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MS A 15

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CollectionUniversity College Dublin
LocationDublin, Ireland
ShelfmarkMS A 15
LanguagesIrish; ga
Date created1600-1699; 1638; 1641; 1652; 1700-1799; 1739
Paginationiii ff. + 374 pp.
SubjectHistory of Ireland; Genealogy
ProvenanceIt appears that this book was produced and added to in St. Isidore's College, Rome: [f. iii:] (a) 'Do ceistighéadhach do líbrari S. Isidór an labharso a ngardiantacht Uí Mhorchadh leighthóir iubláth dórd S. Prainnsias san mbliagain daois an Tighuirna 1739-Q 149'. (b) Note (a) repeated in different hand with some variation of spelling and foll. by 'Mac Ui Éilighe do sgriobh so' (somewhat smudged). [p. 1 m, margins:] (c) 'Applicatus Bibliothecae S. Isidori de Urbe sub Guard(. . .) RAP L. Jub: Morphy Q 149 16 July 1739'. Foll. lower down by date '1676'. [p. 373 m] (d) 'Anno a creatione mundi 176( ) [hole due to erasure at back] / Sheághann O Hogáinn a lámh deas Son' (?). (e) 'Anno a creatione mundi 1746'. (f) 'Dominus.Doctor Jacobus Dulaeus.Limericinus Sorbonicus.me possidet 1652'. [p. 274, recte 374:] (g) 'Hic liber proelio (?) dignus est quod testificator a multis et a me pauperculo Seagan bha Ganíodhe'. Foll. by 'Hic (?) liber [quod at end of line with caret marks]dignus est / testificat ejus inulciia (?) inutilis, et ego pauperculus S. Isidore (?). Seagan bha Ganiode'. The signatures may not be in the same hand. (h) Cipher. 'Is é manm bhntdlng Mc c[ ]dlndlch' (last word lightly cancelled). The above notes indicate the owners and possible scribes: Uí Mhorchadh [Morphy], Franciscan guardian, Mac Uí Éihghe, scribe, 1739: Sheághann Ó Hogáinn, scribe, 1746; Dominus Doctor Jacobus Dulaeus Limericinus[Limerick] Sorbonicus[Sorbonne], owner, 1652; Seagan bha Ganíodhe, scribe (?), (no date). Dates 1638 and 20 May 1641 on pp.27, 214i. This manuscript remained in St Isidore's College, Rome until 1872 when it was moved to the Franciscan Friary at Merchants' Quay Dublin, for safe-keeping, then to Section A (hence the name) of the newly established Franciscan Library at Dún Mhuire, Killiney in 1946, and, finally to University College Dublin in November 2000.
CoverageItaly; Dublin
MaterialPaper
BindingsCover similar to those of A 10, etc. with title in gilt on spine 'Franciscan Library MSS. A 15.' Old vellum cover, marked 'No. 9' now preserved seperately belongs either to this MS or A 14.
Scribesbha Ganíodhe, Seagan, 1652; Mac Uí Éihghe, 1739; Ó Hogáinn, Sheághann, 1746
ContributorsDulaeus Limericinus Sorbonicus,Dominus Doctor Jacobus, 1652; Uí Mhorchadh [Morphy], Franciscan guardian, 1739; Franciscan Archives, 1792-2000; UCD, 2000
Dimensions12.2" x 7.5" + 11.4" x 7.5"
Online since2011
NotesContains traditional lore [p.27], genealogical material [p. 331], lists of Kings and Popes [p.347] and a copy of Keating's Foras Feasa ar Éirinn [p.1]. The whole MS has been interleaved and f. 11 repaired with tissue paper.
RightsCopyright University College Dublin; Copyright image source Irish Script on Screen, School of Celtic Studies, DIAS.
DescriptionUCD MS A 15 is a Gaelic manuscript from the 17th century. Written in Gaelic on paper by more than one scribe, it contains traditional lore, genealogical material, lists of Kings and Popes and a copy of Keating's Foras Feasa ar Éirinn. Part of the Franciscan Collection previously kept at St. Isidore's College, Rome, 1792; Franciscan Friary, Merchant's Quay, Dublin, 1872; Franciscan Library, Dún Mhuire, Killiney, Co. Dublin, 1946 and, from November 2000 University College Dublin.
ReferencesÓ Muraíle (Nollaig): Genealogies of Uí Chearbhaill Éile: building on the work of Dinneen and others in Clerics, kings and Vikings [Ó Corráin essays] (2015), pp. 190–208. Re-edition of the variant to the pedigree of Ó Cearbhaill of Éile previously edited by P. O’Dinneen, Foras feasa ar Éirinn iv (London 1914), pp. 43-46, 115-118 [‘Genealogy Q’], from Franciscan MS A 15. Incl. a further variant from the Maryland MS, as well as other Ó Cearbhaill pedigrees from various other MSS.

