7' In this volume will be found a few
pages, containing the names and positions of some episcopal sees, founded by St.
pages, containing the names and positions of some episcopal sees, founded by St.
O'Hanlon - Lives of the Irish Saints - v1
*' It contains, however, manuscript comments and insertions throughout, while some of these are traced in the Irish language.
XVIII.
"
B. 4, 4.
tiali)," &:c. This is a quarto paper manuscript, transcribed in 1637. Pro- perlyspeaking,itcontainsnothingonthesubjectofIrishhagiology; but, as regarding the British Churches of the seventh century, many curious ac- counts of discipline and regulations may be seen. *^ These matters serve incidentally to throw light on the contemporaneous practices of our Irish
Monastery at Trim, and it was written about the fifteenth century.
3* This contains the names, festivals and office lessons of various Irish saints.
Theodorus Archiep. Cantuariensis de Ecclesia (ex ejus Peneten-
Church. 43 XIX. C. " 4, 3.
seu de SanctorumseuDictionariumdeVitisSanctorum. " Thisisaquartovellum
Januensis
Voragine (Jacobi) Legenda
37 Notices of Irish saints, their festivals
and office lessons, are contained in it. But Paris, at St. German de Pratis, by Peter
the leaves are so much injured, where the lessons of saints' offices are to be found, as to render a correct examination of their contents, not only a matter of difficulty, but, in some passages, an utter impossibi- lity.
3^ Only a few Irish saints and their festi- vals are found in it.
*' Gold and colours are employed in the
Lever, living at the sign of the Golden Cross, a. d. 1494. It is issued in iSmosize, and in contracted Latin, on vellum,
''^ There is an article, "De Communione Scotorum et Britonum, qui in Pascha et Ton- sura Catholica non sunt.
^ It also contains a treatise of Joannes
Scotus, seu Erigena. He flourished about a. d. 800,
curiously-traced capital letters and illumina. tions.
<° A few Irish saints and their festivals are
given.
"*' It was published in the suburbs of
cvl INTROBUCTION.
—or rather a large octavo—manuscript, written throughout in double co- lumns, about the fifteenth century. ** It is imperfect towards the end. XX.
"
C. 4, 7.
Lives of Saints. " This quarto vellum manuscript was written
in old English, about the fifteenth century. 45 It is imperfect, both at the
beginning and at the end, while many of its leaves are decayed. XXI.
seu Inventarium omnium Librorum ad pertinentium
D. "
I, 17.
Commune Armorialum Domus Eboraci ordinis Heremitarum S. Augustini ;
Catalogus
factum in presentia Joh. de Ergun, Joh. Ketiswell, Ric. de Thorpe, Joh. de Apilby, A. D. 1372, festo Nativitatis Virginis Gloriosse. Fratre Will, de Staynlon tunc existente Priore. " This is a folio vellum manuscript, having apparently one or two leaves missing. *'' In this codex, we find an inte- resting list of hermeneutical, patristic, theological, historical, grammatical, rhetorical, geometrical, philosophical, classical, and hagiographical works. *? XXII. D. I, 19. "Catalogus Vetus MSS, Cujusdam Bibliothecse Monasterii S. August. Cantuar. in Tempore Edwd. IV. " This is a foUo paper ma- nuscript of 132 pages; for the most part written about the year 1470, and in double columns. *^ XXIII. D. 3, i to 23. The various manuscripts, here included, were written by Archbishop Ussher. In these, there are se- veral scattered notices, regarding Irish saints and Irish ecclesiastical history ; but, it will be unnecessary to particularize the value of those documents, since all have obtained publicity in the late edition*9 of Ussher's works, prepared for press by the late Rev. Charles Elrington, of Trinity College, Dublin. XXIV. E. i, 35. "Walsingham (Thomas) Pars ejus Historiae Brevis," &c. This is a paper folio manuscript of the fifteenth or sixteenth century. There is in it a Latin version of Nennius' History of the Britons, 5° and some passages referring to the Irish saints. s' XXV. E. 2, 14. A
** This treatise was among the first printed
*'" works, and known as the Legenda Aurea.
