is in Co. Galway. where a branch of the Mac Egans was located." O'D. Col. 448 (top marg.) : pechain buib 7 bap lem lp pf mipi aooajjiwz por machfri peipin. Cols. 550,551. ao&agan cc. a CU15 peaccmafiab [sic above the line ; originally ;rl.] pipe, CU15 bed ip mile in beapbpamn. 6 po gein Cpfpb 50 5l6p&a. co bap C6in- 1336] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 139 cp6ba f Oepbaill. ic est mac Gai&g line OonnchaDa. See above before col. 505. Col. 552, 553 (lower marg.). Q OpiopD cumachcaig lp cptiag in pgel po Oo cknnim 6 cdch .1. in ppldig do beth ap lapao a Opichmuill (i.e. Craghwell, near Lough Reagh, county Galway. O'D.). Cols. 554, 555. Qofiagan cc. Qp in plaince a bepainn oaiii. tDooepainn caince in caiman. In the lower margin of col. 652, and some other cols., are charms as noted by Mr. R. I. Best, viz. : Col. 652. In nomine patris, etc. A. charm to put on the forehead of a horse. Col. 6586 (not numbered). Capuc ;tpi oc«/«p lpaie pponp helie nappup noe labia 10b linga palamonip collum TTIachei menp bemamin peccup paulai gpacia lohanOip piOep abpace pangip abel panccup fanctus yanclus .t>rip. op pabaoc, amen. See Thesaurus Palaeo- hibernicus, vol. ii, p. 248, where this is given from Cod. S. Galli, No. 1395, as a charm against headache. This copy is more correctly written. Col. 660. O ki,x nopcpa in cenibpip paluup nopcpa 7 uica nopcpa agnup meup beup meup uepup eternus peppice m me aiDiuua palua me, libepa me one picuc libepapci pupannam a palpip cepcibup, etc. A charm for protection in battle, etc. (A "coimge conaire." See Plummer, Vitae SS. clxxix.) Col. 661. pac^r r\oste\\ 7 aue mapia 7 cpebo 7 lbanc cpep bom ppacpep aO moncem Oliueci bonap hepbap quepencep omnia uulnepa panancep, etc. To heal a wound. Col. 6723 is on a slip between 672 and 673. It contains a charm to produce male c hildr en. Begins : t>en bepep mgena . . . TTIapia pepepic ;cpm anna TDapia elipabech lhoanOem .... Ibid. Against disease : buiOi pecaip im lpu_Cpzi/, etc. Col. 672c (reverse of the slip), Ongelup Dm biccauic \\aec 5r«sopio pape pre uice celabpacionip hopapum omnium S^r 10 C1D1 t>e«s Tpatey, amen, etc. Col. 672a?. Another slip, L-shaped. Against impotence in a man : Qolas Oo leamab pip, pbpiug Doluc .11. p. bolach .... Ho CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1337 1337 4to et infra membr. et chart. h. 3. 18. Miscellanea. Though bound in quarto form, this volume includes frag- ments of books of various sizes and different ages. The first three leaves are not included in the pagination. The first of these is mutilated, and on the recto wholly illegible. On the verso it contains part of an Irish Law tract. The second and third contain part of a Latin Psalter, which seems to have had the two versions, namely, that of Jerome and the Vulgate, on alternate pages. The first page is almost illegible, but we can see that it contained Ps. lxxi. 9-2)0 in Jerome's version from the Hebrew ; the following page contains Ps. lxxi. 21 J to lxxii. 8 in the Vulgate, with marginal glosses in Latin. The next leaf begins with Ps. lxxiii. 3-170 in Jerome's version ; the verso contains Ixxiii. 17^ to lxxiv. 2a, with marginal glosses (illegible). (Incorrectly described by O'Donovan.) Passing to the numbered pages — Of the first leaf only a very small fragment remains. At the top of p. 1 is a memorandum by Edw. Lhwyd, stating that the MS. consists of 218 ff. (the same number is given on p. 358), and that he purchased it from Agnew (hereditary hard of O'Neill of Clannaboy). pp. 1-7. A fragment of the Crith Gablach, of which two other fragments are on p. 252 and p. 419 : A.L.I., iv. 298. O'C. 1. Publ., with trans., by O'Curry and O'Looney, in 'Manners,' etc., vol. iii. Appendix ii. : cf. Eriu, i. 209. On p. 4 in the margin is a stanza of the poem of Ailbhe, LL. 105, with gloss. Publ., with trans., O'Curry, 'Materials,' p. 478. On p. s (marg. inf.). Two stanzas on the four kinds of wood employed in making the cross. p. -]a. The Crith Gablach seems to end line 23 : cingic. Then begins without a break : cia armpom pibbeime .... O'C. 15. p. jb, 1. 20. The scribe writes : nf puapup a lmcuilleo oe pin. After which : Cdm ona ono la pene. The laws of loan among the Feine. O'C. 16. A.L.I, v. 368. (1.8. Cdm aiplicce (O'C. 17) continues this, and so on to 83, 1. 6.) p. 83, 1. 8. pip elgnaip agcinaic cen comaiple . . . . pip mbpaic .... pin caincuibi, etc. 1337] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 141 Ibid., 1. 16. Ropepap pupa cpia pombe, etc. About straying animals. O'C. ibid. Ibid., 1. 20. Conla ConaW Cepnach C«nbpachau r\ac cunbpacha. O'C. ibid. p. 9^,1.4. Coipppi bi;cit pn' Copmac. Rosabup ben ap eicfn, ciO mbapasbaip ? Do (mm pe in line above) cachai . . . O'C. 19.* (1. 10. O'C. omits 'map '.) Copmac cc. Ibid., 1. 11. IS bf/Abip on nab lmgaib puil nf lmsaib beicpin. Ni nnsaib bpeicip nao lmsaib beicpin, etc. O'C. ibid. Ibid., 1. 23. bpiapacli boppaiO Copbmc 1 Ceamaip 1m comapcaip. a ui Cuinn cia bp^em lp puiglz^i im comaibcep epic. O'C. ibid. p. gb, I. 9. On prescription : decac puopaa? maip ] bic la fene amail pile lubuile beicce 1 nioipi. O'C. 20. Ibid., 1. 24. pin^/. lc Ibid., 1. 25. Sechc panraa, ,r,r. ppiapa coec peab ] opbain bo bume epi a gaipeui epi a ainmnic, etc. O'C. 2 1 . p. 10a. Concerning hostages : Slan aicipe caipbe po peich«w caipbe uaicpi, etc. O'C. 21. Ibid., 1. 8 from foot. Concerning the goods of a deceased monk : lapgpinbe, r\6 lapspinne 5ach manais lap negaib. O'C. 22. Publ. by Prof. K. Meyer, Zeits., vi., p. 271. Ibid., col. 2. A law tract entitled breatha comaithchesa, containing laws relating to cotenancy : O'C. 37. See "Ancient Laws of Ireland," vol. iv. On p. 14 is a classi- fication of trees, with the fines to be paid for committing trespass on them. p. 15. Law tract, stating the constitution and distinction of the seven degrees of nobility, as well as those of the ecclesiastical and learned classes. The fines to be paid for killing or wounding persons of various positions in Church and State respectively are enumerated. Pp. 15, 16, are translated in O'Curry, ' Manners,' etc., vol. iii. Appendix. p. 19. Law tract, treating of treaties, covenants, wit- nesses, pledges, etc. : O'C. 53. p. 26. A beautiful and perfect copy of the book of Ogams. Ends p. 35, 1. 38. This includes : p. 34. At the top of page: Cpaig Spue peipc«'r/ni po, "the stream of Fercertne." Publ. 'Anecdota,' iii. 43. Ibid., 1. 8. bpiacap 0511m TTlopainn mic TTlain (ij col.), *Here and elsewhere "O'C." a "O'D." refer to the transcripts issued by the Brehon Law Commission. 142 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1337 followed by : t>piacap o^um mic inoicc (i£ col.) and bpiacap o%um Concaulainb. All glossed. p. i$ mid. Cpepocla inpo : BB. 331*, 11. 5-15. Ibid., 1. 3 from foot. Poem of seventy quatrains, by Finghen son of Flann, beginning : Q mo Coimbm nell, cio bOb6n ppi pvpu Gpba. A satirical poem on a tribe who inhabited a district in the county Clare, about the middle of the ninth century. It is given as an example of Trepiocal, being introduced by : IS hfpo pip unorro m cpepocWi , pocpai pabepin bopigne pingen mac piainn balca Oubbapcaig "] bo pepaib Gpobai bopigne, 7pl. Publ. Ijy Prof. K. Meyer : Archiv f. Celt. Lexicographic, iii. 293. The writer's foster-father was Dubdartach Beirri, who d. 865, according to the F. M. There is a transcript by O'Reilly in the B. M. See Catal, p. 645. Compare BB., p. 331 535 ff. p. 37 mid. A. moral poem, beginning : Oobepmnn comaiple bom chapaic. This and the following published by Prof. K. Meyer : Zeits., vi. 1 . Ibid., 1. 39. Another moral poem, ascribed to Cormac mac Cuilenain, first Archbishop of Cashel, beginning : €o6aip c6ille cloipceacca. Every line begins with Goccup. p. 38. Account of the first inhabitants of Ireland, as told by the fabled character Tuan mac Cairill to St. Finnan. Ends on p. 36, col. 2, 1. 3. There is a larger fragment in the Leabhar na h-Uidhri (R.I. A.). See Prof. K.Meyer, ■" Voj'age of Bran," ii. 284. p. 39, 2, I.12. Short account of the musical notes used in chanting, with their mystical signification. Publ. by Prof. Meyer : Zeits., v. 497. p. 40, 1.9. Anecdote of St. Brendan. Begins: In na.5ho.10 €5 ol a balcae ppi bpenainn. Ibid., 1. 24. Short article, "De prudentissimo homine." This is the concluding paragraph of the " Apgithir Crabaid" of Colman maccu B6ognac. Publ. from a MS. in the B. M. {Harl. 5280), by Prof. K. Meyer: Zeits., iii. 447-455. Ibid., col. 2, 1. 8. Poem said to be addressed to King Cormac mac Airt, by his chief judge, Fithil, after a feast, beginning: Nusua {sic; leg. nf gaa, CD.) rne\ p. 41. Poem treating of jurisprudence, ascribed to a poet named Dubh-da-thuath, begins: Dia m-bab mepe bab pig ■p6il. Also in No. 1291, p. 101, and 1339, p. 147. p. 42. Story about Cormac Gaileng (son of Tadhg, son of Cian, son of Oilioll Olum), ancestor of the tribes called Gailenga. Ed. Stokes, ' Three Glossaries,' p. xlii. 1337] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. I+3 Ibid., col. 2 mid. Story of the Old Woman of Beare, be°- • Sencane beppe O1501 a ainm bicop co bubne 01,' intro- ducing her song, beginning : dchbe bampai be> mapa. Edited, with trans., by Prof. K. Meyer, in 'Otia Merseiana,^ vol. 1, p. i2i. There is another copy in this vol., pp. 764, 765; also one (imperfect) in No. 1378. (It may be noted that on 1. 24 the copy in 1378 reads "righ do chuaid.") For some account of this mythical personage, see "Vision of Mac Conglinne," by Prof. K. Meyer, pp. 131 ff. and 208 ff. After the end of the song (p. 44, 1. 4) is : heatmacht ap anmain mic TTlacgcunna. p. 44,1. 5. Metrical observations on the eight canonical hours. Publ. by Prof. K. Meyer, Zeits., v. : cf. Stokes, ' Book of Lismore,' xviii ; and R. I. Best in the Meyer Miscellany, 1912. Ibid., 1. 11. Enumeration of the seven heavens.. Ibid., 1. 17. On the influence of the planets in the forma- tion of the human body. p. 45. Religious observations, 1. 3 : Seven Masses free, from hell, Secht n-afrinn 6cnairce ain ised atfdt cech firen. Publ. by Prof. Meyer: Zeits., v. 498. Ibid., I. 7. Cethri tucaite ara tiaghar do chrois. Meyer, ibid. p. 45, 1. 14. Fintan's poem on the number of Triocha ceds, etc., in Ireland. Publ. in O'Curry's ' Magh Lena,' 107. p. 46. Account of the coming of Partholan. p. 46 J. Cruinn rnc Agnamain mic Firui ./. etc. Ends 47*212: conadh 6 tochmarc cruid 7 macha conuice sin. p. 47, 1. 13. Tale about Baile mac Buain, the sweet- tongued, a celebrated Pagan character of Dundalk. Publ., with trans., by O'Curry, 'Materials,' etc. pp. 472-475 : cf. Rev. Celt., xiii. 220. Between pp. 46 and 47 a narrow slip. On recto a frag- ment of glossary : Tindrum .1. sgel .... Eglafi. 7 dag .1. gaiscedach .... Builg .1. sithfe. Ends Crois .1. ceol ut est co cuat a crois isin tuip \_sic\ luachra. On verso : Cislz'r feichem atu cuirth (?) tagra 7 fregra etc. p.48,col.2. Compert Concohair (16 lines). See No. 1318, 885; 1287,340, and Rev. Celt., vi. 173. Ibid., 1. 18. A story about Guaire Aidhne, king of Connaught, and Oeno mac Hui Loighsi, Abbot of Clon- macnois. Publ. Archiv, iii. 1. Here O'Donovan's Catalogue comes to an abrupt termi- nation. No date, but at the end of the description of the preceding volume is the date Feb. 13, 1840. 144 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1337 p. 49. Fercenne's poem in praise of Curoi,mac Daire, beginning : Nf haba 00 manmuin. Publ. Eriu, ii. 3. With interlinear gloss. There is a manuscript by O'Reilly of this and the following poem in the B.M., Eg. 152 ; 17, 18. In their present state the leaves are 7" x 5", but they are made up of two pieces sewn together with parchment, the upper 3" x 14", the lower 3^" x 10", with a pendant to p. 51, 10" x 2 J", making the whole like an inverted L, containing a glossary, beginning : indiuth .i. indisin. p. 53: Amergin Glungeal's mystical poem, beginning : TITIo coipe coip 501p1a.cn, with interlinear gloss. The leaves are of the same size as the preceding, and the second is similarly made up of two pieces sewn with silk. The first has also a defect supplied by a piece sewn with parchment. p. 57,1. 6. Law tract, beginning: Ciplip cenela mpechca : O'C. 73. p. 59. On the origin of the Greek and Roman Laws, beginning : lp amlaioh cainic copach bliseb an lmpip .i. t>d cachaip bo b6i lpin 5f e '5 bap bo hanmanbam [jz'c] Chchcenia -\ laipibnnonia : O'C. 76. This piece is written on the four margins, enclosing as in a frame a short piece in larger letters headed : Cormac .h. Cuinc dz'xz'/ an slisnech sa. Ma amruire bidh amruanaid ma amruanaid bid am sempar ma am sempar . . . p. 60. A series of short notices. At the top of the page is : coguil Cpfcha Cpuim innpo. Text begins : Do lui& bo&p inpeimim bocum mcpfca. Only 13JII. M. D'Arbois de Jubainville does not mention any other MS. copy. Printed, Zeits., viii. 104. Ibid., 1. 14. Cogmapc t)dipe banbpuao inbpo, beginning: baip banbpuao insen pi&e chpunnmoil hipi&aib con- pencap (B.M. Had. 5280, fo. 38^; R.I.A. 23 N. 10). M. de Jubainville does not mention this copy. Also printed in Zeits., viii. 104. Ibid., 1. 22. bpuisen p§inbic hibbpic inbpo pip, beg. : t»oi pi&e aenlau popbpuas boine. Ibid., 1. 35. Cdin b6 puanaib inbpo, beginning: Do luib puanaib poppin cam (Harl. 5280, fo. i,U) M. de Jubainville does not mention this copy. Printed in Zeits., viii. 104. Ibid., 1. 45. Dream of Columcille. 3 quatrains. Publ. by Prof. K. Meyer: Zeits., vi. 260. Ibid., col. 2, I.9. Cac plepe Cdin innpo, beginning: Scucaio cac coapaili biob. Printed by Prof. K. Meyer: Zeits., viii. 105. 1337] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. HS Ibid., I.16. Suibni .cc. po chiop, beginning: puapap . . . poipci func. 7 quatrains. Ibid., 1. 31. The dindsenchus of Sliab Miss. Sliab TTlip caun ap pobhamTrmi5<?</. nfn. TTlip ingen TTlupeoa ben coimgen congan chnip : cf. Rev. Celt., xv. 446. pp. 61,62. Glosses, headed: "a hretha. neime deidhinach so," 5" x 3%". O'C. 78. Publ. by Stokes, Transactions Philol. Soc, 1859. p. 63. Glosses, headed " duil droma ceta." O'C. 82. Publ. by Stokes, ut supra. See another copy, p. 633. p. 74, col. 3, 75, col. 1. Etymological glossary ; words beginning with A, beg. . Annon. .i. ebr<z, ec/tiia a grec. Stokes, ut supra. p. 75, col. 2. 'pereccul' and ' Polan " glossed. p. 75, col. 3. "In principio fetsit ds celum 7 terram " ("Drincipio" and "fetsit" glossed). On the creation of hell. p. 76 blank, pp. 77-83 (paper, probably first part of fifteenth century) contain two etymological glossaries. The first extends from L to U, with a few additions in 79, col. 3 ; the second, p. 80, extends from A to M, with a few additions on the last page. O'C. 141. Publ. by Stokes, ut supra. See also Zimmer, Zeits., i. 7872. p. 84. On the diseases of horses, membr. f. 1, beginning: On ainm X)6 cinbpgaincap an leabap po bo galap na neac 7 ap cup bo galap cinb. p. 86. Glosses on the Felire of Oengus, f. 1. p. 87a, 27. Treide nem tigther cruit [ire] (of different kinds of music), s lines (Triads, No. 122). O'C. 154. p. 8jb, 12. Na healada ssera (of fhe Arts of grammar, dialectic, etc.). p. 88. The Uraiceacht (or Uraicept) Beag or Lesser Rudiments. After the title the text begins : feunub ocup mbe ocup aipbepe bagaip (O'C. has conbagaip) bon pocal ap cib. O'Curry calls it: "Elementary Laws of the station, rights and privileges of all the distinguished classes," ff. 12. 7" x si"; impf. O'C. 155. p. n2. A Law tract, beginning: Claechloo bo pecaib na memup. O'C. 215. ff. 20, 4^" x 4^-"; impf. There are ten half leaves not numbered, which the binder supposed to be continuous with the half leaves above them. Half leaf 16. Leabap an puicpime : "Of con- tracts by qualified and unqualified persons." O'C. 278. See No. 1387, p. 25^ (pp. 136, 137 interrupt the connexion), p. 152. Dialogue of the Two Sages, with interlinear gloss. See p. 565 in this number. L 146 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1337 p. 157. Law tract : Of rescues, violations, insults, thefts, etc. By Giolla na Naomh, son of Donslevy Mac Egan, chief Professor of Law. O'C. 285. p. 167. Law tract in the same handwriting as the pre- ceding and forming part of the same booklet. pp. 173-184. Two law tracts not in the same handwriting as the preceding. The first begins : Cop do pochonb co pip; the second beg. i8o£: Gigpabup each pellach ap aice mibenum. O'C. 314. p. 185. Another Law tract with some glosses : each aibbpiub bo cuipm each laipi (.1. oca). O'C. 336. p. 196. The beginning of the romantic tale of the Feis Tighe Conain. See No. 1355. Publ. Oss. Soc. ii. pp. 197-20Z. A tract written in the Ogham Consaine. Rendered by O'C. 356. At the foot of the first page is a line in the Ogam Craoibh. ff. 3, 6£" x 4^". pp. 203-206. A Law tract : cuip na memup ache ■map puaibpe nil ann. ff. 2, 6f" x 4^". O'C. 364. pp. 207-209. Extracts from the " bretha neme," with explanations and comments, headed " Incipit don brethaz2 nimi deiganach fech." O'C. 370. p. 207, col. 2, is headed : ambuno po pa brethe mrhe beigmach. p. 208. col. 1. ppepcal uichip ina mecaig b^o^ais co boin. Text with gloss and comment. O'C. 373. p. 209, col. 1. Gloss, beginning: ni culuig ppi cuipigin cuigtcicWr .1. etc. 16 lb. The rest of the page blank. O'C. 376. Between pp. 208 and 209 a small scrap is inserted, beginning : popap nack bilpi bob«"r bune. O'C. 375. pp. 210-213. Poem beginning: dicrme barn homa pe Tiaei, with interlinear gloss. See No. 1328, p. 52, and 1391, 11. 1. pp. 214-256 (the No. 244 is repeated in error). Law Tracts, s. xiv (?), with some glosses. 8" x s£". p. 214. Corus fine feneachus. Family and tribe laws concerning the disposal of property, etc. O'C. 377. p. 238. Tract beginning : Mac De nimdu dichell. O'C. 442. PP- 2 45-252» !■ 9- Glosses on some work on Law. Imper- fect at the beginning. O'C. 463. p. 24Q (lower margin). Begins : Ranna mna cecpa ecuppa 7pl. .1. ceopa panna, etc. O'C. 480. pp. 252, 1. 10. On the constitution of the farmer classes. For 252-256 see on p. 1. 1337] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 147 p. 255 (lower margin). A long, legal extract, beginning: TTIa& geill placa nocbiaca. In aimpip in biaca no m- geaUca po elaio in aincacha. O'C. 500. pp. 257-260. 7" x 5". Glosses on Law terms, beginning: Cepc cic leip copuip. O'C. 505. pp. 261-264, col. 1. 7&"x6". On securities and guarantees. O'C. 518. pp. 264, col. 2, 265. Of the seven classes of landlords who are not entitled to all the privileges of their class. O'C. 531. p. 265, 1. 16 from foot, in a different hand, a fragment of legal commentaries, beginning : TTlaipib in colunn anni'in ] cainic bo pebi mpip .... At end : mipi X)or\r\chadh \ n6m ici L. bpisbe ann. Ibid, (top margin) : olc pm a Caibg mic pin. p. 266. Of precedency to the chieftainship. O'C. 537. p. 267A (end of col.), lp epilog in pseal bime hopca Concobaip .1. cingin bo muca. 7 aca ni if mepa lium napin .1. linn caiclin a poipbi ba bal pacaill uile 7 ni ■gart abap. pp. 269-284. Fragment of Law tract. 4^" x 4". Begins : Cindas ratheas smacht. O'C. 552. p. 273. p.i.n.i.b. p. 274. 1. 1. Cib pobepa gunab cubpuma ... p. 275, p.i.n.i.b. O'C. 556. p. 276, 1. 1. lp cubpuma acabilpi na coibci oinbligceach . . . O'C. 558. p. 278, 1. 3. p.i.n.i.b. Ibid., 1. 4. Caibi in pac ap a cabap .un. cuinala 1 coippbipi pi buine ip uppab inip. O'C. 560. p. 281. Conna capcnai ua bap a mac. O'C. 564. p. 282, 1. 16. Qpa ice a cpi appenaic^-i caipbe guch .1. etc. O'C. 566. After 282 is a defect. p. 283, 1. 4. Qcaic .111. aen pcpepaill 1 caipbi .1. 111. heapnaile i nicap aen pcr/pa// 1 caipbe. O'C. 567. pp. 284 (number repeated) -303. A Law tract containing explanations of Law terms and phrases, written on pieces of vellum of various sizes, some very small. Begins: Ni U\\ai°h fn'tuirigin : cf. p. 209. Ibid. A short glossary, partly effaced at the beginning. O'C. 569. Between pp. 285 and 286 are two small slips, the con- tents of which, says O'C, appear to belong to this Tract. See O'C. 613. p. 289, 1. 15. Legal matter: paiU bo caemcechcaib cm imcoimec. O'C. 584. T 2 1 48 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS. \_\SVt p. 290. Law : Clipg 7 pip 7 mna. O'C. 587. p. 291. Law of fines for killing, wounding, etc. O'C. 59i- p. 294 (top margin) : gach uaip lp .9. yanna imeaj .4. ■\\anna ap innile Idin, etc. O'C. 596: cf. A.L.I., iii. 338. p. 305. Corus Iubaile. Laws of prescription, lapse, etc. O'C. 633. See p. 641. pp. 312-325. A small booklet, 3" x 2" to 3", containing laws. Begins : IS e jmorro piach laig 7 lachca na bliadna pin .1. etc. O'C. 649. Ends : ceicpe ba 1 .11. ba 1 .ui. ba I05 cipe cumaile bona cpi hanecpiiti. O'C. 663. p. 322. Begins with a broken chapter. The first sentence is : Ouine do chennoig pepann. p. 326. Coimgi laime -\ beil -) censa .1. etc. O'C. 664: Cf. p. 217, COl. 2, 1. 4. p. 328*. bib laeg o eppuch cpia pampub ipl. O'C. 670. p. 329 (3 cols.). Cunacaioe .1. conncaibe. conb .1. mapbao bonichepacaibe -\ beipmipecc ap aniap conb uc est ceopa conna gaipi ipl. pp. 329-330. Some texts expanded are in Latin. pp. 331-352. Law tract on prescription, distress, etc. O'C. 678 (paper except last leaf). p. 350. Ni teit sinnser ria n-osar (interlinear gloss). O'C. 732. Bottom of p. 352 : Sin o Uilliam macDonncha^a as baltr as 6isse .1. Donnchadh mac Conchubhair, etc. p. 353. Fragment on exemptions from arrests and suits, with interlinear gloss. O'C. 737. PP- 35S _ 357- Poem on Law terms by Giolla na Naomh (see p. 157), beginning: Coicheb bpacha coicchinnca. O'C. 742. p. 358. Introduction to the Seanchus M6r, which begins on the next page and ends p. 398, on which Edw. Lhwyd has written ' Constat fol. 218.' 7" x 5". O'C. 796. At the top of p. 358 is : In bei nomine. Amen. In ciapspo (sic O'C.) bon aincepach, 7 lp ecuil lium ba cuipeb na Sa^anais ba bpuim a pcpibcame. In A.L.I. iii., p. 80, the editors say that the brief gloss on p. 382 (O'C. 835) most probably belongs to the lost portion of the Senchus M6r. PP- 399-41 2. Fragment of the Book of Acaill, or Aicill, containing laws promulgated by King Cairbre Liffeachair (s. iii.), with additions by Cennfaelad (*. vii.), and Daire Lubran. 8" x 6". O'C. 893. See No. 1433, p. 21, and A.L.I., vol. iii. pp. 413,414. One leaf mutilated at the margin. Th& 1337] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 149 first col. contains a copy of an article found in the pre- ceding tract (p. 401), but the arrangement and readings are different. The second col. has various short notes. p. 415. Fragment of a glossary, beginning: Cuiple .i. cricmn ciuil, cuaocm .i. gearian. Letters C, D, N, R, S, U, T, D. O'C. 963. p. 416. Fragment of glossary, beginning: Glachca .i. coppac. ae .i. elaoa no caingen no oligeb. Letters A, B, C. O'C. 969. p. 417. On the virtues of Aqua Vitae. p. 41 jb (in faint ink). A mMuire ni raib gol. 6 stanzas. Ibid. In margin, in a square [Fla«d oculus] : Ri og na bu cairn na cert. 5 stanzas ? Ibid. Aislingi at connarc Baithine. How B. saw in a vision a chair of gold, one of silver, one of glass; and Columcille's interpretation. p. 418. Various observations. "Rig copaij na haimpipe Tnopa mdepoa mmppecpa. TJ15 oeipio na haimpipe becga O01I51 . . . Lower down : Cleipig copaij; aimpipe l cilcab cpBaib, etc. (written by some "laudator temporis acti"). I.22. Account of the descendants of Fiachra. Near the foot of the page, a poem on Echtga (Slieve Aughty), beginning : Oibinn, oibinn, Echtgi ard. Ed. Gwynn : Metr. Dinds., iii. 304 (from two other copies). Ibid, (on right). Poem : dlisisair co hua suaraig. 11 (?) stanzas. (18 lines of MS.). Ibid. Donchan mcbaird namblomac imuichi doomaine(7 lines). p 419. Small fragment of the ' Crith Gablach,' for which see p. 1. This begins with : Ceiceopa = p. 1, col. 2, 1. 10. 1. 19 : pmic bona bo airig, after which : [C]opup planha, as in p. 3, col. 1, ending with giallnai. Nearly = foot of that col. The whole page = A.L.I., iv. 318. 11 to 320.* — O'C. 973-976. [O'C. reads : Copup, but the initial was never written, and p. 3 has popup, the p, however, being clearly supplied later. O'C. is probably right.] p. 420 (at the top). 6apnail imcomaipc anbpo .1. ochc panba na hmbpci, etc. Text begins : Gcaic t>a eapnail ap lmcomapc epnail .1. pant). Grammatical, of questions between Priscian and Donat. p. 422, 1. 10. A series of glosses, beginning: a&mab .1. poslaim. uc est, etc. O'C. 977. pp. 423-436. Treatise on Law, imperfect at beginning and end. 10" x 7". O'C. 980. At the top of p. 423, Edw. Lhwyd has written his name with 'Constat fol.95,' and a memorandum in Welsh : "6. Kais y dalennae ereill i S o CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1337 gwedi i kam-osod ynrhyw van aralh," i.e. "The other leaves have been misplaced in another place." pp. 437-439. Two fragments of Law tracts. O'C. 1050. At the top of 437 in Lhwyd's hand 'Ctfol. 95,' with a money account continued on the next page. pp. 440-450 (? s. xv.— date 1460 in lower margin of p. 450). Fragment of a Law tract, containing ancient maxims and phrases, with gloss and commentary. O'C. 1064. On p. 440 Lhwyd has written '9 constat. 8 ff. r Different hand : pp. 440-455 form the 8 ff. : cf. note on p. 454. Scribe's notes :— p. 443. iVomaide lu[g] nas[a] ann 7 is beo lium Martain iarla connacht, &c. p. 444. Is falc in dia is aniumh, &c. p. 447- Sho (?) duit a Dabii, &c. p. 450. IN dia dhais tar eis l&e na haile fuite aniu, &c. The place ' Pare Dam ' twice, p. 443 foot, p. 450 foot. p. 451. Law tract: palpip chnecm. See No. 1433, p. 175. p. 455 (verso of last leaf of the preceding) in a later hand. A decision given by the OTJorans in a dispute about the mearings of certain lands in Leinster between Gerald, son of Cathal Carrach, and Brian, son of Muir- cheartagh, and Donogh Mac Criomthein. The names of the witnesses are given, and the date 1561. Below this is an account of the boundary stones erected, and the mearings marked out. O'C. 1 142. pp. 456, 457. Fragment on Law. p. 457, col. 2. Short fragment of the Five Paths of Judg- ment (see p. 489). O'C. 1 150. Here ends part i of the collection. Part ii. pp. 458-466. Fragment of a tract on the law of wounding persons who are under the protection of sanctuary. 