MS B 7

IIIF Manifest

CollectionMaynooth University

LocationCo. Kildare, Ireland

ShelfmarkMS B 7

LanguagesIrish; ga

Date created1600-1699; 1675

Paginationii pp. + 88 pp. + 2 pp.

SubjectReligious Tract

ProvenanceCopy of Eoghairsgiath an Aifrinn, (The Key-shield of the Mass) originally written by Geoffrey Keating around 1613. Previous owners include Fr. James Scullin, 1734 and Godfridus O'Keane, 1758. The words "Key-shield of the Mass by Dr. Geoffrey Keating, (his last/best surviving ? copy of the Irish text)" are written on the front enclosure (recto). Other than the first words of the text and a small bit of English, the date and the owner of the book "1734, Father James Scullin his book and his ??? " appear on p. [1]. The text stops on p. 44 but continues on p. 45 with scribbles and the name of the owner in 1758 Godfridus O Keane. On p. 62 the scribe curses those who collected the 'seizure money' [a debt] on 8th March 1675, five days after he completed the work. P. 88 contains the name Tairdhealbhach Óag Ua Dithmon (?) July but, unfortunately no year.

CoverageMaynooth, Co. Kildare

MaterialPaper

BindingsBound in rough wrinkled leather.

ScribesO Ciarbhalláin, Philip

ContributorsSt. Patrick's College, Maynooth, 1820

Dimensions12.1" x 7.6"

Online since2009

NotesThe manuscript is in good condition but the edges are worn with water damage throughout which leaves a small bit of the text unclear, especially from pg. 81 onwards. There is no pagination nor mark on the manuscript except for the reference 'B 7' written in pencil on p. [1]. P. 89 and 90 are actually strips and not full pages. Back enclosure (recto) contains a list of correspondence pasted in, back enclosure (verso) contains a poem pasted in upside down.

RightsCopyright The Library, NUI Maynooth; Copyright image source Irish Script on Screen, School of Celtic Studies, DIAS.

DescriptionNUIM MS B 7 is a Gaelic manuscript from the 17th century. Written on paper by Philip O Ciarbhalláin in Early Modern Irish, date and location are unknown. It contains a copy of an Irish prose treatise in defence of the Mass entitled Eoghhairsciath an Aifrinn (The Key-Shield of the Mass) originally completed by Geoffrey Keating around 1613. The manuscript was in the possession of Fr. James Scullin in 1734 and subsequently owned by Godfridus O'Keane in 1758. It has been in the library of Maynooth College since 1820.

ReferencesCunningham (Bernadette): Cunningham (Bernadette): Geoffrey Keating’s Eochair-sgiath an Aifrinn and the Catholic Reformation in Ireland in The churches, Ireland and the Irish (1989), pp. 133–143 Ó Dúshláine (Tadhg): Dr. Geoffrey Keating on transubstantiation in Treasures of Irish Christianity (2012), pp. 129–131. A note on Keating’s Eochair-sgiath an Aifrinn. Ó Conchúir (Breandán): Passage from manuscript in Éigse 17/1 (Samhradh, 1977), pp. 87–88. Transcription of title page from Paris, Fonds celtique No 71, which is a copy of Keating’s Eochairsciath an Aifrinn made by Seaghan Mac Cosgair (Mac Cosgrach) for Fr. Risteard Breatnach in 1730-1731.

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Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in Maynooth University

B 7

EOGHAIRSGIATH AN AIFRINN

17ú haois. Páipéar. 12.1" × 7.6." 88 lch le duilleog ceangail i dtosach agus stiall de dhuilleog le feiscint sa cheangal laistiar. Níl aon téacs ar lch 45 agus tá préamhacha duilleoige idir é sin agus lch 44. Philip O Ciarbhalláin a scríobh ; tá an dáta 3-3-1675 le 44i. ; 8-3-1675 le 62 i.; agus Apri[lis ?] leis an lch deiridh. Na himill caite agus rian uisce orthu uile, rud a fhágann beagán téacsa doiléir, go mór mór ó lch 81 amach. Ceangailte i leathar garbh roiceach, gan d'uimhir ná de mharc uirthi ach B 7 a cuireadh anois i bpeann luaidhe ar an duilleog ceangail. Tá sí sa Choláiste ó 1820 ar a laghad. Bhí sí roimhe sin ag "Godfridus O'Keane" (cf. lch 45) agus ag an Ath. " James Scullin " (cf lch. i).

[i] . Seachas an cúpla focal tosaigh den téacs agus beagán Béarla tá dáta agus ainm sealbhóra : " 1734. Father James Scullin his book and his . . . ."

[ii] . " Leabhar le leabhragán Choláisde Mhaghnúod, bliaghain d'aois ar dTighearna 1820." Síos suas ag bun an lgh. "Anchora de prora jacitur ; stant litora pupis etc." (ó láimh God. O'K.)

1 . [EOCHAIRSGIATH AN AIFRINN]. Tos. Is í sin aimsiri an díchreidimh (ceartaithe ó anttic seidim) ⁊ aindiúide Cailuín colaid ⁊ a chloinne, Luiteir loitbeartaigh ⁊ a lorgaradh. Ó l.d.an ceartú luaithe, is dócha, agus tá fo-cheartú thall agus abhus ón duine céanna, agus píosaí beaga breise (e.g. 2 i. dhá líne). Colafan le "Finit. Anima scriptoris in manus salvatoris Apri[lis . . . . ]" Tá spota súigh (nó dúigh !) ag an bpoinnte seo (88 m.).

44 i. Stadann an téacs le " non plus sed sequitur " agus tá nóta faoi sin : " Ní beg sin uaimse Philip Ó Ciaruallán don chur sa gideath leanaigh an leaghthoir go deireadh an leabhair et do gheabhaidh an chuid oile ann don tracht so thúas maille re cungnamh De, et fa mo shlainte do chumhdach dhamh. 3 d. Marti Anno Domini MDCLXXV." Ní gá dul go deireadh an leabhair anois ach thar an gcéad leathnach eile, chun an chuid eile den téacs a aimsiú

45 . Duilleog a bhí bán ar dtús ; scribleáil anois uirthi agus ainm sealbhóra : " Ex libris Godfridus O Keane. Anno Domini 1758." Síos súas : " Godfridus O Keane est verus possessor .... 1758."

62 i. " Mo mhallacht do na dreanccoidibh ⁊ do [bhailigh]thóir (?) an airgid teallaigh uaimsi Philip [Ó Ciar]bhallain 8° Martii 1675."

88 i. I bpeannaireacht an Athar Ó Scuillin : Saor rea cumadh dúthracht mbholta. I r." Finnis '34. Aig so lebhar an Athar Seadhmuis Ui Scuillin. James ô Scullin . . . ." Síos suas i bpeannaireacht eile : " Tairdhealbhach Óag Ua Dithmon (?) July [ ]."