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Cath Maighe Mucruimhe; Poems

18th cent. Paper. 19.6 × 16 cms. Pp. [ii] + 90. Scribe: Díarmuid Ó Mulchaoinne (p. 45), year of writing 1768 (p. 45). There is no place of writing given, but a scribal note in R.I.A. 23 L 24 - written by this scribe in the same year - places him in Co. Clare ("Caisleán Hannraoi"). The R.I.A. contains two other mss., 23 C 16, 24 C 14, written by him. A poem ("Go moch am aonar sme aig taisdiol maidin aoibhin") composed by him is contained in T.C.D. H. 6. 21, p. 150 (T.C.D. Cat. Ir. Mss., p. 299).

An unidentified scribe wrote the four stanzas of the "Ceangal" (pp. 89-90) to Mac Cuirtin's poem. The ms. is bound in half-leather; it was in the possession of Edward O'Reilly - no. 149 in his collection - before it became Phillipps Ms. 10278. The pagination is scribal.

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1 Ag so síos chúis ionnarbhtha Mhic Con. Beg. Mac do Shádhbh ínghean Chuinn Chéadchatha, Mac Con.

3 Cath Múighe Muchruimhe ann so. Beg. Áird Rígh cródha cruithníamhdha calma cosgurtha ciall-bhríathrach ró ghaibh áirdcheannus Éirionn. Ends p. 45 with the following scribal note: Gona ésin Caith Maigh Muchruimhe go nuige sin, air na sgríobhadh le Díarmuid Ó Mulchaoinne an seachtmhadh lá déug do February aois an Tíghearna an tan so 1768. For versions of this tale and printed editions see B.M. ii, p. 400.

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47 Headed Dáibhí Ó Bhrúadair **t, air leagadh a nairim do Ghaodhlaibh agus ndíthcheanna Rígh Cormac sul táine an dara Cormac a bhflaitheas na Sagsan. Beg. Créacht do dháil me am arrthach galair, 50 stt. + ceangal. See ed. Mac Erlean, I.T.S. vols. xi, xiii, xviii, 1910, 1911, 1917.

55 Headed Séarthún Céitin ***, an tan de bhi sé san bh[F]rainnc agus ag sgríobha go a cháirdibh go hÉirinn. Beg. Mo bheannacht leat a sgríbhin, 6 qq. For printed editions see Clár Litridheacht na Nua-Ghaedhilge, vol. i, 1938.

56 Séathrún Céitín. Beg. Cía an saoi le sinntear an chruit, 8 qq. + ceangal. On Tadhg Ó Cobhthaigh, the harper. Printed Hardiman, Ir. Minstr., ii, p. 378 and Mac Erlean, Dánta Céitinn, p. 29.

57 Headed Teist Thádhag Rúadh ui Chonchúbhair air Eóin Óg ua Ghabhartha .i. ollamhan ollamh (sic) le ceol an gcóige Ulltaigh. Beg. Saoi le searbhus Eóin mhic Eóin, 7 qq. See ed. T. F. O'Rahilly, Measgra Dánta i, p. 7.

58 Headed Duine éigin *** Úil leó Chormuic Stíobhart. Beg. Úil leó thoil na goil go fóil, 5 stt. + refrain. In part same as lullaby of Eoghan Ruadh (= no. 18 Dinneen's ed.).

59 Díarmuid ô Súilleabháin *** air thréithe Éirionn. Beg. Níor bhfiosach sinn a ccríochaibh Éibhir mhóir, 12 stt Printed J. O'Daly, The Poets and Poetry of Munster, 1860.

61 Conchúbhar Ó Ríordáin *** ag freagra. Beg. An tan do bhíodar Gaoidhil a nÉirinn beó, 4 stt. Printed J. O'Daly, The Poets and Poetry of Munster 1860.

62 An Síthgaoithe Rómhánach a caoine ui Neill is úaisle san Róimh. Beg. Innsim fios is [ní] fios bréige é, 72 stt. + ceangal. The Irish vision at Rome on the condition of the Irish in 1650. See Flower, B.M. ii, p. 79; Hyde, Lia Fáil ii, 195-211; ed. C. O'Rahilly, Five Seventeenth Century Political Poems, p. 17 (1952).

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75 Headed Agallamh idir Mhainistir Bhocht Átha Darra, ┐ Spriod anam ghlórmhur an Bráthar Bhoicht Uillíam ui Íghcéadha, do marbhadh le heircibh aintréana .i. Murchadh an Tóiteán agus a ghárda slóigh, an 14 lá déug do July, air ar tuit lá S^t Bonaventure Naomhtha. Beg. Uch a Dhé dhil na mbreith cceart, 51 qq. + ceangal.

82 Donnchadh Mór Naomhtha Ó Dálaigh **, Túarasg Fhlaithéamhnuis Dé annso. Beg. Día do chruithig gríanbhruith nimhe, 34 stt. See ed. L. McKenna, Timthiridh Chroidhe Neamhtha Íosa, iml. vi, 37-39.

85. Ag so Caithréim do rinne Aindrías mac Cuirtín do Dhonn Dábhach an tan mheathadur na húaisle air. Beg. Beannúghadh doimhinn duit a Dhoinn na Daibhche, 26 stt. + 4 stt. of ceangal (beg. A Rígh an chnuic shoinionta shocair na doídhche shíar). See ed. T. O'Rahilly, The Irish Monthly, May 1925.