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19th cent. Paper. 18.5 × 15 cms. 92 pp. SCribe: Pattaruig Úa Hannuisa `ó Bhalldhmhaceigh' [Ballymackea, co. Clare], verso of older front cover. No date given; watermark 1820. Written vertically in double column and with scribal pagination. The following scribal entries occur on the older front cover. `Seagan Ó Connall by me Padruig O Hannuise' (repeated), recto; `Pattaruig Úa Hannuisa ó Bhalldhmhaceigh seiliodoir fireanach an leabhair seo aithchrim ort a leithoir ghrighinn gan tanaim do sgriobh san leabhar seo; Pattaruig Ua Hannuisa,' verso. Non-scribal jottings on the older cover include: `John Hennessy' (repeated), `(...) By me Richard (...)', front recto; `From Rev. Mr. Tracy to Rev. J. Furlong,' front verso; the verso of the older back cover contains a list of sixteen names (including that of `Patrick Hennesy' and `Richard Hennesy') and money accounts.

Bound in blue cloth with marbled endpapers and `Poems, Etc' gilt-lettered on spine. Comyn ms 27.

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1 `seagain O Connall.' An uair smaoinim ar haoithibh na hEiron. 484 lines arranged in quatrains. `Criochnuithe / Ag so an leamhar re raidhthar leamhar Phadruig O Hannuisa criocnuithe', p. 21.

21 `Agallamh Phadruig agus Oisin by me Patrick Hennessy.' Oisin is fada do shuan. 194 qq. The following first lines may be noted: Ta sgeul beag agam ar Fhionn, pp. 23, 27, Miann mhic Chumhaill bo mhath gnaoi, p. 28, A Phattaruig an chuallo tu an tselg, p. 48.

54 `Aig se mar leanus an tseilg no an fiadhach do rineadh le Fionn an aonar ar bruadhach Locha lanaoibhinne Lein a cCoinntae Chiarruidhe.' La da raibh Fionn na bhfleath. 53 qq. `Criochnuighthe liomsa Pattaruig O Hannuisa', p. 63.

63 `Aighneas an pheacaig res an mbas.' Is chughad a thange a pheacaig chrina. 412 lines arranged in quatrains.

81 `Sgiathluireach na Maighdinne Muire.' Beg. A Thiarna ro mhilis Iosa a Mhic De an tAthar preceded by preface beg. Is i seo sgiaithlureach dfagbha Muire Bhaintiarna sgribhtha ar leic an tomba. `Criochnuighthe liomsa Pattaruig O Hannuisa', p. 83.

84-9 Comprehensive list of manuscript contractions arranged in alphabetical order A-U. Pp. 90-92 blank.