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Eochairsgiath an Aifrinn; Trí Bior-Ghaoithe an Bháis

18th cent. Paper. 18.5 × 15 cms. 592 pp. The two texts in the manuscript have been separately paginated by the scribe: Eochairsgiath an Aifrinn pp. 1-148 with pp. 8-9 repeated; Trí Bior-Ghaoithe an Bháis pp. 1-437 with pp. 258-9 and 405 repeated. Because of its fragmentary condition the first leaf, now pp. [i]-[ii], has been pasted on the verso of the front endpaper, thereby obscuring the recto, which appears to have been originally blank and to contain the following later jottings: `Ainm De A[...]', `William Grant[...]'. Scribe: Seón Mac Solaidh, 1715. Other jottings in the manuscript are: `Brian Mc Closky of Clentagern (the townland) in parish of Dungiven County Derry', p. 432, and `Trocaire ó Dhia go bhfaghaidh an té noch do (...)ag íasacht an leabhar so dhosi .i. Tuirrélach Ó Ciaráin ag[us] go si mar aon leó: .i. Taidhaig Ó Callanain Am(en)', p. 437.

Bound in white vellum with marbled endpapers and `Keating / Eochar Sgiath an Aifrinn / Trí Biorghaoithe an Bháis' labelled on spine. The binder inserted twelve blank leaves after the front and before the back cover, also a blank leaf in place of pp. 23-4 of the second text which are now missing. Marginal cropping has caused loss of letters in several places. The signatuers A-I are on the lower margins of the first text and A-CC in the second. Formerly Robert Mac Adam and Bishop Reeves collections (sale-catalogue no. 821). Comyn ms 14.

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[ii] The following: `[...]eaghthoir go bhfuil an leabharso rannt[...] na cheithre cotchuibh mar ata Eochairsgiath a[n Aif[rinn an chead cuid dhiobh ┐ Trí Biorghaoithe a[n Bháis] arna roinn a ttrí leabhruibh.

Do gheabhaidh tú clár na leabharso idir an dara leabhar ┐ an treas leabhar do Thri Biorghaoithe an Bhais ag pagina 179. / Thosuighios clár Eochairsgeith an Aifrinn / Clár an chéadleabhair do Thrí Biorghaoithe an Bhais pa. 182 ... pa. 186.

[A]rna sgriobhadh lé seón Mac Solaidh a mBaile Hardaman, a bporaisde Thoighe Calláin, a mbaruntacht Slaine ┐ a cCondae na Midhe, ┐ gach duine [le]ighfios no chífios an leabhar ceadna tugadh beannacht ar anmoinn an sgriobhneora madh beo [...] marbh é, ┐ beannacht Dé do gach aón da ttiubhraidh / Amen'.

1 Eochairsgiath an Aifrinn. Preface headed `[...]m Dé Amen / An Réim Thionsgnamh'. Beg. [Is] a naimsirsi an díchreidimh andiúde Chalbhin [chollaidhe] ┐ a chlainne. Text proper headed (p. 21) `Eochair sgiath an Aifrinn / An .c. Chaib. / Trachtadh an Afrinn ina suightear an tAfrionn do bheith ar bun ó aimsir na nabsdal ┐ o sin anuas' beg Adeir Pól san 13. ca. don Eipisdil do sgriobh se chum na nAifraiceach. Ends (p. 147) no ag ughdaruibh eile thrachtas ar na casuibh cogcrúais go nuige sin. `Finit per me Joanem Solaidh.' P. 148 blank.

1 Trí Biorghaoithe an Bháis an so. `Iesus Maria. Actus 1°. An C. Alt. / Mar a ttrachtar ar na trí básuibh ata na mbeárnuidh báoghail ... mar bus follus don leaghthoir. Aois an Tighearna 1715.' Beg. An Cheudghoin / Statutum est omnibus hominibus semel mori .i. do horduigheadh. Ends (p. 437) do ghreamughadh ┐ do bheith na seilbh go siorraidhe. Amen. `Finit 1715. / Trocaire ó Dhia go bhfaghaidh an sribhneoir .i. Seon McSolaidh.' Scribal signatures and dates occur also on pp. 178, 201. A list on contents is on pp. 179-89. P. 200 is blank.