7" x 5". O'C. 1 152. The first page, which is illegible, is not numbered in the pagination. At the bottom of p. 459 is a memorandum by Edw. Lhwyd, recording that he bought this book (viz. that containing pp. 458-517) from Cornan O'Cuirnin, Co. Sligo. a.d. 1700. pp. 467,468. Glosses on a number of poems belonging to the Metrical Dindsenchas, beginning : Gemuiri a verbo fireco cemaiTiia. .1. quod a laibm wtefprelalur Comppicionep opibi quod cemoniam uocamup. O'C. 1175. See Prof. K. Meyer: Zeits., vii (p. 142, 1. 10: for 407 read 467). Cf. infra, p. 533. pp. 469-492. The Paths of Judgment. On the mode of instituting and proceeding with a suit ; of judges and advocates. O'C. 1 182. See No. 1289. At foot of p. 488 : 1337] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 151 sin a Taidg cuna 6 Gilla na Noewz dtrid. At foot of p. 489 t sin duit a Giolla mic aaedgai«(?) o Tadg fircit finit. A quatrain from the margin of p. 478 is published by- Prof. K. Meyer: Zeits., ii., p. 225. p. 493. Heptads, the ancient text in large characters, with interlinear gloss, followed by commentary. O'C. 1229. A.L.I, v. 178, 186. At 498 a slip of vellum is inserted, beginning : Ingen na placha cucab rjon ceile. O'C. 1239. After 500 is a slip containing a few notes not connected with the text. O'C. 1245, 1246. p. 501. Of securities, pledges, etc. O'C. 1247. p. 507. Begins another Law tract, treating of fines for insult, violation, or personal injury to kings, bishops, nobles. O'C. 1260. On 515^ is the name of the owner, Cornan O'Curnin. a.d. 1672. pp. 516-518. Two leaves of a Law tract, the last page (not reckoned in the pagination) not legible. A smaller leaf, now numbered 5i8f, is inserted. O'C. 1271. pp. 519, 5 1 9 3ij-. Glossed extracts from the Uraicept na nEces. pp. 520-528. Extracts from the Tripartite Life of St. Patrick, with frequent interlinear glosses. Published by Stokes, 'Archiv,' iii., p. 8. At the beginning of the volume are four paper leaves, containing a transcript of these glosses in a letter addressed to Dr. John O'Donovan. p. 528 ff. Glosses fromTogail Bruidne Da. Derga, beg.: bui righ amra [.i. uasalj airedha for Eirinn .i. 'Eoch.aidh Feighhbck a ainm. Those of any value are quoted by Stokes in his edition: Rev. Celt, xxii : cf. Meyer, ut supra. Several of the glosses on pp. 533, 534, on poems belonging to the Metrical Dindsenchas duplicate ; similar glosses on p. 467. p. 533, 1. 14. Glosses on poem belonging to the Metrical Dindsenchas, beginning: Cemain a u<?rbo greco cemonia quod lacme mterpretalur conppicio : cp. p. 467. p. 538. Two leaves containing fragment of glosses on the Tain B6 Cuailnge. O'C. 1293. At the top of p. 538 is written ' clerich 13.' At foot: ' Noiti gaicles,' &c. Printed ZCP. ix. 167. p. 539, col. i, 23. Glossed extracts (?) beginning 'Arg rin goib.' Ibid., col. 2, to end p. 541. Glosses partly based on Cormac. p. 542 is the verso of what was formerly the cover of the i.S2 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1337 collection 543-564. j%" x 5 J" (about s. xiv). On p. 543 is the number 14. PP- 543~555> c °l* '• Dialogue of the Two Sages, with copious interlinear gloss. PP- SSS ( c °l- I )» 556- Three stories of the Mongan cycle, viz. Compert Mongain, and Sc6I Mongain, both edited and translated by Prof. K. Meyer in the Appendix to the "Voyage of Bran," vol. i, p. 42 and p. 52. The third story, 555, col. 2, is the colloquy of Colum Cille and the youth of Cam Eolaing, said by some to be Mongan. This is edited and translated by Prof. Meyer: Zeits., ii, p. 313. See No. 1319, 178. p. 556, col. 2. A very short summary of the tale, Togail Bruidne Da Derga, headed " Indcipit bo bpuibin hi Orapga." Twenty-three lines only. This is followed by a story about a pious bishop in Germany named Albertus, who forced the Host to tell him how he could best serve God. p. 559. The poem beginning : Gpe pocal caspdic pilib. See BB. 331^35- p. 560. Poem beginning: Dub gilla bub apm naipe, with interlinear gloss. This is called the Shield poem of Dalian Forgaill. Publ. in the Trans, of the Ossianic Soc, vol. v., pp. 258-262. The copy in the Book of Leinster, 1 93^, differs greatly. p. 563. Poem beginning: lp cpuag in ceip a mbiaani. Printed ZCP. ix. 167. Then three quatrains: ' Macduine,' * Nopsenaid,' ' Ri ndmhe.' Then a poem, ' Nena filed leghthar lind' (incomplete?). At foot a quatrain, 'Dreisfid in bith ' (printed in ZCP. ix. 167. The two leaves that follow are not numbered ; the second formed (with p. 542) the cover of the collection. O'Reilly says they originally contained pedigrees of some family, adding that the first and last pages are illegible. These really seem never to have been written on, and the pedigree referred to, which is on the second page, consists of only eight steps, and does not seem to have ever extended further. But on these two inner pages paper has been at one time pasted, which contained neat writing, now illegible. p. 564. Poem: Is ed dlegar don aos gaoth. 4 quatrains. Publ. K. Meyer : Zeits., vii, p. 298. pp. 565-660 is a collection, the folios of which are separately numbered (the third, however, being passed over), and at the top of p. 565 is a memorandum, in Welsh, by Edw. Lhwyd, stating that he purchased this from Eoin Agniu, of Lame, county Antrim, in the year 1337] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 553 1700. There is also the number 15. It is about 6J" x 5", and written about s. xiv. pp. 565-596. The C6ir Anmann. Etymology of the names of noted persons in Ireland. Published Irische Texte, iii. p. 567 contains an account of the names of Eoghan Mor. Publ. by O'Curry in the Introduction to the 'Battle of Magh Leana,' 1855. p. 596. Etymological glosses on Samhain, beltaine, and other words from ' Tochmarc Emire.' Ibid., col. 2. Glossed passages from the 'Cath Catharda,' the Irish version of part of Lucan's Pharsalia. See No. 1298, 37 6 - p. 601. Glosses from ' Brislech M6r Maige Murthemne.' See Thurneysen, Gotting's Abhandl : n.f. xiv. 3, pp. 13-19. See No. 1296, 303. Begins : TCopOQ-luinnyecc na mic tmuigechc \ coirhlechc (.1. cocuo). p. 603. Glosses from ' Cophar in da muccida.' O'C. 1307. Publ. Windisch, Irische Texte, iii, p. 276. Ibid., col. 2. Glosses from 'Tain Bo Flidais.' O'C. 1307. Printed Ir. Texte, ii. 2, p. 255. p. 604, col. 1. Glosses from 'Tain BoFraich.' O'C. 1309. Ibid., col. 2. Glosses from ' Gineman Conchubhair.' O'C. 1311. p. 605, col. 1. Glosses from 'Tain bo Regamoin.' O'C. 1312. Printed Ir. Texte, ii. 2, p. 256. Ibid. Glosses from ' Tochmarc Etaine.' O'C. ibid. Printed ZCP., v. 523. p. 607, col. 1. Glosses from ' Fled Bricne.' O'C. 1319. p. 608J. A small slip containing a few glosses. p. 609. Glosses from ' Cath Crinda.' The account of this battle between Cormac mac Airt and the Ulstermen is in the Book of Lismore. Ibid., 1. 10 (etseq.). Glosses from the Metrical Dmn- senchas, beginning with Cam hui Neit : see Gwynn, Metr. Ds., iii, p. 216. ; p. 610. Glossed extracts from ' Coire Erma. ( Ibid., col. 2. Glossary to the ' Amhra Coluim Cille. p. 616, col. 2. Glossary on the Felire of Oengus. Printed in Stokes' ' Three Irish Glossaries.' pp. 62 3 (col. 1), 626 (col. 3, 1-5)- An alphabetical glossary, beginning : " Adhart qua^i adharth adhaiw bhais .... {" from the Duil Dromma Ceta," K.M.). p. 626, col. 3, 1. 6. Glosses not alphabetically arranged, beginning: Cuppa .1. bp6sa. On the preceding glosses and glossaries, see rrot. K. i54 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1337 Meyer: " Archiv," iii, p. 133, to whom most of the identifications are due. p. 628, col. 2. Fragmentary Law Notes, beginning : Sellac bopli Ian piau (piachu). O'C. 1387. Some of the notes are brief explanations of Law phrases. p. 630, col. 2, 1. 3. Ciplip pobla eicgeb. nl. . . (glossed over line). p. 631, col. 1. Oiablab piach peapg : glossed. Cf. B. M. Catal., p. 149. Ibid., 1. 4, Q meic apapepap cenn P15 pop aiceach, (from the Instructions of Cormac to his son, Cairbre Lifeachair). Cf. B. M. ubi supra. Ibid., line 14, Q rnc apapeapep pollup lapnanb. Ibid., 1. 20. Q mc apapepep cin pluai^. Ibid, and col. 2, four other paragraphs beginning similarly. p. 633. An alphabetical glossary, beginning : bil .1. poimnec ut est bilcene .1. cene cpoinmeac: cf. O'Davoren, p. 56. At the top, after the usual invocation, is " m tiwscft/ul so diula droma cett." O'C. 1397. See another copy, pp. 63 ff, but the present one wants all before bil, and from the middle of D to I, while the other lacks from pmep to the end, which here is p. 638, col. 2. The last few items begin with A. p. 638, col. 3, begins a series of glosses, beg. : pon«aidh .1. cipp, ut est (etc.). O'C. 1419 ff. At the top is eicg^/ po pip. This heading is misplaced, and belongs to p. 630, col. 2. p. 640, col. 1, 1. 9, the same glosses as on 627, col. 1, 1. 15, seq. p. 641, col. 1. Corus Iubaile. On prescriptions and lapses. O'C. 1430. p. 645. At the foot is a scheme of the Ogam Craoibh. pp. 649 (col. 2) to 654 (col. 2). A glossary, beginning: t)p«/A .1. a bpebio a gmg. pa;c uobip a laicm .1. pftr no pioccun a gaeoailic. O'C. 1459. p. 654, col. 1, 8 lines from foot, Dona secht neillgib .i. dona uii naistib. pp. 654, col. 2, s. f., and 655. Originally left blank, now containing the beginning of the Uraicept (in a later and very bad hand). pp. 656-660. Dialogue of the Two Sages. Begins imper- fect : Clap a pile pil lmali cuigen. See p. 152 and p. 543. Ends in the middle of p. 660, col. 1, the rest of the page being blank. pp.661 and 668 are respectively the verso of the first leaf and the recto of the last leaf of the cover of a tract of 1337] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 155 3 ff., 5^" x 4" (662-667). These outside leaves are inverted, and perhaps not originally connected with the inner ones. The outer pages are quite illegible, p. 661 contains glosses,, beginning: upbaib .1. coimeb ut est . . , . O'C. 1482., p. 662 contains a legal text, with comment. It begins : bibbaio gonci 7 ^aicce 7 poploipci. O'C. 1484. p. 663. Glosses, beginning : calab .1. cpuaib. O'C. i486. The remainder of the volume is paper, with the exception of a few leaves at the end, which are not paged. p. 669 ff. 14 ff., written at the end of the seventeenth century, containing : Poem on the O'Neills, beginning : TTlaips ppioc le pupcacc Gipeann. p. 684. Genealogy of MacUibilin or MacQuillan. pp. 686-693. A. single loose leaf, containing verses by- Owen O'Gnimh, beginning : posup popcuin bon 6ise. Having been twice folded, and broken in one fold, it is numbered as eight pages. O'Reilly calls it illegible, which it is not. pp. 694-699 (with the number 17 at the top of 695) contain : p. 694. A. poem by Cathal mac Muireadh (the name spelled differently on different pages), beginning : Saoc liom bo cop a CoUa. p. 6q6. A note addressed to one Colla. pp. 697-699. Short notes by the same scribe in 1636. The lines on 698, 699 are illegible in the middle, the leaf having been repaired. p. 697. Briotus [Brutus ?] mc Siluius mic Anasa mic Ascain, &c. [of the descent of Brutus and of his coming to Britain]. p. 698. Anuair dugadh an dile [about the Flood and Noah]. p. 699. Da chenn deg na haithrz^. Then a note on the seven months that give no mercy. Below, a piece beginning Cuig osnaa^a dorinne Dia . . pp. 700-706. A poem beginning : TTlaUacc ope a pip na pgeal. p. 707. Left blank by the first scribe. Contains some worthless matter in a later arid very bad hand. It begins, in English : " Freind [sic] Doniell, I thought fit to write these lines." pp. 708-809. A miscellaneous collection, written about 1700, containing: p. 708. ThetaleofBruigheandaCoccae. See No. 1291. 1. p. 724. Catli Airthich. Also in the Book of Lecan (R.I. A.), fol. 169 verso, col. 1. The fifth line in that MS. 156 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1337 (col. 2, 1. i) corresponds with p. 725, 1. 13, in the present copy. p. 728. Story of [Lugaid] Riabh nDerg and his wife Derbhforgill, daughter of the king of Lochlann. See O'Curry, 'Materials,' p. 583, note. Also in No. 1339, p. 125. p. 731. Poem, "Atrubairt Dunel 6a Liathuide airchin- deach Lismoir." Pub], Eriu, i. 68. p. 732. The Vision of Mac Conglinne. See No. 1135 for editions. p. 743. ScelMucciMicDatho. See O'Curry, 'Materials,' p. 486, and ' Manners,' iii., p. 372. Published Windisch, IrischeTexte, Leipz., 1880, and ' Hibernica Minora.' There is a copy in the Book of Leinster. See MS. 1339 (1). p. 749. 'Fingal Ronain.' Story of the murder of Mael fothartaig by his father Ronan, son of Aodh, king of Leinster. See Book of Leinster (No. 1339), 271. Publ. Rev. Celt., xiii. 368, and Thurneysen's ' Sagen.' p. 754. Horse theft punished : " Araile fealmac feigh don Mumhain." Publ. by Prof. K. Meyer : Zeits., vii. 304. p. 755, 1. 10 from foot. Dindsenchus of Inber Cichmaine, beginning: baoi buine can pechc. Ibid. Olc bic arnpca baop a pip paop. p. 756. Story of Diarmaid, son of Aodh Slain6, monarch of Ireland, i.e. Tochmarc Becfola. See No. 1318,765. p. 757a. Story of the Tain b6 Reaghamhain. Begins : Ro bai laoc amra x>ono La Connachba, Regartiain a amm. See Irische Texte, ii. 2, 224, where the story is edited from the copies in LL. (facs. 245a), YBL. (646), and Eg. 1782. The present text resembles Eg. p. 759. Story of Liadain, a poetess of Kerry, and Curithir. Publ., with trans., by Prof. K. Meyer, a.d. 1902. p. 761. Story of the slaughter of the nobles of Ireland by Cairpre Cinn-Cait. This was the revolution of the Aitheach Tuatha. See Todd, Proc. R.I. A., Irish MSS., ser. i., p. 13. O'Curry, ' Materials,' pp. 262-264. Begins : bai pobapb mop ac achec [sic] cuacaib 6peanb ino aimpip cpf pig 6penn ... In the Book of Fermoy this is called "Bruiden micDareo." See Rev. Celt, xx. 335. p. 764 (rightly 765). Poem beginning : Clicbi barhpae bep mapa. See above on p. 44. p. 766. Poem by John O'Mulconry in nraise of Brian mac Murtha O'Rourke, who was chosen chief of his tribe, a.d. 1566. See No. 1291 and 1419. Begins : puaip bpeipni a biol bo peagkmb. 35 stanzas. Hardiman, Ir. Minstr. ii. 286. 1337] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 157 p. 769. Some metrical dates. Date of death of S. Francis ; then notes on the number of years, of purgatory remitted for saying the Coroiti Muire, Coroin Isu, and other prayers. p. 770. Nearly blank. p. 771. The Vision of Tunthal ; translated from the Latin : see Friedel and Meyer, La Vision de Tondale, or Tundel. This is interrupted by the following: — pp. 777-779. A folio leaf, folded in two, inserted, con- taining part of a poem. The first complete stanza begins : "N6cnu ap calaiii CU5C10 buinn. pp. 780-791. These leaves are inverted, so that 791 is the first. They contain fragments of historical tales. The first concerns the time of Robert Bruce, and includes the following poems : — pp. 785-780, in a different and cursive hand, contains an account of the Collas and their descendants. Begins imperfect. p. 786. Poem beginning: lion diom buan an damhain aWaidh (spider). p. 791. Poem beginning : " M6r mo mo\adk ar mc Colla." 9 stanzas, followed by the story of "Bell the Cat." p. 789. Poem beginning: Ag sin aguibh cur an cluigin. 1 1 stanzas. p. 792. Vision of Tundal continued. Ends p. 809. p. 810 begins a series of genealogies of Irish families. The ink is extremely faint. Some leaves very mutilated and not numbered are inserted after p. 844. They con- tained genealogies. pp. 859-868. Religious poems, disarranged, p. 859 con- tains the last seven stanzas of a poem which begins on p. 865 : peacac an piol nap pluagaifj. 37 quatrains. Ibid., 1. 16. Poem beginning: uapal ceao obaip in coimseao [sic']. 46 quatrains. p. 862. Poem beginning: R15 op na pigcaib pig nime. 45 quatrains. p. 867. Poem beginning : Cearj pfg in rjomain lfnltju lie am. 16 quatrains ; imperfect. After p. 868 is a small vellum fragment, out of Auraicept nantices about dealt, lubanchenech etc. (on v°) dallbach . . Tarmolta . . . , and after this two separate fragments, each consisting of two leaves of vellum. The first, p. 871, contains legal matter, beginning: Caen aen adubrad doneiwbmth for othrus ar maithi in bidbaid. 158 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS. [1337-1339 Ibid., col. 2, 1. 3. Techta cana caich. In the upper margin is : lanenedann don ec\ais ma. manach cid saermanacA cid daercaanach 7 ni fhuil lanenecl<zra?z, etc. The second fragment, of which only two pages are legible, contains part of a Latin chronicle ; the events recorded are of the fourteenth century, a.d. i 31 7—1388. 1338 fol. chart., s. xix. h. 2. 15, No. 3. Transcript of the Glossaries, p. 39 and p. 131 of No. 1 3 17. By Eugene O' Curry, 181 2. 1339 13" x 9" membr., s. xii. (?) h. 2. 18. The Book of Leinster. This has been published in facsimile by the Royal Irish Academy, with Introduction by Professor Robert Atkinson, LT..D. The following is a summary of the contents (the pages are those of the facsimile) : — pp. 1-26. The Book of Invasions. Nearly all the poems in this are contained also in the Books of Ballymote and of Lecan. p. 10. Account of the foundation of Emain Macha. Publ. by O'Curry, 'Materials,' p. 526, with trans. p. 24. Poem by Meadhbh on the death of Cuchorb, beginning : TTla.cc TTlosacopbb celap clvi. Publ., with trans., by O'Curry, ' Materials,' pp. 480 sqq. p. 25. Three poems by Dubhthach, viz. : 1. dnbpu lmmapbdig pf Lagnib. 2. Cpimcan clocpf. 3. Cac cucapcap Cpimcan. Publ., with trans, and notes, bv O'Curry, 'Materials,' pp. 482, 484, 491. p. 27 a 1. Poem on the origin of the name Connaught : see O'Curry, ' Manners,' ii. 10. p. 27036. Poem by Cormac Mac Culennain, beginning: lappcngeb nee acai bam. p. 27/J54. Poem by Fland Manistrech on the names of the members of the ' Muintir na trom-dama.' 1339] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 159 p. 28 a 52. Poem beginning: OoTrmn bucaine, assigned here to Corrnac Fili, but in the Book of Ballymote to Cinaed hua Artacain. Published by Petrie in his ' History and Antiquities of Tara Hill,' p. 188. p. 29. Description of the banqueting-hall of Tara : see Petrie, op. cit. p. 197. p. 29/31. List of the remains of Tara. Petrie, ibid., p. 136. p. 31038. Part of the poem of Fland Find Fina. See No. 1318, p. 233. Ibid., 43. Poem by Cinaed hua Artacain, beginning: pmnna bacap in 6mam. p. 32 a 36. Poem by Gilla na naem hua Duind, beginning : Cuiceo Lagen na lecc pfg. p. 33/3 10. Poem by Cuan hua Lothchain, beginning: Cemaip bpeg, bale ,na picm. Publ., with trans., by Miss Maud Joynt, Eriu, vol. iv., with title, ' Echtra mac Echdach Mugmedoin.' See O'Curry, 'Manners,' ii., p. 147. See Nos. 1412 and 1318, 902. p. 35 a 11. Poem beginning: pocapc pop cpebaib •Con-Copbb. p. 35/3 1. Poem beginning : peiolimio acaip 6cac. Ibid., 39. Poem giving an account of the Boruma tribute. pp. 37, 38. Notes on various kinds of verses, metre, etc. pp. 39-42. Lists of kings of the various provinces of Ireland, and of the successors of St. Patrick. pp. 43-50. Poems in praise of Leinster and the men of Leinster. p. 51 a 1. Concluding portion of the will of Cathaoir M6r. Ibid., 34. Story of the restoration of Tuathal Techtmar. Ibid. /3 38. Poem ascribed to Orthanach, beginning : TTla-pu be clamo Bcbac aipb. p. 52/3i. Story of Gormfhlaith, daughter of Fland. p. 53 a 1. Poem in praise of the clan Domnall. p. 53/37. Tale of the Tdin Bo Cuailnge. The episode •of the Fight of Ferdiad (sometimes absent) begins on p. 57. Ed. Windisch, Ir. Texte, vi. Publ., with trans., by O'Curry, -'Manners,' iii. 414: cf. No. 1297, vi, No. 13 14, 1. pp. 106-124. P rose ta l es °f Conchobar Mac Nessa, O.'chulaind, Athirne, Celtchar. , p. io6ai. The story of Conchobar, published by Stokes. Eriu, iv. 18, with trans, and glossarial index. p. 107/822. The gessa of Cuchulaind. p. 1095. Oisin's poem on the Battle of Gabhair, commonly called the Battle of Gabhra, beginning: O5UIT1 il-lia lia uap lechc. Publ. by Windisch, ' Ir. Texte,' i, p. 158. i6q CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1339 p. m /S 47. Tale of the pig of Mac Dath6, Irische Texte, i. See No. 1337, p. 743. p. 115. Poem by Ailbhe, da. of Cormac macAirt. Publ. by O'Curry, 'Materials,' p. 476, with trans., beginning: VJap in lace bo luimlume. Also in B.M. Harl. 5280, P-7S- p. 117/38. Story of Amairgen. p. 123/840. Mesca of the men of Ulster. See O'Curry, ' Materials,' p. 637 ; also No. 141 2. p. 124/334. Story of the death of Medhb. p. 125024. Deaths of Lugaid and Derb-fhorgaill : see No. 1337,728. Eriu, v. 201-228. p. 126030. Legends of three persons who spoke im- mediately after their birth. pp. 127-150. Series of historico-topographical poems. "They form, in fact, the school-teaching of historians." (Atkinson.) p. 148024. The poem: cert cech rig correib do- chlannaib Neill (by Fothard na Canone). Publ. in the Meyer Miscellany, 1912, by T. O'Donoghue. pp. 150-170. The Dindsenchas poems and prose, con- tinued pp. 191-216. For the poems, see ed. by E. J. Gwynn, Todd Lecture Series. p. i6i£. Oisin's poem, beginning : Guilpicin mo oepca puain. Publ. by Windisch, Ir. Texte, i., p. 162. pp. 171-178. Account of the Battle of Ros na Rig. Publ., with trans., glossary, and other apparatus, by Rev. E. Hogan,. Todd Lecture Series, vol. iv. (1892). p. 179. Fragment of Cormac's glossary. p. 181. Poems of Fland Manistrech. p. 183. Tain B6 Fraich. Publ. by O'Beirne Crowe,. R.I.A. MS. Series, vol. i, pt. 1. See A. H. O'Leary : 'Heroic Romances of Ireland, 1906,' vol. ii, and O'Curry,. ' Manners,' iii. 221. pp. 184, 185. Lists of kings of Meath and of Ireland. p. 187. Dialogue of the Two Sages. pp. 189, 190. Short miscellaneous pieces. pp. 191-216. The Dindsenchas continued. Forthetale: Snam Da En : cf. No. 1295, 577. p. 192. Poem of Finn Mac Cumhaill, beginning: In liot no ceil^inn bo sp6p. Publ. by Windisch, Ir. Texte, i., p. 160. p. 2o65. Oisin's poem : Oenach inbiu luib an pf. There is a metrical version by Dr. Anster in the ' Dublin University Magazine,' vol.xxxix, pp.325 and 515. See O'Curry, 'MS. Materials,' p. 309. 1339, 1340] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 161 p. 217. History of the destruction of Troy from Dares Phrygius. See p. 397. p. 245. Fore-tales or rem-scela of the Tain B6 Cuailnge. p. 283 a 14. Adventures of three Maic-clerech. p. 283/314. Story of another Mac-clerech, a foster-son of Brigid. p. 283,329. Incidents in the life of St. Moling. See No. 1319,3971398. One of these is publ. in ' Goidelica,' p. 179. p. 285/? 6. Story of the sister of Molassi. Publ. in the Meyer Miscellany, 1912. p. 292 a 36. Story of the three sons of Ca.irpre. See No. 1336,861. p. 2946 26. Story of the Boruma tribute. See p. 375. PP- 3°9> 3 10 - Beginning of the history of the war of the Gaedhil with the Gaill. pp. 311-342. Genealogies. pp. 343-346. Precepts of king Cormac, and proverbs of Fitheal. p. 346. The Bull of Pope Adrian, giving Ireland to King Henry. pp. 347-352. Genealogies of the Irish saints. pp. 355-376 (eleven leaves) are in the Library of the Franciscan Convent, Dublin. They contain : pp. 355-365. The Martyrology of Tallaght. This is followed by other lists of saints, etc. p. 375 a 17. Account of the B6ruma tribute. See p. 294. p. 376/31. Poem by Fintan on the first inhabitants of Ireland, etc. Defective at the beginning. pp. 377-394. Genealogies, etc. (including p. 385, the Will of Cathair M6r), s. xvi. (?) p. 395. Part of a metrical glossary, s.xvi. p. 397. Fragment of another version of the war of Troy, s.xvi. See ante, p. 217. The portion which corresponds to Dares Phrygius, c. 25-30, was published by Stokes, ' Togail Troi,' Calcutta, 1881. For an older version, see No. 1319, p. 127. pp. 409, 410. Fragment of the Battle of Magh Rath, s. xvi. 1340 fol. 10" x 9", membr., s. xvii, ff. 36. H. 3. 19. A Collection of Poems. The first fol. on the recto has three or four entries in Irish, among which occur pspiobcap a . . . . na coille, 27 Jany. 1631. Also some lines in English in a hand of the M i6 2 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1340 seventeenth century, which are illegible, this fol. having been used as a cover. The first words of the poems are quoted where legible. p. i. Ouine bo cuaib bo cup pfol. Ibid. Cpanb bo cuip amac naoi nap {i.e. noble Noah). p. 2. TTIeiceal bo bf ag t)ia na nbul. This folio (numbered n, 12) is inverted with its companion (numbered 1, 2), which should come after p. 10. p. 3. Do cobuil ap bpeap paipe. p. 4. Religious poem : Qpnaibi muinci mac D6. p. 5. Goguim aibipbin map aigni. Ibid. Moral poem : bobpipib cunbpab ap cac. p. 6. Ceicpe cpomn cpocca. p. 7. Ruccab baipe ap an mbocbacc. p. 8. Gugup spab euccmoipi beoin. p. 9. peapp beagdn cloinbi 'na clan. p. 10. blac an rhacuipe muipe. p. 1 1 (inverted and numbered 2) : Gcdirn a neapbaib a rhoipc. p. 12. (numbered 1): Oligceap bon bpdcaip beic uriial. By Philip Bocht [O'Higgin]. Ibid, (by the same) : TTlaips nac fplfgean e p6m. p. 13 (by the same) : t>eanbacb a macaip ap rhac nt)e. p. 14. Ceapc oibpi bileap ag t)ia. p. 15. J5 ac 01 5' ma V a habbap. p. 16. Cpefbim map cpeibeap an eaglaip. Ibid. Moral poem, abepap eapb . . . (illegible). p. 17. Capa mna an cigi agon cmib. p. 18. OLc cuillim mo cuapupbail. There must be a folio missing after p. 18 : p. 19 begins with a fragment of a poem, of which the first word was maipg. p. 19. dca an beacaip <?/«-bfp ina beacaip apbpu baip. p. 20. Cpi glume geinelaig t)6. p. 21. Ope acpeipeacbi a paogail. Ibid. Uapal .c. obaip an Choimbeg (by Donogh M6r O'Daly). p. 22. Dia bom peicearh ap peips nO§ (by the same). p. 23. By Tadhg Og O'Higgin : Ocaib epi corhpuig am cion. See B.M. Catal., p. 363. Ibid. La pdoipe copp an Comngeab. p. 24. Qcpo bpdga beic a t)6. Ibid. Gca pinb ap pligib. p. 25. lmba T[\6t> bfpeac 50 Oia. p. 26. Camic an cpacn6na (byMaoileachlainnO'Higgin). Ibid. TTlaipcc ceib cap coil a acap (by Cormac son of Tadhg Ballach O'Daly). 