G 149

Tales

18th cent. Paper. 19.5 × 16.5 cms. 344 pp. now numbered consecutively in pencil; scribal pagination (unaccountably ignored in binding) shows correct sequence of pages to be: 1-24 (scribal pagination 45-68), 27-8 (69-70), 31-2 (71-2), 35-6 (73-4), 39-40 (75-6), 43-4 (77-8), 47-50 (79-82), 45-6 (83-4), 41-2 (85 repeated), 37-8 (86-7), 33-4 (88-9), 29-30 (90-91), 25-6 (92-3), 51-4 (94-7), 57-8 (98-9, 61-2 (100-101), 65-6 (102-3), 69-70 (104-5), 73-4 (106-7), 77-78 (108-9), 81-2 (110-11), 85-6 (112-13), 89-90 (114-15), 93-6 (116-19), 91-2 (120-21), 87-8 (122-3), 83-4 (124-5), 79-80 (126-7), 75-6 (128-9), 71-2 (130-31), 67-8 (132-3), 63-4 (134-5), 59-60 (136-7), 55-6 (138-9), 97-100 (140-43), 103-4 (144-5), 107-108 (146-7), 111-12 (148-9), 115-16 (150-51), 119-20 (152-3),123-4 (154-5), 127-8 (156-7), 131-2 (158-9), 135-6 (160-61), 139-40 (162-3), 143-6 (164-7), 141-2 (168-9), 137-8 (170-71), 133-4 (172-3), 129-30 (174-5), 125-6 (176 repeated), 121-2 (177-8), 117-18 (179-80, 113-14 (181-2), 109-110 (183-4), 105-6 (185-6), 101-2 (187-8), 147-50 (189-92), 153-4 (193-4), 157-8 (195-6), 161-2 (197-8), 165-78 (199-212), 181-2 (213-14), 185-6 (215-16), 189-90 (217-18), 193-4 (219-20), 197-8 (221-2), 221-4 (223-6), 199- 200 (227-8), 195-6 (299-30), 191-2 (231-2), 187-8 (233-4), 183-4 (235-6), 179- 80 (239-40), 163-4 (250-51), 159-60 (252-3), 155-6 (254-5), 151-2 (256-7), 225-30 (258-63), 233-4 (264-5), 237-8 (266-7), 241-2 (268-9), 245-6 (270-71), 249-50 (272-3), 253-4 (274-5), 257-8 (276-7), 261-2 (278-9), 265-6 (280-81), 269-70 (282-3), 273-4 (284-5), 277-8 (286-7), 281-2 (288-9), 285-8 (290-93), 283-4 (294-5), 279-80 (296-7), 275-6 (298-9), 271-2 (300-301), 267-8 (302- 303), 263-4 (304-305), 259-60 (306-307), 255-6 (308-309), 251-2 (310-11), 274- 8 (312-13), 243-4 (314-15), 239-40 (316-217 [sic]), 235-6 (318-19), 231-2 (320-21), 289-302 (322-9, 310-15 [sic]), 305-306 (316-17), 309-310 (318-19), 313-14 (320-21), 317-18 (322-3), 321-2 (324-5), 325-6 (326-7), 329-30 (328-9), 333-4 (330-31), 337-8 (332-3), 341-4 (334-7), 339-40 (338-9), 335-6 (339-41 [sic]), 331-2 (342-3), 327-8 (344-5), 323-4 (346-7), 319-20 (348-9), 315-16 (350-51), 311-12 (352-3), 307-308 (354-5), 303-304 (356-7). Scribal pp. 237-8, 241-9, lost. Another pagination, following the scribal sequence but disregarding missing leaves, is here ignored.

Scribe: Michéal Ó Horgain, `Achruim a gConntae Chiarraidhe,' (p. 179). Another scribe probably wrote pp. 7-8, 17-24, 27-28. Page 180(d) is by a third scribe.

Notes and jottings in the manuscript include: `Patt. Daniher(?),' p. 17; `James James,' p. 43; `James Quinlivan from Strand,' p. 55; `Patrick Daniher,' p. 65 inverted; `Wrote by Jn Smyth this (...),' `mo ghrádh mo' (...),' p. 67; `Finitur by me Michael Horgan,' `Charactirized after the hand of Michael Horgan the professor,' Tomás Ua Conchubhair' (see also p. 184), `[Fion]n mac Cumhaill (...)naig,' p. 72; `(...) Pattruig do Barra,' p. 76; `The right Honourable James Massey of (...),' Steal not this book my honest friend. 1 st. followed by four illegible signatures, p. 179; `Padraig Ó Blíenain,' `Written by me Philip Connors,' p. 180; `Am dhusacht do bhím chum suan do chuir ar chách/Sleepless myself to make my readers sleep/Dryden. Tomás Ua Conchubhair,' p. 184; arithmetical calculations and dates `1818/17(...),' pp. 199; James Hilian of Kilcoln,' p. 233; arithmetical calculations `due,' p. 270; `Page 235 is missed in numbering but the book is right as by the old pagination,' p. 282; `Now if tarstick and the tarstick (...)/the sun andmoon in (...,' p. 285; `Written by one charles Connors,' p. 286 inverted; `On demand (...),' p. 314 inverted; `Patt. Daniher his book,' p. 330; `Mistake,' p. 340.

