G 232

Tales; Verse

18th cent. Paper. 18.5 × 14 cms. 172 pp. now numbered consecutively in pencil. There is considerable misplacement of leaves, the correct sequence of pages being given under each item below. Scribe: Pattruig Mhic Ionnrachta, 1794 (p. 161; Pattruicc Ua Cunrachta, p. 159 lower margin), writes in various styles of writing. Several leaves missing from the end of Eachtra Chonaill Gulban; four leaves missing from beginning of Cath Fionntrágha; pp. 37[9]-40[12] fragmentary. Some erased jottings and `11. in bhre' occur on the last page.

Bound in leather, cover now loose, with two binder's blank leaves after the front cover and one before the back. Purchased from Hodges Figgis & Co in 1924.

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1 Eachtra Connaill Golbann annso. Beg. Airdrigh cróga cruithnemha ceartmhreacach cealmhear callmath cathbhuach ... do ghaibh glathus agas ardcheanus na thEareonn agus uairmhearr an domhain mhór go humlann air feagh chead agas cheirre fiththid bleaghan ┐ aon deich darbh chomhainnim Niall Naoingealleach ó Neill. Breaks off (p. 160) with dá ttugadaois sluagh na cruinne domhain ar aon(...)g (...)aimsi agus na tri coin ud ioncomraic riu = RIA 23 M 26, p. 203.12. The proper sequence of pages is: 1-4, 165-6, 69-160.

37 ([9]) [Cath Fionntrágha.] Acephalous. First complete line (see introductory remarks) beg. [go] ttugadar gonna luit ┐ créacht dluithmheara doghleighis do chorpaimh a cheile corresponding to TCD ms 1926, p. 246.23. Ends (p. 161[74]) deirghiodair lucht ceóil ┐ ói[r]fidighe na Feine tíompchiol a ttiaghearnuighe agus do bhreith an méid do bhí inleighis díobh leó gurab é sin Caith Fionntraigh ghinnuige sin. `Deire./Arna sgriobhadh le Pattruig Mhic Ionnrachta an tochmhagh lá fithcid do December aois an Tigheairna .i. mile seacht gcead ┐ cheire bliadhna deag agus ceithre fhitcid 1794. Agas aithcim guidhe an leighthora air son Iosa Chriost.'

This copy belongs to group B of the versions of the tale as defined by C. O'Rahilly, Cath Finntrágha, Mediaeval and Modern Irish Series XX (1962), p. xxvii. The proper sequence of pages here is: 37([9])-68(40), 13(41)-20(48), 5(49)-12(56), 21(57)-36(73 [skipping 66]), 161(74).

162 `Eachtra Shiamuis Griead [sic] annso [...]┐c.' EAchtra Shiamuis Griead [sic] bhi ag iaruig foghluim na sgoláire. Approx. 87 lines written as prose. The proper sequence of pages is: 162, 169-72.

163 `An tAthir Donchadh mic Seaghan Bhuidhe Mic Carth(aigh) noch do fuair bás an easbog a gCorcadh. Ag seo na marbhranna dh[o] rin Tomás Bodhleir do .i. Coadjutor don easbog réimhráidhte thuas.' Sgéal caoíl a gcríochaibh Fáil. 8 qq. with 8 stt. alternating + 1 st. `Deire.' The proper sequence of pages is: 163-4, 167-8.

168 (vertical) `Muiris Ua Ceirinn ct.' Tri Chnoc Fionaisg is me a taisdiol go deighionach gan duine ar bith taobh liom na am dhail. 5 stt. Love dialogue.