Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Irish Language in the Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique / Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België
© Pádraig A. Breatnach, 2019
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KBR MS 2569-72; Cat. No. 4640
Historical verse; Genealogies; Cogadh Gaedheal re Gallaibh
Summary particulars
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Previous description: J. van den Gheyn, Catalogue des manuscrits de la Bibliothèque royale de Belgique 7 vols. (Bruxelles 1901-07), VII, p. 46-8.
Index of contents
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A r. Latin inscription (late).
A v. Blank.
B r. (Top) Modern librarian’s note. Slip attached with record of contents (French).
B v. Blank.
[C] r. Blank.
[C] v. Attached slip with note signed ‘Eugene O’Curry, Dublin, October 1853’
1r. ‘Giolla na Naom Ua Duinn fer leiginn Innsi Clothrann saoí le seanchus, le dán etc. cc. Obiit anno 460’ (added later). Tuilledh fesa ar Eirinn óigh. 187 qq. (numbered in left margin). Ends f. 6v17. (Copy not consulted for edition by J. Carney, Topographical poems by Seán Mór Ó Dubhagáin and Giolla-na-Naomh Ó Huidhrín (Dublin 1942), 35 seq.) Remainder of page blank. Single-line entries at ff. 7r, 8r, 9r (non-scribal), otherwise blank.
10r. ‘Giolla Caomhain cc.’ Ere ard inis na riogh. 159 qq. (Quatrains numbered in left margin; years of reign entered to right of text from q. 20.) Ends f. 15r m., followed by note (later hand), ‘Sunt hic 159 versus verumtamen duo ultimi non sunt authoris’.
15r m. ‘Giolla Caomhain cc.’ Annaladh anall uile. 5 qq. (incomplete).
15r i. ‘Giolla Moduda.’ Ind aimsir Amhlaoibh Ethrach. 3 qq.
15 va. Notes on alternative reckonings based on foregoing and other sources, begins ‘O dilinn go teacht fear mbolg do reir na duanasa mar ata anso 278 etc.’ (Single column, 11 ll.).
16r. List of first lines of poems contained in following, with attributions and page references. Begins ‘Eire ard inis na riog ... pa. 148’. Ends f. 16v2 ‘Cogadh Gall ré Gaoidealaibh a ndeireadh an leabair’.
17r. Genealogy of descendants of Brian Ballach. Begins Eogan / mac Tigearnain Big. (Single column, 15 lines.) Verso blank.
18r. Canam bunadas na nGaoidel. 85 qq. (numbered; one quatrain to line at ff. 18v, 20r, otherwise half-quatrain to line). Ends f. 20v5.
20v. ‘Donn Cuach O hUathghaile cc. amail adeir an rann deidhenach don duainsi féin’ (added later). Reidigh dam a De do nim / go heimig ni hindeimin. 90 qq. Ends f. 24r i.
24v. Cíanócc ingen Cíochararain (sic). 17 qq. Ends f. 25r12.
25r. Finnat senchaide ffer fFail. 74 qq. Ends f. 28r4.
28r. ‘Mac Cose cc.’ Maoil Sechlainn sinnser Gaoideal. 27 qq. Ends f. 29r9. (Another copy 6 f. 40r.)
29r. ‘Mac Conarig .cc. feg an rann deidenach’ (added later). Eol dam seisior cloinne Cuinn. 49 qq. Ends f. 31r6.
31r. ‘Donnchadh Bacach (?) Ua Maolchonaire .cc.’ Esdig a eigsi Banba. 43 qq. Ends f. 32v.
33r. Eistigh re huaran oile. 23 qq. (fragment). Ends f. 33v i.
34r. Se bruigne Erenn can ail. 11 qq. Ends f. 34r i.
34v. List of Christian kings of Leinster. Begins Bresal Belac mac Fiachaid Baicedha mac Cathair moir cuicc bliednai occas a ecc. Ennae niad mac Bresail Belaig iiii bliedna xl ⁊ a écc etc. Ends f. 37r11, Diermait mac Donnchaid mic Murchadae mic Diermatae mic Mail na mBo xl. bl. ⁊ a éc hi Fernae Moir Maedhog rar éis a faiside ⁊ a aithrighe. Conid ar na rigaibh sin do rigne Gillae na Naemh O duind an duanso sis.