It contains legends of St. Patrick and St.
Fursey.
^s Among these lives, none have reference
would undertake its publication and exposi- tion.
48 Remarks referring to the former MS. would also apply to the present one. The Council of the Camden Society seems to have entertained the idea of their publica- tion ; but, this intention has not yet been re- alized.
«Published by Messrs. Hodges and Smith, Dublin, in xvii. Volumes 8vo.
to Irish hagiology, unless perhaps an ac-
count of the Eleven Thousand Virgins.
There are only three leaves on this subject,
at the end of the manuscript ; and these, in
a great measure, are illegible. The re- maining part of those acts is wanting. so
««
Nennii Britonum Historiographi, mo-
** It is a curious and an instructive re-
cord of valuable contents in the aforesaid
library, as it existed over 500 years ago. *'That it contained allusions to Irish
saints, in the latter department, can scarcely be questioned. I am unable to say, how- ever, if any of those MSS. be yet extant, nor can I even conjecture to what extent they might serve for illustrating Irish hagi- ology. It is much to be desired, that this MS. might find a competent editor, who
nachi Banchorensis, qui claruit A. D. 620, Eulogium Insulre Britannia; : cum Historia
Britonum, et Mirabilium Britanniae, Mouk, et Hibemise. " This tract ^vas compared by
Archbishop Ussher with old copies. It contains more matter than is found in Thomas Gale's published edition of Nen- nius.
s« Jhe Irish version of Nennius' *' Historia Britonum" has been printed by the Irish Archseological Society, for the year 1848.
It has been edited, with a translation and notes, by Rev. James Henthorn Todd, M. R. I. A. , with an introduction and addi- tional notes, by the Hon. Algernon Herbert.
s* It contains 176 leaves: the first 174 are numbered.
S3 It shows the baronies, parish churches, gentlemen's names and their castles.
5* In addition, there are vast materials for illustrating the civil history and state of the country, since the English invasion.
ss Preserved among the Archives of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin.
"Ex
done Joh: Lyon, A. M. " In the same
handwriting are various emendations, with
entered on the catalogue as a glossary of the Irish language. He tells us, moreover,
it contains apart of the l,eAbA|^ S^b^lA, or BookofConquestsofIreland; andbesides two fragments of the Brehon Laws—one old as the Seanchus Mor, established by St. Patrick—the other written at the Academy of Tara, about the tenth or eleventh cen- tury. Under these remarks there is a note
"
Tara and its academies were abandoned and de- molished four hundred years before this period. " (Scilicet, the tenth and eleventh
s^ It has written within the cover,
centuries. )
great CacaI
two written leaves at the close.
57 It consists only of 45 leaves :
but it
is
imperfect.
58 On the fly-leaf of this codex, Charles
Vallancey has remarked that this MS. is
This codex contains most
INTRODUCTION. evil
Catalogue of all the manuscripts contained in the Library at Lambeth, chiefly relating to the affairs of Ireland. This a folio paper manuscript. s^ It was written about the year 1700, by three different hands. Four of the books mentioned formerly belonged to Sir George Carew, and these chiefly relate to Irish history. Among many others, those tracts were given to the Bodleian Library, by Archbishop Laud, in 1636. The last tract, contained in two large folded leaves, gives an exceedingly curious and an interesting chroro- graphical account of ancient Thomond, just at the time of its transmutation into a county. 53 Among the Lambeth Manuscripts appear notices of works, referringtoIrishhagiology,andtoearlyecclesiasticalhistory. 54 XXVI. E. 3,
I. " Alan DubHn Rotula Nova seu Alani,seu, (Joh:) Archiepiscopi : Reper-
torium Viride, tractans de Omnibus Ecclesiis infra Diocesin Dublin : scilicet de Nominibus, jure Patronatus et Statu Earundem, a. d. 1531. " This is a
large paper folio manuscript, transcribed from the original one of Alan,5s and about A. D. i6oo. s^ Although this codex especially relates to the state of
churches, within the diocese of Dublin, as found at an early part of the six-
teenth century, it is of value and interest to the Irish Church historian and
hagiologist,whoseresearchesrelateeventoamoreremoteperiod. XXVII.
