G 84

Mainly Religious Verse

19th cent. Paper. 19 × 14 cms. 72 pp. Scribe: unidentified but spelling indicated Cork provenance. `Written for the use of Mr. Denis Murphy of B(len ...)avant Dec. 27th(...)', p. 15 outer marg.; paper watermarked 1816; pagination modern. Jottings in the manuscript: `Another', p. 57 lower marg.; `Proceed', p. 67 lower marg. The manuscript, which has leaves missing at beginning and end, is faded and stained in many places; leaves at the beginning are damaged in the centre and at edges; lower half of p. 1 is missing and p. 3 is cut in the middle. Bound in full rexine with `11597' labelled on spine; `Phillipps MS 11597' inside front cover, `Ph. 11597' `O'Connells Religious Poems' on recto of front end-paper; `1036' (Rodd sale- cat.) labelled on p. 1 upper marg.; `No 8' (in red ink) on pp. 1, 3, 72.

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1 [Tuireamh na hÉireann]. Acephalous. Beg. here with st. 20 (numbered) Do rug Maisi a mhuinntear féin leis (= ed. C. O'Rahilly, Five seventeenth-century political poems, 1952, line 77). Arranged and numbered in 4-lined stanzas, of which there were 125 in this copy. `Crioch'.

16 `Aig seo tuaraim ar chriocha deidhnacha an duine'. A dhuine cuimhneadh ar do criocha deidhnacha. 208 lines. `Amen. Crioch'.

29 `Duain do Mhuire'. Ollaimh Iosa Chríost is neartuig. 39 stt. + 1 (`an ceangal'). `Amen'.

35 `Duain Iosa'. A mhorMhic carthainig cailche na saoillse aoibhinn. 14 stt. + 1 (`an ceangal') numbered.

37 `Teagasg Bhrighde Naomhtha ann so'. Teagasg Bhrighde ar a leas don pheacach. 113 lines.

44 `Diva facie coeptus Virgo Maria meus'. Aluinn dún Mhic Muire. 36 qq. numbered. `Crioch'.

49 `Cuimhneadh ar criocha deidhnacha an duine'. Cuimhnig iar cumhdach san mbarlinn. 36 qq. numbered. `Pater Noster etc. Ave Maria etc. Credo in Deum etc.'

54 Exempla from Scáthán Shacramuinte na hAithrighe: (a) `Eachtra ar mhanach do bhi ag íara an tshagart ┐ e a bponc an bháis'. Beg. Ar a mbeith do mhanach dairighthe a bponc an bháis diar go diothchiollach = ed. Ó Maonaigh (1952), line 3861. (b) (p. 56) `Dis braithre do rin ceangal le cheile ceachtar diobh do eirighe chuin an tara duine an tan do gheobach bas'. Beg. Do bhí brathair mionfhuar tuatha do cloinn ár naomhathar St. Phronnsias = ed. line 3885. Foll. (p. 58) by `Bain as na somplaidhe so, a Chriostuighe croidhe, gur coir an leoirghniomh do dheanamh a namm ... is bhearfa Día grása dhuit chuin leoirghniomh do dheanamh a namm' corres. to ed. lines 3925-31. `Go ttugadh Día sinn duinn. Amen'.

59 `Duain an Domhain'. Is fior gur comharlae tar comharle na gceadhta. 40 stt. numbered.

67 `Eoghan Róe Ó Súilliubhán ar an cClar Bhog Dheal'. Le hais na Siurach maidion druchta is me tabhach lag faon. 8 stt.

69 `Duain deighbheatach an Criostuidhe'. A thruadan bhaoth bo mhein liom fhiosruidhe dhiot. Breaks off p. 72 with 17th stanza (numbered).