Bound in boards with spine loose; `Phillipps MS 21891' on p. 1; edges worn, some torn away; faded in several places. Listed under `Miscellaneous MSS. 1868' in Phillipps's Catalogus.

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1 [Eachtra Chloinne Riogh Na Hioruaidhe]. Acephalous. P. 1 illegible. P. 2 beg. agus adubhairt Ríogh ró ghaibh flaithius agus forlamhus (...) na criochaibh so = ed. Hyde, ITS i (1899) 106. Ends (p. 76) do thabhairt umhla ┐ onóra do mar árd Rígh Go(nadh) sin Eachtra Chloinne Rígh na Hiorruadh go nuige sin. `Fíorchionn. Arna sgríobhin le Micheal Ó Horgáin san mbliadhain daois ar tTíagharna Criost míle seacht ccéad agus chúig bhliadhain ar trí fithchid an 18 lá don mhiosa Márta ┐ iarruim ar an léighthóir (cibé ar bith e) gan mo dhiomheas tré gach dearmad, agus etc. do theangmhadh ar san stairsi (dob [fhéidir cuid cancelled]) do bhrígh ar ttúis, ná raibh an leabhar as ar sgriobhas so soleaghaidhi ┐ dá bhithin sin gur cóir mo leithsgeal do ghabháil an.2.an.

Sgríobhneoir is fearr do lámhaig peann ríamh nach feidir leis dul saor ó tharcuisne an léighthiora go hiomlán ┐ ionus nach raibh riamh nach fuil anois is nach beidh go deire an domhain inntleacht meabhar na cuibhne do aoneac gan bheith ag claona chum dearmad (continued p. 71) Biodh a fhios agad a léighthoir go ndearrna an uile dhiothchill ar an leabarso do sgríobh soleaghaidhe ┐ fos gan poinn dearmaid do dhéanamh; gach a ndearrna gach léighthóir do léighfios e, do thuig fius a cheartughadh is chuibhe do a dhéaneamh; agus iaruimse bhur nguide ar son mo shaothair (mas olc no más maith do measfar libh e) ┐ iaraimse le (toil Dé [sic brackets]) buanteaseamh grás san tsaoghalso díbhse ┐ dom féin(?) ┐ glóire shaoirruidhe san tsaoghal eile. Amen. Micheal Ó Horgáin.'

P. 72 blank except for jottings (see introductory remarks).

67 Bruislioch Mhaighe Mhuirthemhne Annso. Beg. Feacht naon dá ttángadar Ulaidh go hEamhain Macha go súgach [ms sggach] soimheanmnach go ttáinig Cú Chuillionn go Dún Dealgan. Immediately followed (p. 158.4) by [Deargruathar Chonaill Chearnaigh] beg. Dála bhfear nÉireann, do bhádar trí lá ┐ teora ndoidhche re haighidh Chú Chuillionn. Ends (p. 184) ┐ do fearadh a ccluithe leis ┐ le hUllaidh uile. Gona é sin éag Chú Chullainn ┐ deargruathar Chonaill Chearrnaicc go nuige sin. `Deire.' The following scribal colophon occurs in the course of the present text, now p. 192: `Micheal Ó Horgáin a lámh agus a leabhair sgriobhin. Arna sgríobhin le Micheal Ó Horgáin a gconntae Chiarraidhe a mbaile ar a ngoirthear Achruim san mbliadhain daois an Tiagharna míle seacht ccéad ┐ chúig bhliadhna ar trí fiothchid.'

179 The leaf (scribal pp. 237-8) following the last page of above text is now lost; the next page, now p. 179, has the following colophon: `Arna sgriobhin le Micheal Ó Horgain a mbaile ar a ngoirthear Achrain a cConntae Chiarraidhe san (mbliadhain) daois ar tTiagharna Criost 1000 seacht ccéad ┐ 5 bhliadhna ar trí fiothchid an seachtumhadh bliadhain déag dom aois fein.

Gach léighthóir do léighfios ar son Dé guidhe liom ┐ fós guidhe le Gearal Mhac Cearailt do mhumhain mise ┐ céad duine liom. Ní cneasta an ghuidhe go tearc: is abaraim feasta Finish.'

180 (a) (Steal not this book my) honest friend. 1 st. `Michael Horgan'; (b) (Steal not this book) for fear of shame. 1 st. `Michael Horgan'; (c) `(...) sum of one pound eighteen (...) upon the (...) received this (...) 17th'; (d) Anae is me go deaghnac gan dul grinn. 3 lines written as prose.

163 [Eachtra Chonaill Ghulban]. Acephalous. Beg. here ríamh, agas is fearr innioll agas eagchosg do mhnaibh na coimhre .i. Eithne uchtsholuis = RIA 23 M 26, p. 161 i. Breaks off p. 304 with mac íarla Cairge na Sgíth ┐ ró fia(fraigh) cá háit an ngeabhadis cuan = 23 M 26, p. 211m.