37r. ‘Giolla na Naomh O Duinn cc.’ Coigedh Laigen na lecht righ. 67 qq. Ends 39v.
40r. Tract on the Christian kings of Ireland. Begins Laegaire mac Neill xxx annis regnum Hibernie tenuit post aduentum Patricii tenuit [sic] Ard Macha fundata est. Fuair Laeghaire bas ierum ic Grellaigh da Pil for toeb Caisi etc. Ends f. 42v m., xx bliadhan do Muircertach mac Neill mic Lochlainn ri co freasabrae. xuí. condorcair la firu Fernmuige ⁊ la .h. mBriain. Ruaidri ua Conbhobair rí co fresapra * do scar rigi friú ó sin amach ... do sin ro can Giolla Mo-cuda .i. saoi senchaidh na hebert gaoi riam innso*. [*-* in right margin in hand of scribe]. (See copy in RIA MS B iv 2 (1080), 10r-12r.)
42v. ‘Gilla Moduda cc.’ (left margin). Eire og inis na naomh. 86 qq. Four quatrains added later at f. 45v (lower margin), three at f. 46r (lower margin, marked for insertion) and five at end in space originally left blank. Ends 46r11.
46r m. Genealac o Maine Mor. 119 qq. Ends f. 51v m. (See copies in NLI MS G 131, 166; RIA MS B iv 2, 32r.)
52r. [olim ‘67’] In cest for cloinn na Colla · for slúagh luchair Liattroma. 23 qq. Continues f. 54v [olim f. ‘68’], ends l.18.
54v [‘68’] m. ‘Fiontuin file cecinit circa annum 642’ (later hand). A Cruacho satt ciamoir sin. 41 qq. Continued f. 55r [olim ‘69’] + 53v [olim ‘70’], ends f. 54 r [olim ‘71’].
52v (‘72’). A choicid chain Chorpre cruaid. 35 qq. Continued f. 53r (olim ‘73’) + (ends) 55v [olim ‘74’].
56r. Cuirfed comaoin ar cloinn Táil. 97 qq. Ends f. 59v12.
59v 13. Ca lín triucha a nErinn áin. 11 qq. Ends f. 60r.
60r m. Genealogies (in four columns; from f. 60v in three). (i) ‘Geinealach Í Domhnaill .i. an tIarla’, begins Rughraidhe m. Aodha m. Maghnuis etc. (ii) (60vc m.) ‘Geinileach Í Dhochartaig’, begins Cathaoir mac Seaain Óig m. Seain m. Feilim m. Concubhair Charraigh. (iii) (61ra 6) ‘Geinealach Í Bhuidhill’ beginsTadhg Óg mac Taidhg m. Torrdealbhaig m. Néill m. Torrdhealbhaig Oig. (iv) (61rb 6) ‘Geinealach Í Néill’ begins Aodh m. Fhirdhorcha. (v) (61rc 14) ‘Geinealach IarlaTuadhmumhan’ begins Donnchadh m. Conchubair. (vi) (61vc i.) ‘Geinealach tighearna criche Puierach’ begins Risdeard m. Seaain. (vii) (62ra 8) ‘Geinealach an Ardespaig’ begins Maolmuire mac an Giolla Gruama. (viii) (62rb 7) Begins Murchadh mac Briain mic Cathaoir. (ix) (62va 14) Begins Murchadh mac Eirainn mic Taidhg mic Gerailt. (x) (62v c m.) ‘Senchus chlann (sic) Tuathail annso’ begins Torrchealbhach mac Geróid. Ends f. 62v i.
63r. Dún Eogain Bel forsan loch. 8 qq.
63r m. Marthain duit a Uraird feil. 52 qq. Ends f. 65v.
65r 23. [Flaithri mac Fithil.] Mian Corbmaic tige Temra. 12 qq. Ends f. 65v 28.
65v i. Aodh Oiligh inmain lem e. 8 qq. Ends f. 66r 14, remainder of page blank.
66v. Blank.
67r. List of Christian kings of Ulster with their pedigrees. Begins Muireadhach Muinderg mac Forgo mhic Dallain mic Luigdeach mhic Aengusae Finn. Ends f. 69ri. Aed .h. hEocadha bl. ⁊ cenel Conaill ro marbh é amail adrubr ad an duan ar na rigaibh si anuas. (Superior copy in NLI MS G 131, pp. 139-41, where the ending (corresponding to amail etc.) reads ‘conid do forgheall na rigsin attubradh an duan so’.)
