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The first portion of a tract in Irish intended to contain an account of Irish writers, by "Dubhaltach Mc Giolla Iosa Mhoir Mec Firbisigh Lecain, fair Fiachrac Muaide", dated 1656

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MS. Rawl. B. 480, fol. 55
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The greater part of the present tract is occupied by an introduction on the Irish language and literature.

An explanation of the Ogham characters is given at fol. 59b.

Dates

  • Creation: dated 1656

Extent

1 item

Language of Materials

  • Irish

Shelfmark

MS. Rawl. B. 480, fol. 55

Bibliography

  • For an account of Duald Mac Firbis see Dr. O' Donovan's preface to the Genealogies, etc. of Hy-Fiachrach , (in quarto. Dubl. 1844.) pp. vi–xii, where it is said that he wrote an account of Irish writers, not then known to the editor as existing.
  • See also the Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy , vol. xvii. Antiquities , pp. 3–13, and the Miscellany of the Irish Archæological Society , vol. 1, in quarto. Dubl. 1846, pp. 198–199.

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