G 40

Religious and Ossianic Verse

18th cent. Paper. 15.4 × 9.8 cms. Pp. 32. There is no scribal signature; the hand is similar to that of G 37 supra. The watermarks in the two mss. are identical. A stanza is added to Eachtra an Amadáin Mhóir at foot of p. 21 in a second hand. Bound in boards; on the spine, which in parts is now worn, is written Tadg Mac Daire. Irish MS. while on the inside of the front cover is written Divine Poems by Tadg Mac Daire. The pagination is modern. For its position in the Thorpe Sale and Phillipps Collection see G 39 supra.

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1 Tadhg Mac Dáire. Beg. A croch De deana mo léighíos, 16 qq. See ed. L. McKenna, Dioghluim Dána, p. 9.

2 Maoilin óg Mac Druaideadha. Beg. Brathar don bhas an daidhbhreas, 23 qq. See ed. T. F. O Rahilly, Measgra Dánta i, p. 41.

4 Ó Dálaigh Fionn .i. Aongus mac Amhlaoimh. Beg. Liaigh mo chabhartha an croc naomh, 8 qq. Printed Duanaire Gaedhilge, Iml. iii, p. 39.

5 An fear ceadna (Aonghus Ó Dálaigh Fionn). Beg. Maith an bhanliaigh bean Iosa, 13 qq.

6 An fear ceadna (Aonghus Ó Dálaigh Fionn). Beg. Maith m'anachal ar fhéirg nDe, 7 qq. See ed. with English translation L. McKenna, The Irish Monthly, April 1917.

7 An fear ceadna (Aonghus Ó Dálaigh Fionn). Beg. Tús na heagna ómhan Dé, 13 qq. See ed. with English translation L. McKenna, The Irish Monthly, April, May, 1918. Printed also in Dánta Dé, Dublin, 1928.

8 An fear ceadna (Aonghus Ó Dálaigh Fionn). Beg. Tuile gan traigh daonacht Dé, 13 qq. See ed. with English translation L. McKenna, The Irish Monthly, December, 1917.

9 An fear ceadna (Aonghus Ó Dálaigh Fionn). Beg. Truaigh do thosach a dhuine, 12 qq. See ed. with English translation L. McKenna, The Irish Monthly, April, 1918.

11 An fear ceadna (Aonghus Ó Dálaigh Fionn). Beg. Dia do bheatha, a Mhuire, 11 qq. See ed. L. McKenna, Dioghluim Dána, p. 51.

12 Anon. Beg. Eolus sé bpéarla do mhuin an fáig, 4 stt. Moral precepts. For attribution see R.I.A. Index of First Lines.

12 Beg. Ni ceilím na bhearta do caras an aois mh'óige, 8 stt. A confession. For attributions see R.I.A. Index of First Lines and B.M. iii.

14 Beg. Gabh (a Chein) go caomh mo theagasg úaimsi, 15 stt. See G 38 supra, p. 48.

17 Headed Achtare an an (sic) Amadan Mhór. Beg. Do cuala sgéal uaigneach gan bhreag, 60 stt. Printed John O'Daly, Ossianic Society. Transactions for the year 1858, vol. vi.

22 Torna Eagis ard ollam na hEirean cct. Beg. Dáil chatha idir Corc is Níall, 46 qq. See ed. L. McKenna, Iomarbhágh na bhfileadh, I.T.S., vols. xx-xxi.

26 Diarmuid Ó Suillibhain. Beg. Is lean liom leaga na bhflatha is na bhfior-uaisle, 13 stt. + 1 ceangal. "The lament (13 stanzas and 1 of ceangal) for the Irish chiefs after 1691, by Tadhg Ó Duinnín. Printed in I.T.S. iii, 1st ed., p. 252, and from the poet's own ms., in C. Z.", [i.e. Z.C.P.] "v. p. 538 (15 stanzas and the ceangal, which, according to L. C. Stern, is a later addition):" B.M. ii, p. 222.

29 [Aonghus Ó Dálaigh]. Beg. Gabh mó coimeirce a coirp Iosa 6 qq. Printed John O'Daly, Timothy O'Sullivan's Pious Miscellany, 1858, etc.

29 An fear ceadna (Aonghus Ó Dálaigh). Beg. Gach maighdean go mathair mheic, 11 qq. See ed. with English translation L. McKenna, The Irish Monthly, May, 1917.

30 An fear ceadna (Aonghus Ó Dálaigh). Beg. Cia lé ccoiseantar mh'ainam, 14 qq. See ed. L. McKenna, Dioghluim Dána, p. 38.

32 An fear ceadna (Aonghus Ó Dálaigh). Beg. Ní maith do mhalairt a Iúdais, 11 qq.