"
E. 3,5.
JuraAntiquaHibernicaGentis,"&c. Thisisalargevellumfolio
manuscript, and written in the Irish language. 57 It is traced in three dis-
tinct hands. ss The manuscript is of very great antiquity. XXVIII. E. 3, 8.
"MiscellaneadeRebuspotissimumHibernicis,"&c. Thisisapaperfolio manuscript,bydifferentwriters,producedabouta. d. 1600. 59 Severalmatters
contained in this codex, are in Archbishop Ussher's handwriting, together with notes and emendations throughout, by the same writer. ^° XXIX. E. 3,
10. This is a very interesting paper folio manuscript, containing 82 leaves, some of which are numbered, but irregularly. It was written by various
in Professor O'Curry's handwriting :
" So much for the
Vallancey's knowledge of Irish history. "
eoJAn O c6m]\Ai'6e.
59 it includes 144 leaves ; yet, only some
of these are numbered.
*°
interesting tracts, relating to Irish hagiology and eccle*
siastical history.
cvm INTRonUCTION.
hands, in the seventeenth century. ^* For the most part, its writing is very close. ^^ XXX. E, 3, ii. This is a most valuable parchment and hagio-
graphical manuscript, in large quarto shape. ^3 It was written by three
differenthands,duringthefourteenthorfifteenthcenturies. Itisimperfect,
as would appear from the numbering and heading of some folios. ^^ XXXI.
E. 3, 13. This is a paper folio manuscript,^s with four leaves of vellum, and
written by various hands,°^ about the commencement of the seventeenth
century. ^7 XXXII. E. 3, 16. This is a paper folio manuscript, traced by
different hands, in the seventeenth century. '^^ It contains 85 leaves in
manuscript ; ^ together with a folded and printed broad-sheet, intituled,
"
Catalogus Prsecipuorum Sanctorum Ibemise," by Father Henry Fitz Simon, the Jesuit. XXXIII. E. 3, \ 7. This is a paper folio manuscript,7° written by differenthands,aboutthesixteenthcentury. ^* XXXIV,E. 3,20. Thisisa paper folio manuscript, 7* written by different scribes, about the sixteenth cen- tury. 73 The nature of its contents renders it extremely valuable to the student of Irish civil and ecclesiastical history. XXXV. E. 3, 22. This is a paper folio, 74 written by different hands, about the year 1600 or earlier. 7s XXXVI.
*' Among the pages, we have traces of
Ussher's handwriting.
*" With matters referring to the civil his-
tory of the country, extracted from monastic
registers, annals and other sources, some incidental allusions to Irish saints and curious ecclesiastical illustrations are found, in a small tract, relating to Ardsratha.
*3 Among other extraneous matters, it contains the lives of several Irish saints, in contracted Latin. Many deficiences are met with throughout.
'* For the most part, it is arranged in
double columns, and it comprises 93 written folios.
*s It consists of 134 leaves.
7' In this volume will be found a few
pages, containing the names and positions of some episcopal sees, founded by St. Patrick.
7' It consists of 35 1 leaves.
73 Among the most valuable ecclesiastical
fragments is a catalogue of the Bishops of Clogher, with some Irish extracts from the
register of Clogher, composed by Brother Caljm Augustieil Epo. Clochoren, and Ruarico O'Cassyde, archidiacono. The
annals of Thady Dowling and James Grace, w^hich have been published by the Irish
Archaeological Society are included. There are extracts from the Annals of Boyle ; from
a book of the port of St. Mary's Monastery ; from the Red Book, the White Book, the Black Book, &c. These contain notices regarding St. Patrick's purgatory, Irish annalistic notes, churches and their founders,
**
Many leaves are in Ussher's handwrit-
ing.
