MS R 68

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CollectionMaynooth University

LocationCo. Kildare, Ireland

ShelfmarkMS R 68; 4 g 11

LanguagesIrish; ga

Date created1600-1699; 1663; 1700-1799;1794; 1800-1899; 1838

Paginationvi pp. + 157 + 6 pp. + 6 pp. + 209 pp.

SubjectHistory of Ireland

ProvenanceEnnri Mac Árdghuil wrote this in the Brothers College, ( Franciscan College), Prague with a date of 4-8-1663 in the colophon (cf. ii agus iii ). 1 v. On the back of this there is a dreadfully written signature: "Séaghain Úa Spellighsadh (?) au Glancánmaine (?) an 6 la du mhiosa du Abraine 1794." Mícheál Ó Raghailligh amended the book when he received it, and he put pages in where needed and filled in the writing with the help of another copy of the " dochtúir " [Geoffrey Keating] (cf. p.237). Pp. i-14b, 156-237, 362-365 are written by Ó Raghailligh. We are lucky that the colophon of the principal scribe is still with us. The date, 1838 and " Inse Tigh Meádhain" [Ennistymon, Co. Clare] is with the work of Uí Raghallaigh.

CoveragePrague, Bohemia; Ireland

MaterialPaper

BindingsBound in speckled cardboard with leather corners and spine. "Keatings Ireland 1663: O'Renehan MSS. 68" in gilt lettering on the spine.

ScribesMac Árdghuil, Ennrí, 1663; Ó Raghailligh, Micheál, 1838

ContributorsRenehan, Dr. Laurence, President, Catholic University, Maynooth, 1945-1857.

Dimensions7.2" x 6"

Online since2007

NotesCopy of Forus Feasa ar Éirinn originally written by Geoffrey Keating around 1634. Begun in Prague by Ennrí Mac Árdghuil in 1663. Added to by Mícheál Ó Raghailligh in 1838. Corners of pp 140-41 torn. Pp. i, ii a and ii b blank. Pp. iii and iv inserted note. MS laid out as pp. i-iv, pp. 1-156, pp. 147 a-150 c, pp. 151 a-156 a, pp. 157-365.

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

DescriptionNUIM MS R 68 is a Gaelic manuscript from the 17th and 19th centuries. Written on paper in Irish by Ennri Mac Árdghuil at the Brothers College, ( Franciscan College), Prague with a date of 4-8-1663. Mícheál Ó Raghailligh amended the book at Ennistymon, Co. Clare in 1838. It contains a copy of Forus Feasa ar Éirinn [Foundation of the Knowledge of Ireland, a history of Ireland in two parts, the first book spanning earliest times to the coming of Christianity, and the second from the time of St Patrick in the fifth century to the coming of the Normans to Ireland in the late twelfth century] originally written by Geoffrey Keating around 1634. It appears to have been owned by "Séaghain Úa Spellighsadh (?) in 1794 before being amended in 1838 and subsequently came into the possession of the Dr. Laurence Renehan (1797-1857), church historian and president of Maynooth (1845-1857).

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Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in Maynooth University

R 68

FORUS FEASA

17ú agus 19ú haois. Páipéar. 7.2" × 6". [iv] + 365 + 13 (dearmaid san uimhriú) lch le duilleoga bána ceangail i dtosach agus i ndeireadh. Tá uimhriú ón bpríomhscríobhaí ó 15 go 100 ; uimhriú ón dara scríobhaí ó 101 go 238, agus uimhriú déanach i bpeann luaidhe ar an gcuid eile ; tá go leor dearmad san uimhriú céanna (14 tris, níl aon 132, téitear siar go 147 tar éis 156, 150 quater !). Ennri Mac Árdghuil a scríobh i gColáiste na mBráthar nÉireannach sa Phrág, agus tá 4-8-1663 mar dháta lena cholafan (cf. idir ii agus iii thíos). Leasaigh an Mícheál Ó Raghailligh an leabhar nuair a fuair sé é, agus chuir sé leathnaigh in áit a raibh tollta, agus d'iomlán sé an scríbhinn le cabhair cóipe eile den " dochtúir " (cf. lch 237). Is leis an Raghallach a bhaineann lgh i-14b, 156-237, 362-365. Tá sé d'ádh orainn go maireann colafan an phríomhscríobhaí againn fós. Tá an dáta 1838, agus " Inse Tigh Meádhain" le saothar Uí Raghallaigh. Tá an ls seo ceangailte i gcairtchlár breac le cúinní agus drom leathair. "Keating's Ireland 1663 : O'Renehan MSS. 68" in órlitreacha ar a drom.

