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An Gleacaigh Geuglonnach

18th cent. Paper. 19.5 × 15 cms. Pp. 290 [scribal pagination 1-289, with several errors, most of them corrected by the scribe]. Scribe: Seón Mhac Solaidh, 1716 (p. 289). An unidentified scribe wrote the quatrain on p. 90 and the minor corrections on pp. 268-9 were probably made by Tadhg Ó Neachtain. Signatures A-S on lower margins; page 106 blank.

Bound in white vellum with marbled endpapers and `Gleacaige Geuglonnach' gilt- lettered on spine; `98' labelled on p. 1. Front cover now loose. Formerly Bishop Reeves collection (sale-catalogue no. 812). Comyn ms 16.

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1 Seán Ua Neachtain. An Gleacaigh Geuglonnach (title and author, p. 289). Headed `An I Caib. A thrachtas ar dhol do theachta Impir na Greige ag iarraidh inghene Righ Franc mar cheile. Ar a bposadh ┐ ar a heag, ag fagbhail deisi cloinne daontorchios na diaigh. Ar phosadh mna eile don Impir. Ar fhuath na mna sin do fein ┐ da chloinn. Ar dhraoigheacht an Impir, ┐ ar dhibirt a mheic ┐ gach ar bhain leis ┐c'. Beg. Feacht naon da raibh righ da madh comhainm Daire Fionngheal (iar mbreith mbuadha móra mionca ar rioghthibh na ccríoch fa coimhneasa dho). Bk I contains 10 chapters, each of which has descriptive heading. Bk II (`Liber Secundus') begins (no heading) at p. 91 (Do chuir an calbhach teachta do chum an Impir) and has 15 chapters of which only 9, 11-14 have headings. Ends (p. 289) ┐ do dheóin Dé atáid anois ar neamh, ait do chum a ttreoraigh Día feartach uilechumhachtach inn uile. `Ag sin sdair an G.G. arna cumadh re Seaán Ua Neachtain, go ndeana Dia trocaire ar, ┐ ar gach aón adearus Paidir, Failte an aingil ┐ Cré da ghuidhe do. Churam a fagthar ar gach aon da leighfidh no da sgriobhaidh an sdair cheadna. Deo gratías nunc et semper et in saecula saeculorum Amen. Valete omnes amici Dei. S. ua N.' Followed by scribal colophon: `Ar na sgriobhadh le Seón Mhac Solaidh a mBaile Hardaman a bporáisde Thighe Calláin a mbaruntacht Sláine ┐ a ccondé na Midhe. An seiseadh lá fichiod do mhí Mháie an bhliadhain daoís an Tighearna mile seacht ccéud ┐ se bliadhanuibh déug ┐ is lánshasaighthe mé gach dúadh ┐ gach triobloid da bhfuarus ag sgriobhadh na sdaire ceadhna a ngeall ar bhar ngnathghuidhesi do bheith liom. ┐ naisgim ar gach aón da leighfidh da sgriobhaidh no da ccluinn fidh an sdaire ceadna da leighadh an curam roimhraidhte dfaighibh an cumdaire ar gach aón, a chuid do thabhairt don sgribhneoir dhe. Valete'.

90 Is marig dar ceile an bhochtaneact. 1 q.