Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in King's Inns
MS 29
Tales
18th cent. Paper. 18.5 × 13 cms. Pp. 8+2 (blank leaf with label on verso) + 152 (numbered in pencil)+2 (blank)+8. Leaves cut out after first 8 pp. and before last 8 pp. Scribe: Séamas Ó Murchadha, 1780 (pp. 108, 152 i). No cover; spine held by three strips of vellum, with some words of Latin in middle one and top one labelled '29' in front. The pages at beginning and end contain arithmetical and navigational calculations and (apparently) some writing-practice, with loss of text due to trimming to size of remainder of manuscript. Blank leaf at beginning bears on verso a slip of blue paper (c. 4 × 10.5 cms) with '6 / Curious Tale of Gulls daughter, / and the Branch of Cormac' (in O'Curry's hand). Names 'Mr Thomas Noulan' and 'Mr James Stafford' occur in front end-papers.
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1. CEISNIOMH NO CEASACHTA INGHINE GOIL, Ó DHÚN A LOICH. Beg. Árd Rígh uasal, ónóireach, céillídhe, ceartbhreathach . . . ro ghabh ceannus, ⁊ [p. 2:] áirdtíghearnus air Éirinn iathghlas oileanach darb cómhainm Feidhlim Mac Criomhthain Ends (p. 50 i) Iarsan do chuaidh Donaire go Cillosgala agus dfan Feidhlime Mac Criomhthan a cCaisiol an feadh do mhair féin. Gurb e sin ceisnióm ingine Ghuil ó Atháló go nuige sin.
51. FAGHAIL CHRAOIBHE CHORMUIC. Beg. Feacht naon dá raibh Cormac Mac Airt Aonair .i. Árd Rígh Éirionn, a Liatruim, go bhfacaidh an taon óglaoch air faithche an dunadh, ⁊ craobh áluinn soineambuil sídhe ionna láimh. . . . Ends (p. 62 i) gona ann do ró eirgeadar air na mháireach a Liatruim, gon a sgoraid accraoibh ⁊ a ccupán . Gurb é sin mearchadh agus fághail chraoibhe Chormuic go nuige sin.
63. OIDHEACHT CHLOINNE UISNEACH. Beg. Rígh uasal oirdheirc árdchomachtach ró ghaibh ceannus agus áirdthighearnus chóige Ula, darb comhainm Conchubhar Mhic Feárna Fúthaig, Mhic Rosadh ruad. . . . Ends (p. 107) with 'Craobhsgaoile ⁊ coimhneas chuid do churadhaibh na craoibhe Ruadh annso, sul labharaim air thuille do gníomharthaibh Chongculoinn'. Cathfach Mac Maolchró na ccath. 6 qq. Foll. (p. 108.5) by colophon: 'Agsan bás Chloinne Uisneach. Air na sgríobh le Séamus O Múrchughadh, san mbliadhain d'aois Chríost, 1780'. Remainder of p. 108 blank.
109. EACHTRADH, COMHRACH, AGUS TUARASGABHAIL AN MHADRADH MHAOIL, SIR BALBHUADH DE CORDÉBUS AGUS RUDAIRE AN LÓCHRANN, SONN. EACHTRADH AN MHADRADH MHAOIL. Beg. Sealg fiadhach ⁊ fiannchosguirt do comóradh le Ríth Artúr Mhic lubhair . . . uim an bhForaois mBaoghalaidhe air Mháigh na niongnadh. Ends (p. 152 i) ⁊ gabhus Alusdrann Ríoghacht na Hindia, ⁊ Rudaire an Lóchrainn na tháiniste aige, agus na cheannphuirt air slóightibh na Hindia. Foll. by colophon : 'Gona sin í eachtradh an Mhadra Mhaoil Sir Balbhuadh de Cordébus, agus Rudaire an Lóchrainn gonuige sin. Air na sgríobh liomsa .i. Séamus Ó Murchúghadh an treas lá do deichmhadh Mídhe san mbliadhain d'aois ar ttíghearna Críost 1780. Glóire do Dhia'.