*7 Some curious papers on the controversy
for precedence between the Churches of together with names of the Archbishops
Armagh and of Dublin are found ; also an
Irish extract from S. Benignus, regarding
the inhabitants of Dublin, taken from the
old Books of Sligo and Ballymote, with a
Latin version, by John Kelly of Trinity Archaeological Society—there is a Latin College, Dublin ; likewise, disquisitions on Life of Gildas, with extracts referring to Herenach lands, taxations of churches in
various dioceses, lists of bishops and incum- bents in some of the Irish dioceses, &c. , &c.
Ireland and Britain.
7< It contains 104 leaves.
'5 It comprises Annals of Ireland from
^
it contains much Irish historical matter.
Besides notices of various Irish saints,
1162 to 1579, as printed at the end of Camden's Britannia ; names of the Bishops of Kildare—twenty-three in number—from the time of St. Brigid to a. d. 1518; note*
** They are chiefly written by Ussher. 7° It contains 64 leaves.
and Bishops of Dublin. There are extracts from Clyn's Annals and from the Annals of
" tonum"—already published by the Irish
Ulster. Besides Gildas'
Historia Bri-
INTROD UCTION.
E. 3, 28. This is a paper folio, 7^ written by several hands, about the com- mencement of the seventeenth century. 77 XXXVII. E, 4, 2. This is an old vellum folio. 78 This manuscript? ? has been analysed by Edward O'Reilly, in Monk Mason's Catalogue ; while there are additional annotations and corrections,byDr. Todd. ^° O'Reillyconsidersthismanuscriptmoreancient than the eleventh or twelfth centuries. It is usually known as the " Liber Hymnorum. " The hymns or poems are mostly in the Latin language, but some are in the Irish. ^^ In part, they have been published,^^ by the Irish Archaeological Society. XXXVIII. E. 4, 3. This is a vellum folio, con- taining the " Books of Obits and Martyrology of Christ Church, Dublin. "^^ It comprises 159 leaves, perfectly legible throughout, illustrated, and written in the fifteenth or sixteenth centuries. Many festivals of Irish saints are interspersed through the Martyrology. XXXIX. E. 4, 6. This is a folio,
'*
Annales Rerum Hibernicarum. "^s XL. E. 4, 10. This is a quarto paper manuscript, writtenbyatleasttwo"differenthands,andintheseventeenthcentury. ^^ It contains " Vita et Legenda S. Brigidse Virginis. ''^? XLI. E. 5, 23. This is an old and a beautiful octavo manuscript of the 12th or 13th century, and
"
partly vellum and partly paper. ^'^ It includes Pembridge's
written on vellum. It is lettered on the back,
Florentii Opera Historica. "^^
onIrishsaints AnnalsofIrelandfromA. D. ;
^'ThisMS. hasbeen forthe published
Irish Archaeological Society, and the matter it contains, therefore, is accessible to the general reader. It has been edited by John Clarke Crosthwaite, A. M. , while an intro-
947 to the death of Gerald, Count of Kil-
dare, A. D. 1513, written by Phil. Fflatis-
bury of Johnyston, near Naas, in 1577. On
the first page of the MS. , containing the
foregoing subjects, we find written : "To duction by Dr. Todd accompanies this pub-
my very loving friend Mr. Thos. Messingham, President of Boncourt College at Paris," to
whom this MS. formerly belonged.
7* It consists of 70 leaves.
^^ Among the matter it contains will be
found an extract from the Annals of Con- naught, A. D. 432 to 466. There are three Irish hymns on St. Brigid, attributed to Saints Columkille, Broccan and Sanctan the successors of St. Patrick to A. D. 1356, taken from the Ulster Annals ; an English extract, from a Life of St. Patrick ; Fiach's Irish hymn in praise of St. Patrick, with English notes and comments.