1340] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 163 p. 27. Olc loccap ap luag leigip (by Fergal son of Donald Roe Mac an Bhaird). Ibid. Cpom an puanpa ap hpiol (3&uirh. p. 28. 1TIici& 00 cuibpeac a cuipp (by O'Lendain). Ibid. Q itluipe mop, a mionn pocuip ap pluagaipeachc (by Donogh M6r). p. 29. Cpann copuib cpoc in Coirhoe. p. 30. paba beopaigeacb na nbaoine. Ibid. Na beic poinpi bon piogain. p. 31. Buaine na beatha bas D6 (29 St.). Ibid., 1. 30. Dia do beatha a Mhuiri mhor (16 St.). Ibid., 1. 46. Seacht ningena gon umhla (19 St.). p. 32. Muin dam do mholadh a Muiri (40 St.). Ibid., 1. 41. bear oa mac macaip lopa. p. 33. TYlaic i maicpibeap buib. Ibid. Cuap peipgi poigibe Oe. p. 34. buailpib Oia a buille baipe (by Philip Bocht O'Higgin). p. 35 is nearly illegible. A fresh poem begins near the bottom. TTTanmuin(?) buic a t)e acap. p. 36. TTlaipcc meallup muipn an cpaoguil. p. 37. paba gup haicigeab Gipe. Ibid. Cpi ceacpaip mo capuib anma. p. 38. TTlaic an pseulaibi an pcpiopcuip. p. 39. Cia bo peucpab ap meisin. Ibid, locaidh Criost comaiom a mathar. p. 40. TTlo ma ceipb cpocuipe t>6. p. 41. Guccab t>a eocaip bon eaglaip. Ibid, gin 50 gcapcap capuib piup. p. 42. Seacc bcpoigci mo cip bucaio. p. 43. tteipeab caipbeapa corhaipeaiti. p. 44. gabcap oanacb 6 balsa. p. 45. Cogbam cpoc an cpu5az>?[?] t)e\ p. 46. G6ib an maic amuga. Ibid. San (Dominic pa bucpacb (by Philip Bocht). p. 47. lmba peap puipgi 05 San TTlaipspeas. p. 48, 1. 14. Beginning illegible |_t)li5ch«r]. Ibid, beag nap papaoigeab San ppoinpeip. p. 49. Ni baoblac bpeic am &a aibni. p. 50. ... cunjjnam lem caipbiB. p. .51. Gipb pern culpa a rhic TTluipi. Ibid. Ceiceapn coilli clanb a&uim. p. 52. 6n la coirte 05 cloin Gbuirh. Ibid, gacmaigbean gomdcaip t)e. TTlaigbean 7 mdcaip hf. 164 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1340, 1341 p. 53. Dpoiceao na bpeaccac paip D6. p. 54. TTlaips nac Tnolan macaip D6. Ibid. Coip poigibe pe peips nt)6. p. 55. lonsnab t>o cop a colafi. Ibid. Uapal a[n] cainm eoin bpuifie. Ibid. Na hapbao huaill a ftuine. Ibid. Cpiup pi camig 50 ceac nDe. p. 56. Gipb pet) mola& a rheic X)6. p. 57. Cpuag cpasbail a imp Cuino. Written nth January, 1614, by Brian, son of Torlogh Fitzpatrick. The same who transcribed the whole volume, as appears by a note at the foot of the page. The poem is a farewell to Ireland. p. 58. The Desires of Cormac : TTlian Copmaic cigi: Cearhpac. Beginning illegible. See 1289, 175. Ibid. Aversions of Cormac: puac Copmaic cigi Cearhpac. p. Sg blank. p. 60. CuiUe peapa ap 6ipinb 015. This contains only the first thirty-nine ranns of this topographical poem ; then follow two blank leaves. A leaf has been torn out here. p. 61. Le bip cuipceap clti laigean (by Murtogh O'Coffey,. on Hugh O'Byrne and Alexander MacDonnell). Ibid. Do cogme maicneDorhnuill(on theMacDonnells).. p. 62. Dia bom peicearh ap peapg nD6. p. 63. Pedigree of the MacDonalds of Scotland. p. 64. Cuirhnig pocap hpiol gcolla. p. 65. Qipgialla apomopa uaiple. Ibid, dpt) pe peancup piol sColla. 1341 fol. membr. s. xv. et chart, s. xvi. (?) h. 3. 20. A Medical Treatise. The first ten and last eight leaves which are vellum appear to have belonged to one book, and to have been separated in order to serve as a cover for the intervening 144 paper leaves, which are of more modern writing. These paper leaves, beginning with p. 24, contain an Irish translation of the "Lilium Medicinse" of Bernard de Gordon, or Gordonius, originally issued at Montpellier in 1303. First ed. Naples, 1480. Bk. 2 beginning p. 9I , 1. 4 from bottom ; Bk. 3, p. 163 ; Bk. 4, p. 209 ; Bk. 5, p. 259. Ends p. 293, with ch. xv. of Bk. 5. A copy of the French translation of this work, entitled " La fleur de cirurgie," Paris, 1504, is in this Library (K. 1. 10). See B. M. Catal., p. 202. Of the 1341,1342] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 165 vellum leaves, the first group treat of various symptoms and disorders, the last group of materia medica. Space is left for ornamental initials. A smaller vellum leaf is inserted at the beginning. It contains a fragment of a medical tract. Ibid. " Cum sgotomia a deo augeatur donee aeger cadat etcetera." Cf. No. 1343- p. 6. " Cardiaca pasio est tremor cordis." p. 9, col. z. "duplex est causa tremoris cordis." p. 293. At end of medical tract, a short article in a late hand (eighteenth century ?) containing a fantastic account of the virtues of a stone which a raven can be made to fetch from the Red Sea, "auax 7 ar6n," quoted as authorities (Avicenna ?). p. 294. Three stanzas in the same hand ; the first begins • dochluin cni( guth an chluig. p. 295. A poem beginning: t)o loice leigip 6ipinn. At the end reads: rjolmceao legeap epafi. Of the vellum, p. 3 begins imperfect, 1. 13 begins a section: "cum aliquis in somno quaci rem gravem super se cadere senserit et cetera." Cf. No. 1343. p. 296, col. 1. "atractiva sunt calidaetuirtutis penetrative." p. 300, col. 2. Near bottom begins a classification of Materia Medica, as 'calida' and 'frigida,' under the heads of seeds, flowers, roots, fruits, and gums. p. 301 is in six columns, of which the first is almost entirely cut or torn away. 1342 4to chart., a.d. 1748. h. 3.21. Miscellaneous. Contains: 1. A fragment of Keating's History of Ireland. (Chap. v. to the reign of Tuathal Teachtmar, ending: agup cuip pe long-pope an gach mip oona ceicpe mipib. ff. 116.) 2. The Vision of Merlino. See Nos. 1335, 1399, 1412, 1423. 3. On the coming of Antichrist. Prefixed are a table of contractions ; a fragment of O'Dugan's rules for finding the Golden Number. See No. 1355. Written by Patrick O'Canin, 1747, 8. 1 66 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1343,1344 1343 4-to membr. s. xv. h. 3. 22. Medical Treatises. 1. On Diseases ff. 20. Imperfect at beginning and end. As far as p. 40, mid., where it ends abruptly, the rest of the page being blank, this is the same as No. 1341, to p. 21, coL 2, 1. 30. p. 41. Alphabetical List of Plants, etc., used in Medicine, with account of their properties, beginning p. 41 : t)on pilun iplabupca pipcma. It seems = 1332. The headings are coloured red, and space is left for ornamental initials, of which, however, only the first is supplied : ff. 30. At the end is the transcriber's name, Aedh Buide O'Leigin (Lane), and the date 1415. A few lines higher is the name of the person from whom the original MS. was purchased : "Tadhg O'Cuinn, bachelor in physic (baipcillepach a pipiceachc." p. 107. 'Hicincipiuntvirtutes aque vite ardentis.' In the same hand as the preceding. p. m. Fragment of a Medical tract, ff. 2. (Leppa est egridtudo.) On the third page of this, 1. 13, is: pinic: amen. Uilliam O'pmngaine qui pspibpib. p. 115. A Medical treatise on evacuations, phlebotomy, etc., ff. 15. Imperfect at the beginning. p. 139. Treatise on Diseases, ff. 22. Begins : Circa istam materiam intelligendum quod usque radicem lingue sunt duo meatus ... p. 142. [5]ula habeb quinci luvamenca. p. 145. Uo,x est nobilipima accio uoluncapia. Imperfect at the end. 1344 4to chart., a.d. 1718. H.3.23. Miscellaneous Tales, etc. (The scribe is Stephen Rice: p. 116, at foot.) p. 1. The Pursuit of Diarmaid and Grainne. Publ. Oss. Soc, vol. iii. Also by O'Duffy, 2nd ed. Dubl., 1884. p. 65. John 0'Connell"s Poetical History of Ireland : an uaip pmaoinim. See No. 1354. Trans. Oss. Soc, vol. i. p. 74. John O'Dugan's three poems on the Calendar, the third contains metrical rules for finding Easter, etc. See No. 1355, p. 414. 1344] TRINTTY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 167 p. 83. Adventures of Aongus, son of Ferdeach. p. 117. Tale of the Death of the sons of Usneach ; imperf. See No. 1280, f. 51. Followed by five blank leaves, p. 145. Tale of the Death of the son of the king of Spain, killed in battle by Oscar, son of Oisin. p. 167. The Tale of Bruighean Chaorthain. See No. 1297, iii. p. 198. Adventures of Mac-an-Fhiolair. Ed. Macalister, ' Irish Texts Soc.,' x. p. 257. The Death of the children of Tuirionn, a story of the Tuatha De Danann. Publ. by O'Curry, Atlantis, iv, P- 157- p. 297. Adventures of Abhlacc (daughter of the king of Scotland) and Carroll O'Daly. A modern composition. See 1366, where she is called Farblath. p. 312. The Parliament of the Clann Thomais ; a satire on the Cromwellian Settlers. Published in 'Gadelica' (serial). On this, see No. 1297, ii, and Stern, Zeits. v, P-54-I- p. 335. Dialogue between the Body and the Soul. See No. 1325, p. 635. p. 345. Life of St. Margaret : cf. Zeits., i. 119. p. 356. Poetical account of the battle of Gabhair in Meath, in which the Fenian host was destroyed. Begins: Innip btiin a Oipin. Oss. Soc, vol. i, pp. 72-100. p. 364. Poem beginning: Clcdio liom puaca iomoa. pp. 367, 368 blank. p. 369. An Irish Grammar, in English, compiled from O'Molloy's Grammar, and another written in Louvain, a.d. 1669. p. 410. O'FIaherty's historical and chronological poem on Ireland, in Latin, beginning: Ogygias mihi carmen erunt primordia terra?. p. 431. Three short poems by Donald O'Huallachan : i°. c6o curha nac pgaoitermn cic. 2°. cthp cuippi cuicim cpeibe. 3 . paoippeapc na ccpfoc. perle 50 laoi. pp. 435-438 blank. p. 439. Poem beginning: Cnoc an aip an cnocpo ciap. Imperfect. This is the beginning of a poem attributed to Oisin, giving an account of the origin of the name Cnoc an aip. The second quatrain begins : Id od paio pionn na bpleari. Published, Trans. Gaelic Soc, 1808, p. 199, with metrical trans. Oss. Soc, iv, p. 80. See Nos. 1423 and 1418. i68 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1345 1345 nmo chart., s. xviii. h. 4. 1-3. A Collection of Ancient Historical Poems. 3 vols. Collected and transcribed by Maurice O' Gorman. For other copies, see Index. vol. i, p. 1. Torna's lament for his foster-children. No. 1281, 174^. p. 4. Another poem by Torna, beginning: t)cu! cacha eibip Cope if Nfall. See ibid. p. 17. O'Dugan's poem on the kings of Leinster. See No. 1288, 168. p. 29. O'Dugan's topographical poem. 1288,145. Ends imperfect: Sionoinn. p. 65. O'Huidrin's topographical poem. 1288, 151. p. 108. Poem: (Sol bam peipiop cloinneCumn. No. 1291, 74- p. 120. Cpi6c Oppuibe leac Laigean. p. 125. Q 6olcba 6-ipeanb dipbe. p. 13b. Gcd ponn popba peapa. p. 145. Seancap asup maiceap TTlaoodige bo p§ip Siobpuib uf Cuipnnin. Begins : Seancup Thaoodise meabaip linn. This piece is paged 263 and so forth, but the catchword on,p. 144 is caipeal. See the next piece, vol.ii, p. 1. O Dubagdin cc Caipiol cacaip clann TTloga. p. 18. TTlaoilfn mac bptiaibeao cc Cug&arh caipe a innpi an ldoi&. p. 33. By the same: Cuippeab cumdoin ap cloinn Gdil. p. 55. By Ca&5 ball O'lugfn : On dil lib peancap piol Cceon. p. 73. 6ipb pe peancup piol Ccolla. p. 85. Cuileagna C TTlaolconaipe cc, cuipiom,puap pencap Laigean. p. 105. Duibcig O Ouibgeanan cc, cumom cpoinic cloinne TT§ill. p. 118. Copna TTlaolconaipe cc, 5a m6ib gabail puaip (3ipe. p. 126. Leanpai&eap learn lopec na bpeap. p. 140. Chronological notes on the deaths of the Fitz- Geralds. p. 143. Ga&5 mac t)dipe mic bpuaibea&a cc, TT16p acd ap ceagapg placa. Publ., with metrical version, Trans. Gaelic Soc, 1808. 1345] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 169 vol. iii., p. 1. tDonnchab O TTlaolconaipe cc, 6ipbig a Sigpi trnnba pe hiompdb na heala&na. p. 10. t)o bean cpaobpgdoileb na ccolla. p. 17. By Tadhg dall O'Higgin, TTIaigean biogla bpuim Ligean. p. 27. tDubagdin cc cuigib Laigean na Leacc pfog. (" This is a very bad copy. Eugene Curry.") p. 39. Lugap pile ollarhna cc Clann peapgup clann 6p each, p. 48. Cpf uaicne um imp 5<Joi&eal. p. 61. peachaib caipbeap cloinne T?6ig. p. 66. peapgal 65 mac an baipb cc Lubgopc pfnearhna puil fp. p. 82. Poem on the sons and daughters of Magach, beg. : Cacbao mac TTldolcpoic na ccac cead peap 05a paib TTlugac. See No. 1291, 158. p. 84. piann mamipcpeac cc ffluincip pabpuig na bpaibeap. p. 91. Gochaib .h. ploinn cc T?o ba maic an muincip m6p. p. 95. TTIac Lfas cc t)d rhac beag 00 cmn 6 ceip. p. 106. Ollarh (315m cc TDi&e maisean cloinne Cumn. p. 118. Cobcac .h, Capmmnn cc Q caorha 60151b Laigean. p. 132. t)o Riogaib Caipil ann po On 60I buib an peancap pean. OLlarh 615m cc J5aoibeal glap 6 ccdib §debil. Cachain ua Cuinnm cc (Sipoig pe coibneap bap ccac. puapap a ppalcap Caipil. thapmuib mcLaoipig rinc an bdipb cc Q copmuic cuirhnig an 66ip. p. 187. ppeagpa 6 Cogan 6 Oonngaile mac Seamup6i5 lpndp an pge^alpa ceacc oa cig., p. 194. t)an bo pmne Sean 6 Cl6ipig (Sipbig a 615P1 trnnba cabpaig buinn udin ajal'lma. p- 137- p- 146. p- p- »75- 183. 170 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1346 1346 4to, min. chart., a.d. 1726-1750. h. 4. 4. Miscellaneous, Verse and Prose. 1. The Iomarbaidh or Contention of the Bards (see No. .1281), 44 pp. Begins imperfect with the last three quatrains of bafl caca ibip Cope ip Niall. Contains two Poems not in No. 1281, viz. By Fearfeasa O'Cainte : Nd cogail labpa a Lugaio, and by macDaire: Nf guaip liom cupcaip Qoo. On the last page is written the pedigree ofO'Moghain. p. 46. Lamentation for the death of Philip, son of Hugh O'Reilly. p. 51. (Heading: G5 po buanaipe Goo rhic Seam.) Poem by Donogh O'Muirghiosa, beg. : Oeac eoluip na heispi Cloo (and No. 1283). p. 54. Poem by Fergal Mac Tomais, beg. : maipg bo nf beirhin ba &015 (and No. 1286). p. 59. Poem by MacBroidin, beg. : Cumpeab cumaoin aip clomn Cdil. Imperfect. See prec. No. ii. 33. p. 60. Several pedigrees (' full of errors,' O'Reilly). pp. 73-76. Short extracts (mainly notes in prose about persons and tribes). p. 73. Q bean gan eabac efpige. p. 75. Chi'ieic TTluipe on mbeicil mbdin. p. 77. Ceanppopc Cipenb Op& TTlacha, by Giolla Brigde macConmhidhe. pp. 78, 79. Pedigree of Magennis and other families. p. 80. Poem from the Psalter of Cashel, beg. : puapap a Salcaip Caipil: cf. 1345(3), p. 175. Imperfect. Pp. 81, 82 blank. p. 83. On singing. p. 84. Poem : Gealliam cugud a croch na ngrds^ p. 85. Poem, beg. : plan uaim aig [oiledin] ppabpais- Here the transcriber signs his name, with date, ' Hugh O'Daly, 1726.' p. 86. Poem, beg. : loo beapg aonpoga na h6ipenb, on St. Patrick's Purgatory, by Aongus O'Daly. € p.b8. Angus O'Daly's poem, beg. : <3ipb pem culpa a ttiic Ttluipe, No. 1356, 1259. p. 90. Poem, beg. : TTIaipcc legip a ptin pip pem. p. 91. Poem, beg. : Na beaca 50 ccoirheubaib bia. p. 94. Pedigree of O'Flaherty. p. 95. Poem, beg. : (5ipb pe pencup pi6l Colla. 1346] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 17; p. 100. t)d puach 665 an cpabaib anopo, ex. gr. bwne 65 gan umhla. Ibid. Sundry maxims, beg. : Cfunup 16 oeigbpiacpuib. At end : " pep me' Clooa 0'T>alaigh." p. 101. Chplinga t>o connaipc Solam : .1. 6 p6in bo beic pop croc mop ap Idp liiufge t>eprhaip. p. 102. aonac pacha peine pinn. Three quatrains. p. 103. Pedigree of O'Fiachrach, etc. p. 104. Pedigree of O'Daly. p. 105. John O'Dugan's poem on the kings of Leinster. p. no. St. Columcille's poem, beg.: na cpi Cuin t>o pliochc an Ruaib. p. 112. Verses beg. : Coimne a ouine cia gup cpe. p. 113. Maurice O'Daly's poem on the Fitzgeralds : Canpuigep liom lopg na bper. On p. 122 the pedigree of the Earls of Kildare. p. 123. Tract on the Ogams. p. 127. Tuilgne O'Maolconaire's poem on the Lagenians : cuipiom puap peancup Laigean. p. 134. Some pedigrees. p. 136. Fergal oge Mac an Bhaird's poem, beg.: TT16p c6ip cdic aip epic Laiyjen. p. 140. Poem beg. : TTIaipg tjap companaio an colon. p. 141. John O'Higgin's poem, beg.: Cia cenncup a6mac naoi pan. p. 142. Angus O'Daly's poem, beginning: 8561 capsmap 00 painis pa cpiocaib pail. p. 143. Tadg dall O'Higgin's poem, beg. : Seapo tnna lp &uic CI010 na lei 5 a ftpaill. p. 144. Doighre O'Daly's poem, beg.: Cia ap uaiple 00 Laigneacaib. At the bottom of the second page is a pedigree of McGillikelly. Written by Hugh O'Daly in 1750. p. 146. Life of St. Kevin. Written by his disciple, Solamh. p. 167. Poem by John O'Dugan on Hugh, son of John O'Daly. lonrhum comcac fjocap me. p. 169. Pedigrees and imperfect poems. Two quatrains by Lochlan 6g O'Daly : dp noibipc gaoioeal. p. 182. Poem by Mac Coisin : ppegaip mipi a mic Coipm. p. 192. Poem by William, son of Baron Delvin, beg.: rjiombuo cpiall 6 culcaib pail. p. 194. Some imperfect pedigrees. 172 CATALOGUE OF IRISH' MANUSCRIPTS, [1347,1348 1347 izmo chart., s. xviii. h. 4. 5. Treatise on Versification, with Selection of Poems to illustrate the different kinds. p. 1. English translation of the Prosody published in Molloy's Irish Grammar. p. 78. Molloy's dedicatory poem in Irish. p. 8 1. Poem by Flann, son of Owen M'Grath, beg. : Golac me aji rheipge an lapla. p. 93. By Giolla Brighide M'Coinmhidh, beg. : Dean opum cp6cuipe a cpiofioio. p. 100. By Geoffrey fionn O'Daly, beg.: pa ngnforhriao rhepbap mcRi6g. p. 1 13. Poem [by OwenmacDonough O'Daly on the death of Dermott macDonell O'Sullivan-Beare in Spain]. See B. M. Catal., p. 399. Beg. : Do cuic a cloc cuil t>'6ipin. p. 124. By Maolmuire O'Gearain, beg. : Guap pige pac cigeapna. p. 132. By Eochaidh O'Heodhusa, beg. : paba I6icceap Garhum 1 n-aoncorha. p. 140. Beg.: TTIac Capcan cpiac na n-ech peang. p. 146. Beg. : ITIaipg Igigiop a pun le mnaoi. p. 151. Beg. : TTlaip5 &o beip gpa&a t>o mnaoi. p. 154. By Fearflatha O'Gnimh, poet to the O'Neills of Clannaboy in the sixteenth eentury, beg. : TT1o cpuag map acdib 5 a01 D 1 ''- p. 160. Beg. : beannacc ap anitimn Gipionn. p. 164. By Geoffrey fionn O'Daly, beg. : TTlaips meallup muipn an cpaogail. p. 175. Beg. : lom&a pseal maic aip TTlhuipe. p. 182. Dr. Geoffrey Keating's Eulogium on Teige O'Coffey, a harper, beginning: Cia an cpaoi le peinnceap an cpuic. (This is not quoted as an example of versifi- cation.) Publ. in Fr. McErlean's ed. of Keating's Poems, 1900. 1348 i2mo chart., s. xviii. h. 4. 6, 7. 'Clerii Reges et Sancti Hiberniie.' 2 vols. Transcribed by Maurice Gorman about 1770, from a MS. written by Paul O Colla, o.s.f., 1644. Copied from a collection made by Michael O'Clery (see p. 2), in 1630. 1348,1349] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 1J3 Vol. I. contains : p. i. Preface. p. 5- Dedicatory Epistle, from Michael O'Clery to Turlogh Mac Cochlan, followed by his pedigree. p. 13. To the Reader. p. 18. Aprobatio [sic] by Conall Mageochachan. p. 20. Aprobation [sic] by Flann mac Aodhagain. p. 21. Ugoaip coirh6at>a. A list of authorities for the early history of Ireland. p. 22. Q peim piogpaiSe ; or Regal Catalogue, by Michael O'Clery, 1630, ending p. 96. Then follow 59 pages not numbered, containing : — p. 1*. Poem: 6ipe djibmip na Rfog, by Giolla Caomhain O'Cuirnin. p. 40*. 6ipe 65 imp na ndomh, by Giolla Modhuda O'Cassidy. See Index for other copies of these two. Vol. II. contains : p. 97. 'Naompencap naerh lnnpi pdiL. Metrical Genealogy of the Irish Saints, by Eochaidh Eigeas O'Cleireachan, pp. 53. (The paging follows p. 96 of vol. i.) p. 149. Pedigrees of the Irish Saints, in prose, pp. 1 14. After Patrick the names are arranged alphabetically under their respective ancestors. 1349 4to min. chart., c. 1700. h. 4. 8. Cormac's advice to his son Cairbri. At the beginning of the volume are six leaves containing Memoranda, mostly in Welsh. The first page contains a list of Irish books bought by Edwd. Lhwyd from Mr. Beaton. " Quse sequuntur, Hibernice" scripta, ex antiquo codice membranaceo fideliter exaravit vir utriusque Scoriae His- toriarum et linguae peritissimus, D. Joannes Beaton." See Index for other copies, and cf. K. Meyer : Preface to "Tecosca Cormaic," Todd Lecture Ser., xv. This copy agrees with BB. The text ends finit, p. 11, 1. 22 = BB. 650131: K. M., Sect. 19, 1. 35- Then follow as in BB. the answers of Fitheal to his son. p 3 " Mem. to write to Mr. Beaton directing y" L d to be left with Mr. Adams, Apothecary at Colraine," followed by list of books. , p 4. "Account of books brought to Coolrame, 1698 (chiefly Latin school-books, with prices. Not Lhwyd's writing). 174 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1349-1351 p. 12, 1. 12. Seven lines, beginning: Da necna t>o gnf 7115 bo bocc (MS. bccc). BB. has Tllaic ban egnai .... Ibid., 1. 19. The Triads of Ireland : Ceanb (5penb apbmacha Opb INcipic cpechens bpech t)an 6penb Cluain mac noip. A curious illustration of the peritissimus Beaton! This piece ends p. 18, with K. M. 251, but the order here is different, ex. gr. 128, 129 follow 233. The order seems = BB. For the Triads, see Kuno Meyer, Todd Lecture Ser., xiii. p. 18. Figurative designations of various persons and things in relation to the Church, beginning: TTlapcaio na hecclip, apagaipc. Q pcuab a heapsub. Ibid., 1. 6 from bottom (in a more recent hand). Notes on the descent of various families, beginning : G5 rmlib eappainne conbpeagaupc clarma c.c. p. 20. In a later hand, some genealogical notes. p. 21. Coip anmanba. Ends p. 41. See 1295,395; 1336,752. Publ. Irische Texte, iii. After many blank leaves, an English poem : " Sow in the Spring time of thy bloming prime." This and the following seven items are part of the Sebright collection. 1350 4to min. chart., s. xvii. h. 4. 9. Scachcm Shaqiamence na haicpi&e. Mirror of the Sacrament of Penance, by Dr. Hug-h M'Cawell (Aodh mcAinghil), Lecturer in Divinity in the Irish College at Louvain, pp. 271. This work was printed at Louvain, a.d. 161 8. The author was afterwards R. C. Archbishop of Armagh. This copy wants one leaf at the end. At the beginning of the volume are two leaves containing a table of contents to some book of sermons on Death. 1351 4to min. chart., s. xviii. h. 4. 10. Poems and Romantic Tales, ff. 48. p. 1. Caic a bpuigip le baonnacc bf pan raoxal 750 puappac (= No. 1385). p. 2. (The beginning mutilated): [a bpacac?] bairhliaj; ria ccpop ceol pigce pe cl6p bo cainc. 1351] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 175 p. 3. Poem: P6ip ap mamgap a t)6 bf. See 1335, 79. p. 4. Poem: t)peicem ceapc cocpom an s-eg. p. 5. Poem : TTlaipg a meallup muipnin an cpaogail. See 1373, 8; 1383,5. p. 9. Poem : Cpiup acd 05 bpac ap mo Bap. See 1297, vi; 1385,81. Ibid. Poem : Cpuag mo cupup ap Loc Deapg. See 1411,3157. p. 10. Poem : 5^°T 'P molao buic a 06. Ibid. Poem : a pip na hegna biappaiS. p. 11. Poem: t)o bf an boitian po Sail ciac pe linn Naoi m6ip maic lairmac. Imperfect. At the bottom of the page is a note stating that the scribe had not found the rest of the poem. pp. 12-32. Romantic tale: Bruighean Chaorthain. See 1297, iii; 1423; and for other copies, D'Arbois de Jubainville. Trans. Joyce, " Old Celtic Romances." Poems inserted are : — p. 19. Op cuippeac mo cpoioe. p.- 22. lT!o beannacc buic a piacra peile. p. 25. Olc in congnarh in pian. p. 32. A Latin prophecy, beginning: " Veniet ab oriente tirror vel terror et conjunget secum clanrichard," and ending : " cum hoc fuerit, perit Anglia gens." (In a later hand.) p. 33. Romantic tale: TTleapball Chopmaic a cceam- paig. Beginning : peace naom 01a poibi Copmac ua Cum a Liacpuim. p. 41. Romantic tale: Bruighean beag na hAlmhuine. See No. 1297, vii. p. 52. [Dr. Keating's] poem : Caoin cu p6in a ouine boicc. See No. 1296, 344. pp. 53-61. Part of Oisin's account of the Battle of Gabhair, beginning : lnbip pin a Oipm ap hemeac. See No. 1415, 100. This corresponds with pp. 72 to 100 of the text contained in the Transactions of the Ossianic Society, vol. i ; but with varieties of reading, also additions and omissions. p. 61. lnnip bam a Oipin echcaig. See No. 1285, 185. p. 65. lnnip a Opm 50 mbpoib 6 caoi a bpianup pabpuic. p. 68. Cei[c]pe peoib bo bpepppa bpein. Ibid, dicpeopab caicpgim an pip ^oip camcc anoip. p. 73. Romantic tale : Bruighean Eochaidh Beig Deirg. See an older copy in No. 1399. 176 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1351-1354 p. 92. Poem: CIpD aigneab fiuM penp cogab. This is the Rosg addressed to Goll, son of Moirna. See No. 1315, 11, and Miss Brooke's "Reliques." p. 93. ^oll men mileca cep na cpobacca. p. 94. Poem : Op na mban bean ceann nime. Ibid. TTlo CU15 pmn bmc a Oonchao. p. 95. etpig a Opguip peil a pip na copgup cpuaib. This is the Rosg addressed to Oscar before the battle of Gabhair. See Index for other copies. Publ. in Miss Brooke's " Reliques," and in Trans. Ossianic Soc, vol. i. p. 97- Poem : Opeicem cepc, as in p. 4. p. 98. Poem : a bean.beip lechc mo leine. p. ico (later hand). Laoipeach TTlac m 6aipb cc. Guippeac pin a macaoim mna bo bee bubac. 1352 4to min. chart. H. 4. 11. A religious poem wanting the first leaf. The first complete quatrain begins : Do Oenarh poip- ^-fthochta poluip glain coi&ce. It proceeds (p. 12) to the Gospel history, p. 165 is Upacc ppeirhe ap ccpeiOirh, after which it proceeds to treat of the Day of Judgment and the signs preceding it, and finally of Hell and Heaven. 1353 4to min. chart., s. xviii. h. 4. 12. Dr. Keating's Key Shield of the Mass. Written in 1749 by Patrick Sandford. See No. 1325, p. 64. 1354 4to min. chart., s. xviii. H. 4. 13. Keating's History of Ireland, and Miscellanea. Keating's History, written by Domnall Mac Giolla Comhaill, a.d. 1704, occupies ff. 5 to 157a. 'Danielis Congallus ' names himself on f. 2 1 26 marg. in f with date 1354] ' TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 177 The History is followed by the usual genealogical tables, ff. 163-189, 192-193: see Dinneen's Keating, vol. iv. The miscellaneous contents are : f. 1 a. On the use of the alphabet for purposes of divi- nation (English). i.\b. A note in Irish on the origin of printing (as in f. 24.1), followed by a moral stanza, S05 ec anp65 odla an bomndm, &c. f. za. Of unlucky days (English). f. 3J. On the chair of Scone (English), followed by two stanzas on dates (Irish). f. 4J. Some columns of arithmetical progressions. f. 1623. Poem : Ceipc uaim t>o caipim, On the nine whirlpools (pumaipe) of the world. 