The book of Uí Maine, otherwise called "The book of the O'Kelly's" /

with descriptive introduction and indexes by R. A. S. Macalister.
Bibliographic Details
Contributors: Cusin, Adam, fl. 1378-1394.
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Format: Book
Language:English
Published / Created: Dublin : Published for the Commission by the Stationery office of Éire, 1942.
Series:Facsimiles in collotype of Irish manuscripts ; 4.
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Notes:Earlier foliation of the manuscript: 24-216 numb. 1.

"Reproduced at the Ordnance survey, Dublin."

Facsimile of a manuscript Irish miscellany of the late 14th century, with a few Latin sentences and English marginalia: the work of Adam Cusin, Faelan mac an Gabann, and other scribes. It is preserved in the library of the Royal Irish academy in Dublin (ms. D ii 1)

Includes Book of invasions (Leabhar gabhála), genealogies of Uí Neill. Uí Cheallaigh, Uí Maine, pagan and Christian kings, chieftains and clanns of Connaught, Leinster, Ulster and Munster, pedigrees of Patrick and other saints, the Book of rights (Leabhar na g-ceart), a versified list of the chief poets and historians of Ireland, poems on the O'Kellys and metrical dindsenchas.

"Addendum" and "Corrigenda" slips inserted.

Physical description: 65 p. : ill. (i. e. 160), ill. ; 44 cm.

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