'^ Its leaves are greatly stained, owing to the etiects of time.
" It is
with coloured initial and interlaced letters, in the old Irish manner.
^° This manuscript contains 34 leaves, with three subjoined fragments of vellum.
lication. For an account of the Martyrology especially see the introduction, pp. xli. to cii. , and the body of this work, pp. 60 to 193-
** Containing 36 leaves.
®5 These extend from 1162 to 1370.
^*
It is copied from a more ancient one in the Cottonian Library.
^^ Ussher supposes this to have been the Life of St. Brigid, written by St. Ultan of Ardbraccan. It includes, also, various readings, on the margins, and copied from a more copious old MS. , belonging to the Monastery of St. Magnus, at Ratisbon, in Bavaria. This was tenanted by Canons Regular of St. Augustme.
^^ It contains leaves. Formerly it 156
belonged to William Howard, who edited the works in question, at London, A. D. 1 592. The matters of most interest included for Irish ecclesiastical historians, are Ap-
profusely
and
beautifully illustrated,
;
'' These compositions are interlined pendices ad Marianum Scotum and the
throughout, with scholia or comments. Chronicon Chronicorum, or the history of
*•
They have been edited by Dr. Todd. England to A. D. 1 138.
ex INTR OD UCTION.
XLII. E. 5, 28. This is a vellum folio manuscript,^? and it was written in
the 1 2th or 13th century. 9° XLIII. E. 6, 2. This is a very small quarto
vellum manuscript,? ^ beautifully written, about the 14th century. ? ' XLIV.
F. I, 8. 93 This is a large folio paper manuscript, and a comparatively
modem transcript from an older copy, or from the original, commonly known
as the " Liber or " of Alan, of Dublin. " ^ Niger," Register John Archbishop
XLV. F. I, 15, 16. The manuscripts thus classified are found in two folio paper volumes. Thoseformacollectionofmonasticrecords,referringtoIreland,
as extracted from registers, belonging to the religious houses, and from other authentic records. The first volume contains 227 leaves. The second volume contains 258 leaves. 9S Those manuscripts appear to have been written in the seventeenth century. XLVI. F. i, 18. This is a folio paper manuscript. ? ^ Itwaswrittenbyseveraldifferentscribesintheseventeenth century. ? 7 XLVII. F. 3, 19. This is a folio paper manuscript. ? ^ It com-
"
1684-5. ? ? I^ ^s written in English. XLVIII. F. 4, 4. This is a folio paper
prises Conell M'Geoghegan's
History of Ireland," compiled in the year
^3 It includes 41 leaves.
9° It contains the following lives or acts of
saints :—i. Vita S. Ethelburgae, Virginis. 2. Vita et Translatio S. Wilfridae. 3. Trans-
to the 1 6th century. 2. A list of 63 Irish saints, in Irish and English, copied by TuUy
O'Conry, 20th April, 1658, at Madrid. The dates of their festivals and places, and where they were venerated in Ireland, are
latio SS. Virginum Ethelburgae, Hildeli-
thse ac Wilfridae. 4. De Alcunia Abbatissa. furnished in many instances. 3. There are
The MS. has a few marginal notes.
9' The most curious matters contained in it are, a list of the archbishops and bishops
several pages of ecclesiastical returns, re-
lating to different Irish dioceses, as also
grants of abbatial lands, from the time of
""A in many countries of Europe and Asia, De Edward I. to that of Charles I. 4.
situJerusalemetDe Locis Sanctis, "by Vene-
" Merlini
to Archbishop Ussher.
9^ It comprises 241 folios.
93 The manuscripts, commencing with the
Registry Dublin. "
of All Saints' Monastery, near
rable Bede, with curious
Scoti Vaticinium," with expositions of Mer-
lin's Prophecies. The foregoing belonged A. D. 684 to 1434. 6. " Annals of Multi-
classification, F. i, i, belonged to Sterne,
figures,
5.