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Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in University College Dublin

A 15

FORAS FEASA AR ÉIRINN

17th cent. Paper. Ff. iii (now numbered in pencil)+pp. 374 (with older foliation, 1-20, on pp. 1-39). Ff. i-ii, 31 × 19 cms; f. iii and pp. 1 ff., 29 × 18.5-19 cms. Bound in cover like those of A 10 etc., with title in gilt on spine: 'Franciscan Library MSS, A 15'. The whole MS has been interleaved and f. ii repaired with tissue paper. Upper margins trimmed and some titles partly cut away. For old cover see A 14. Dates 1638 and 20 May 1641 on pp. 27, 214 i; the name which appears on p. 329 m is hardly that of the scribe. Consulted by Comyn and Dinneen for ITS edition (see ITS IV (1902) xiii-xiv, VIII (1908) xxxi-xxxii).

Occasional marginal and interlinear notes and comments occur in different hands throughout the MS. The following occur at beginning and end: [f. iii:] (a) 'Do ceistighéadhach do líbrari S. Isidór an labharso a ngardiantacht Uí Mhorchadh leighthóir iubláth dórd S. Prainnsias san mbliagain daois an Tighuirna 1739-Q 149'. (b) Note (a) repeated in different hand with some variation of spelling and foll. by 'Mac Ui Éilighe do sgriobh so' (somewhat smudged). [p. 1 m, margins:] (c) 'Applicatus Bibliothecae S. Isidori de Urbe sub Guard(. . .) RAP L. Jub: Morphy Q 149 16 July 1739'. Foll. lower down by date '1676'. [p. 373 m:](d) 'Anno a creatione mundi 176( ) [hole due to erasure at back] / Sheághann O Hogáinn a lámh deas Son' (?). (e) 'Anno a creatione mundi 1746'. (f) 'Dominus.Doctor Jacobus Dulaeus.Limericinus Sorbonicus.me possidet 1652'. [p. 274, recte 374:] (g) 'Hic liber proelio (?) dignus est quod testificator a multis et a me pauperculo Seagan bha Ganíodhe'. Foll. by 'Hic (?) liber [quod at end of line with caret marks]dignus est / testificat ejus inulciia (?) inutilis, et ego pauperculus S. Isidore (?). Seagan bha Ganiode'. The signatures may not be in the same hand. (h) Cipher. 'Is é manm bhntdlng Mc c[ ]dlndlch' (last word lightly cancelled).

f.

i . Blank.

ii . This leaf contains another copy of the first part of the Preface.

iii . Blank except for matter noted above.

p.

1 . [Foras Feasa ar Éirinn.] 'Díonbhrollach gus an leigh-theóir'. Beg. Ag so dionbhrolach, no brolach cosnaimh Forais Feasa ar Eirinn, mar anochtar suim tseanchuis Eireann go cumair. Ends (p. 25 i)Oir ma ta einni inbheime ann, ni hó mhailis acht o aineolus ata, bar mbochtcara bitdi( )lus go bas. Seathrun Keiting.

26 . Blank.

27 . 'Ag so do Sencus Eirionn ... et ise aois an Tiagharna anois 1638'. Beg. Ar ttús cuirfiom sios annso gach ainm da raibhe ar Eirinn riamh. Foll. (p. 214 i) by 'Finis Libri Primi 20° Maij 1641'. Pp. 215-16 are blank and Book II begins on p. 217. Ends (p. 329 m): 'Finis an dara leabhar. [different hand:] Mac Conmara mc. í (. . .)' (indecipherable). Lower half of p. 329 and all of p. 330 blank.

331 . Genealogies: 'Do ghabhlughadh cloinne Mileadh ann so síos'. Ends p. 346 i.

347 . Synchronisms: 'Ag so síos craobha comfhlaithis na nar-daithrach, na nardflaithadh, ⁊ ríogh na hEireann, na bpápadh et in coimfhreagras aimsire do níd re chéile ar thrí rámhoibh in chéadrámh ar na hardaithribh. An dara rámh ar na hárdfhlaithibh, et An treas rámh ar ríoghaibh Eirionn'. Ends p. 373.8. Foll. (p. 373 m) by 'Finis Libri Secundi et ultimi'.