9 st. f. i8g3 to igi3. Pedigrees of Irish saints. f. 198. J5 a bail) maca TThleao. f. 2oo5. A tract on the pedigrees of Irish saints, written in 1648. f. 2o65. A page of proverbs. f. 207. Prophecies attributed to St. Columcille, in three poems, viz. : f. 207, Ciucpa aimpip a bpeanain (32 St.) ; f. 208, O aipirh a baoicm bagaig (45 st.); f. 210, Gipb piom a baoicin baoais (21 St.). At the end is the date J 7 r 3- f.211. Oeapg puacap ConnuillCecmnmft. SeeNo.1287, p. 95. Only the poems, the first beginning : Q ConnvjiU ca p6ilb na cino. 29 quatrains, = No. 1287, 145; 1296,338 (begins differently) ; 1362,267. See Cameron, Reliq. Celt, i. 67. f. 2125. Short poem, beginning: Claoi&ceap an peapc buoeapca. Attributed to Eimer, wife of Cuchulainn, at the digging of his grave. 6 st. f. 213. By Eimer, on Cuchulainn's head being brought to her by Conall Cearnach : Uch a cmn, Uch a cirni; cf. 1362, 253 (begins with 1. 5 of the present copy). 14 st. f. 214. Poem: Dialogue of Eimer and Laoigh, beginning : Ucharc ac 6n uchawaconld 00 cuaiomap pan gcac. 16 st. f. 2146. Clip paipcm Dun Oealgan bo Ldoig abbepc : Dun Oealgan an bunpa cpfap. 3 st. f. 215a. Moral counsels signed by the scribe, Domnall McGiolla Comhgaill. f. 215^. Chronological notes. f. 2 1 6a. Fourteen names for Ireland. f. 2 1 6b. On religious discipline: Cpi caoga ppatm. 7 st. f. 217. Poem attributed to Oisin, beginning: TTlop (a)nocc mo curhao pern. 48 st. 178 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1354,1355 f. 219. John O'Connell's Account of Ireland, in verse: Gnuaip pmaomigem ap pdoicib na h(3ipionn. 123 st. Sse 1365, 89; 1423,135: B.M. Cat., p. 622. > f. 228^. The name of the scribe, Domna// Mac Giolla Comaill, and the date 1710. f. 229. Story of O'Donnell's Kern (prose). Edited in Silva Gadelica, i. 276. Imperfect. ff. 233-240 blank. f. 24 j. Notes on prosody. f. 241*5. Dates relating to history of printing. if. 242 and 244 blank. f. 243. Fragment of a sermon, chiefly quotations from Solomon. f. 245a. Fragment of a satirical piece. Ibid. t)o pdio Irjrjap labap linne an bceangaio bucaip. ff. 245^, 246. Days of the month on which Adam was created, Eve made, Cain born, etc. (English). f. 2463. List of Popes. f. 247 (inverted). List of Kings of Scotland. p. 248. The Ten Commandments in Latin verse. Ibid. Two distichsin Latin, with English and Irish render- ings of the second. Ibid. The characteristics of the hungry Spaniard, French- man, Englishman, and Irishman, in English, Latin, and Irish. Written by Daniel Congall, a.d. 1718. f. 2485. Verses: Q ltlic bpiain na mbpeic ccepc op buif lp bual evfoeacht. Three stanzas. Ibid., 1. 7. 1 ccopa con biop a cuib beipem pioc a ouine glic. Two lines : cf. B.M. Cat., 482. Ibid., 1. 9. a rhapcaig leic ben aipecup geup lp na pgaoil 00 cu. Eight lines. Ibid. Another quatrain, partly illegible. f. 249a. Prayer to God and St. Roch against the plague (Latin) : " Haec scripta fuerunt pro sanitate animae et corporis Donaldi Congalli." f. 250a. Illegible, except one quatrain. Ni hail liom an gnap po. f. 250*. Dates of Cain, Abraham, &c. . f. 25 1. Names of officers, trades, etc., English and Latin. ; 1355 4to min. chart., s. xvii. yi" x 6". h. 4. 14. Tales and Poems. On the flyleaf are two detached stanzas, and some verses 1 .beginning: puapup p6in 1m maic o rhnaoj. 1 p. r. Eochaidh O'Heoghasa's poem, beginning: a rhac- abirh bealbap an bdn. 12 stanzas. 1355] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 179 p. 2. Poem beginning : Q clan longancac lmiopcac 6ein ip lp. 6 st. At the bottom of the page the reader is desired to pray for the writer, Com dp t)e : la : hlb, a.d. 1694. p. 3. Poem : a t)e gill ci6 t)6pu6 op oecaip 60 pdrj. 4 st, p. 4. A quatrain : Cloibinn pin a eipe dpb, with date, 'June 1 8th, 1700,' and signature of Jo. Lalor. p. 5. The Romantic Tale of peipc cige Conain, ff. 26. At the end is the name of the scribe, Cathal McSherry, 1686, and the quatrain: lp cpuag pm a leabpam bain. p. 55. Part of O'Dugan's rules for finding Easter, and n£ st. of his poem, bliaoum po polup : (Reliq. Celt., i. 141). p. 57. Pedigree of O'Mulvey. p. 58. Scribblings, Ogham names of letters, &c. p. 59. Tale of the children of Lir. Published by O'Curry, ' Atlantis,'. iv. At the end the date 1685, and the name of the scribe, McSherry (see p. 5). p. 79. Dialogue between body and soul, ff. 4, beginning: Ropiappui6 t)auio maclepe. p. -87. Poem by Aodli MacAingil, beginning : Q pip peucup uaic an cnairh, 4 pp. Headed : Ceann Goda mac ui Neill ap na cosbafl af ablacao annpan Tioimh .cc. no Q06 mac dinsil irsa amm .cc. 26 st. p. 91. Dr. Keating's poem, beginning: La ba pabap ap maibm 50 pacanac. 34 st. Publ. by Fr. McErlean. p. 94. Story of the death of the son of the king of Spain, killed by Oscar, son of Oisin. Begins : TC15 pocpoioeac pocineileac paopclanba ; written by Mac Sherry, 1685. p. 115. Short poem, by Eogan O'Dubhthaigh, against a convert to Protestantism, beginning : 1 mbeulac cille no a mb§ul poippi, 6 st. St. 1-4 borrowed from the poem L615 bob coirheap : see No. 1367, 145-7. p. 117. Adventures of the sons of the king of Norway. See No. 1297, vii. Publ. by Dr. Hyde, Irish Texts Society. p. 191. Fragmentary version of the tale of the Gilla Deccair, similar to that edited by Hogan and Lloyd. Ends abruptly : Gipgip Condn bo baocleim eabapbuapac eccpom, etc. = ed. cit., p. 13, sub fin. p. 200. Two quatrains (1) ba mbi ^6yt3a ap bopb : (2) ce6l le ccoolao pionn 56 moc. p. 201. Poem : Cpf uaicne urn imp gaoibeal, 7^ st. p. 202. Some detached quatrains. p. 203. Story of a vision of Finn MacCumhaill, beginning: Et abap piom anoip caibe na cpi hiompuipg ip boilge bopmbip apiaiii. 204. A love poem, the beginning rubbed : TTla .... gapb galap an gpab, 7 st. This is followed by scraps of verse. N 2 i8o CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [135B 1856 4to chart., a.d. 1727-8. 8"x6''. H. 4. 15. Poems, etc. Transcribed in 1727-8 by Stephen Rice. pp. 1-86 and 153-197. The Iomarbaigh ; or, contest between the bards of Munster, Connaught, and Ulster. This includes almost all the poems in No. 1281, i52sq. r and in addition those noted below. p. 1 3. By Tadhg Mac Dary : 6ipc a Lughcno jiem labna. 186 St. p. 50. By Lughaidh O'Clery: On ccknne me" a rhic t)cnjie. 30 St. p. 55. By Mac Dary: 50 cceab bob gaipm a bpdcaip. 70 St. _ p. 61. By the Friar (Robert M'Arthur) : 56 paoile a Gaibg ndc bSapnaip. 188 st. p. 82. Nf ceicim pe cagpa mbaoic. 23 st. p. 83. lonrhuin compdn po capap. 22 st. p. 85. Lefgpiob Oo& b'peapaib (jipeann. 14 st. pp. 87, 88 are blank. p. 89. By Teige Dall O'Higgin : TTIaigbean bfogla bpuim Ifgean. 40 st. Cf. B. M. Cat., 425. p. 92. By the same : ffl6p longabdil omma pfog (55 st.) : an address of encouragement to Richard mac Oliverus mac Shane. See analysis in B. M. Catal., p. 437. p. 97. Anon. t»o c6sba& meipse TTlupchaib. 50 st. p. 101. By Cormac O'Higgin : beag maipeap bdp nbeagbaoinib. 11 st. p. 102. eochaib 6 rieo&upa cc. : Ofol cnthc imp e<3guin. S3 st. p. 107. By William 6g Mac an Bhaird : bimb aepoinn ap imp bpdil. 53 st. p. in. By Domnall mac Giolla na Naomh : Uaisneac pin a Cinn Copab. 57 st. Cf. B. M. Cat, 347. p. 115. By Domnall Chnuic an Bhile : TTl6p loicib luce an lonnla. 39 st. Publ. Eriu iv, by E. Knott, from the Book of *ermoy, with collation of this copy. pp. 119, 120 blank. p. 121. By O'Dugan: Kfogpai&e Idigean claim Cacaoip. 56 st. p. 125. By the same : Cpiallam cimceall na p6bla p. 181. By Mac Dary: Nf 5 uaip liom c'upcap a a &' IlSt. 11- p. 193- By Fearfeasa O'Cainte : Na coigil labna a Lugaib. 30 st. ■ p. 197 begins a series of poems, mostly anonymous. 1356J TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 181 Ibid, eol bam peipeap cloinne Cuinn. 55 st, p. 202. ByO'Dugan : Cpfoc oppuibe leac Laigean. 23 st. p. 204. Qcd ponn popba peapa. 37 st. p. 207. By Maoilin MacBrociy: Cu§ bam haipe a imp na laoib, 68 st. p. 212. By the same : Cuippiot) cotnaoin ap clomn Cdil. 95 st. Cf. B. M. Cat., 394. p. 220. On diU lib peancap pfl cCeon. 77 st. p. 227. Gipc p§ peancap pfol cColla. 53 st. p. 231. Cuipeam puap peancap Laigean. See No. 1346, p. 127. 87 st. p. 238. Curhain cpomic clanna N61II. 60 st. p. 243. t>6ppoirhe baile pfg na pfog. 33 st. p. 246. On the battle of Clontarf: Clnoip cdmic cuicim topiain. 28 st. See B.M. Catal., p. 350, which reads aniap. p. 249. Clann peapgupa clann op cdc. 38 st. p. 252. 6ipcig a 615P1 banba, p6 hiompdb na healao- na. 43 quatrains. p. 2.56. 6ipcig a ^igpi t)anba cabpaig bumn uainn agaUma. 65 quatrains. See B. M. Catal., p. 535 (reads ceab for uamn). p. 261. S§ pfogpuipc 6ipeann anall. 7 st. p. 262. 'A Dialogue between Nine Jurors and J. D[alton] at Mrs. White's house, before they entered the Court to take the Oath of Abjuration.' In English verse, beginning : " When learned authors hold it safe to swear." p. 265. Two quatrains : Q cpomSacc na ccpombacc. p. z66. Poem by O'Daly Fionn : TTluin aicpige barn a X)6. 30 st. p. 268. Poem : TTlipe ap leigeap liaig na ngpdp. 15 st. p. 269., By O'Daly Fionn: 6ipc pem culpa a rhic TTIuipe. 22 st. (No. 1346, p. 88.) p. 271. Oom cup p6ib p6 pfg neiiiie. 3 st. Ibid. The Sgiathluireach of St. Columcille : Chngeal t>6 bom bfon. See L.Br. 262* and Laud 615, p. 25. 34 stanzas. p. 274. By Donogh Mor O'Daly : poluig mo cionnca a cpoc naoiii. 10 st. p. 275. Cuig a buine bo bdil pein. 9 st. p. 276. lcip gpdp bo gem Oia. 20 st. On the miraculous Conception. p. 277. By Maurice 6g Fitzgerald : Gp6is bo puipge a 05dm pmn. 21 st. p. 281. Part of Dr. Keating's Gpf biopgaoice an bdip. See No. 1325. This fragment begins with lib. iii, alt. xvi, par. 19. On p. 387 is a note by the scribe, dated 15th Jan., 1727. 1 82 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1356 p. 390. Fiac's Hymn on Patrick, with Colgan's translation. p. 400. Secundinus's Hymn on St. Patrick (Latin). p. 404. Three Hymns attributed to Columcille : (1) Altus Prosator; (2) In te Christe, p. 411 ; (3) Noli pater, p. 412. p. 413. Hymn on St. Brigid: Nfcaip bpigib, with Colgan's translation. p. 421. Sexta Vita S. Brigide, in hexameters : attributed to Coelan of Inisceltra. p. 486. Two prologues to the foregoing Life from a ' codex Barbarinorum.' p. 490. Hymn from the Office of St. Brigid, printed at Paris in 1622 : Adest dies laetitise. p. 491. Latin verses on St. Brigid by several authors. pp. 492-500 are blank. p. 501. By Domnall O'Huallaghan : Gomig am Idcaip 5eandn cpdibce. 18 st. p. 502. Q pip bo nf coirh6ab ap 00 rhnaoi. 5 st. p. 503. Nap paiciomna coioce bfiipbe. 13 st. p. 504. 'Si Neilf mo gpao an geilcfoc gan cdim. (By O'Huallaghan.) 11 st. p. 505. Song in praise of Mary Rice: TTIolvjim mo pfup an bpollaig 51I btiio. 4st. of four lines. p. 506. Song: 'Sf mo gpdb 6n apt mo $pd6. 6 st. Ibid. Song: Coppac bo co&laip ap6ip. 6 st. p. 507. In praise of Lord Thomas Butler and his wife : Nf haipceap bom cpdc bon bailepi. 3 st. of four lines. p. 508. By Thos. Proinmhiol (qu. Prindivill) : Q piailpip 16 c6ol, eipcpi 50 poiU. 6 st. Ibid. TTIdp maipi 16 mndibmdnla buo mapcannacmiari. 4 st. of four lines. p. 509. On the death of Torlogh 6g M'Donogh : Ca gac dpbpuil pd bp6n 6 (Ipuinn 50 boinn. 7 st. of four lines. p. 510. Ofiilcuigim ba bo cuppaoi a paogail. 4 st. p. 511. Grammatical rules, in Irish and English, followed by a list of contractions. p. 517. Historical poem : TJo bo maic m mumbcep m6p. 17 st. See No. 1289, S3 ; 1345, iii. 91. p. 518- Historical poem : papcalon canap cdinig. 20 st. No. 1286, i. 19. p. 520. Historical poem by Eochaidh O'Floinn : 6piu 00 nuaill co m&naio. 18 st. p. 521. Ditto : Guaca OeOaran po biamaip. 1 1 st. ~ 522. Ditto: eiceoip apb'pa puaip mi&. 4 st. Ibid. By Flann Mainistreach : 6ipbig a eolco gan on. 41 st. 1356] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 183 p. 526. Goipc ba cdimc Gabs mac C6in. (Thirteen stanzas on the treatment of Teige at Tara.) p. 527. T?ei6ig barn a Oe bo nirh. 94 st. p. 534. a caerha in claip Cuinb. 25 st. p. 536. By Giolla Caemain : 5 ao ^ a ^ 5^ a r ^ cdib 501611. 43 st. See No. 1345, iii. 137. p. 540. By Giolla Modubhda : 6pi 65 imp na naerh. 84 st. See No. 1348, 40*. p. 546. Gipgialla a nearhainn TTlach[a]. 14 st. p. 548. By Eochaidh O'Floinn : Gipceb aep eagna aiomb. 77 st. p. 555. Poem: Cearhaip bpeg ci& ni biaca. n st. No. 1289, 88. p. 556. Historical poem (by Cinnfaeladh) : Go luib TTI1I1& lpm Sceicia. 25 st. p. 558. Ditto: 6piu oil oipnbib 5 aeD1 ^- 35 st - p. 561. Ditto: pipbolg babap punba peal. 12 st. p. 562. Columcille's Oenom ap paipneip a rhic. 20 st. p. 564. Historical : Cpvjaoa Conbaccpaic co paic. 74 st. p. 571. By John O'Dugan : Caipeal cacaip clann TTIo&a. 73 st. p. 577. Genealogical poem: Clanb Ga&sain in cpenpip coip. 13 st. p. 578. By Giolla Coeman : 6piu apb imp na pfog. 157 st - p. 592. An Irish Grammar (in Irish). p. 626. An Irish Prosody (defective). pp. 648-650 are blank. p. 669. Faults to be avoided in poetry : bo na befmeann- 010 ap coip bo peacnab pan bdn. On p. 674 is a memorandum stating that the Grammar and Prosody were copied at Rome,. 5th March, 1660, from the book of Tuileagna O'Maolconaire by Thomas MacMahon, a friar. Another mem. follows, stating that the present copy was made from M c Mahon's, 24th June, 1728, by Stephen Rice. p. 675- Clann Gabgdin in cpeinpip coip. Incomplete. p. 676 is blank. p. 677. The Te Deum in Latin. p. 678. A rann by Eoghan 6 Caoimh : TTlo cpeac mo leac bo lag mo cpoi&e. Ihid. Poem by the Rev. Father Francis O Duibhlem : gac cpoicionn lib bdp peannab. 5 st. p. 679. Keating's On pse6l bo cpdio mag pdil. 7 st. of four lines. 184 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1356,1357 - p. 680. Conor M'Criomthain's song on Esther Lane, beginning : dp acm]\yeacA buaipc bfm cpSalag. Nine quatrains. After seven blank leaves : — pp. 695-705. Adventures of Leithin, beginning: Naoirii eaplarh uapal oineaoa [«'c] p6 61 a ccpic nGipeann. Ed. Hyde, Celtic Review, June, 1915. p. 706. pdgail cpaoilie Copmaic. The Getting of Cormac's Branch, beginning : "peace ndon bd paib Copmac mac Chpc rhic Cmnn. Ed. O'Grady, Oss. Soc, iii. 212. 1357 4-to min. chart., 7^" x 6", s. xvi. h. 4. 16. Medical Treatises.. Scribal note on p. 92 m. inf. misi. Cairbredo sgrioph sin tuas d Eoghan 6 Fergusa, etc. Cf. notes at foot of pp. 88, 120, pin o VYao\ida\ach b' Gogan. On p. 165: Finituropus meum odie ar Choill Neill a mBaile Matha 1563 an, tan sin. The same date on pp. 7, 173, 174. As to this Cairbre, see B.M. Cat. 267. Baile Matha is in Tirawley (O'Donovan, Hy. Fiach. 456). p. 1. The treatise of Aegidius Atheniensis (or Corbeiensis, or Corbaliensis, i.e. Gilles de Corbeil, physician to Philip Augustus, fif. 1222), entitled " Carmina de Urinarum Judiciis," with commentary by Gentilis de Fulgineo. There is a printed copy in this Library, ed. Lugd., 1515. (EE. 11. 55, No. 2.) Mr. O'Grady refers to an ed. Padua, 1483. With Irish explanations. Begins : ' Dicitur urina quum fit in renibus una.' p. 31. De Urina. Begins: 'Urina est colamentum san- guinis et humorum.' Proceeds in Irish, with occasional Latin headings. At the end is a table interpreting 'albus, lactea,' etc. This is the same as at p. 30, but with further notes in Irish. p. 59. De Urina. Begins: 'Urina est colamentum san- guinis et est duafum rerum proprie significativa.' This con- sists of a series of Latin sentences interpreted in Irish, pp. 1 o. . The last 8 pp. are in a later hand. p. 69. De Febre. Begins : ' Febris est calor innaturalis mutatus in ingneum.' This also consists of Latin sentences with interpretation in Irish. These are, merely the initial sentences of the articles in Lilium Medicinae, lib. 1 cap. 1, •etc. See No. 1341. After p. 86 there is a gap. 1357,1358] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 185 p. 87 begins : ' Intelligendum quod quicunque facturus est longas itineraciones,' = Lid. Med. i. 30; No. 1341, p. go. Below : 'Alopecia est cassus capillorum cum ulceribus sine sqamis et furfuribus,' = Lid. Med. ii. 1, etc.; = No. 1341, p. 92. p. 93 begins: ' [S]icut scribit Galienus ' = L. M. iii. 1, etc.; No. 1341, p. 163. In three places a space has been left for the Irish explanations, which have not been supplied. After p. 102 is a gap. p. 103. [UJVula habet quinque iuvamenta. Latin and Irish = L. M. iv. 2, No. 1341, 213. After p. 120 a small leaf is inserted beginning: [ diuturnfs lyenteris oxiremia (from Hippocrates: cf. 1435, 215J); and ending: Sin duit a Sheaain Mhaoil od brathair 7 co saoraidh Dia e o ghalur na haimseri so. p. 121. Ragadie sunt aperciones uenarum = L. M. v. 21. p. 133 begins: ' Ingeni uires modicis conatibus impar materies onerosa premit perplexa figuris.' . . Latin and Irish. This is iEgidius' Liber de Pulsibus, with com- mentary. p. 143. A short pharmacopoeia, in another hand. p. 154. A Medical Dictionary. Technical terms not medical are included, ex. gr. Astronomica, Grammatica. The explanations are in Latin and Irish. Ends with Q. p. 193. ' Quatuor sunt principia naturae, materia forma privacio et anatia.' These are then explained and subdivided (Latin and Irish). p. 195. The medical characteristics of the months of the year. In Latin verse, no Irish. Begins : Marcius : Piscis habens lunam, noli curare podagram. 1358 4to min. chart., 8" x 6i", s. xviii. h. 4. 17. History and Law, etc. (chiefly copied by Hugh O'Daly, 1745)- Part i. p. 1. The rights of the king of Cashel, extracted from the Leabhar na gCeart, fif. 2. On f. za the poem: Ceapc Caipil 5cm cpd6. 13 stanzas. (In a different hand from what follows.) p. 5. Cathan O'Duinin's genealogical poem, beginning: eipcbigepecoirhneaj 1 bup ccac. i24st. pp. 15-16 wanting. Inserted are four leaves of the O'Sullivan pedigree. p. 27. Here begins a copy of the genealogical tract in No. 1296, 17 seq. It is a modernized version of that found in BB. 67, and other codices : see ZCP. viii, 291. 186 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1358 p. 100. The descendants of Eogan M6r = 1296, 49. Between pp. 103 and 104 is a pedigree of M'Carthy. Then follow genealogical tables, as in No. 1296, pp. 49- 98 ; but without the long poem known as Duan Cathain, which in this MS. is placed before the whole tract (p. 5). p. 156. ' Genealogia Familiae Sullivanicae quantum asse- cutus sum' (probably written by Dr. Francis Sullivan). Part 2, p. 1 (new paging). The Five Paths of Judgment. It is headed : Cesar's TJfg. Cf. No. 1289, 149. p. 39. Law tract on the rights, etc., of the different orders of poets, beginning : Cip lip griaoa pile ? p. 48. Extract from ancient laws, beginning : Cop box poconn 50 pip cpeabaipe. At the end are a few lines in the Ogam Coll and date 1745. p. 56. Account of King Cormac Mac Airt. Begins : Gjibpig uapal oijibicnec pogab nap Sipifi .1. Copbmac mac Chyic. See Silv. Gad., i. 89. p. 61. Poem on the erection of Tara and the privileges of the kings, beginning : t)aile na piog TJop Cerhnac. 37 st. p. 64. Caoilce 05 caoineao y\ocht Oipmne uaca, beginning : Uaigneac pin a pen6ip pdop. 3 st. Ibid. Comaiple pinn 00 Lugaib, beginning : Q line Lugaib colaib pnap. 11 st. See Silv. Gad., i. 107. p. 67. Catalogue of the kings of Munster, from the book called Reim Rioghruidh[e]. This and part of the next item are in the same hand as pp. 1-4. p. 72. John O'Dugan's poem on the same kings. Caipol cacaip clainne TTIoga. 75 st. p. 78. Metrical catalogue of the kings of Meath : TTli&e maigen clomne Cumn. 51st. p. 82. Dialogue between Fionn and Ailbhe. See No. 1328, 58. p. 85. Oengus Ceile D6's poem : doarh acaip ppuic ap pluag. 9S st. p. 93. puapup a ppalcaip Caipil. 36 st. p. 96. Ouanpencuip TTlurhan. Poem on the chief men of Munster: Naoi mic beg Oillill Oluim. p. 100. Historical poem by Luicredh mac Uiciardain (= moccu Chiara), beginning : Cuganmacaip maic a clann. 24 st. p. 102 (second hand). Poem on the eight Ages of the World: Cecna aimpp. 8 st. 'p. 103 (O'Daly's hand). Another similar chronology, beginning 86 bliabna caogac-maille. 7 st, p. 104. Table of descendants of Donald m6r (king of Scotland). 1359, 1360] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 187 1359 4to chart., ji" x sf", a.d. 1766. H.4. 18. O'Flaherty's Irish Grammar and Dictionary. 1. An Irish Grammar, composed by the Rev. Father O'Flaherty, lector in the Irish College in Rome in the year 1653, ff. 18. Transcribed by Maurice Gorman, a.d. 1766. 2. An Irish Glossary, ff. 77. This is founded on the glossaries ofCormac andO'Clery, with additions from other sources, and seems to be that cited frequently by O'Reilly as 0. g. 1360 4-to min. chart., 7-J" x 61", about a.d. 1742. h. 4. 19. Collection of Poems, p. 304. Transcribed by Hugh O'Daly. This MS., as far as p. 220, is beyond question copied from h. 5. 10, No. 1382, the prose pieces being omitted. First, the poems in both MSS. are in the same order, apart from the interposition of the prose pieces in 5. 10. Secondly, in the case of Keating's three poems, the collations given by Fr. MacErlean in his edition of Keating- enable us to assert that where 5. 10 differs from all the other copies collated, the present MS. agrees with it, and this is particularly important where the peculiarity consists in the omission of two or more lines. Thirdly, a very striking proof is the blank space after bipcounc on p. 25. In 5. 10 there has been a name, as appears from the trace of two letters remaining, but the rest of the name is lost in consequence of the wearing of the margin of the page. Note also the reading mentioned below under p. 9. The headings down to p. 60 are in a better hand than O'Daly's. p. 1. paccpuisfn cc. 1. G pip mpeiligce (irh' eiligce, 5. 10) a nrjeanarrn pan map piop. 5 quatrains. p. 2. Keating's poem on the death of John Oge FitzGerald : l>& t>6 patiap ap maibm 50 pacanac. In line 538 (Fr. MacEarlean's numbering) both copies • have for rjon lapl-puil: t3i Suilearham 'p. p. 9. Doccup Ceicm cc. a 6ipe maopoa na TTlaoilioT* mbdn. In line 555 (Fr. MacErlean's ed.) the last word is- 1 88 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1360 bpdp. In the copy in No. 1382 the b is clearly traceable, but the last letter seems to have been 5, of which the tail remains. See another copy in No. 1361. p. 11. Cia an alca 6gbanpa at) aefm. 6 st. p. 13,1.5. Echo song: Q rhuc \_sic\ alia Seap buic. 12 st. See Hardiman's Irish Minstrelsy, ii. 212. p. 14. Q laoio, a oaome an pilcige 50 mbepinn buan. 4st. p. 16. dp cptfag pap o"6up an ps^ulpa. 5 st. p. 17. Ooccup C6icm cc. GpS mo P560I aip apbrhag PotI nf cobknm oi&ce. MacErlean, 1. 33. p. 18. Four lines: Ooma Siop TJtfn pe Reamanb na pann ngdpba. p. 19. lap ccionpgnab bon cosa&ponah^ipeann. 1641. Begins : 6fpge mo buicce le Ofa. 25 st. p. 24. 6fp5e na h6ipenn le t)ia na ngpap. 2 st. p. 25. Sbpiongan curhao ] cuipiorh : On the death of Richard Butler, Lieutenant (a word probably missing, see 5. 10) of Munster, son of Viscount [_qu. Ikerrin ?] Oc an peibip, oc nf peibip, 3^ st. ; followed by the elegy : a "Ripbeipb rhic pfapuip a lappma ap nbdla. 62 st. p. 39' When he himself, with his Capt.-Lieut., .1. Ripceapb -mc an cpeannaig, was in the hands of the English : On •cuaine spinn nap pill (peill, 5. 10) 6n nglgipe a nsl6o. Two stanzas. , p. 40. Dr. Keating's poem : TTlupgail bo rmpnioc a •banba. Preceded by the introduction as printed in Fr. MacErlean's edition. Followed by a quatrain not in 5. 10, beginning : beannachc 06 50 h6ug ap gpapa gpinn ap 50c aon, etc. After which : paccpuicc 6 Oeuincfn bo cum an banpa ap an caob ec an ca&bpdnpa lap ceachc b6 ap imp TTlanainn ec 6 a ngeibionn ann. p. 49. Oeip gup pinn eogan mpailce 50 h(5ipinn. 1673. Begins : TTlo ceann beogan 6 eacai&e. 10 st. pp. 51, 52. Five short pieces : — i^Clp corhpannaib c6ipigce an easap pa ntiaim (nam, 5. 10). 1 st. 2. Oo beamainn dlbanac an pann po : 06ip an bfanpuinn (bainnin, 5. 10) bo pabup bgipionnacaib. 1 st. 3. Oo TTlacgarhuin ua hipeapnain : laog hliadhan {bliadhna, 5. 10) ap 6pbeipc eagrhaip. 2 st. 1360] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 189 4. Do TJoibeipc 65 Carrunn : bpucgaip beannacc at> abdip (bacciop, 5. 10) anuap bo gndc. 1 st. 5. "Do beipbpiupRoibipc : Oil6an Cappun aldglub liorhca I6ip. 1 st. p. 53. Do TTlupceapcac ua bpiain mic Gai&g mic an lapla. 1654. Q ua po luipc ap bl6ib lp bpfain lp Caip. 4 st. p. 54. TTlopliop 50 h(5ipiTin iap cclop a bpuibe pa Scpapopb, 1632: TTIe bpanmuinc ap eaccpa pa» caobpa ap (6p, 5. 10) cumn. 3 st. Ibid. 50 h6ipinn 1653 : Cio&luic mo cpoi&pe bo Semup pua&. 2 st. p. 55. Cum na h6ipinn camall poim cpiall na (ba, 5. 10) hionnpuigea& : Cuipim peub puipigce cum pipe. 12 st. p. 58. Deapboc Leicjlinne: Dpdigbup aon I6ap boilfge bealu§a&. 5 st. p. 59. Do compannac an eapbuic : Domnic 6 peapgaoil a&na& pfopcoile. 1 st. Ibid, lap cclop gup hopbuigearh a ccaibibiluib na h6ipeann gan bpacaip bo 6eanaiii painn na abpamn. Do cuala& an6 05 malac TTluinnceap&a. 4 st. p. 60 (at foot). Cum cubeaccan capcaoin Capi o> Lonbunn 50 Cancepbupy. 1628. TTIanmpa an buiban (bui&ionn, 5. 10) nap ppfocab- (ppfc, 5. 10) a ccupacan pann. 3 st. (At end: Q Loban. 1630, both copies.) p. 62. Q cuaine cdoimpe a cc6inn a bpobaib pail. 2 st. Ibid. To Cearbhall 6g O'Daly, 1630 : Qp Ceapball eigin a puaip pmn. 5 st. p. 63. ppeagpa 6 Ceapbuill: Nf mipe an Ceapball p6- bo (p6b, 5.10) clop. 4 st. p. 64. Do mnaoi uapal nac ngeabab andic Ceapbuill 4bl. le neac nac beanpab abpan 50 hobann. Begins: Cfa cldicSop pgaipice a malaipc. 2 st. In h. 5. 10, p. 65, this poem is dated 1622. p. 65. Don eapbucc Id a coippiogca. Begins : Q macaoim bo gab gndoi na cclfap ap udin. A quatrain. Ibid. Cum mo capab 6n bppainc 50 h(5ipinn. Begins : TT16p mo cnucpa lem coil pein. 13 st. p. 68. 6n bppainc 50 h(5ipmn cum coipe an npin ce&na an can bo bpipeao f. Begins : Sldn pd X>6 190 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1360 6p6im (pdb cpeibim, 5. 10) a cop beap. Seven stanzas. (At end : Slan pat) cpei&im, as in 5. 