[i] . Síniú : "Micheal O Reily of Ennistymon."

[ii]-[iii]. Bán. Eatarthu tá lch deiridh na bunlse ceangailte. "Do Thuathaibh D.D.....9 rígh .... Ar mhodh go bhfuil céad, a deich ceithre fithchead ríogh Éireann rl. Finis." Críoch. M. Ó Raghailligh Keat. mar seo ar lch 365. Lean. Colafan : "Ag sin saothar Dhochtuir Kéittin arna aithsgríobadh leis an mbrathair mbocht d'órd S. Phroinnsias .i. Ennri Mac Árdghuil a cColaisde na mBrathar nEirionnach a bPrága san mBóhémia an bhlíadhuin d'áois an Tighearna 1663. An ceathramadh lá do mhí August. Gach léightheóir do léighfios annso, guídheadh ar son Dé ar an sgríbhneóir, [Fr.] Henricús Ardelius." Faoi sin : gana. A righ na cruinne do bheir loinnir san ngréin go moch. 1 v. Ar a chúl seo síniú ainnis: "Séaghain Úa Spellighsadh (?) au Glancánmaine (?) an 6 la du mhiosa du Abraine 1794."

[iv.] . Míosa na bliana : Tos. Marta, March. Dúch dearg. 1. "FORAIS FEASA AIR EIRINN arna sgríobhadh a n-eagur a ccnuasacht le Seathrún Keiting sagart dochtúir diadhachta." Tos. "An Díonbhrollach" : Cidh beith duinne chuiris roimhe seannchus no sinnsearacht críche san mbíth do leanmhuin [nó] do lorgaireacht. Lean an Raghallach air aghaidh go 14bi. agus, gan briseadh sa téacs, an príomhscríobhaí as sin (Keat. i 33. x) go 155i. Colafan leis an Dionbhrollach : "bhur mbocht chara bithdhílis go bás. Seathrón Keitinn" (lch 34). Faoi sin : Ríghe an Chroibhdeirg, fa sáimh soin. 2 r. "Cuigear do bhí do ghnath saor ó árdchíos rígh Eirionn" : Ó Néill ó Oileach na n-each. 1 r. Nóta croinice ina dhiaidh sin. Lean. Míle bliadhain agus céud. 1 r. (34m.). agus : "William the Conqueror an cnéad lá do mhí Januarii do ghaibh ríghe, Anno Domini 1067."

35 . Tos. FORUS FEASA, faoin teideal "Do Seanchus Éirionn," "do gach ainm dá ttugadh uirre ...."; Ar tús cuirfiom síos gach ainm da raibhe ar Eirinn aríamh : an céad ainm tugadh ar Éirinn, Innis na bhFiodhbadh. Lean. an Raghallach ar aghaidh gan briseadh tar éis 155i. agus críoch. an chéad leabhar le colafan : "Ag sin deire leis an ccéad leabhar do stair Shéathron Keitinn ar ndeanamh an beagán nuadhscríobadh so le Micheál Ó Rághailliogh (ceartaithe ó -dh) a nInse Tigh Meádhainn. Aois Chríost an tan so 1838" (220i.). Lean. an Raghallach leis "An Dara Leabhar" (lch 221) go 231m., agus buaileann sin ag 337m. (==Keat. ii 509) le tosach lgh 238 atá ó láimh an phríomhscríobhaí.

Breacann an Raghallach an leath íochtarach de 237 mar leanas i ndúch dearg : "Bídheadh a fhios agad a léightheoir an tan do fuair mise an seanleabhar so go raibh tríocad duileóg deith tollta le luch do bhain mise na duileoga tollta as fuair me dochtúir oile do sgríobh mé an mhéid easbadh do bhí air mar is léir dhuit bí cinnte go bhfuil an stair foirlionta anois. M. O Rághallaidh." Ansin gana. A righ na cruinne, do bheir luinnir san ngréin go moch. 1 v. "Mícheál O Rághailliogh (ceartaithe ó - dn)." Lean. an príomhscríobhaí ar aghaidh go 361i. Tá nóta ag an Raghallach 361m. "Atá an mhéid so síos ar an lch thall." Ar lch 362 lean sé féin leis na Geinealaigh (leathlch athráite) go deireadh 365m. Faoi sin tá colafan : "Bidheadh a fhios agad a léighthior gurab bráthair bocht d'órd Naomh Proinnsias do sgriobh an seanleabhar so. Éinrígh Mac Árdghuil a ainm a cColáisde na mBráthar nÉirionnach a bPraga san mBohemia do sgríobh se é. An bhliadhain d'aois Chriost 1663."