These annals were written by Augustin Magraidcn, canon of Bishop of Clogher, who died in 1745. See that place (Circitcr, 1400). The extracts
Wills' "Lives of Illustrious and Distin- guished Irishmen," vol. iv. , part ii. Fourth Period, p. 471.
9* It contains many charters and decrees,
referring to the privileges and possessions of churches within his diocese.
95 Many of these, however, are blank, and
a still greater number are partially filled.
"
B. 4, 4.
tiali)," &:c. This is a quarto paper manuscript, transcribed in 1637. Pro- perlyspeaking,itcontainsnothingonthesubjectofIrishhagiology; but, as regarding the British Churches of the seventh century, many curious ac- counts of discipline and regulations may be seen. *^ These matters serve incidentally to throw light on the contemporaneous practices of our Irish
Monastery at Trim, and it was written about the fifteenth century.
3* This contains the names, festivals and office lessons of various Irish saints.
Theodorus Archiep. Cantuariensis de Ecclesia (ex ejus Peneten-
Church. 43 XIX. C. " 4, 3.
seu de SanctorumseuDictionariumdeVitisSanctorum. " Thisisaquartovellum
Januensis
Voragine (Jacobi) Legenda
37 Notices of Irish saints, their festivals
and office lessons, are contained in it. But Paris, at St. German de Pratis, by Peter
the leaves are so much injured, where the lessons of saints' offices are to be found, as to render a correct examination of their contents, not only a matter of difficulty, but, in some passages, an utter impossibi- lity.
3^ Only a few Irish saints and their festi- vals are found in it.
*' Gold and colours are employed in the
Lever, living at the sign of the Golden Cross, a. d. 1494. It is issued in iSmosize, and in contracted Latin, on vellum,
''^ There is an article, "De Communione Scotorum et Britonum, qui in Pascha et Ton- sura Catholica non sunt.
^ It also contains a treatise of Joannes
Scotus, seu Erigena. He flourished about a. d. 800,
curiously-traced capital letters and illumina. tions.
<° A few Irish saints and their festivals are
given.
"*' It was published in the suburbs of
cvl INTROBUCTION.
—or rather a large octavo—manuscript, written throughout in double co- lumns, about the fifteenth century. ** It is imperfect towards the end. XX.
"
C. 4, 7.
Lives of Saints. " This quarto vellum manuscript was written
in old English, about the fifteenth century. 45 It is imperfect, both at the
beginning and at the end, while many of its leaves are decayed. XXI.
seu Inventarium omnium Librorum ad pertinentium
D. "
I, 17.
Commune Armorialum Domus Eboraci ordinis Heremitarum S. Augustini ;
Catalogus
factum in presentia Joh. de Ergun, Joh. Ketiswell, Ric. de Thorpe, Joh. de Apilby, A. D. 1372, festo Nativitatis Virginis Gloriosse. Fratre Will, de Staynlon tunc existente Priore. " This is a folio vellum manuscript, having apparently one or two leaves missing. *'' In this codex, we find an inte- resting list of hermeneutical, patristic, theological, historical, grammatical, rhetorical, geometrical, philosophical, classical, and hagiographical works. *? XXII. D. I, 19. "Catalogus Vetus MSS, Cujusdam Bibliothecse Monasterii S. August. Cantuar. in Tempore Edwd. IV. " This is a foUo paper ma- nuscript of 132 pages; for the most part written about the year 1470, and in double columns. *^ XXIII. D. 3, i to 23. The various manuscripts, here included, were written by Archbishop Ussher. In these, there are se- veral scattered notices, regarding Irish saints and Irish ecclesiastical history ; but, it will be unnecessary to particularize the value of those documents, since all have obtained publicity in the late edition*9 of Ussher's works, prepared for press by the late Rev. Charles Elrington, of Trinity College, Dublin. XXIV. E. i, 35. "Walsingham (Thomas) Pars ejus Historiae Brevis," &c. This is a paper folio manuscript of the fifteenth or sixteenth century. There is in it a Latin version of Nennius' History of the Britons, 5° and some passages referring to the Irish saints. s' XXV. E. 2, 14. A
** This treatise was among the first printed
*'" works, and known as the Legenda Aurea.