69r i. Clann Ollamhan uaisle Emhnae. 82 qq. Ends f. 73r 7. (See copy in NLI MS G 131, p. 142; neither source consulted for edition by F. J. Byrne, ‘Clann Ollaman uaisle Emna’, Studia Hibernica 4 (1964), 54-94.)
73r m. Cimaoth cleithe n-ócc nEmna. 18 qq. Ends f. 73v.
74r. ‘Colmán Ua Seasnán cc.’ (added later). Eamhain alainn áras Uladh. 19 qq. Ends f. 74v 15.
74v m. A eolchai Erend airde. 48 qq. Ends f. 76v 9.
76v. Mide maigen chloinne Cuinn. 51 qq. Ends f. 78v.
78v m. List of kings of Munster with their pedigrees. Begins Corc mac Luighdech mic Aillelae. Ends f. 81r, Tadg mac Muiredhaig mic Cárthaig ⁊ Toirrdealbach O Briain a comhflaithes fris iiii bliadnae ⁊ a nég diblinaibh conadh da forgeall a dubradh an duan so sios le Sean O Dubagain. (A more complete copy is NLI MS G 131, p.199 f. (in four columns).)
81r. ‘Seaán O Dubhagáin cc.’ Caisiol cathair clann Mogha. 73 qq. Ends f. 84r.
84r i. Aoibhind sin a Ére ard. 96 qq. Continues ff. 84v, 85r-v [qq. 1-37], 87r ((a) [qq. 38-46]); mark of omission at f. 87r11, right margin, refers to continuation at f. 86r ([(b) qq. 47-60]); remainder continues from 86r12 to end f. 87v i.((c)[qq. 61-96]. (One quatrain to the line at ff. 86r-87v.)
88r. Cuicc Mumain i Mumain moir. 7 qq.
88r m. ‘O Dubhaccain cc. do réir an rainn deidheanaigh ata isin duain’ (added later). Ata sund sencus rígh Erenn. 139 qq. (some augmented). Ends f. 93v.
94r. ‘Giolla Caomháoin cc.’ Eiri ard inis na riog. 158 qq. (One quatrain to each line at f. 94r ll 1-16, f. 94v ll 1-9.) Ends f. 99r.
99r i. Cruacha Connacht rath go rath. 69 qq. Ends f. 101v i.
102. Blank.
103r. ‘Cogadh Gaoideal ré Galluibh’ (heading added). Begins Bai docraitte iongnadh adbal mor ar Erinn uile go foirletan ó geinntib gormglasa gusmara & o dhanaraibh doilghe durcroidheacha fri re chían ⁊ re haimsir fhada.i. fri reimhes deich mbliadan ⁊ ochfichit no da ched iar ffoirinn .i. o reimes Airtri mac Catail mic Fingaine co reimhes Briain mic Cinneittig. (Notes occur in margins at ff. 103v, 104r-106v, 109v, 113rv, 118r, 123r, 125r, 131v.) Ends f. 134r, an méid nach ruccad da nuaislibh da nduithchibh da nadhnacul ina cceallaibh duthcais go honórach et rangattar rompa go Cend Cora conid coccad Gall re Gaoidhealaib & Cath Cluana Tarbh conuicce si. Finis. Subscribed, ‘As leabar Conconnacht Í Dhalaig do sccriobh an bratair bocht Michel O Clerig an cóip as ar sccriobad so hi cconveint na mbrathar i mBaile Tighe Farannáin a mí Márta na bliadnaso .1628. & ro scriobadh an chóip so lasan mbrathair cedna i cconveint Dhúin na nGall a mís Novembris na bliadna so .1635.’
135r. ‘Brogán cráibtech cc.’ Leachd Chormaic mic Cuilennain. 57 qq. Ends f. 136v.
137r. ‘Fionn .h. Báoisccne cc.’ Éacta Laighion for leith Cuinn. 30 qq. Ends f. 138r5. Remainder blank.
140v. (Late hand.) Fada mfoighid libh a dhrochdháoine. 1 q. Same repeated f. 140r m. Remainder blank.
© Pádraig A. Breatnach, August 2019