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19th cent. Paper. 24.5 × 19 cms. 148 pp. (numbering on recto by Phillipps, that on verso modern). Scribe: Ioseph Ó Longáin (p. 51), 1848. The exemplar for his first text (see colophon p. 51) is now RIA 24 A 15. Initial of both texts rubricated. `Battle of Cnuca on the banks of the Liffey' (p. 1) and `Battle of Mag Leana' (p. 53) in pencil by Phillipps.

Bound in red half-russian (by Bretherton 1849) with `Langan's Cath Cnuca' in gilt and 21892' labelled on spine; `21892' and `Phillipps MS 21892' inside front cover. Listed under `Miscellaneous MSS. 1868' in Phillipps's Catalogus.

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1 Cath Cnuca Sonn. Beg. Do bhádar Laighnaicc leath ar leath gan raith rígh gan ro chánach. Ends (p. 50) Calma do chathréim a Chúinn. 7½ qq. `Crioch. Air na sgriobhadh as leabhar Mhichíl Uí Longáin as Gleann gan Ridire fóríor noch do scribh cum usáide Uilliam de Búrc a mBaille Droithid na Bandan an chéad lá d'Agust 1756. Agus air na sgríobhadh san cclódh so le Ioseph O Longáin .i. iar mha an Mhichil reanhráidhte san mbliadhain 1848.' P. 52 blank.

53 Cath Muigh Léana. Beg. Nior badh riarach idir Clainni Dairine ┐ Clainni Deirgthini ocus Clainni Luigeach. Ends (p. 147) A mhic deana síth le Conn. 5 qq. `Finis' (p. 148).