10.) p. 70. lap mbpipea& mo coipe p6in pan bppamc : CI cop beag piublac puilms a cluitc paoi cleic (4 1.). p. 71. O'Hussey "cc. 6 ndoi beas neapcmap do beacab (leacnuig, 5. 10) an cfac pom elf. 5 st. p. 72. TTlvjipiop 00 puic cc. Gpuip an oigpe hudh a&bal bap bpoispib. 3 st. Ibid. Comap mac 5'obuin rhic Seuin cc. Oo &6omaib TTlapp lp pallap gniom eaccdc. 8 st. p. 74. Goin 6 Cunnuaga cc. cum Ribeapc pui&icc (pobmn maopcaig, 5. 10). Q ceaccaip(e) ap cuaipc gluaipiop pd cpfocuib pdil. 6 st. p. 76 (no heading). Poem, beginning: Sgeul aip Oiarhaip na puipige. 14 st. (alternating), p. 79. A quatrain, attributed to the Two Idiots Comgan and Conall, in praise of the hospitality of Guaire, preceded by a short introduction, which begins : Qn bd ofnrhib bo pinneab an pann lomapbdi&e po eibip laoc Ifacrhuine on TTIumain pa peap coitiaimpipe bo Su "! 16 ■ ■ • The quatrain begins : t)dil gac nf t>d mbfab ma Idiiii. At end is 'etc' Cf. h. 5. 10, p. 77 and p. 101. This is followed in h. 5. 10 by a large amount of prose matter not contained here. p. 90 (should be 80). By Donogh M6r O'Daly : t)ia bo cpuichaz^ spfan bpug nirhe. 30 st. p. 98 (numbering changed to 100) : ppalcaip na naoih : Do beanao bdn bo naomuib t>6. 46 st. p. no. By Donogh Mor O'Daly: a coppdin cuirhnige (cuimnuig, 5. 10) bocpfoc. 21 st. p. 115. gdol 615 ltluipe, beginning: Gapbucc bo bf peachc oile. 9 st. p. 117. Concubapmacanbaipb cc (this heading is not in 5. 10, 121). A complimentary poem written for Mac-William Burke (Shane mac Oliverus mac Shane), beg. : peapann cloirh (cloibirii, 5. 10) cpfoc bdnba. 66 st. See No. 1440 ; and for an analysis, excerpt, and note, B. M. Catal., p. 427! p. 130. donftup na biaoacca 6 Oalafg cc, beg'innino-; Na CU15 poinn bgajpa bo Ofa. 15 st. p. 134 (no heading, but by Mahon O'Higgin) : Ndoitica an obuip iompd& t)e\ 40 st. SeeB.M. Catal., p. 380. p. 142. philp bocc 6 Piisionn cc, beginning; Ctfap peip 5 e poigibe 06. 43 st. See Best, Bibliography, 198. . p. 150. By Donogh M6r O'Daly, beginning : OeanaO a Cpfopb mo coirh6ub. 9 st. 1360] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 191 p. 152. Poem : Cpoib pip an anam 501c Id. 3 st. p. 153. By Angus Roe, son of Donogh M6r O'Daly (no heading in 5. 10), beginning: Qn ngeabaip mo puipige a piup. 15 st. p. 156. By the same: Goipeac pfce (5. 10 has pfo, but at end pfo&e) Sanapan gaibpiail a cceann ltluipe ap TTlacaip t/faig. 12 st. p. 158. By O'Daly Fionn (no heading to this or the three following in 5. 10) : Ndoi pomn 00 pionneap bo cpfap. iost. p. 160. By the same (no heading in 5. 10): CI pip a luigeap ann bo leabuige. 11 st. p. 162. By the same : Nt leap bdon dnirhe (baonnec ainirh, 5. 10) p6m. 13 st. p. 165. Concubaip TTlaol 6 TTlaolcuile cc (no heading in 5. 10): 5 Q tt m0 ^ ea 5 a r5 a bean 65. 12 st. p. 168 (no heading) : Q 65am <5n a 65am. 9 st. p. 169. Hugh O'Daly informs the reader that he writes this on the 24th March, 1742, from the book of Francis O'Sullivan, of Trinity College. p. 188 (so numbered, but follows 169). By Donogh Mor O'Daly : Qp popping bealbab puball t)6 (Qp paba paippinng pobal T)6, 5 10). Only 10 quatrains instead of 37. After the tenth is the catch-word an La, and three blank leaves follow. In h. 5. 10 the poem is complete. p. 196. By the same : P6ip ajt marhgap a D6 bf. 9 st. p. 198. bpfan caoc 6 Oalaig cc : Oamgen conpab pd 6eapc pfog. 36 st. p. 206. SSoinfn 6 5 a ^ ariri -cc- mac P'hp a leiginn (no heading in 5. 10) : Q.bean nac nglacan mo gpdb. 19 st. p. 211. pionuigacc ; or, Dialogue of Patrick and Oisin (only the first word in 5. 10) : pa. Ld &d pdib paccpuicc a nbtfn (anubunn, 5. 10) gan ppdilm aip ml (uaib, 5. 10) r\6 aip 61 (oil, 5. 10). 36 st. Here O'Daly has omitted 7^ pages of j^ 10 (160-167). p. 2 1 9. Wlaolmibe rhac Conceallaigh cc bon ngpeagoig, beginning : puapap lap mbeic 05 p6 bdoip. 5 st. with abhrdn. (puapup mfle p6g lap mbeic 65, etc. 5. 10.) p. 220. pmic a leabaip til Sulrtiam, with signature of Aodh O'Daly, 1742, and a stanza, Qp. cpuag pin a leabpdin bpic bdin. Here the copy of 5. 10 ends. In that MS., however, there follow some pages which probably O'Daly did not think worth copying. p. 221. S56UI leap beapbup lionab et cpdeca& na bocnab .... A metrical account of ocean tides and rivers, beginning: Cagoib cpi haibne inaip ccfp. 22 st. i 9 2 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1360,1361 p. 225. pmic a leabap ppompiaip 015 ui Suilrhain oibe et eibipcceal a ccalaipce Qca t)uiblmn per Qo&a 6 tJdlaig, 1742. p. Z26. Historical poem by Shane, son of Maurice O'Connell : dnucuri a pmuamim aip paoicib na h6irnonn". p. 252. On Sfogui&e Rorhanach 00 p6ip Gogain ptfaib mic an baipb boccuip pan bia&acc : " The Roman Sprite." A political poem, beginning : Innipim pfop, nf pfop bpeige 6. Hardiman, ii. 307. p. 272. Cat 5abpa, Oipm agup pacpaic. cc, beginning : TTlop anocc mo coma p6in. 81 st. Ends p. 278, with date 1746. p. 279. Cdinic in capnsaipe bpmn. The latter part of the Tesmolta Cormaic me Airt, v. Sil. Gad. i 91-92. p. 281. Poem, by Brian Roe McConwav, beginning: lomoa uippim ag IJlcaib, bilge uaiple iomapca&. 37 st. p. 284, 1.12. Poem: Gamum alainn apup Ulcaib. 19 st.: On kings who reigned in Emain (Macha), from Conchobar mc Nessa, down to Fergus Foga. In the last stanza Colman Ua Sesnain is prayed for (the poet of this name, nth century: see K. Meyer, ' Primer of Metrics,' p. 32). p. 286. Od pua& beag an cyabuidhe. The first is : t>ume 5I1C gan begoibpeac. These are followed by a series of commendable dispositions, ex. gr. : TTline le muinnceap. t)aonacc le beopui&e. After these follows a set of negations, ex. gr. : Nf corhaipleac gan ollarh, Nf eoirheab gan paipe. pp. 289-293 blank. p. 294. poipneip ap cacha ^abpab. A dialogue between Oisin and Patrick, beginning: pab. lnmp pm a Oipfn, ap hineac ip ap hiongnamn. Ends p. 302. 1361 4to min. chart, 7-f" x 6J-", s.xviii. H.4. 20. Poems, Miscellanea, and Dictionary. Written by Teige O'Neachtan in the years 1725— 1729. The volume seems to have been written partly in Spain : see marginal notes on pp. iz, 112. p. 1. "Table of Contents of the great book of the College of Dublin, 1726," followed on p. 2 by a corrected copy. The book seems to be the Book of Ballymote, which would show that it was still here in 1726. Cf. Atkinson's Introduction to facsimile, p. 2. 1361] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. , 93 p. 2. Quatrain : Nf ISip buinn ap namib p6m. p. 3. Epitaph : po Idp na leici-pi cd cunca, &c. 2 st. 7<$z'(f. Extract from Speed (English). p. 4. A drinking song (English) in praise of October ale : " How void of ease | He spends his days." p. 7. B. Jonson's verses on the Countess of Pembroke. Ibid. Quatrain by T. O'Neachtan : hue a Ceariiuip bup cpua§ Ifom. A- quotation from Sir W. Davenant follows. Ibid. Ounac Gbdin : a rann to serve as an amulet against drowning: cf. Plummer, Vit. SS. Hib. i. 14. p. 8. Verses by J. O'Neachtan against Dermod O'Conor, beginning: Conac-up 510 5up gdbao. 3 st. Ibid. John O'Neachtan on the same Dermod : Omnip m'aiplinn barn apaeip. Five quatrains. p. g. Sayings on friendship, old age, etc., beginning : NaU6o ba compdin beapbab muinnceappba. Ibid. On various judicia ex urina. p. 10. A note on Cuchulainn's feats. Ibid. Lines about certain places, ex. gr. : Ounboinne nap beol oon 5C61II maic. 14 lines. Ibid. A cure for the gout : Leigep po maic an an n5t3ca do p6ip Ppomnpiaipi Moinnpin 6n gcuaefn. 8 lines, beginning : pion asup bpannbi n6 pucpab camnoi. p. 11. Most of the page blank. Notes : 1737-8, Feb. 27. A great storm of thunder and lightning in Dublin. 1737, Jul. 15. A royal proclamation arrived against. Spain. Ibid. A quatrain, beginning : Nqc la&ac oubaipe saplac gcocdn peom. p. 12. paopuicfn baiceat) ec. Q pip m'eilisce .... as in No. 1360, p. 1 (only 2 quatrains). Ibid. Q cobap na pice po pun. Five quatrains. Ibid. Oialeaca cpiacplaic aicme 5aoi&ilrh6ip. Quatrain by T. O'Neachtan. p. 13. Letter of T. O'Neachtan to Rev. F. Laighneach on the death of George O'Reachtagan, Feb. 6, 1725. Cf. p.241. p. 15. Reply (in English) from Rev. F. Leynagh. p. 22. Epigram (English) on a Mr. Swan, who gave evidence in some case of treason. The introduction in Irish. Ibid. On the hardships of Diarmid Kavanagh and Gerald O'Byrne when driven to wander in woods and mountains. 8 lines, by the " Caillech Menntanach," beginning: Cobla $an cpuan gan cpdpacc. p. 23. Poem by Tadhg dall O'Higgin, beginning : t)aoine paopa pfol gColla oncom leapa Liabpoma. 57 st. p. 27. Epitaph on Constantine M'Guire (Latin). Inc. " Hie vigor Alcidis, Solomonis pectus, Achillis Dextera." 194 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1361 p. 28. Latin elegiacs addressed : " clarissimo viro J. C. H. P. Inclytissimo," inc. " Univoco certatim animo . . ." p. 29. Poem by Eochaidh O'Hussey : paba 6m inncin a haiiiapc. Two lines, the rest of the page blank, but the verses on next page beginning: Nf a lop a opio&buio arhdin, belong to the same poem, of which 24 lines are wanting here. There is a complete copy in R.I.A. 23 L 17 See B. M. Cat. 453. ' p. 30. Ua TTloipfn bo TYIaoilpiam cc. A quatrain beginning: On cecmn pom bo cone a peal, followed by another, written later, I6an ap an 6ab ip jjgp an galap 6 . . . p. 31. Poem by Fergal 6g Mac Ward: Cobap pfopoinig pip TTlanac maome a^\ cl6ip nf coi^lib pub. 33 stanzas. p. 33. By the same : Leac le po&lab puil Ui&ip. 42 st. p. 37. By the same: Cfa pe bpuil 6ipe ag panariium. 49 st. p. 41. By John O'Higgin : TCoga an cuaine Cuconnacc. 35 st. p. 44. Poem by Edmund O'Cassidy. t)o bpfan mac Uiftip nagaib colonel Cupan, beginning: paoile pip TTlanac anocc. 30 st. p. 46. By the same : paoileg Ceamaip Ceapa piacmai* caoin. 16 st. p. 49. On cti ceabna b'ulcacaib ip ctj ap pgcain in cacaip. 35 st. p. 52. Letter from Tadhg O'Neachtan to Father Richard O'Muileduin, July 2, 1726 (Irish). p. 53. Short treatise on Irish poetry and prosody by Hugh (Boy) M'Curtin. Transcribed by T. O'Neachtain, 1726. p. 65. Verses beginning : TTlap bo peic lubdp Cpfopc Glbanaio a pfg bo peic. 9 st. p. 66. p<§ipin 5 o hingen ui TTlopoa, beginning: Ox po peipfn bo begbean baibceab. 2 st. of 8 lines. Ibid. Quatrain : O cdn cuilpi bon buca lonna bpuilim *>o gndc. r Ibid Two stanzas on fair-haired Helen and her dark- haired mother : t>ub bobf maicip na mna: taken from Richard Burke's poem, pp an bomuin: see No 1418 280-1 p. 67. Siolla piabac 6 cl<§ipe cc : t)f on po&la a bneiv pfos&am. 35 st. r ' p. 70. Poetical epistle from John O'Baethain to Paul Keating, Aug. 2 1 , 1726, beginning : bui&eac Oiapmuib > ra r bui&eac Ca&s bfb. 5 st. with ceangal. Cf p 112 p. 71. Poem by Eochaidh O'Hussey: Suipigec TTlancafc pe mic pfo 5 . 31 st. In praise of Cuchonnacht Ma°-uire 1361] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. i 95 p. 73. Poem by Mac Ward : TTIancab rnarh na poirii oinig. 33 st. On the same subject. p. 76. Poem by William 6g Mac Ward : Cyif coin copnup eld S 001 ^- 38 st. On the same. p. 79. Two quatrains in praise of Tadg MacDomhnaill, beginning: Caob cfpe an cpaob pcaoilceac. Ibid. Two quatrains in praise of O'Madaghain, beginning: TTlo gpeba 50 m6p lp cpeac 5cm c6ip. p. 80. Fiac's Life of Patrick, from Colgan. Irish and Latin. Ibid, {in marg.). A quatrain, beginning : Wop opbuig Peoap lp mop opouig p6l : cf. p. 124. p. 88. Hymn on St. Brigid, from Colgan. Irish and English. p. 102. S6t>: Columcille .cc. 05 bul 50 hQlbain t>6. Begins: T?ob popai6 an p6t> po. 3 st. See Eriu vi. 112. p. 104. St. Patrick's Lorica. Irish. p. 106. Hymn of St. Secundinus, from Colgan. Latin. p. 112. Poem by Tadhg O'Neachtan, June 16, 1728 : (3 01500 dpb-arhapcac ale. Five stanzas (alphabetical). Ibid. Welcome of John O'Bhaothain to Paul Keating, beginning: t)ia t>o beacao a cuib mo cuim. 3 st., with abpdn. p. 113. Poetical greetings to numerous friends, beginning : Slompeab pcocao na goo'&^S 6 spmn. Twenty-six stanzas, p. 1 14. Appended in another hand is a quatrain, beginning: Sedn o h6ib6m cap mo cuim. pp. 115-119. Dates of battles, etc., ad. 555—1597- p. 119. Scnabaine puappaio: quatrain with English version. p. 120. English quotations. p. 121. The mourning of the Gael according to Jeremiah the prophet, beginning : Coirhne a Cigeapna cn6o a gcaoi. Eleven stanzas. p. 122. Account of a violent storm in Derry and elsewhere on Jan. 14, 1738-9. Ibid. A peculiar appearance of the sun and moon witnessed by Laurence O'Neachtan and others on the 4th Nov., 1738. p. 123. A recipe (in English) for the present cold and cough : 1732, Jan. the 30th. Other recipes (also in English) occur here and there. Ibid. A quatrain : a luoc oencao an cna&bao puap . . . . Cf. B. M. Cat. on. . Ibid. Two lines: Dob an beriian bonnoa neaba . . . Ibid. Four lines (English) in praise of Swift. p. 124. Praise of the Scythians, ancestors of the Gaels, o 2 1 9 6 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1361 Ibid. Four lines giving the characteristics of the people of the four provinces. Ibid. By John O'Neachtan on his death bed : Do guio me" TTluipe riidcaip. Two stanzas. Ibid. A quatrain : Nfop 6pbdig pebap -| nfop opbaig P6L . . . : cf. p. 80. p. 125. Poem headed: Nf oibpigeann lapdncacc n6 peaps baon&a cepc t)6. Begins : t>d na n6p a cc6p 05 baoinib. 10 st. p. 127. Poetical history of Ireland, beginning: N-aoin- meall ariidinbd an paogul. Introduced by four lines, beginning : Cum gl6ipe t)6 5cm bp6g urn puigle. In the margin some Latin lines. About 530 st. pp. 2ii, 212. Appended, the Paternoster and Ave Maria in mixed Latin and Irish. Paternoster, noc a piogap, etc. pp.212. Latin verse: " Abstinet aeger, egens, cupidus, gula, simia, virtus," with exposition in English. pp. 212, 213. Petition of the Commons to Charles II, with his answer (English verse, satirical). In the margin a few lines in Irish : Cmllpeap an cpann glfjapca, etc. Ibid. Four lines in Irish, beginning : S6 bo becao- Thic TTluipe .... Ibid. A quatrain, headed : T?ocl6n eupcdp. Ibid. Quotation from Sir Thos. More. p. 214.. Verses beginning: t)ap nt)ia nuai&gince bean- aib m6 copolc pan am-po nobluice. 20 lines. p. 215. Ooccuip Ceicinn cc. a 6ipe maopba na maoil- lionn mbdn. 12 st. There are considerable peculiarities of reading, of which the principal are here noted, the numbers being those of the lines in Fr. MacErlean's edition of Keating's poems : — 561. t)o cpfall 6t\ S. 577. t)ia cp6anriiap ba paepa 'pt>a. 583. Saeppeap peagam bup pfogoa Idn. 586. For mnd, cdil. 589. gaeftul pliocc a gcgile, a ngaoip, pan spd&. 592. C6ile gac pp6ip bean pa . . . p. 216. A quatrain : Cine cium pdn muicpeoil .... p. 217. Poem: CI laoi baoine an pflcfg 50 mbepumrt buan. Four stanzas. Ibid. Quatrain, beginning: Cdpla me" ap 65 ihnaoi 50 moc 05 efpse lae. Ibid. A quatrain, beginning : leigeb bappaib pca- pdncacc. In the margin : X). ceioin cc : an jaooul ap na peannab ba bucab, cc. 1361] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 197 p. 218. Corhaiple compdin agup ppeagpab t>6, begin- ning : a peapc cp<5i& puaipc sluaip gan pcfpi. Twenty- two stanzas. p. 221. Poem beginning : 6fpge, efpge, buime 06 61I Twenty-two stanzas, with envoy to Peadar ua Muiregain. p. 223. Humorous story of Father Aongus and a cock. Cf. Fr. Dinneen's ed. of O'Rahilly's Poems, p. 228. p. 224. Extracts from Chas. Forman's letter to Sir Robt. Sutton (English). Ibid. Description of some family arms, viz. : Mac Sweeney, Laughlin, Conner, O'Lonergan, and O'Sheil (English). p. 225. Latin Poem : Ad Beatissimam Virg. Mariam De Patriae suae miseriis Querens Hibernus. Inc. Eia, Eia, virgo pia Dei nutrix tenera. p. 227. Note on the "large Irish Library" in the house of the Bernardins, called La Fert6, near Chalons-sur-Sa6ne, "and the very large books of them chained to a table there, which are the books of Munster." p. 228. Poem headed: 6 Nov., 164.5,0. gcoill an bdpt>a& an cacaip bpfan mac 5 10 ^ a pabpuic. Begins : TTlaipg bap companac an colamn. Nine stanzas. Ibid. By the same : TTlaipg barn ban peipi an paogal. Sixteen stanzas. p. 230. A quatrain by the same : Qn lath pan pcpibneoip bo pcpiob anbdil pa&eoig lp bimbpfg . . . Ibid. 5'olla Cpiopb ua Cuibigce cc. Begins : Poip m'6i5in a lfluipe rh6ip a buime beibgeal nac bvip. Seven stanzas. Ibid. A stanza in praise of Brian ua Mnrra. p. 231. By the same ua Cuidighthe : 5 a& ™° 6ea 5 a r5 a bean bocc. Twenty-five stanzas. p. 233. 'Bologn, Dec. 27, 1727.' Account of appear- ances in the sky. Ibid. Poem by the same "§\o\\a Cnfopc. Nov. 28, 1649. Begins : Q Laoipi luacaio bo laim no caicpe (5ipe b' pagdil. Thirty-seven stanzas. p. 236. Ocldn 60165 ui Neaccuin ap nbul bon Spainn ba rhac peabap. Begins : Seacc gc6ab b6ag piece pa hocc. 34 stanzas; followed by a prayer, beginning : ldppoim ap mo Gigeapna ap Chngil bup pig. 3 st. p. 239. Another extract from Forman's letter to Sutton : on the brave deeds of the Irish (English). p. 241. Greeting of Mary O' Reach tagain, wife of Tadhg O'Neachtan, to Rev. Francis Laigneach (see p. 13). 4 st. Rid. A quatrain, beginning : Silim gupab aoibmn bpepaib pcuac pdil. 198 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1361 Ibid. Another quatrain, beginning: TTlolann cl6ip an c§ bfop cpdi&beac c6ip. p. 242. Poem beginning : Ui baocain lonrhum cuib mo cuim (cf. p. 112). Twenty-nine stanzas. Ibid. Quatrain: Cugap spdb tion uac. p. 244. By Sean ua baocan to Paul Keating, beginning : a scumann caileao, gpdb nac buan. Eleven stanzas. Ibid. Qbpan : p6il popcldipseac gpdb yd rhion 506 paon. p. 245. Poem : Cionnap cd 6ipe ? 06 ! a mbpuib. 22 st., with envoy from Tadg (O'Nechtain) to Francis Laighneach. p. 247. CopcUca ap ponn msen Major N61I. . Begins: 0.p efpje moc na gpeine 51I lp peapp a molao t)6 (recurs with the following line at the beginning of each stanza). 28 1. p. 248. dp cmneap Seain Ui baocam 50 p6l C6icm. Poem, beginning : a poll Cleib peac gup clac mo bpfog. Seven stanzas. Ibid. (marg. inf.). A quatrain : Neac bup meipb ba rholao p6in .... p. 249. pac pc6al, beginning : Ld geal gpeme 50 pocmab pdirh bpfpine lp ceils a scompain. 26 st. Ibid. {marg. sup.) " 1728-9 March y e 9 th Sundav morning about 9 of y c clock my father John Naghten died." p. 250 (marg. inf.). A quatrain beginning : Cpopgan an bfa&a &o spd& De\ p. 251 to the end is a rough draft of O'Neachtan's Irish- English Dictionary (No. 1290). The leaves are somewhat disordered by the binder. Inserted after the end of the first alphabet are six leaves (pp. 521-532), containing a record of notable events at home and abroad, from 1726 to 1729. p. 404. Account of a great storm in Holland, 29th May, 1730. Written at Waalwic in Flanders. p. 540 are inserted verses in English : " On the Dane of St. Patrik's charitable scheme." P- 557- " '738-9- Feb. 1. London: There was taken at Preston ferry a monstrous fish, with four eyes, its head like a Jack, two arms like a child, pawed like a Bear, clawed like an Eagle, and tailed like an Eel, a crown on its nose, and the Creature six foot long." [Probably a seal.l p. 558. An epitaph in English verse. p. 594. "When St. Mark alleluiah sings [i.e. anthem for Easter Eve], and St. Anthony Pentecost brings when St. John Baptist Christ's body does adore, then will the world be in an uproar"; followed by the Irish : " cpac canap TTlapc diUeluiao, lp cmsip cmcip pop pabu&a 1368,1363] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 199 a&pap Coin baipce naorh cojip D6, biais in cpuinne cpiao ap Tneipge," i.e. when Easter falls on April 25 (St. Mark's Day), and consequently Whit Sunday falls on June 13 (St. Antony of Padua), and Corpus Christi, on June 24 (St. John Baptist). p. 597. Notes in English as to persons who own Irish mss., etc. 1362 4to min. chart., 6£" x -]i", a.d. 1691-2. h. 4. 21. Romantic Tales. The volume was written by Eoghan McGillein (Hugh McL6n), of Cantire, Argyll, in 1692 (p. 160), from whom Lhwyd acquired it in 1700. See Lhwyd's note in Welsh on p. 4. The book seems to have been written originally for one Caillain Campbell, who signs on pp. 161, 270, with date 1 69 1. p. 5. Tain Bo Cuailgne. See Index. This copy is not mentioned by M. de Jubainville, nor by Windisch. The text agrees generally with that of the Stowe copy (c. 6. 3). p. 163 : The Battle of Ros na Righ. A modern text, differing in detail from that ed. by Hogan, Todd Lect. iv. 60. p. 190: Story of the death of Cuchulainn. See No. 1296, p. 303. The following poems in this copy are not in 1296, viz. : p. 207. 5 a 'P na P^eaccpa im colcaib. 11 stanzas. p. 217. Gnarh leac a leic maca. 4 stanzas. p. 252. G&aig mail 7 mioona. 3 stanzas. p. 256. Ucan uc on lo 00 cuaio lpin each. 16 stanzas. p. 262. Nf hiat) mo caipbe. 3 stanzas. p. 265. Gn slaip begpa bi ^lap cpo. 4 stanzas. 1363 Membr. et chart. H. 4. 22. Miscellaneous : Law, Poems, Romance. A collection of pieces of different ages and various sizes. The Law tracts have been reproduced by O'Curry for the Brehon Law Commission, No. 1424, vol. xiv. The codex is now bound in five parts, which are here sub-divided into 16 sections. I. — Membr. 7" x 5" ff. 9 (one fol. cut away at beginning). p. 1. The legend of Columcille and Dalian Forgaill and the Amhra, beginning : Feacht naon ann cid dia tintallad gaiscid morsa for Ulltaib. p. 3. Insipit cocmapc (small heading). Cocchmapc Coicpib .1. boi pigampa pop UUcaib Conchobup a ainm. O'Curry, p. 1945. 200 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1363 p. 4. Tract on the degrees of the poets and their respective rights. Begins : Seachc ngpaib pilebh lmoppo gpabup gpab no spabup ceim, etc. O'C. 1947. For the tract, see A. L. I., vol. v, p. 56, I. 15 to 68, 21. p. 10. Extract from Law of Stay of Distress, beginning: Po/elongic muige 7 cpicha anao 7 bichim cmcaig .... Cf. A.L.I., vol. ii, p. 104, I.20 sqq. Followed by a list of 'dire' fines. O'C. i960. p. 1 1 . Concerning compensation for wounds, etc. Begins : Leach .vn. cumula meipc bep menb .1 O'C. 1962. p. 15. Glosses, beginning: Cocdimpfbe .1. ammniugab, uc est ce conaimebap piabraam ap cup a neipinn. O'C. 1970. After 1. 20 O'C. notes ' defect.' p. 16. Concerning the distribution of fines, beginning: Gpinbaccap cpiap .1. lp anb iplan a cuibib bipe bo in can bo bena aipneip ap cpiap buppa&aib ap a Tiiaichem pin b6. O'C. 1972. p. 17 is nearly illegible. It begins: Gnbucc (.1. iban) each nbilep anennac 50c ninblep. O'C. read about half the first column. O'C. 1975. The verso is blank, and the leaf was clearly used as a cover. II.— 8 ff. si" x 4 i". p. 18. Glosses on some law book not identified. Begins : Gipingeall .1. seall aipe .vii. ma& mab becc no geall ba pepepa//.^:. no uinge. O'C. 1979. The paging passes from 21 to 24, but there is no defect. III. — Two folios, conjugate. 7'' x 5". p. 36. Short glosses, beginning: Cpoc .1. bmb ceca menb cpoc map pm. Oiuu. ba aei. O'C. 2016. Col. 2, line ii, the glosses are interrupted by a string of names, beginning: clanna Caipne .1. Caipen cap bub macaip Neill, but are resumed on p. 37, col. 1, 1. 3. Some are drawn from the Metrical Dindsenchas. Some of the glosses are interesting, ex. gr. ail .1. bligeb. See the passage cited by O'Donovan, Suppl. s.v. popg, where he translates: ail in cpencupa, "The Rock of the Senchus"; and cf. the gloss cited A.L.I, iii., p. 220, note. See the glosses, at p. 58, infra. p. 37, col. 2, I.9. On the coming of Parthalon: TTlab ail a pip cib apa camic pappcalon ap a cip pern. Ni, etc. p. 38 (in an inferior hand). Poem beginning: Tiiaipg bo cuip^bo cpiap a bpain. Ip psapaaT cuipp pe hairniam A poem addressed by Finn to his dog Bran. Followed by some lines written in a cryptic script (briathar-ogam) of the sort described by O'Donovan in the Preface to his Grammar p. xlviii. 1363] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. p. 39 (different hand). Verses beginning : Q thapmaib gipbnacga&aip. A dialogue between Grainne and Diarmait. Incomplete. Ibid., 1. g. A scribe's remark: a thaipmaicliuni in coca pin bo cenoaig. Then follows a poem about the chase of a magic deer, beginning: t)o bf nrnpe Id neigm ap t»mn Ti6bap mic het>5aofo. IV. — pp. 40-53, 6" x sJ". 7 ff (originally 8). p. 48 is written in double columns. The associate leaf of 42, 43 has been cut out. As to the origin of this section, see Thurneysen zu Ir. Hds. in Gotting. Abh. xiv, 2. 31, who has shown that the book referred to in several headings was the Cin Dromma Snechta. p. 40 (much rubbed and faint), headed : Coimpeyic Conchobmp mic Neppae apan . . . lam .c. na, Begins : Nepp ingen ©chach Salbuibe. See Thurneysen, Sagen a. d. alten Irland, 63. Ibid., 1. 10 (headed: apan caceip ceadna po), Compert Mongain. Ends p. 41, 1. 2. p. 41. A story from which it is inferred that Mongan was Find mac Cumhaill. Ends p. 42, 1. 16. Publ. from other MSS., by Kuno Meyer, in the "Voyage of Bran," Grimm Library, 1895, pp. 42, 45. p. 42, 1. 17. A story beginning: Laici naen 01a pababap cpeip snia Lei5in 05 ciachcain in anguib. Printed in Archiv f. Celt. Lex., iii, 310. p. 43. A story of Mongan, beginning: Diambuuoei X>ano pounguolb pil*?. See " Grimm Library," ut supra, p. 52. Ibid., 1. 4 from bottom, cucaic baile TTlonsdin apm ceadna anpeipyi. Begins: lppipcz'r ben monguain. See ibid., p. 56. p. 44, 1. 13. Combepc Concaulamn cc. This story has been published by Th. (with readings of H. 4. 22) in Abh. Gotting., xiv, 2. 34. p. 45, 1. 24. (apin \eabhar ceadna). Poem giving brief accounts of certain battles: Cjiocaip inbna prz' cac eipp paibup plaint) pepbae bpong. p. 46, 1. 10. Poem on the vanities of the world, beginning: ]p cpuag in cep lmbiaam. Publ. by K. Meyer, Zeits. ix, 166. See also No. 1337, 563. Ibid., 1. 20. Imperfect copy of the song of Cailleach Berre, beginning : Clicbi bampai cen bep mapa. Printed from this text by Bergin in Eriu vii. 240. p. 47, 1. 8. Anecdote beginning : Luib pep inn emam muoacha bo milpoc. Ed. Bergin, Eriu vii, 242. I.19. Ceopa pipeachca placa. cuipmcech cen paipneip CA TALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [136S bwibean cen aipbonail bipim cen chona. See Meyer, Triads, p. 34. 1. 