G 183
Verse
Fragments of four different paper manuscripts bound in blue rexine with marbled endpapers and `MS. 2 / Poems' gilt-lettered on spine. Comyn ms. 2.
(a)
18th cent. 17.5 × 14 cms. 14 pp. Scribe unidentified. `N. 57' and `Comyn No. 2(i)' on p. 1.
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1 `Moladh an Whiskey anso - Fonn Cailin Deas Donn. [Tomás Ó Miodhcháin in ogham script] cct.' A bhráithir a Shéamuis ó thárla me air ttaobh leat. 22 stt. + 1 (`Chorus'). `Crioch air sin' in ogham script.
7 `An freagra no cáineadh an Whiskey anso - an fonn céadhna. [Padruig O Maoilmhichil in ogham script] cct.' A Thomáis fhirléaghanda sa dháimhghlic an phléisiuir. 27 stt. + 1 (`Chorus'). `Finit.'
14 `Don Dochtúir firealadhanta .i. Silbhester Ó Halludhráin. [Tomas O Miodhchain in ogham script] cct.' Do charruis féin go feas seabhac is aoirde móirmheas. 3 stt. `The abovenamed O Holloran was a Resident of Limerick and author of the Irish History so well known.'
(b)
19th cent. 18 × 14.5 cms. 22 pp. with first two and last six pages blank. Scribe unidentified. `N. 57' and `Comyn No. 2(ii)' on first blank page.
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1 `Moladh an Whiskey anso le le [sic] Tomás Ó Míodhchain. Fonn Cailín Deas Donn.' A bhraithir a Shéamuis o tharla me air ttaobh leat. 22 stt. + 1 (`Chorus'). `Deireadh anso.'
7 `Cáine an Whiskey anso le Pádruicc Ó Maoilmhithchil - an fonn ceadhna'. A Thomáis fírleaghanda sa dháimhghlic an phleisiúir. 27 stt. + 1 (`Chorus'). `Deireadh anso.'
(c)
19th cent. 19 × 15 cms. 8 pp. with last page blank. Scribe: Pádruig Ó Conchúbhair. `67' and `Comyn No 2(iii)' on first page and `go grigh thriveing' on blank page.
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1 `Eachtra an Bhaitsiléir an so.' Éistig sealad a chairid leam bhréithre grinn. 29 stt. + 1 (`An ceangal'). `Deire mar fuaireas. / Pádruig Ó Conchúbhair / Sgriobhnóir.' Followed by quatrain Na righthe ma fhaghaid neamh.
(d)
19th cent. 19 × 15 cms. 8 pp. Scribe unidentified. `66' and `P. O Connor has a copy of this' (cf. G 185, p. 1) on p. 1.
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1 `Sotach ┐ a Mhathar. Eachtra na caillidhe agas an dailtinn thréithig annso síos a bhfíor sa néitheach.' Do ghluais chugam cúpla a dtúis na hoidhche. 206 lines generally written in stanzas of four or six lines.