Archives and Manuscript Catalogue

Scope and Contents A composite ('mangeral', page 194) manuscript of 3 sections, the first probably from Ulster, the others from Munster.Section 1: Pages 13-182. ‘Foolscap’ watermark typical of latter half of 17th century. The hand at pages 13-120 is otherwise unknown, but the date ‘1709’ (page 44, margin) may be an indication of the year of writing. That at pages 121-180 is Hand X of the Antrim Manuscript, National Museum of Scotland MCR 40.Section 2: Pages 182a-272. ‘Coat of arms’...

Scope and Contents The 'Emanuel MS.', so named by Thomas Astle from the word ‘Emanuel’ (‘Emanuel amen’, folio 6 recto) being prominently inscribed by the text-hand at the top of most pages, generally boxed in red. It is written, as Donald Mackintosh says (Gaelic Ossian, volume 3, page 567), in a ‘strong beautiful hand’: that of Tadhg Ó Cianáin. His colophon (folio 2 verso), now very indistinct, appears to be dated 1462; at any rate he wrote the manuscript, he tells us, during the kingship of Tomás Óg Maguire...

Scope and Contents A recueil of material by an anonymous Irish scribe, probably the end portion of a larger manuscript.Of the manuscript, Ingliston MS. A.i.15 (g) declares “that he [Patrick Turner] purchased the manuscript without a cover and marked No.III. from a flying stationer in Dublin, whose name he cannot recollect”.'Peter Turner Aug' is written on page 427. On the final page, page 362, in addition to being inscribed ‘N. III’, it is signed by Turner and initialled by John...

Scope and Contents The scribe of the manuscript is the same as that of Adv.MS.72.1.38, pages 29-30, 193; Adv.MS.72.1.42, folio 26; Adv.MS.72.1.43; Adv.MS.72.2.1; and Adv.MS.72.2.2, folio 46. The dating of Adv.MS.72.1.38 and Adv.MS.72.1.43 suggest a floruit for him of 1618-1647.The contents (text) are as follows.(i) Continuation from Adv.MS.72.2.2, folio 46 recto, of “Ionmhuin tech re ttugas cúl”, here beginning “Iosdadh níamhghl[an] Cairrgi an Chróigh” (‘Leabhar branach’, line 4370). 11...

Scope and Contents The manuscript was written (except page 68) by Seán Mac Cíar (John Short), a native of Clogher, County Tyrone, in 1738. Other hands appear in marginalia at pages 81 (‘Patt C[ ]’), 301 (including ‘Arthur Mates is this Book / and if it be Lost / or sole pray send home gain to Lucan’), 327, 330 (‘Arthur Magma [ ] is my Name and [ ] I write same So [ ]’), 332 and 334. The name of Michael MacDonald appears at pages 81, 308, 312 and 313, with the addition of ‘Kells’ at page 81 and of ‘his hand and...

Scope and Contents The scribe (except page 44) of the manuscript is Séamus Ó Maolruanaigh. Marginalia in his hand, both Roman and Gaelic, are to be found on the flyleaf, on page 1 (Page 1, line 5 ‘James’; the lower three-eighths of the folio has been torn out, leaving ‘[ ] his hand and seal’ in margin), page 3, page 4 (‘Semus o ionnraic liom mar an geadna mar amhrn’), page 11, page 15 (‘[Se]mus ua Maolruadhneadh a labhar ⁊ a laimh / a n-aois an tidh’), page 17 (‘James M’ twice, with an intervening 6-line...

Scope and Contents The manuscript was written by Fear Feasa Ó Duibhgeannáin, whose subscription, “Trocuire co bfagbha an tí do scriobh sin .i. Fer Fesa O Duibgennain / amen”, appears, with the name smudged, at folio 10 recto. The hand is the same as that of Royal Irish Academy 24.N.3, written by Fear Feasa Ó Duibhgeannáin in County Leitrim in 1666, and substantially the same as that of Trinity College Dublin 1394 (H.5.22), written by the same scribe in County Wexford in 1646.Scribal marginalia are...

Scope and Contents The manuscript is a continuation of Adv.MS.72.1.43, folio 18. The original codex appears to have disintegrated at an early stage, being recorded as coverless from its first appearance in 1803. Its later history can be traced as 4 sections:A. Adv.MS.72.1.43.B. Adv.MS.72.2.1, folios 1-8 (in origin a single sheet, cf. Donald Mackinnon).C. Adv.MS.72.2.1, folios 9-18 (distinguished from B notably by hole in middle of pages 9 and what follows).D....

Scope and Contents The manuscript contains a ‘Sword’ watermark. (Heawood 3911, dated 1647) with letters G R B. The text is in fact dated 1647 (folio 9 recto). The Scribe is as that of Adv.MS.72.1.38, pages 29-30, 193; Adv.MS.72.1.42, folio 26; Adv.MS.72.1.49; Adv.MS.72.2.1; and Adv.MS.72.2.2, folio 46. Adv.MS.72.2.1 is simply the concluding portion of the present manuscript. Also Royal Irish Academy MS D i 1 (1237) section VI.The contents are as follows.(i) Brief description of text by...