20. [In]cipit do Forfess Fer Falgse. See Thurneysen ut supra, pp. 53, 56. p. 48, col. i,l. 17. Heading: apin leabhar ceadmcc. Then begins : imbu mepe rnibu m6 nab peppeb a uipcbme. Ends pinic. amen, pinic. Last line : apan leabhar ceadna. Begins: lmacalbaim an braas bpain yinna mbanpdicho pebuil (under which in a bracket, hoap loch pebuil). The second col. is headed: TJeppoinbic in banpa[ich], and begins : pebul porcemero gpaigech. Printed ZCP ix, 339. Ibid., col. 2, 1. 17, begins the Voyage of Bran, son ofFebul, ending with the sixth line of page 50, which corresponds to the end of p. 14, col. 1 of YBL facsimile. p. 50, 1. 7, begins the gloss of the Cain Fuithrime : cf. No. 1337, p. 238, and lower part of p. 149. It begins: [TTljacc 06 nimun .1. ni bu mo bfcle. O'C. 2020. p. 52 continues this gloss, which ends on this page. O'C. 2023. p. 53, a few lines in a later hand, containing part of a hymn to the Virgin Mary. The writing is reversed. V.— Three ff. 5" x 4". p. 54. A fragment of a Law tract on " body-fines," beginning: Coippbipe caich cpa .1. lp pi po in coippbipe bobepap in each nbuine lcip lpil 7 uapal. O'C. 2029. p. 58. Glosses beginning: t)a leip .1. ba cpeabap, O'C. 2036. Ibid., col. 2. Glosses, beginning: Cpoc .1. bmb ceca menbepoca mappm. These, and most of those on the next page, are the same as the first column and a half of the glosses beginning p. 36. VI. — 7" x 8". Two ff. forming a sheet 16" x 7"- After being folded in two, each half has again been folded in one-third of its width, so that there are four wide pages and four narrow. The latter are here distinguished by a star. p. 60. Concerning the names of virtues and their neigh- bouring vices, beginning: Ipep co ngnim acobaip co pebli. In the upper margin is : Incipi&re/ v^rba colmani pilt (the words following being hardly legible). This is the Apgitir Crabaid printed ZCP. iii, 447. Then follow such questions as : (1. 19) cib lp pogailpi bo bume .1. etc. ; cib lp imgabca bo buine ecail. ni. etc. ZCP. iii, 449, 10; ibid., 449, 19. p. 60*, 1.5. Glosses on the first nine lines of p. 6o r beginning: hipip [sic] co ngnim .1. crabaid no creibem. 1363] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 20J p. 60*, 1. 12. Glosses, beginning; : Gppa .1. cuapaj/a/ 7 X>e\fmirecht aip. O'C.2041. Ends p. 62, 1. 5 from bottom. Then follows a short extract, beginning : mac pula mc panbaib .1. an pep gpaib, etc. O'C. 2050. p. 62*. An anecdote of Conchobar, illustrating the Law text which begins : Co bepap 1 pine pep anpine pi.. O'C. 2051. The comment or story begins: t)ui [pf] ampai pop Ullcaib roncubup a aimn, bui pill ampa 1 peapann* [conjcubaip, Gpopg mac Cpegaim a ainm. See the same story in connexion with the same text in No. 1336, col. 666. p. 63*. Another illustrative anecdote : IS ppaech pop' Ualano Luigne mac la hanpine. O'C. 2053. Compare No. 1336, col. 669. This is followed by comments on sundry phrases quoted from Laws, continued on p. 63. O'C. 2054. p. 63, I.12. Marginal title, bpech nemio po pip, begin- ning: Nf haipmici longbapb 7pl. .1. nocho naipimim na longbaipb bip 7 a longa paena. O'C. 2055. Referred to by O'D. Supp., s.v., lonsbapb, which he interprets on the ground of this passage, " a traveller who carried a vessel for drink." VII.— Eight ff. 8" x 7". p. 64. On the seven orders of Flaith, and their honour price, etc. O'C. 2057. See O'Curry, ' Manners,' vol. i, ccxlii, A.L.I, v. 24 and 32. p. 65. In the upper margin : Gnamam mopbam .mi, pee mnapein .1. nac 7 anaip. Laib -\ eamam aciac pm .1111. na (expunging dots under na) pee na hanamnai. This seems to have been intended for p. 66. Cf. A.L.I, v. 58, 6.. p. 65^, 1. 14. Slabpa lp ainm bo b6c«/^paib, with similar definitions of coibce cochpa and cinnpepa ; then a com- ment on Cac cm co cincac 7pl. O'C. 2062. p. 66, col. 1. Gcacar a .uii. cralaaccarcachpaeip. This precedes an account of the 5 1 ' aTn Oichenb, and its com- position. See Q'Curry, 'Manners,' ii, p. 262 sq. Begins- 1. 12 Cpopcab pop pepanb. Ibid., col. 2, 1. 14. Finit in glam bicenn. Ibid., col. 2, 1. 15. Law fixing the fee of the physician in certain cases, beginning : Cinnap bosebca cupa com6p cuibe leaga. O'C. 2064. After eight lines come glosses : In mil orh puil am buaile salaz'r .1. plan. Neo no om .1. am .1. mors .1. bap umbi bi;ccie«r ampac .1. pac lap necaib. Then follow some rules as to the honour price to be paid to the sons and daughters of a deceased man, beginning t 2o + CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1363 Ceopa cwmala bo each mac 7 bo cac ingin .1. lee eneclann a nachap, etc, After six lines the glosses are resumed. p. 67 begins with large ornamental TT1, as if a new tract. Glosses continue to the end of the page. O'Curry, 2064- 2069. After p. 67 there was formed}', according to O'Curry, " a loose unpaged leaf stitched to p. 67," and containing a tract entitled Miadlechta Filid and a glossary, transcribed in O'C. 2070-2078. p. 68. Law tract, with interlinear gloss. On trustworthy witnesses. Begins : Gcaicc tieich piabnaipi inbpaic boluaipcec each cop la fene. O'C. 2079. p. 69. The comment continued. O'C. 2080. p. 70. Law concerning certain measures of metal work, beginning : Oinnpa clapaige .1. corhup bip con luce claibep in claip. 01 umgi ipeao aca inn .1. boingio m6in in uma. O'C. 2083. Ibid., 1. 19. Inanb m col pacrat'c aeon cpaep 7 m col mebac aeon cet'rt), etc. O'C. 2083. At the end of this article come definitions of pmnecca and of bpepe. Then follows a judgment concerning the liabilities of a deceased person : bpeach 1m cincaib maipb mbpo. O'C. 2084. Ibid., col. 2, 1. 3 from foot : Nepc .1. b6. O'C. 2086. In the lower margin : ppichao crat epian piach puppe .1. epian na piach no bligpibi bib, etc. O'C. 2086. p. 71a. Law concerning "eneclann," or honour price: lecha eneclann Concobuip .1. lp uab po hicab in eipic o pepgup .1. aipe-popgill ppipaice pig G]\enn he\ Ochc nepce lap nepce 7 x.c. iap .c. aib, etc. O'C. 2087-2089. p. 72a (in continuation). Ochc nepce lap nepce acpesap ann a haen na ba a b6 na heich. O'C. 2090. p. 72J. Law concerning evidence : 'Nach ceipe bep mnpucca olbap in popneip ni pesap pip caipaip. These three lines in large letters, with interlinear gloss. Comment follows. O'C. 2091. p. 73. Several short notes on law. O'C. 2093-2095. After p. 73 there was formerly " a small slip," transcribed O'C. 2095-2096, beginning Cip lip mac nab comallcap cm aicpib la p<sme. p. 74a. Law concerning the honour price incurred by a deceased person : Oopli cil ceachaing .1. cuillcep no aipillcniQ-chep bilpi in cinaib uaip po ceimmsep a cil a "mbap no ec ulla each cechca. O'C. 2097. 1363J TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 205 p. 75a. No ma cpuma cappaipcap Do augl^e c. c. (tanaisi taisbentar O'C.). O'C. zioo. p. 75^, I.7. Sceich pe cimaplainb baip .1. pceich pe caeb em uplainbi, etc. O'C. 2101. p. 755, 1.13. Spuichiu pep llgnima oloap peap aensnima emnaichep llbipe 1 nopbaib llapbaib cip aen i pasbaichep pobecha bich ; then, 1. 25 (with " 5116 eile " in margin), quando moribundus sensum emetit nullo modo aliquid adfinnare \>oiest (with interlinear gloss). O'C. 2102. p. 76a. TTIapc congabala 01a muillcep. Interlinear gloss : .1. uppcapcao can mapbab bo muineb bo coin 7 upcapcab co mapbab bopigne in ctf anb. O'C. 2102. Ibid., I. 6 from bottom. Some laws concerning false swearing : Ochc pcpipnill .;r. ml o mupcupca lee cuinn 7 WAceillf 1 nbepbpopgill lai pop na huaiplib. O'C. 2103. p. 765, 1. 10. lpe aichne mbepbpopgill, ip6 in buine utr pogaic na \eoit 7 cmnci leip nach he. See Atkinson, Glossary, s.v. bepbpoipsell. O'C. 2103. p. jja. Nf calla banuaipp 7pl. .1. nocho calla ba nf ip innpa no ip anbpa bon aen pin .i. coippbipe 7 eneclann. O'C. 2104. Ibid., 1. 27. dcaic cpf pocha la feine 7c. .1. ip uaiplf cinn^ .c. o\r\X>ed. uaiple peip ,c. peip uaiplf cunbpa<£ .c. cunbparf. O'C. 2105. p. 775. A few legal glosses, beginning: poll 7 locc .1. cochailc pmec. i. epipace ; then some cases of exemption : bla nae impam, bla liacpoic uppcap and bla ceite yigh. Compare A.L.I. , iii, pp. 250, Z5Z, and 254. O'C. 2106. After which a few short legal notes. After p. 77 there was formerly " a small slip " containing brief legal notes, transcr. O'C. 2108-2109. p. 78a. A series of glosses, beginning: TTIacc t)e nfmbu bichell .i. nf bti mo bichle mac Oe no nf btf b6mbich- aichilliugab mic be\ O'C. 2 no. Cf. p. 50. Ends 79a, 1. 16. In the upper margin is : Incipit bo machcnaibci na cdna pmcpibce. For Cain Fuithribe see A.L.I., iii, pp. 60, 150. p. 79a, 1. 17. Law about maiming and other injuries, beginning : Lech .vir. camala 1 nepce. cab pa nbubaipe p6 pin 7 pe 5a paba ip crjepuma piac a r\ochiaX> J a banbeime 7 a popgaba .... O'C. 21 14. VIII.— Three ff. sj" x 4!" : pp. 80, 81, and 84, 85 are conjugates,, and appear to have served as part of a cover. p. 85 and p. 80 contain extracts (inverted) from the judg- ments of Caratniadh Tesctha, concerning whom see A.L.I., vol. i, p. 18. p. 85 is largely illegible, p. 80 begins : 5 0- io6 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1363 ban la hopcup. bat) 50 ap conb, t>a X>ethbir bam ol Ca]\a/riadft. O'C. 2117. p. 81 (inverted). Fragment of the article />«*// in Cormac's Glossary. Below, in large letters : pechain glep cuipp anbpo, o beachgalach pin manchi mop cip. pognu ma plichc co bpach. Between the lines: pecain in lezir po 7 ni pona ; below, IS maipg aca in baile in mapcm ; and lower, et $an aipgeb aige. p. 82. Answer of a Brehon to a question propounded to him : dcpo mo ppeagpa a]^ in pbawzpacra [sic'] bopmne Coymac aj\ cSeaan in papaig .1., etc. O'C. 2118. Ends thus : cuipim a mbpec bo \\eir na blzg>5ci pin nac puiL ace mian cainnci bo Copmac X>cith ac liarhainc in a&baip pm ap cSeaan in papaz^ 7 gan cvjapaj/a/ na Tp-orcach na piaafoaz'pe eice 7pl. O'C. 2120. In the upper margin is: pechain $lesa caouil annpo pip o baechgalach. The verso is blank. Between pp. 82 and 83 is a small slip (82%, 82*3); the contents relate to the caipe ampic .1. caipe ana aipic .... O'C. 2 121. The first six lines agree with A.L.I, i, p. 48, lines 8-14, but that text breaks off with 7pl. (See O'Don., Suppl. s.v. coipe ainpicc; O'Curry, 'Manners,' iii, p. 500.)' On verso : Incipit don comrad glanruine donift Muire 7 a mac amaz'/ ad«'r Germanus higrapus. From the Life of the Virgin, of which there is a copy in no. 1434. See f. 32 v° col. 2 of that ms. p. 83. Poem on the mutability of things. Nf an en aird anap an gaech $e beich auaip ppoech apapfn. 7st At the foot is : mipi buach bo pspz'to pm puap map pip abam pein ap leabup 5 eap 5 (i.e. beap 5 ) cSeaam Ruais ba. la. pe mbap bo. IX.— Two ff. 7 i" x 4^". p. 85. Poem in 25 quatrains. A Brehon's advice to his son: 5a& ma comaiple a mie mfn. O'C. 2122-2126. Cf. B. M. Cat. 330. p. 86. Law tract on distress and other subjects • Nach adh^aiaii bo b«rap ppi 501c 7 bpaic. O'C. 2127 Between pp. 86 and 87 is a very small slip (86*) relating to combers or fullers, beginning: Cipmaipe .1. cinaic na hecaibi no boniac na cipa. O'C. 2131. On verso, a few medical recipes : Cope a V pail anbpo &c p S 7 a. A series of twenty-four sayings, beginning with TTlaip 5 . The first is: TT1aip 5 bon buine capupp bume 7 nap cap Oia nobcap. ' ' ' p. S 7 b 1. 8. Poem : TTlobcuba cc : Oiamba cpeabcach ba cpebap. 5$t. Printed in Eriu, ii, J72. 1363] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 207 Ibid., 1. 13. Incipit bo pic na canafi annpo : T?ic coma pacra/V comoji.vi.uji, etc. O'C. 2132. p. 88. Short account of Caiar, king of Connaught, who became so disfigured in consequence of a satire pronounced by his nephew that he abandoned his throne and his wife. For the story, see Stokes: "Three Glossaries," p. xxxvi. Begins : Saech lium bap Caiap. pi Cpuachna. O'C. 2134. Ibid., 1. 5 from bottom : In glappaigne ip caipe 05 C01615 7 ag cocpul too gpabaib peine. O'C. 2136. See A.L.I, v. ioo, last paragraph. The ff. 85, 86, and 87, 88, have large lower margins, which have first been written on the recto and then folded back and written on the verso. They contain various notes on Law. P. 85 : cpf neici ma nblegap bume too bapugab a cam .1., etc. O'C. 2126. Ibid. TTla 01a ngacap in geall on pip 01a cabaip cib langille 7pl. O'C. 2126. p. 86. Caic a pagabap in cepba a comcpom pip in compaice .. O'C. 2130. p. 87. Occ coca bopime punn bo liaig 7 ip cuigeb no pepeb no cechpaime in cac cuib 01b. O'C. 2132. p. 88. Leic m ba ,vn. cumala apbeip bo pi, .vn. cum- ala bib ma pep mama mob . . . O'C. 2136. Ibid. TJeacc pWAa m coip bonacaiceUe a coll .1., etc. O'C. 213b. X.— Eight ff. 8" x si"- This section has a cover (88*). On the recto, at top, a poem, in a small hand, almost obliterated. Ends: pi loclann in cogum cucab cap leap api a lamb pein pobapben. b. a. p. (?). Below (reversed) a quatrain, beginning : a cu Culainn Cuailgne cpuaig (partly illegible). The verso is blank except for some illegible scribblings. pp. 89-104 (saec. xvii ?). Sepjlige Conculainb. Com- plete, but some pages are illegible. Edited by O'Curry from the text in the LU., in 'Atlantis,' vol. i, pp. 262-392 ; vol. ii, pp. 98-124. Also by Windisch, 'Irische Texte,' vol. i, p. 197. XI.— Ten ff. 8f" x 6" (saec. xvi ?), pp. 105-124. Of the coming of the Milesians into Ireland. Imperfect at the beginning and end. O'Curry says that this is the best account of the Battle of Telltown with which he was acquainted. (MS. Mat. 448.) XII.— 15 ff. Si" x 6i"(saec. xvii ?), pp. 125-156. 'A collection of poems (mostly by Seicpm lT)6p and Seicpin Occ), written like prose. 208 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1363 p. 125 (much rubbed) begins imperfect with the words: ■mcnlligeal cnuap. Seems to be an eulogy of an O'Ferrall chieftain. p. iz6. Poem: Samuil muiri Ceamra aca an Ullcaib. Celebrates a house called an lubrach, the stronghold of Rugraide macArdghail macMahon of Oirgialla. The obit of a chieftain of his name is recorded in F. M. anno- 1446. p. 128. Poem: pdibm o TTIael Conaipe (f 1506)00: Sccuipim pada bo cpunnchup cavhatg, etc. Largely illegible ; seems incomplete. Between 128 and 129 are two small slips. The first, which is metrical, begins : t)o clainn Choi\m nocap coipsip. The other (a mere scrap) contains the end of the poem on p. 129, and the signature of Fergal ua Gabann. p. 1 29. Poem on the Crucifixion : paba m€ ay, ■mepugab. p. 130. Poem 5ac ptl co pil pfg eogain, etc. About. 80 long lines, on Enri O'Neill, who seems to be a grandson of Nfall 6g (p. 131, 6). The beginning is illegible, and pp. 131, 132 are discoloured. p. 132, 1. 3 from bottom. Poem by Seicpm TT16p : gpfan cpamraib ceipc comalcaig, etc. About 70 long lines. In praise of Tomaltach MacDermot, who is repeatedly called in Connachtach, presumably from being fostered in Connaught. The Four Masters mention several of the name. p. 134, I. 17. Poem by the same, on Murchadh mac Eogain O'Madden. 89 long lines. A chief of this name died in 1475 (F.M.): beannacc bon cf bomuin TTlupchao, etc. p. 136, 1. 5 from bottom. Poem by the same: TTlepcap. cech mnpi pe hoilech. Continued on p. 137, and ends on p. 139. Praising the house of a Mac Mahon of Oiro-ialla, who is called " son of Ardghail," and may be the Rugraide mentioned above, p. 126. Between pp. 136 and 137 is a leaf inverted by the binder, pp. 135* and 136*; much stained, and hard to read P- I36 f\ K r V Poem: e, r &, 5 »™ cona peapnainn, etc. p. 135* I.5 from bottom. Beginning of a poem: a noma cpe.riap bo cuacha, etc. p. 139- Poem by Seithfin M6r, on Cathal mac Raghnaill O'Rourke : Cpoinn a henbun aicme Pepgaip e tc About 65 long lines. P. 140 is rubbed and hard to read p. 141. Poem: Seiftpiii iTTl 6p cc : bpmchm cogaib co«faMlai5necri,etc. On O'Conor Faley. Cf No 130^62 p. .+, Seippin . cc : eolu, S in co 5 a,& cla«« pep 5 aip, etc. On William O'Farrell. Cf. No. 1393 57 1363] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 209 p. 145, 1.6. TTlaeileclazWra mac Seicpin cc I: Cia anoip 5cm oilc^r an cenech. 2zst., on Brian O'Neill and his wife, Caitilin. p. 147, 1. 19. Seippin Occ c c : Lino gan cragao emech Ullcac. On Felim O'Neill, 2 3st. p. 150, I.4. piu acuigeft cpich Oppaigi, etc. On Fingen McGilla Patrick and his son ; 15 St., incomplete. p. 152. Seicpm Occ cc : TTlenma pibail ac pfl Gogam, on Enri O'Neill, son of Eogan and grandson of Niall 6g- p. 154, I.9 from bottom : Gofn TYlapach h TTlaecagain dixit po : TTlapcam le fnc Concobaip pcapcam rjam pe ocrb capaib. Lament for Diarmaid mac Conchobair O'Driscoll. 28 st. Towards the end partly illegible. See Misc. Celt. Soc. p. 328. XV. — ff. 30, 8J"x sf", in two gatherings of 14 and 14 leaves, plus a cover. The margins badly frayed. Lhwyd'snote on p. 159, quoted below, seems to show that this section stood first when he bought the volume. The Uraicept which occupies most of this section was written by two scribes, probably of the fifteenth century, working alternately. One signs him- self ' Sairbre/^ach ' on p. 169; the other, who writes a squarer and more laborious hand, signs ' Aod ' on pp. 177, 184, 200. He cannot, however, be the Aod Core whose signature appears on pp.44, 48. See below, Scribal Notes. pp. 157, 158. An old cover inverted. On the verso a frag- ment of law : inter alia, the "Ruibilpe cluice : cf. ALL v. 150. The corresponding cover is p. 211. After 158 a small slip containing a grammatical fragment: [cio] pob^ra pmbiulc cumaip 1 pipcunbamz/v : cf. YBL fcs. 234 a 10. p. 159. In the upper margin is a memorandum (in Welsh), by Edw. Lhwyd, stating that this was purchased from Curnan O'Cornyn, in Sligo, 4°, 1700. Lbid., col. 1. The contributions of the several Apostles to the Creed. Ibid., 1. 13. The five reasons why all came to Christ in the wilderness, viz. : Morbus, Signa, Cibus, Blasfemia, and Dogma ; each with its equivalent in Irish. Ibid., 1. 20. The persons who stole the horses, mules, and asses of the Cardinal who ,came from Rome to Ireland. See No. 1337. Ed. Bergin, Eriu vii, 244. Ibid., col. 2. Elementary notes on grammar and ortho- graphy. The ends of the lines are illegible. Ends p. 160, col. 1, 1. 15- p 210 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MA NUSCRIPTS, [1363 p. 159 (lower margin). TTlelchap (leg. TTlelchiop) (.1. jii p[a]b . . .) Capbep (.1. pf caippi) Opipa^ac (.1. pi dpabf). These are the names of the Magi, but the third is ordinarily given as Balthasar. They were regarded as a charm against the falling sickness. p. 160, col. 1, 1. 16. Poem, beginning: Comuillpichazr t>6ipinb l&uil bap a hopa. 15 st. Prophecy of ominous changes : printed Archiv, iii. 340. Ibid., col. 2, 11. 14-22. CapabpaD Column cille 7 baoicin co inbinne. Poem in 4 stanzas. The rest of the col. is in a later hand. Ibid. Obair a Tf\ao]ldamlach/a. 7 st. Cf. 1284, 167k p. 161, col. 1. Poem (attributed to Fintan mac Bochna) about the omens of the year, according to what wind is blowing on Jan. 1, beginning: Kl. enaip gaoch anaip 01c lp buinebac bobeip. 8 st. 1. 24. TTlab plmch Kl. enazr sum baoine rnibu ipm bliadam. Prose notes on weather-omens. Col. 2, 1.13. A poem (also attributed to Fintan) beginning : Copunb boninn cib biacd (6 st.) about thunder on the different days of the week, etc., followed by notes on thunder in the different months. p. 101 (lower margin). The special expertness of the several kings in Ireland : — peapachc pig Caipil ap crabu. pepachc pig CWnachc ap conmb. pepachc pig UladA a]\ apmuib. pepache pig tjpes ap ecna. pepachc pig Oilz^ ap osuib. pepache pig TTli&e ap op. pepachc pig Laigen ap lachc. p. 162, col. 1, 1. 7. Of events that happened on Fridays. Ibid., 1. 12 from bottom. Poem : a 06 ip ole biap Gpe punb. On the evils that come of bad priests and kings. Ibid., col. 2. Poem : ^ab bo cegapc a Neill naip a rhic Gacac ■muioriie&ain. 13 st. p. 163, col. 1. Poem: Cuimm cc : Lopcarcap in easlup 510 lW&a inne. 5 st. Addressed to Mac Da Cerda. Ends 1. 11. Ibid., 1. 12. a Opinocc cubuib bo ceol. cm co buc pfp occ ac pfal. 1 1 st. Printed ZCP. vi, 266. Ibid., col. 2, 1. 3. a chuipp nobcaic ppi cjtabad. Ends p. 164, col. 2, 1. 9. 27 st. Printed in ZCP. vi, 264. p. 164, col. 2, 1. 10. Poem: Copmac mac Cuilennain •cecinit. Oa comulbip p6m nbligztf. pfg ip eppuic ip pilib. 1363] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 1 1 st. The last three in a different hand. p. 165. Extract from St. Bernard. His reply to some- one who asked his advice as to how he should conduct himself towards the things and people of the world. Begins : beca i plana annpo o bepnapb naom. p. 167. The Auraicept na nEices. Begins incomplete : cona achgeoin nech 01b = YBL fcs. 220 £24. This copy corresponds pretty closely to that in No. 1318, col. 500. In some places where they differ the readings of this text have been written into No. 13 18 in a late hand (Charles O'Conor's). The Auraicept runs on to p. 186, which is the end of a gathering of 1 4. ff. It is continued on the small leaf (pp. 197-8), but not on its conjugate (pp. 199, 200). It then goes back to p. 187, and ends on p. 210. The Auraicept has been lately edited by the Rev. G. Caider. Between pp. 192 and 193 is a slip : bo ceimennuib in ■maigz'.rcrec. pp. 199, 200. Poem on the Tower of Babel, beginning : [l]n cop ca WAec pobui. 49 st. Between pp. 204 and 205 is a very small slip, containing the following note: — Qn .S. licz'r .1. p. lp mann .up. a $aedheil% 7 pignum a laicz'ra 7 if mann pisnum a \aitin 7 ip-OiWsiugud a ^aedheil^,. etc. p. 210, 1. 12. Poem beginning: T?ia;5Uil na naicceanc m eel; about 18 St., partly lost by fraying. p. 211 is the recto of an old cover, matching pp. 157-8. XVI. — pp. 32, 74" x 6J". A paper tract (a.d. 1700). p. 213. A discourse abridged (with modifications) from the " Sermo ad Reges " in L. Breac (Atkinson's P. and H., p. 151) : t)ai pig ampa aipeaba pop macaib lppael. p. 219. Passion of Philip the Apostle. This and the two following items are abridged from the L. Breac versions. p. 221. Passion of Andrew the Apostle : Oubgall qui pgpibpic ppimo in mainbrano [= membrano] pet) nunc a me viz. Goin TTlaigbhecha .14. la bon rhich TTlaipc, 1700. p. 226. Passion of James the son of Zebedee. p. 232. Passion of our Lord as narrated to St. Anselm by the Blessed Virgin Mary. See No. 1319, p. 99. This is a bad copy, and ends imperfect, p. 244. Between pp. 226 and 227 are two slips ; the first contains three stanzas beginning : Leisio clann t)orhnuill bo t)ia : P2 212 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1363 the second, two stanzas, in English script, beginning: " Domhnall m Eoin aigneadh saimh," and signed by Domhnall o D&\aigk. Note. — O'Curry, probably by a slip of* memory, states that this volume contains fragments of the Fled Bricrend ('Materials,' pp. 193,194). It is not so. The error is noted by Windisch ('Irische Texte,' 1880, p. 236, note). Scribal Notes and Marginalia. Different parts of the volume were written at different dates and by different hands, but it is probable, judging by the script, that the legal sections (pp. 1-37 and 54-79 and 85-88), and also pp. 40-52 and the sections containing the Auraicept, &c. (pp. 159-210), are the work of the same school, which may have been kept by a branch of the McEgan family, to whom many legal and other manuscripts are due. One member of this family, Cosnamach mac Aedagain, signs his name in full on p. 63 m. inf. (where he styles himself pep an liubmp pi), and on p. 86, m. inf. His Christian name occurs frequently, sometimes as Cosnaidh, sometimes Cosnamach. Two scholars of his name are mentioned by the Four Masters, under the dates 1422 and 1529, but there is nothing to show whether either of these is our scribe. His hand is very similar to some of those employed in Nos. 1336 and 1337 (codices of the sixteenth century); but it might very well belong to the fifteenth. Cosnamach wrote certainly pp. 85-88 of our manuscript, and probably a good part of pp. 54-79, and he may have taken a share also in pp. 1-37 ; but there seems to be at least one other hand at work on this legal matter, similar in style to his. The two hands employed on the Auraicept are also similar, and it may be noted that Sairbrethach, the name of one of these two scribes, was used bv the McAedhagains : see FM index. 5 The section containing pp. 40-53, which is the most interesting part of the ms., was written by two or more scribes. One of them gives us his name in a note at the end of the poem Cpocaip inbna (p. 46) : m Ifn na cuicpe na punna po cabpao oipbi bon pspibneoip .1. bo Roigne mac pingin. Another called Aed Core (he does not <-ive his surname) wrote the following notes : 1363] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 213 p. 44 at end of the Mongan story : 00 cup cupnab baoo bubepca ap pinim bo mongan anuaparca (?) nf em (?) lin 7 bo mongan 7 baeo. p. 48. m. sup. Q muipe mop ae& cope inbiu bo p[cpfb]. No part of the text of this section seems to have been written by Cosnamach mac Aedagain, but he has signed his name in the upper margin of pp. 46, 47, 50, and the stanzas given below, and many other marginalia in pp. 40-52, are in his hand : so that this section also was probably written in the school to which he belonged. Another scribe called Duach wrote part of pp. 38-9, which show the work of two or three scribes, and stand apart (in handwriting) from the preceding and following leaves. The entry is (p. 39, last line): mipi buac in Xmchaig f peapail abuibe. Cf. note printed above under p.' 83. On p. 70, last line, occurs this note : pin 7 mipi in paelmac pacac a cill 1 bonnacain 7 lp inbfp lium in paec pin bimig opum. Cell Ui Donnacain is not given in Hogan's Onomasticon ; but O'Donnagain's country was Ara Tire, near Nenagh, and this would agree with another note on p. 78, marg. : pin 7 an upmumam bam 7 bocpaib lup 5«- in bailpi mo epibe (is this a play on a place-name, such as Lusmag, in King's County ?) 7 me eip c6c lucu poime 7 m Id paba eappaig a gabaz'/ bom 7 co poipztfA bia . . . buibi. These entries suggest that the codex was (partly) written in a school kept by the Ormond branch of the MacEgans : cf. Introduction to facs. of L. Breac, p. xvii. Other notes of place are found at p. 9 ad calc. ip coipppeac •anaic acaim gan a pip accum 5a pac b'lapaib con^bdla (?) 7 co poipib bia eip mo becaip map boct pe opm hi. anbpa cuillaig oarii ; at p. 6i5 m. inf.: dcudmn mioncaeich bobagap p6in apeip gan big gan biab gan coWad ache pepcam gaec 7 . . . . peb[na] aibci ; and at p. 86, foot : in copnamac mac aebagam pm acig caei&5 mic abualann <innpa cuaipfn leabac. The entry on p. 169, last line, already referred to, runs : ]S ole in bub mipi paipbp«/Aach lip in spianain The sections written by Cosnamach and his fellows are liberally provided with other marginalia, stanzas, and remarks of the usual kind, — pious ejaculations, complaints •of pen, ink, or vellum, of cold or homesickness, and personalities about the scribe's companions — these last sometimes unintelligible, perhaps intentionally so. Here are some specimens : — 2h 4 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [136a p. 41 m. sup. bo bpip &o compaip a eogazirc 7 niba micib(?) aeo pin 00 Oenum. p. 42 m. sup. bo brzp Oo compaip ope a eosain 7 (ni)pba imneO leO pin (?). These two entries are in very faint ink. p. 62 m. sup. (in a minute script). t>o Oepba in glepa 7 a Oia amapcpluagipminopach in piubulpm bopigne&bap aniub mipi in copnamacri. Ibid., last line : pin 7 ap mop eacla in bailipi a puilim. Apparently some chieftain was raiding the neighbourhood. p. 7 1, col. 20: pm a uilliam. p. 73, col. iz : mm pin acac a uilliam. p. 79 m.sup. a tna 7 a muipe co poipiO cu opum pein 7 eip uilliam pa in cap mop aca opmn 5an a pip ca puil ... 7 a pin a pab opnucaig (= 6 ap nbucaig). On p. 186 m. sup., there is a note: Comopcup ppiuc a huilliam gfop (= cfop), which was perhaps addressed to the same person ; but the hand is later. P- 74> col. 2 ad calc. Sin 7 anocc ai&ci peil muipe na panaipi 7 guibim uippe pein co poipztf pi mo cop (? leg. mo cdp) 7 m6 a pao o mo bucaig. Two notes written by a scribe Baethgalach have already been quoted at pp. 81, 82. p. 85 (in the hand of Cosnamach, who signs in the upper margin): pm 7 a eochaio ni uil pin acuc pop. On the slip between pp. 86-7 : a Oia apug {sic) a caipppi lp mop in gpim mine pin puap acac (referring to a piece of very fine writing). p. 88 ad calc. Sin pe penb caipppe 015 m . . . The note as to SairDrethach, one of the scribes of the Auraicept, has been quoted. Those in which the other scribe, Aodh, gives his name are as follows— they are difficult either to read or to understand : — p. 177 m. inf. IS noin bomnuig ant> mipi aoo .... chuilm comaip .... asap m buluichi abcrap .... p. 184OT. inf. .... ano anoip 7 na cabapchan aicpep opum pa m p^wup ci bocip (added above) piop a 5 \apr\aidk caipbg meipi aoft 7 i r cinb lem mo menma (?) ne. m. m v ' ' p. 200 m inf. bo 5 uiobe(?) uaic a comaip me 5 plawWfaap pon 5 „rab mipi (.,. a ob superscript) toocW in P i 7 . (=fnit?) 7 zabair Oo binebijio (= benedic- honem) bam da chinb. On p. 173 m sup., there is a faint note in a hand of the seventeenth century : dnno ... an can abh- uaicen piabac macmuipip mic uaicep mic iapla cill bapa. 1595. b apnl(?) an 25 7 iran uamatgA caln J„ s « 1363] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 215 cnuicluaibi pucnji caipcm cun §7 e apwa maipn«tt too . . . . pepia . . . lyan . . . clra . . . The sections x, xi, and xii are each independent of the rest of the volume : they all belong probably to the seven- teenth century. There are remains of scribal notes in x, on pp. 95 and 104, but they are now illegible. There are none legible in xi. Section xii seems to have been written by a Tanaidhe O'Mulconry, if we may trust a note on p. 156 : TTliri canaigi h maelconaipe 7 a nbpuim calp . . . [aj cig boigpe 1 buibgennain bo com comuicht ua Duibsennan bopgpibarf/z po. And on p. 154, 19 bennacc lib a pen pineba mipi canoigi 7 bo com connacc cona cloinn 00 pcpibao. The following verses are written in the margins, mainly by Cosnamach mac Aedhagain : — p. 45 (upper margin). t)on pip nabiabnipbac baip. brae bon cpiaib ap a comaip. Ibid. Copp parhap 7 coeb pa&a pleamam ole in colann 05 lobaft lp a[n]c-amim 0:15 bea?«an. 7pl. p. 46 m. sup. Neoici caijjleap glicce pepubap peicc pcpibap. aice cibep. pagealg (with c added below) bpegap. ipep icap. Cf. ZCP ix, 167. Ibid, (lower margin) : t)ia pipe in boman nangbuirj. er.er nem 7 calmam. n1 pagbai loc poep pobpaig cen nf bus ac ppic mfflmam. 7pl. p. 47 (lower margin), poimne dome 7 celga. poimne biapca belberfia. lmgaib ip«m bubbpecfi. baile bichpeng buipebach. 7pl. p. 49 (lower margin), tub bilm pa biliu mbia&-bib enem each crebi bibpaep. bia& cerci ap blechtmb na mbuap bia& pua« ap p«-caib na naem 7pl. p. 62 m. sup. The peamap ihc cael. ap mo leabup mapaen {leg. immap6en) ihc peamup con copp %lan (?) ihc cael ogan eppa. p. 142 m. inf. (S)alchar (?) ae« (?) cab b'anapc lin. palch«r aen (?) bpiacap aipbpig. C15 milWpiagla bo pob. lp C15 epcame b'aen-cloj;. p. 143 m. inf. 5lofp (?) fp edea lp caonbucpace. molab aippibeb a&bal. pogpao on uile cpibe. bo pig nime 7 caiman. p. 145 m. inf. . . . benbacca in cpenopac. gebe bo .... bobepap bo co heallarh nem 7 calam. p. 159m. sup. [Tnuipe]i«^«lachim aipb. bopilbaVbin baip-baipb. Gnna mgen Sam .... p. 160 m.inf [n]ime aon peppa crat bosrczib piab. na pip bfb ace iuI in aonpf. lp epiup pig pa aon- 5mm lab. 216 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1363-1365 p. 161 m.sup. peap na cpi cpe&un cm cdji. m paga m ipepn lmndp. cpebon noblug nuall gin geip. cpeban cape cpe[ban cmgceip?] p. 162 m. sup. Go TTlugna mop in cpann. xxx e& a cim caitiang. potiepc bo ede aic ambui. ccc. pet) ma aipbi. (Cf. Metr. Dinds. iii. 144.) p. 162 m. inf. .... T^ach cuaim epebumi gaw cpelmm. pmbpzV na Idoc cap lepu. ocd bpegu pop bpeguib. p. 163 (upper margin) : TTIa comuipWA bmc bo ben. ntcpia calum nicpfa nearh. maipg cregep inuile ap 5pab . . . aorcbuirae. p. 163 (lower margin). Gpebe brz'pep cac le pig gabdil 16 pfp cope na ngacc cibe jjebaj agom .... 1364 i2mo chart., a.d. 1717. h. 4. 23. Prayers, Meditations, and Offices. Part i. Bagna pipe, Meditations, and Prayers for every day of the week, preceded by table of contents and a preface, stating that this book was put into Gaelic by John O'Neachtan, and copied by Tadhg O'Neachtan, 1717. 104 pp. pp. 105-6. Some pious verses and prayers, Latin and Irish. Part ii. Offices and Litanies for each day of the week. 62 pp. 1365 6i" x 4" chart. h. 4. 24. A miscellaneous volume, written in 1757 by Tadhg MacNamara. p. 1. Cowley's poem: "Hail Old Patrician Trees [so] great and good." p. 17. English poem : " How happy is the harmless Country Maid." p. 19. Gaelic Grammar according to the usage of the College of Louvain. On the letters and sounds only, with table of contractions. p. 35. dorholao an Coileann uaipail .1. Cnag. Begins : Oocfgirn lap cceacc an rhapcaig. 15 st. p. 39. Lay of the Great Fool in verse, beginning : t)o cuala pg6al uagnac gan bpeag. 43 st. (Continuation on p. 195.) See Trans. Oss. Soc, vol. vi. 1365] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 217 p. 47. Dialogue of Patrick and Oisin, beginning : Oipm ip paba bo puan. p. 83 (in_ continuation) : 05 po an cuapapgabail bo CU5 Oipfn bo pdccpaiQ- a]\ Seilj bo pin pionn. Begins: Ld &a paib "pionn na bplac. 262 st. in all. p. 95. Poem by John O'Connell : On uaip pmuainim ap paoicib na hGipeann. See 1354 and 1378. p. 119. Poem by Father William O'Hickey on Cian O'Mahony. These had been fellow-scholars ; the latter became a captain and justice of the peace for Clare under James II. O'Hickey wrote the following in 1684: gaib a C6in 50 caorii mo ceagaps uannpe. 15 st. p. 122. Poem (anon.): 6ipc le corhpab traine 5I1C. On the virtue of silence. 4 st. p. 123. Poem by Father Conor O'Brian : TTlap b6ccop dp nb6ccop a mbliagna riieac. 4st. 'Trust in God' is the purport. p. 124. By Donagh O'Mahony, when some one called him Mr. Spline because he was one-eyed : 5 ao naoin n d cuispeac mo ptfip. 3 st. p. 125. By the same, a love song: t)o paba-pa gpdb cpoibe. 5 st. p. 126. The same : t)o mnaoi baipigce leap heaponoi- peab a bean p6m : t>ub mime bob balcab 6u a peaca na pceall pgdlca. 5 st. p. 127. Poem by James Cotter on Donagh O'Headromain, a brother of the Dominican order, who turned to become a minister: Nf capcapne bap neagluip (?) na c6im bo cdc. 4 st. p. 128. Anonymous poem on the death of James Cotter: TTlo cap 50 h6ag mo I6ar\ mo cuma mo cpeac. 3 st. p. 129. By William Mac Cartan (an btina) on the death of James Cotter (or Mac Cotter), Esq., who was hanged at Cork for violation of Alice Squib, Quaker : cf. No. 141 8, 133, and compare B. M. Catal., p. 570 : TDo oanaib 50 puin, mo pile b6op, mo pgfop. 7 st. p. 130. By Seaghin Clarach MacDonnell on the same subject : Do collab me cp6am aogibpi. 7 st. See Dinneen's ed., p. 26. p. 132. By the same on the death of Bishop M'Carthy : Clip rcuinim am puan uaigneac am aonapdn. 6st. p. 133. By Carroll O'Daly : Gm leaba apaoip bo pfleap. A vision of Doreen ni Ronain. 8 st. p. 134. Anon., on the death of Alaster Mac Carthy, who died in Spain, son of Mac Carthy Riabhach : dip maibm laoi riiingil cpSam nealib puain. 14 st. zi8 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1365 p. 138. Poem (anon.) : Q pfg gl6pmap na h6cca 00 cpucaio cpdg agup muip. 7 st. p. 139. Three lines addressed by th e sc ribe to his book. p. 140. Seaocm mac Clanacaoi ccc 0:5 piapaoi bo Uillaim an t)tina an paoa biaibip 5a°i&il F a geappmacc gall : a capab mo cl6ib bo lea^ap na peantfgbaip. William's answer follows. 4 st. in all. p. 141. Sea&an 6 lTlupca&a na T?dicineac ccc ap bdp t)dc f 5lapdin bumbaille bo bapbab a CCoipcwge, April 1737. Sin peapca bon bdirii ctiip gdipe ip aicip le mfonn. 5 st. p. 142. Eoghan Mac Carthy on the death of Doreen, daughter of Walter Power, 1736 : O collab Lib a copgapcaig na ccpfuc 50 I6ip. 9 st. p. 145. Poem by Doctor Eoghan O'Callannan, ag labapc anagaib Gamoinn bo bpdl an can 665 an c-acaip Conncubap 6 bpfan lomapbdb ap v,cht bapac a n-agaib Capbpeac 7c : Q \&y pip cpgicig c^abpaig cialliiiap 5I1C. 14 st. p. 150. Gicpige baoclaig &mb mic Go&agdm ponn t)ia bo cpuicib gpianbpog nirhe. 17 st. p. 157. By Donagh O'Mahonv (on its being said that he was English because he had been heard speaking English in Cork market) : Gcd an opeab pan capcuipne aip bpeacaib na bmn gao&^S 6 - S st - p. 158. t)orhnall na buille ccc : tDailce na bpeap puaip peace ip p§imeap pfog. 8 st. A complaint of the neglect of learning. p. 160. 6amonn bo bpdl ccc (lamenting William Roe Cotter) : Tllo oocappa an epic annoip a ccpfc dppab. 7 st. p. 162. Headed : t)uain Cacdm. Poem (historical) : (Sipcig pe comneap bup ccaic a clann aipmm[iti]neac 6acac. 125 st. p. 181. Pedigree of the Earls of Ormond, of Lord Mount- garret, of Lord Carrick, from the time they came to Ireland. p. 182. Genealogy of the branches of the Geraldines and connected families. p. 186. Names of some of the gentlemen who came to Ireland at the beginning of the English invasion. Ibid. Genealogy of Mac Aongus .1. Cigeapna doibedcac (Magennis of Iveagh). p. 188. 5 ein '°^ a c m'c Caipc6an and m Cealla. p. 190. . . . of mac lDupca&a. p. 192. . . . of ua Neill. 1365] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 219 p. 195. Verse. Continuation of the story of the Great Fool (see p. 39). p. 198. Shane mac Domnall Clarach ccc : Six stanzas in Irish and English, directed against George Evans, created Lord Carbery in 1715: lTIo cfac acuippeac an cpeapgapc pin ap p6p TTlflag, etc. These are part of a composition consisting of sixty-seven stanzas, " which either Dermot mac Donall mac Fineen O'Sullivan or mac Michael mac Carthy cecinit" described in the B. M. Catal., p. 552, where the present six stanzas are given, some readings being different. Here follow 86 blank pages. The rest is in a different hand, very ill written and ill spelled. The Tadhg Macnamara, who signs on p. 340, is probably a son of the earlier scribe. Pp. 288-350 have been displaced and reversed by the binder: they should follow p. 380. p. 351. Short Gaelic Grammar: only orthography, with list of contractions. p. 367 (no heading). Two stanzas: lmceogio baonnacc na n<5aooal agup psaipig an gpcio. p. 368. Stanza: Gn iomab 5I61P an mac. Ibid. Poem: poloipe bo goipcig me\ 3 St. pp. 370, 371. Lines in English and Irish : ' Let none for wealth insult with pomp or pride': Uarjaip nd poimp nd b6anac bume ay a pcop. p. 372. A humorous document in the form of a warrant, p. 377. Verses : 5e paba pan baingion m6 am cacale. pp. 380 and 350. English and Irish: "The Irish is a tongue compleatly sweet." dp milip an ceansab an gaobailse. Published (from this MS.) as Keating's, by Fr. McErlean on the authority of O'Brennan (followed by O'Donovan). The English is on p. 380, the Irish on p.350, p. 319. "Mine is thy daughter and [shej shall remain." From Pope's Homer, Iliad, bk. i, 39-44. followed by Dryden's version of the same lines (quoted in Pope's note), with Irish translation on the opposite page. p. 346. Verses : lp beacap lum a cipgeanc 50 Bdicic pi mea a n-uaignip. (9 st.) p. 340. TLata^ macnamapa ccc, headed : bacab nd cuacab, beginning, ^lomdindoicap bforj. Ends on p. 305, with date < 1756. gber 28 T: M.' p. 303. A line : (5bu mb6 na banm 61 nip dbu rhviaip. p. 302. a n-iomolib na hGipm piap. Ends on p. 288. 220 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1366,1367 1366 s" x 3£" chart., s. xvii. h. 4. 25. Genealogies, etc. Liber Ed. Luidii ex dono Rev. Henrici Aldridge S.T.P. et Aedis Christi Decani: (below) 1703. Prefixed is an account of the contents by Edw. Lhwyd (in Welsh). According to Lhwyd, the volume was written about 1630. p. 17. The romantic tale of Carroll O'Dalyand Farbhlaidh, daughter of the king of Scotland, entitled Tochmarc Fearbhlaide : , see No. 1344, p. 297. Published by E. O'Neachtan, Eriu, iv. 47. p. 37. Genealogical tables of several Irish families, and of some of the first English settlers, beginning with O'Neill (Hugh, grandson of Tyrone). p. 160. IN band cins enjii. Tract on the Geraldines as in No. 1372, followed by more pedigrees and (p. 178) a tract on the Bissetts. p. 185. Poem in 3 St., giving the date of "our Hugh " (O'Neill) as 1625. p. 186. Dates of memorable events according to trust- worthy books, chiefly concerning the O'Neills. p. 192. Short account of the Invasions of Ireland. p. 198. Names of the chiefs of the Tuatha De" Danann. p. 200. Of the coming of Ith mac Breogain. Compare No. 1372, 95-6. p. 202. Of the origin of Emain Macha, as in Rev. Celt, xvi, 279. p. 209. Of the deaths of Patrick and Columcille. !367 6" x 3£" chart., A.o. 1701. h. 4. 26. Miscellaneous. On the flyleaf is a stanza: Cuicpio (sic) amiperi ann ina nacpem pdn cplfab. p. 1. Dispute of the body and the condemned soul, from the book called that of Dionysius Sicanus, among the opuscula of Robert (Grosseteste), Bishop of Lincoln. Ed. Dottin, Rev. Celt, xxiii. 1. p. 54- A prayer for the scribe Sean 6 Suillemhain, who adds "This for Domhneall 6 Caoimh, the 18th of Tune 1701." J p. 55. Of the branches of the ancient Irish, with genealo- gies of some of the principal clans. ^■ U b Poem hy Carro11 6 % O'Daly, on Elinor, daughter of Sir Murrough Kavanagh : Oo mup 5 ail m6 beir lui*e barn aneip 50 pdrh. 8 st. p. 120. bliagain pan ccaicepo bo plabeam mo cnoi&e 50 leip. 6 st. A love-poem. 1367-1369] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. p. i2i. t)o Cacail TTlacGoba : a cuiple pa pc6ip pa gpdb na mbean 65. 7 st. p. 123. lap cc6j)bail cinn Qo& ui N61II pan T?6nti t)0 pdit) po arm : Q pip peacap uaic an cndirh. 26 st. p. 130. Oo 66abpuib na mbean ponn pfop. Begins: Op aic learn pcditjbean pgiamac pgaicpanca. 8 st. p. 133. By Eoghan O'Duffy, who was called the clarion (buabaU) of the church : L615 boo coirhrheap buinn. 88 st. Cf. B. M. Catalogue, p. 56, where the opening words are Leig dod chomdrtus. On p. 154 the scribe signs again " Seaan 6 Suillemhain of Co. Kerry." p. 155. Lay of the Great Fool. t)ocuala pg6al fjaignioc 5an ^65. 59 st. 1368 6" x 4" chart., e. 1700. h. 4. 27. Miscellaneous. A note-book in the handwriting of Edw. Lhwyd. On p. 4 a note by him of persons who own Irish mss. p. 5. An Irish-English vocabulary, most of the Irish words written according to Welsh phonetics. pp. 84-147. Blank. p. 158. "Notes from Florence M'Carti's narrative of the origin of the Irish." Reversing the volume : pp. 177, 176. Three familiar quatrains written according to Welsh phonetics : 1. Nir ordi Peder, nir ordi Pol. 2. Ta triwr, ta. triwr. 3. Kart gyn vlas y Nowltyv. p. 175. Irish phrases phonetically written, with Latin renderings. p. 169. Lists of words showing correspondence of Welsh gw and Irish/, Welsh/ and Irish c, Welsh h and Irish s, p. 168. "A catalogue of some Irish Chronicles": includes also romances and names of bishops. pp. 162-159. A few notes on the Library of T. CD., with other jottings. 1369 .7" x 4" chart., c. 1706. H.4.28. Vocabulary of Highland Gaelic, etc. This is a note-book similar to No. 1368, used during a tour in the Highlands, and contains notes on books and 222 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1369-1371 persons and glossaries. Included is a loose slip, with an I O U from D. Parry to Edw. Lhwyd, dated Apr. 12, 1706. The vocabulary (English and Irish) is partly in the hand- writing of D. Parry, partly in Lhwyd's, and is classified under subjects. There are also included : " Mr. Robert Kirke's small Highland vocabulary" (7 pp.): the first two chapters of Genesis in Irish, but with Welsh orthography; a short list of persons in Scotland possessing ancient mss., and a copy of an old charter " communicated by Principal Dunlop at Glasgow." 1370 i2mo chart., 7" x 4J", a.d. 1704. h. 4. 29. Irish Grammar and Prosody, pp. 174. Transcribed by John O' Sullivan, apparently from No. 1431. A memorandum of O'Sullivan at the end states that it was written to increase the glory of God and the profit of Jeremiah Pepyat, a bookseller in Dublin, whose name is written " Hieronimus Piepiat " on p. 1. Edward Lhwyd*s name and seal are on the fly-leaf. p. 1. Grammar, as in No. 1356, 603, and 1431, 1. p. 56. Prosody, as in No. 1356, 626, and 1431, 50. p. in. Another grammar and prosody, "written by Giollabhrighde O'Hussey" as in 143 1, 113. 1371 i2mo chart., 6J" x 4", a.d. 1730. h. 4. 30. Irish Grammar, etc. Written by James Silk, a.d. 1730, at the age of 17 (p. 17). p. 7. Grammar rules, in English, relating merely to orthography. pp. 26-19 (reversed). Latin exercises, etc. p. 29. Keating's poem, beginning: po.13 bjieagac an cr-aogal 'p na hurhlaig 66. 39 st. p. 36. Receipts for making ink. p. 37. Devotional exercises. p. 42. Blank. p. 43. Litany of the Blessed Virgin. pp. 47-48. Blank. p. 49. Prayer to the Virgin. p. 52. More prayers. 1372] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 223 1372 4to min. chart., 7 J" x 6J", s. xvii. h. 4. 31. Genealogies, etc., pp. 160. A fragmentary and tattered volume, the work of two or three scribes, with many gaps, many loose leaves, and many pages out of order. The date 1668 occurs on a loose leaf between pp. 20 and 23. On p. 46 the signature of Eoghan Carrach mac Conmhail, 1668. On p. 47 "Mr. O'Hanlon (deleted) is the possessor of this book." On p. S3 "Anthony MaGneis (Magennis ?) is the possessor of this book." pp. 1 to 76. The principal native and early Anglo-Irish families. Imperfect. The hand changes at p. 21. Between pp. 44 and 45 is inserted a loose page in a different hand from the rest of the book, containing genealogies. p. 77. Pedigree of Finn Mc Cubhaill (sic). pp. 78-81. Tract beginning Qn oapa King Gnpi (= No. 1366, 160 seq.). p. 81. Genealogy of Mac Murchada of Leinster, who first brought the English to Ireland. p. 84. Of Columcille, Baeithin, and other saints. Other post-Norman genealogies follow. p. 95. Names of the chiefs of the Tuatha D6 Danann, etc. (= No. 1366, 198). p. 96. Of the coming of Ith, as No. 1366, 200. A fragment, extends only as far as No. 1366, 201, 1. 2, the following leaf or leaves being lost. The order of the following pages should be 97-8, 103-4 (here a gap), 105-6, 99-100: pp. 101, 102 are interpolated. p. 97. Chronological notes, chiefly obits : the first entry is ■of the showers from which Niall Frasach derived his name, here dated a.d. 718. p. 103. How Niall Naoigiallach divided his possessions among his children. p. 105. The names of fifteen MacMahons who held the ■chieftainship (of Ulster), with the regnal period of each, beginning with Rughraidhe mac Ardghail, and ending with Aodh 6g mac Aodh ruaidh. p. 106. "Of memorable events in Ulster," continued on ,p. 99. The latest date is 3 Jan., 1665, obit of Glaisne 6g Meg Aongasa (p. 100). pp. 1 oj, 102. A fragment containing the story of Matha Mongruadh, as in Keating. p. 107. Genealogies continued to end, in the same hand .as pp. 5-20. 22 4 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS. [1373 1373 4-to min. chart., ji" x 5f", a.d. 1703. ' h. 5. 1. Collection of Poems. In an old leather cover : the pages much dog's-eared and stained, the handwriting clear, but not that of a trained scribe, entitled Ounaipe beag gaobailse ban ab ainm bolg an cralldin. Written Feb. 28, 170!, by James O'Fergusa. p. 3. Poem : Goibmn beaca an psoldip biop 05 beanaih a leigionn. 4 st. p. 4. Religious poem : Uain liluipe cuaio bob c6upa& cpfom. 24 lines. p. 5. Religious poem : Rachab beipbeacc aippionn t>6. 9 st. p. 6. Poem by Edmund O'Clery : a lucapcdm na leaps plim. 11 st. with opan (ariipdn). A lament for Walter mac Tiboid Burke t 1688. p. 7. Gmonn ua 5 ,0Tlr| d:in cc : TYlapcac abapcac na neac. On a certain Doctor Burke. 15 st. with opdn. p. 9. Poem by Eochy O'Hussey : Leagpab aob bpeapuib 6pionn. 14 st. Addressed to Aodh Maguidhir. p. 10. Poem : bpeacarh ceapc cocpom in C65. nf gaban 05 cp6an na 05 cpuab. 13 st. p. 12. Poem : Q colan cugab buic an bdp. 13 st. p. 13. Poem (in the person of the B.V.M.): TTlaic an coppchiop cd mo copp. 7 st. with 6pdn. p. 14. Poem : S'' 011 aT1 cuaine clann Qnna. 10 st. p. 16. Bonaventure O'Hussey's poetical address to a friend who had fallen into heresy: see No. 1285, p. 104. Cpuag liompa a compain bo cop. 59 st. (about 30 st. omitted). Followed by an English translation of the com- plete poem. p. 37. By the same : Q5 cpea^ab an cpaogall bo ap an mboicc becaib. Begins : 5 aD aicpeacaip uaim donmac bfol X)6 (cf. No. 1385, p. 93). 21 st. p. 39. Part of St. Bernard's De Contemptu Mundi, trans- lated by the same : Cpuag cop clomne Qbarh. 17 st. p. 41. Poem by John O'Connell : dnuaip a pmaoinem ap pdoicib na h£hpionn. 118 st. See No. 1360, p. 226. p. 64. At the end are English poems, viz. "The paines of purgutarie fire"; "The lamentation of our blessed Lady over the child Jesus lyeing in the manger " ; " att her flight to Egypt"; "att the passion of our Lord Jesus"; "[at] the passion of her son Jesus." 1374] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 225 1374 4to min. chart., 6J x 5^ in., a.d. 1721-2. h. 5. 2. Collection of Poems, etc. A torn, dog's-eared, and ill-wrilten volume. Written by Hugh O'Daly for Cormac McBrian (p. 68) in the years 1721 and 1722 (see pp. 20 and 35). On the torn fly-leaf a fragment of a poem beginning [Op die] liom ben r^iamac pgapanca = 1367, 130. p. 1. Poem by Eoghan mac Donagh, on Contempt of the World : O5 an pean6ip an paogal. 20 st. p. 3. A quatrain, followed by the Beith-luis-nion alphabet. p. 4. Q15 no leabap Copmuic mic Oyiiain a ppaib pon Niocoldp aig piooaip an caipb ouifj. Ibid. Verses: IS cu 'an cappac^/a if peaca& 50 leop 00 biaig. 2 st. Then eight pages of scribblings in O'Daly's illiterate scrawl : among these on p. 7 some verses beginning TTla pe a&bup bpipce mo cmn. 4 st. p. 13. Story of the Great Fool (prose) : t)o cualup pgfial uagneac gan bpeig. p. zi. Fragment on Grammar. Cuige ipinn, &c. p. 37. Sgfac luicpeac Uluipe. Oip cuama na maigbme po§lopih6pa Tlluipe bo ppic an opca po. It is noted that reading or carrying this prayer- secures immunity from sudden death, etc. ; safety to a woman in childbirth ; and an appearance of the Blessed Virgin thrice before death. Begins on p. 38 : Oratio Beatae Mariae Virginis. a ciagupna p6 rhilip a lopa Cpiopb don mic t>6. p. 40. Poem, by Donagh Mor O'Daly : Nap bub plan umpaio oon 6ige bean cpeisce na Cpionoibe. See No. 1383, 4. 14 st. p. 43. Poem by Semus Dubh Nuinnsuionn : 1p paba bo cocc a Comdp. 14 st. p. 45. Reply of Thomas : lp paba rh'occ a Semuip. 22 st. p. 47. Poem by John Martin : Cionnup pin a pdpa gab b6ip na bpaicpe mapcuioeacc (= 1390, p. 10). 7 st. with amhrdn. p. 49. Dialogue of the condemned soul and the body with the same preamble as in No. 1367. p. 66. The Dialogue is interrupted by a poem by Eoghan O'Duffy : a ttantta ap cpuaig bo 66p. 7 st. The Dialogue ends on p. 77. The next page is blank. p. 79. Poem : Labpuib 50 cmn cpuag. 5 st. A com- plaint against women. Q 2z6 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1374,1375 Ibid. Q mhapbnaoi t>o pmne peapbopca OTTIealldiTi aip an bibipc 50 Connacc : Gn ainm an Gcaip 50 muai6. t3 st. p. 83. Giollabrighde O'Hussey's poem, Cpuag liom a compaine, with English version. 23 St. 1375 izmo chart., 6x4 in., a.d. 1696-8. h. 5. 3. Collection of Poems, etc. Written in 1696-8 by Corrnac McPharlane (see pp. 7, n, 32, 117, 156) from an original which he found 'difficult to read' (p. 70). On p. 117 is written 'Andrew Andrews, his book,' and Aodh O'Daly has scribbled a few entries. The volume is in some places Hardly legible. Many leaves are loose. On a loose fly-leaf a scheme of the Roman calendar. p. j. beip beannacc uaim piap. The author to his book. 16 st. with amhrdn. p. 4. Heading: . . c6ib lccem 50 calaiti mic cle6i&. .... e pug piopgnaoio na po&la ap pab. 12 lines: Cf. p. 22. At foot : comap hailip. cc. na habpain po puap. Ibid ap nbeacpa nf pcapap pe pac&uil beo (by the same). 1.2 lines. p. 5. English : " Death is a fisherman, the world is a sea" (unfinished) Ibid. Verses: 5iop aoi&ce urn aonlaoige 'pbd m6p mo ceap. 18 lines. p. 6. English: "The maiden's longing: 'A maiden of late, whose name was sweet Kate.' " The greater part of the next leaf has been cut away. p. 8. Contra rabiem (a charm). p. 9. English : " The Proposals of a General [peace I between ffrance, Germany, Loraine, Holland, and Liege." Dated a.d. 1696. p. 12. Prayers in Latin. p. 19. Ad Lectorem. p. zo. Latin verses. p. 21. Scribblings. p. 22. Poem. [O] ceaccaipe c6io 1 ccein 50 calarh mic cle6io (see p. 4) accuinne na p 5 el , r i aD pan nibaile bo beoig. 10 st. p. 23. Verses: cd plaoban ip piacdn agup eapbuib irmo 13 st. ' p. 26. Four stanzas now almost illegible. 1375] JR1NITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 227 p. 27. lp cuippeac acdim 5cm cdp a mnaoi n6 a ccloinn. 1 st. Ibid. Stanza. t>iab an calam po ca pum. p. 28. Latin: De aqua benedicta: De jejunio, and some illegible recipes. p. 29. Verses beginning: lp cue liom cuip Uilliam ui Lairhfn t)6ip a epionnacc. 24 lines. p. 30. Three detached stanzas: (1) Ciall ni rjamim . . . (2) 5 ao pian oa bpacap ... (3) 'Napab lia gainem . . . Ibid. Epitaph on Sarsfield in Latin elegiacs. p. 31. Poem by Diarmid Mac Muiredhaigh : cd osblaic 05 beocnarha lolap ap pluag. 9 st. with amhrdn. p. 33. Poem by Cathal O'Feighean, after the death of his only son : Cinn anocc mo rhaoibh meanma. 24 st. p. 37. Epitaph on Constantine Maguire (Latin). ' Hie vigor Alcidis,' etc. p. 38. Epitaph on Eoghan O'Neill (Eugenius O'Nellus). Latin. Ibid. A quatrain : O copepa an Seabac cdoi poipce na ha\e\taighe{?): followed by " Quo semel est imbutarecens," etc., with translation. p. 39. The epitaph on Sarsfield as before (Latin). p. 40. Several Latin quotations (elegiacs) : three of them about characteristics of the four provinces of Ireland. p. 42. Gipo a cai&g cocc 00 beol. 14 st. p. 44. Quatrain beginning : Caipmipc cac 506 ceoil poglac. Ibid. Poem: Cuip ppian pem copp a coirhbe. 15 st. p. 46. (in a later hand) Quatrain : Cln laip &ub pa bpumac ceip. p. 47. Echo poem : Ci nac ccanaip bamh. 12 st. p. 49. Poem : Sa leacain na mnd nac gna a bpeip5 oionnca. 7 st. p. 50. Quatrain: On cpeap mf leac ma piorhcap o dpiep puap. Ibid. Quatrain: O copacpa Clipc coinnsleacac . . . Ibid. Quatrain : lp pep bam pa le hancoiL. p. 51. Poem: Q ndoi beag neapcrhup bo beaita'gh. 5 st. Ibid. Poem : puapup f Lubgopc cpann copab. 7 st. p. 52- Quatrain : bpeac ppoca pfpe bpian bf pe corp lp tof pe cfap. Ibid. Oip mogap 50 pogapac. 9 st. p. 53. Latin elegiacs : " Gaudebat docto quondam Killmoria sponsu." Ibid. "Te Petre posse mori an credam ? caeles*.is an ira ..." Q2 228 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [137& Ibid. Flore, Leone, lyra, tribus his insignibus ardet Anglia .... (signed) per me Cormacum Pharlane. p. 54. Poem : a ca.105 a Idoig na pfl pna pmuain 50 bpdc. 4 st. Advice on marriage. Ibid. Q p6p na TJugpuige a cpvj cpoi&e pacrhan na Rdapc. 3 st. p. 55. Poem : 6p na mban bamceann nirhe. 13 st. p. 56. Poem : Opglan lp oprja bo blabh na mban. 2 st. p. 57. Poem : Gapbog bo bf peace oile. 12 st. On the family of the B.V.M. p. 59. Poem: TYlapcac maipeac, meapca, m6pba, mfn. 3 st. Ibid. Quatrain : Q licip bem bionaip le peol glan gaoic. Ibid. Qnatrain : Seun bo epipe apineab f bpaip 50 gep. p. 60. Poem: bpeacearh ceapc cocpom e an ceug .... (See 1373, 8.) 11 st. p. 61. Atnhrdn: Q 6uine na ccpeub pna p6ub. p. 62. pdl tap bpogml bon ocap an paopibm. 9 st. p. 63. Poem on the Annunciation : [ ] ceab uccac clann Gbami beip na cuicme capla boib. 27 st. p. 68. Cuab cuipleann leacan gac Uaig. Satire on doctors. 2 st. Quatrains : 1. Q claippeac ip bpipceac a\y c6uba. 2. t)ap a bpuil bi mionna aigepin pborhuca pa pliab. 3. t)a ceagmab buic bul cap pliab. p. 69. Quatrain : dp peab bo p6e ip cu be6. Ibid., 1. 3. Poem : a baincigeapna lildipe a bias na T?agaUac. 3 st. Ibid., Poem: Sf lTlaipe caorh an cpaop ni seocasan cpeirh. 3 st. p. 70. Echo poem : a rhucalla beap. 12 couplets. At the bottom of the page "ffebruarii 17. (g-f-) [i.e. 1698], scriptum per me Cormacum papcoWw ex trita et litturis chartula spersa nee non diff[ic]ile lectu ut mani- festatur per vitia in supra scriptis . . ." p. 71. Poem : 50 epioc R6ipceac na pob nglan. 20 st. and one in a later hand. A satire on places and persons visited by the writer. p. 74 Several metrical scraps, Latin and Irish. Ibid. Irish quatrain, scurrilous. p. 75. (In a different hand). Three quatrains : (1) Ceap builleac lep binn bp6. (2) Cugaib cugaib biol na cpuaige. (3) gib caoim a piobal. pp. 76, 77. The names of the Irish letters and diphthongs with Latin explanations, followed by the ogham vowels. 1375] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 229 p. 78. Poem : Q naoi mfonla pfp pfaft-a p6ccum puaipc. 7 St. p. 79. Quatrains: 1. Q pcdib rhaipeac bo capap map cdoinc6ile. 2. papaep 5cm me' pem;t bo goib mo bpigpi. 3. Op m6ib m6 ap gile na lile bo p6p na Nfall, Ibid. Latin Verses: " Forte per umbrosos calles sylvasque virentes." Also in No. 1380. p. 80. Poem: TTIo peapcpa mo pfle an pfogan mop balach. 7 st. p. 81. "Started on a pretty conceit in the dark. Fond man, what good or beauty can be found in heaps of treasure buryed under ground ? " Ibid. Quatrains: (1) Sleac pioppuigacc mo pfopguibe. (2) Q ba[in]pi[g]ann (?) caip maoc mionla. p. 82. English verses : " All you that delights to play at cards to pass the time awav . . . ." p. 83. Irish lines, very much faded, beginning : Nf cugap mionna. p. 84. Latin stanzas, beginning: Nee quemquam objurgo objurgari nee juvat ulli, followed by Irish translation. Ibid. Six Latin distichs, beginning : Cernite Romuleae custos jam turris ad Aras . . p. 85. Two Latin elegiac poems : 1. Mors et Amor quondam tectum venere sub unum . . . 2. Aeger, inops, expes curis oneratus et annis . . . p. 86. Another Latin poem : Quinque Deus panes fregit, piscesque gemellos. Ibid. The virtues of herbs as influenced by the planets (Latin). p. 88. Verses : Q Topa milip an cum bo cumuip bo caipbeanairj. 8 St. p. 89. Quatrains : 1. TTluna magab prim a lapup mo «uplfn cn6. (From the poem in No. 1381, 96.) 2. SI015 an beaca pa maipionb pan bundn bdop. Ibid. Latin verses : Est nive candidior cygnoque Ealina papyro. pp. 90-99. Alphabetical list of English names of plants with Latin equivalents. p. 99. Latin lines : Me nive candente petiit modo Julia, rebar . . . p. 100. Poem very much faded, inked over here and there: cpuag nac mipi mac Oonnchaoa. 9 st. p. 101. Some lines beginning TTIo peapc, partly illegible. p. 102. Quatrain: Sf Ceaclfn nf Neill gan bpgg pvjg bapp ap an mnaoi, followed by some illegible Latin verses. 2 3 o CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1375 p. 103. Scribblings, in the hand of the scribe Aodh O'Daly. p. 104. Half illegible. Below, some verses beginning: Ingion alamn arhap TTIeic Ceopzw. p. 105. Poem (beginning lost?) on some chieftain who fell in the Battle of the Boyne. This page, which is much rubbed, begins : 5 U F pfogSa ppforh-ceannaip. Ends p. no: bo cdorhna ap .cm pfog coirh&e naemca. 32 st. p. in. Poem : O leoneao QicciL, balap r\6 bemne ap ccup. lost. Apparently on the same subject. At foot of p. 112 the eighteenth-century scribe Aodh o Daly- has signed his name, and he has written a quatrain at foot of the next page. p. 113. Latin verses on the lady Susanna Donnellan : Quae nova Calliope vel quae modo Daelia cantat. p. 114. Latin elegiacs: O Pater omnipotens noster nostrique Creator. Ibid. Latin elegiacs : Virgo Maria Dei pulcherrima mater, aveto. (At foot) Seumup 6 ciomdin cc. p. 115. Another Latin religions poem: Bella inter geminos plusquam civilia .... p. 116. Scribblings. p. 117. A controversial treatise in English : "A Net for the Fishers of Men, and the same which Christ gave to his Apostles wherein the points controverted betwixt Catholiques and Sectaries are briefly vindicated by way of Dilemma. By two gentlemen late converts .... Doway, printed 1685." The address to the reader is signed " Irvin M'Culagh." At the end: "This smal and profitable Treatise was rescribed by me when a little rest inter arandum de die did offer, March i6gf, Cormac Pharlane." p. 155. Latin: " Stabat Jesus contra flumen Jordanem." Ibid. The qualities of the planets (English) ex. gr., "Saturn is cold and dry." „ p. 156. The symbols of the signs of the zodiac, the planets, and their aspects. Ibid. " An old prophesie for the years 96, 97, 98." (English, very much faded.) Ibid. Latin lines : " Non edit Israel sine amaris caulibus agnum . . . ." p. 157. A medical recipe (Latin). p. 158. "A proclamation of Apollo to the Renowned Rabbi Bryan Bradie." p. 160. English poem : "The world's a bubble and the life of man less than a span." (Attributed to Sir H. 1375,1376] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 231 Wotton in his Reliquiae, and to Bacon in a MS. Collection in this Library.) p. 162. Latin verses, with heading in Irish: Sinpipeacc vjf jjabarm ceapc, etc. p. 163 (in a different hand). Five lines, headed : fflolaipi 6 miocdn cc, and beginning : a pcopmge na pguab psapac. Ibid. Oratio S. Antonii (Latin). p. 164. Four Latin epigrams, and two Irish recipes. p. 165): In obitum Dni Cornelii, Re . . . | Heu decus infantum suprema ruina paren[tum] (six lines) followed by a quotation in a different hand, then : " Aratum per me Ludovicum Dempsynonis Septembris annoque Dom. 1709." p. 166. Two stanzas, the beginning illegible : . pacup 50 Cebfn glvJaip. Ibid. Donnchadh mac Maine mac Bradaigh cc : Q piogan cpens cennpa na leaodn nbluc. 4 lines. Ibid. Henri caech mac Ardhuil cc. ITTainbippf pern : 4 lines. Ibid. Quatrain : Qn cpeap mf Leac, as on p. 50. p. 167. Rule for finding the golden number in verse: Clip t>6 rtifopa. 8 lines. Ibid. Quatrain : uon mb6 pm a cpeijjeao 50 puilcec pe "Naoip. Ibid. Recipe (Latin). p. 168. Some Latin verses, half effaced. At the end 12 pages, not numbered, in another hand, frayed and partly illegible, containing a fragment of the treatise on prosody, of which there is a copy in No. 1356, p. 626 : begins as in that ms., p. 660 ad calc. 1376 i2mo chart., 6 in. x 4 in., a.d. 1699-1702. h. 5.4. Collection of Tales. p. 1. Story of the death of Cuchullin (imperfect; has lost six or seven leaves at the beginning). On p. 2 begins the paragraph : Ddla bpeap n6ipionn cangabap 50 mas muipceirhne. Written by Art O'Caoimh, for Fionnghuine O'Caoimh, 30th March, 1701-2. p. 92. ' Richard Shea, his book,' and the date 1712. p. 93. Story of the kern in the narrow stripes, or O'Donnell's kern. Published by O'Grady in ' Silva Gadelica,' from the B.M. MS. Add. 18,747, f. 64. This copy is imperfect, beginning with p. 276 (1. 7 from bottom) of the text of S.G., and ending (p. 118) with p. 286, 1. 17. 232 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1376,1377 p. 105. A page of text is wanting between pp. 104 and 106, and instead of it are written on p. 105, lines in praise of a lady, beginning : Ce ceiLim piom a peibigpf map p6spap peachc. 6 lines. Ibid. Q luce coi5ilce an baipille. 4 lines. p. 119. pdgail cpaoibe Copmuic. See Oss. Soc, III., 212. p. 135. The latter part of the tale Ceipniorh Ingine guili&e, beginning with the dialogue between the girl and King Fedlimid (written by Eoghan O'Caoimh, for his brother Fionghuine, ad. 1699). p. 146. Verses by David O'Bruadair : t)o hdipigeab mo cape oioce a Tiiocaipo ao 615. 4 st. p- 147. Lament for Muiris mac Eamuinn. On6ip vjmal lp oineac a ccp§ bo cuaift. 5 st. p. 149. peip cige Condin. Published in the Trans, of the Ossianic Society, vol. ii. Begins imperfect (having lost about three leaves), with p. 126 of the printed text : biong- rhala barn pern anoip. On p. 212 the signature of the scribe Eoghan - O Caoimh, 1700-1. p. 213. iDpuigean C6ipe Copuinn. See No. 1297. p. 229. Poem : Description of the battle of Gabhair, wanting the early part; begins with the second quatrain, p. no of the Ossianic Society's text. p. 250. Prose tale: bpuigean beag na halrhuine. See ' Silva Gadelica,' i, 336. The leaves in the latter part of the book are worn and imperfect. p. 274. A love poem : . . . apaoip ip m§ pfoplag Tnapb cpeic . . . caoib piom pfnee an aingeap p6im. p. 279. Poem : Cacp6im pirn riiic Cfimaill. (The introduction in prose on p. 277.) Begins: Seacc pfg 6605 Idn rheabaip liom. 31 st. The rest of the MS. contains fragments of Agallamh na Senorach, 11. 163 seq. of Stokes' edition. 1377 121110 chart., 6£ in. x 4 in., s. xviii. H. 5.5. Genealogical Tables (imperfect). In the handwriting of Hugh O'Daly. p. 1. pann gan ceibeao : 50c benup afrab, etc. p. 2. Blank. p. 3. Scribblings, and the date 1740. p. 4. The arms and ensigns of O'Conor Kerry. 1377, 1378] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 233 p. 5. Descendants of Fergus mac Roigh and first of the descent of O'Conor Kerry, and other O'Conors ; (p. 29) O'Meachaire ; (p. 35) O'Kennedy, (p. 37) O'Coffey, (p. 42) O'Donovan, (p. 46) O'Fergail, and others. 1378 i2mo chart., 6 in. x 3^ in., s. xvii. h. 5. 6. Poems and Genealogies. Once a well-written volume, now much stained and frayed, but the leaves are carefully mounted and rebound. Many leaves are missing and replaced by the binder with blank paper, and some of those that remain are imperfect. Part of no. 1291 was copied by Hugh O'Daly from this volume, which was already at that date (1755) in a fragmentary condition. This becomes clear when the poems which are incomplete in this volume are compared with the copies in 1291, which show exactly the same defects: see, for instance, pp. 104, 138, 181, and especially pp. 213, 243. But some poems which are now defective in this codex are complete in 1291, showing that some leaves have been lost since the copy was made. In many passages where this volume is soiled O'Daly's copy is quite meaning- less. A note in 129 1 says that the scribe is copying from ' leabhar ui Suildubhain ' : so our MS. belonged to F. S. Sullivan. The original format is exactly like that of No. 1 3 8 1 , and the hand is very similar to that of Turlough O'Reilly, who wrote most of that MS. Probably this volume was written, a little earlier, by one of the same family. pp. 1-6. Genealogies of the Burkes ; the beginning is missing. p. 7. Genealogical tract beginning Gn bapa C1115 Gnpi : cf. No. 1366, f. 71^., No. 1372, 78. p. 22. Cangaoap pip O0I5 co fleipinn : Prose tract, fragmentary. pp. 25-52. Hiatus, supplied by blank paper. p. 53. Poem (beginning wanting) on the succession of kings of Ireland, composed a.d. 1143- Commences with the words Goo, blacmac, Seacnapac peng and ends cp6 pealgnup b'uaiplio Gipionn. 6. 20 st. = 1291, 55. p. 57. Poem: aoibinn pin aBipeapt). 95 st. = 1291, 56. p. 76. A note by the scribe: a Cu Ula6 ay paoa cuppu (?) 50m cuaipn bo &6narh gub leabop ] nac map pin bo gealluip barhpa. 234 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1378 p. 77. Poem : Q eolca dpeann aipbe. 40 St.; 7 st. wanting at end : complete in 1291, 63. pp. 85-92. Hiatus, supplied by blank leaves. p. 93. Poem, which should begin SealbBipenn 0:5 aicme Weill. 57 St., wanting the first 3 stanzas. Complete in 1291, 65. p. 104. Poem: Cuippeab cumaoin ap cloinn Cdil. 78 st. Incomplete. A scribal note appended : ma aca m pa m6 pan buain pi m puapupa 01 ace an oipeab (?) pi. The copy in 1291, 69, ends at the same point. p. 120. Poem by Neide o Maoilconaire : Gol barn peipiop clomne Cuinn. 48 st. = 1291, 74. p. 129. Poem by Donnchadh o Maoilconaire: Giptno a eigpi bantta. 42 st. = 1291, 76. p. 138. Poem by Maoih'n o Maoilconaire: 'OL151& pig eolap b'ollarh. 60 st. On pp. 145-6 there are some blank spaces, which are reproduced in the copy in 1291, 79. p. 150. Poem by Conaing buidhe o Maoilconaire : Q peil- ea% laocleice Cuinn. 13 st., last 4 st. wanting. Complete in 1291, 83. pp. 153-180: a gap, replaced by blank leaves. p. 181. Fragment beginning with Golap mac biobpaig, as in 1 291, 107. 28 st. Part of the poem Cuic meic pibpainb for which see Book of Ballymote facs. 161*47. But the original opening is lost : the first words C615 meic are repeated at the end. p. 187. Poem attributed to the Caillech BhtHrre : Chcbe oarhpa. 12 st. Notini2gi. p. 189. Poem: Seacc cCaoilce bobf pan bp^m. 3 st. Ibid. Poem : Ni itiaipionn b'eipinn ace Qot>. 40 st. = 1 29 1, 84^. p. 197. Poem by Tadhg mac Daire mac Bruaidheadha: Denai& cuniine a clanna Cuinn. 23 st. = 1291, 87. p. 204. Poem by Cormac mac Cerbhuill mic Conmhidhe : paba in puaig pi ap piogpaib bpeag. 24 st., the end wanting. Complete in 1291, 89$. pp. 209-210. Hiatus, a blank leaf supplied. p. 21 1. Poem, fragmentary, beginning with Cuippeac bo 5nac. 13 st. The real opening is buai&peao C6151& caot 6n-rhnd as in 1291, 93, where the poem is complete in 26 st. p.. 213. Poem by the same author (i.e. Ferflatha O'Gnimh). a Coipp&ealbaig cvipn h'aisneab. 27 st., incomplete. So in 1291,94*; but there the scribe has not remarked the lacuna, and after copying the catch-word epmcc at the foot of p. 218 runs on without a break into the next poem. pp. 219-242 : blank leaves inserted to mark the gap. 1378, 1379] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 235 p. 243. Fragment of the poem Cepc 506 pf co p6il beginning with Seoib TTUirhan na mionn. 12 st. Ends cpian bocip 'p 00 cepc. Cepc. So m 1291, 96 b 17. See Miscellany pres. to K. Meyer, p. 258. p. 245. Poem: t)ia ma& rmpi bu& pf p6il. 36 st. Three stanzas of this poem in 1291, 97a : the whole poem ibid. 101 seq. p. 252. Poem: S6 pfjpuipc Cipionn anall. 7 st. = 1291, 973. p. 254. Poem by Fergal 6g mac an Bhciird : Cpf vjaicne 1m imp 55aoifjeal- 45 s t. = 1291, 98. p. 263. Poem : t)o mvnig 01a na oeic n-aicne. 45 st. = 1291, 1035. p. 272. Poem : Rainig peala ap pfc Ulao. 34 st. In 1291, 106 only 2 st. 1379 i8mo chart., 5^ in. x 3 in. a.d. 1727. h. 5. 7. Poems, etc. In an old vellum wrapper along with No. 1380. p. 1. Poem, fragmentary, beginning with 5f aD Doria pagapcazM caspa yich nua&gu&i. Seems to be an elegy on a Niall 6g (O'Neill ?). 94 lines. p. 11. San Qcpaim anaip. James McCuairt's elegy on Sorley MacDonnell, who fell at Aughrim : see No. 1288, f. 171. This copy is imperfect, ending at p. 17 with f. 172, 1. 10, of the former. p. 18. A recipe. p. 19. On a torn leaf two stanzas are written in faint ink, beginning Ca beapca bol cpiom 00 mo piop-cepgab, &c. p. 21 "I doe hereby Certifie that Owen Mc Doude chyrur- geon did on the 2nd day of May last cut a gravel stone concreated in the Bladder from Edmond Branagh of Tweadiny (?) in the County of Monaghan, and that he's famous in cutting the same, as Witness my hand this 18th day of 9 ber 1726— Arthur Noble, Apoth 7 ." p. 22. Scribblings. p. 23. A fragment of the Cagna pipe, corresponding to pp. 4.8-61 of No. 1364, being the devotions for Friday and part of those for Saturday. There is also a loose leaf,, pp. 47-8, = p. 65 of 1364. 236 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1380,1381 1380 i8mo chart., 5^ in. x 3 in., a.d. 1703. H. 5. 8. The Oxford Almanack for 1703, interleaved with an abstract of Irish Grammar and Prosody in Latin and Irish. Evidently used by E. Lhwyd during his visit to Ireland : the notes are in his hand, and there are a few scraps of Welsh 011 the inner cover, and last page. 1381 i8mo chart., 6" x 4", a.d. 1684. h. 5. 9. Collection of Poems. In an old leather cover, a volume of 95 ff. (pp. 5-194), much soiled, written by three or more scribes, one of whom, Turlough O'Reilly, signs on pp. 125, 137, &c. Other O'Reillys have scribbled their names here and there. Also two leaves detached, and quite independent of the volume and of each other, here numbered pp. 1-4. This MS. was once in Hugh O'Daly's hands (see pp. 62-3), and he seems to have copied from it a large part of No. 1291. Cp. description of No. 1378. Pp. 1-2. The scribe Feidhlime Mhaguidhir (?) explains that this is ' the preface at the end ' of a little book which he has finished on January 16th, 1698, and which he leaves to Father Thomas O'Droma. pp. 3-4. Battered and inverted. p. 4. End of a poem which began TTlocein cpe poinn buic. Ibid. Poem: Caom cu pein a bhuine. Ibid. Poem : bobean ciomna pul C15 an ceg. 6 st. p. 3. Cpiup aca bpaic ap mo bap. 7 st. pp. 5-20. The writing being lengthwise, the order of reading is reversed. p. 6. Dap mo baipceab nf he" an pagapc bo nf an peacab. 7 St., partly obliterated ; seems incomplete. p. 9. pacpaic 6 Sfagail cc : bdoglac n6p ap n6scl6ipe. An attack on the morals of the younger clergy. 19 st. p. 10. A song: a bean a puaip an paWAan (sic). 5 st. p. 12. By Tadhg dall O'Higgin : Sluag peipeap cainic bom cig. 12 st. p. 18. Ouppan coips Donncha&a rhic bpiain. 37 st. p. 20. Cpuaib an ceipb an compancap. 9 st., illegible. p. 21. a osao-lacupnahaipm. 24 st. with amrdn. 1381 J TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 237 p. 25. doibin bo caicim an bliabain. An adventure of Diarmaid ua Duibne. 17 st. : largely illegible. p. 27. peuo p«» an obaz'r pi a Gob a rhic bpiain a bide pionncpdob. 32 st. Addressed to Aodh ua Ruairc by his wife, telling him how Tomas Costello (son of Siurtan son of Dubhaltach) is tempting her. The latter part addressed to Tomas himself. See Eriu, ix. p. 32. (5n cnu mosaill maz'ene (?) Ruaipc. 5 st. (largely illegible). Incomplete. p. 33. A new poem seems to begin here : on p. 34. a Feilim macCormuic micBreasail [O'Rourke?] is addressed. PP- 35-37 mainly illegible : pp. 38-60 are again to be read in reverse order. On p. 38 the signature of Seaan O'Raghallaigh. p. 46. Elegy by Fergus 6g Mac Ward on Sean 6g O'Doherty : S50I gan oibe an copb galpgeab. 60 st. p. 55. fTI6n pe cup caicp6im pig. Q rhaoioearh m6ibe mirhpnforh. 54 st. Cf. no. 1291, f. ijj. p. 60. Leacca capao 1 ccac bpiain. millee §ipe bon don gliab. 32 st. Cf. no. 1291, f. 109. pp. 62, 63 do not belong to this volume: they contain sundry verses in the hand of the scribe Aodh ua Dalaigh. p. 65. A satirical piece beginning: Q caipbe gpabac 7 a XHghtheovpidhe nf bpuil nuab pg6al again .... See no. 1297, v. p. 68. Ceipb agam ope a Semuip op cti puaip bepa gallba (English interspersed ex.gr. " Goe forth apfp you rebell"). 17 St. p. 71. Verses (included in letter) : Nf bual pimWr 05 piol lobuip. 20 lines. p. 72. Verses: Qn biaball lp bopga bail: the last 5 st. of the poem Cpiup acd ag bpac ap mo bdp. p. 73. TYlaipg cdobap ben mo biaig. 4-st. Ibid. Poem : Qoibinn an galap gpdb mna. (Three quatrains.) Ibid. Poem : Na bt bom buaibpeab a bean. (Nine quatrains.) These three poems are in O'Rahilly's Ddnta Grddha. p. 74. dp mbeannacc mup bligeam 5 st. p. 75. buabeapca an giolla e an gpdb. 17 st. p. 79. TTlo cion bap luce abappcac. 9 st. p. 81. Q cium bean na nuppolc. Quatrain. Ibid. TTla pancaig cu an mall-popgac. p. 82. Scribblings. p. 83. Table of descent of Turlogh O'Reilly (one of the scribes of this ms.) from Adam. 238 CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS, [1381 p. 88. Poem of three quatrains : a capa o6un aicpip aip C6pna Mac. Moral exhortations. p. 89. Ca bpuaip an cineac iop6a&. 25 St., in honour of Aodh mac Toirrdealbhaigh iii Raghallaigh, who is called P5pu6ai5ce6ip na pgpiopcuipe (st. 19) ceann cl6ipe CiUe TT16ipe (st. 21), etc. p. 94. "Populeam virgam mater Regina tenebat, vel, Solus eram, silva," followed by scribblings. p. 96. A love-song, half illegible, a naei&m na ngealcioc p. 97. Cobap na ccpf 00 Bi pcopMa ap pfol Gaba : Prayers in uncouth verse. Cf. no. 1291, f. 1 1 85. p. 99. beip beannacc uaim piap caip haip. t)on mbanma paippinn p6bglaip. 16 St., with amrdn. p. 103. A fragment, beginning: Sgup bfliop map pfn eacappa ip paice 6a peun : 10 lines. pp. 104-5. Latin : " Urna potes." Rough draft of an epitaph on Hugh O'Rourke, buried at Rome, aet. 64. p. 106. bi p6p gup cldoicloip a caile . . . Four lines. Ibid. Quatrain: Ca pf porhainne pan cplfaiii. p. 107. Poem, nearly illegible : a ingion cpeam itiic t)piain. 4 st. Below, two stanzas retraced. j. Nf bion linn pa Idn poguil. 2. Nf leigeann'Seon Dowall. p. 108. Quatrain on one Donall O'Sullivan (Irish) : then in English : " Loe here thine end, O mortall man," etc. p. 109. English verses in praise of Queen Elizabeth:— " Flye, stately Iuno, Samos froe, From Delos straight Diana goe." p. 113. Cugap 00 mnaoi gpd& nf bpuil pdc 6a ceilc. 9 st. p. 115. t)iapmui6 pda& cc : Cugap coil 60 TTlaol- iii6pp6a. 34 st. with amhrdii. In praise of Maelmordha O'Reilly, a clergyman. p. 122. Nf mo ceangaib liom leac. 2 st. Ibid. 5 lan a cuoine clainne Onna. n st sio-ned bv Tordhealbhach 6 Ragh(allaigh). J Ibid. Quatrain : C'aipe pioc p«V« ap cpgig an 00506 p. 126. Poem : TTla pospa& an cacaip ....(= i 2 q7 f. 119). 39 st. v y p. 133. A few lines of Irish, nearly illegible. p. 134. Three stanzas beginning: a cdmupac na pdice meipbrnilip. 1381] TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 239 p. 135. Verses by Turlogh O'Conor about Colonel Jones (= 1291, p. n85, On gcuala cu cupp«<^). On p. 137 the signature of Turlogh O'Reilly. p. 137. Poem: Cumcmn bo ceangaiU an conn . . . . (= 1291, f. 122a). 4 st. p. 138 (Written as if part of same poem): TYlaipg bonf cumcmn pe mndib = 1291, f. 122a. 18 st. p. 142. Poem : Ca conn-pole cap lonpa beap. 3st. = 1291, f. 1235. Ibid. A stanza has been retraced to the detriment of its meaning. p. 143. Verses, hardly legible : Q lemib 615 615 na noppolc. Ibid. TT)a pancaig cu. Cf. p. 81. p. 144. Latin elegiacs : Forte per umbrosos calles Sylvasque virentes " followed by the English trans- lation : " A brother of sweet St. Francis." Also in No. 1375. p. 147. Some lines, beginning Q bean bona beg have been erased. pp. 150, 149. Poem: a peapc cpoio puapc pa Jvjape ap p6ile apfp. 7 st. Cf. 1291, f. 123$. p. 151. C6b pldn lompaio bo na rnndib (= 1291, f. 117^). 6 st. p. 152. 65 bpuinnioll rhorhup ... 4 lines, then two stanzas beginning: . .