It contains legends of St. Patrick and St.
Fursey.
^s Among these lives, none have reference
would undertake its publication and exposi- tion.
48 Remarks referring to the former MS. would also apply to the present one. The Council of the Camden Society seems to have entertained the idea of their publica- tion ; but, this intention has not yet been re- alized.
«Published by Messrs. Hodges and Smith, Dublin, in xvii. Volumes 8vo.
to Irish hagiology, unless perhaps an ac-
count of the Eleven Thousand Virgins.
There are only three leaves on this subject,
at the end of the manuscript ; and these, in
a great measure, are illegible. The re- maining part of those acts is wanting. so
««
Nennii Britonum Historiographi, mo-
** It is a curious and an instructive re-
cord of valuable contents in the aforesaid
library, as it existed over 500 years ago. *'That it contained allusions to Irish
saints, in the latter department, can scarcely be questioned. I am unable to say, how- ever, if any of those MSS. be yet extant, nor can I even conjecture to what extent they might serve for illustrating Irish hagi- ology. It is much to be desired, that this MS. might find a competent editor, who
nachi Banchorensis, qui claruit A. D. 620, Eulogium Insulre Britannia; : cum Historia
Britonum, et Mirabilium Britanniae, Mouk, et Hibemise. " This tract ^vas compared by
Archbishop Ussher with old copies. It contains more matter than is found in Thomas Gale's published edition of Nen- nius.
s« Jhe Irish version of Nennius' *' Historia Britonum" has been printed by the Irish Archseological Society, for the year 1848.
It has been edited, with a translation and notes, by Rev. James Henthorn Todd, M. R. I. A. , with an introduction and addi- tional notes, by the Hon. Algernon Herbert.
s* It contains 176 leaves: the first 174 are numbered.
S3 It shows the baronies, parish churches, gentlemen's names and their castles.
5* In addition, there are vast materials for illustrating the civil history and state of the country, since the English invasion.
ss Preserved among the Archives of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin.
"Ex
done Joh: Lyon, A. M. " In the same
handwriting are various emendations, with
entered on the catalogue as a glossary of the Irish language. He tells us, moreover,
it contains apart of the l,eAbA|^ S^b^lA, or BookofConquestsofIreland; andbesides two fragments of the Brehon Laws—one old as the Seanchus Mor, established by St. Patrick—the other written at the Academy of Tara, about the tenth or eleventh cen- tury. Under these remarks there is a note
"
Tara and its academies were abandoned and de- molished four hundred years before this period. " (Scilicet, the tenth and eleventh
s^ It has written within the cover,
centuries. )
great CacaI
two written leaves at the close.
57 It consists only of 45 leaves :
but it
is
imperfect.
58 On the fly-leaf of this codex, Charles
Vallancey has remarked that this MS. is
This codex contains most
INTRODUCTION. evil
Catalogue of all the manuscripts contained in the Library at Lambeth, chiefly relating to the affairs of Ireland. This a folio paper manuscript. s^ It was written about the year 1700, by three different hands. Four of the books mentioned formerly belonged to Sir George Carew, and these chiefly relate to Irish history. Among many others, those tracts were given to the Bodleian Library, by Archbishop Laud, in 1636. The last tract, contained in two large folded leaves, gives an exceedingly curious and an interesting chroro- graphical account of ancient Thomond, just at the time of its transmutation into a county. 53 Among the Lambeth Manuscripts appear notices of works, referringtoIrishhagiology,andtoearlyecclesiasticalhistory. 54 XXVI. E. 3,
I. " Alan DubHn Rotula Nova seu Alani,seu, (Joh:) Archiepiscopi : Reper-
torium Viride, tractans de Omnibus Ecclesiis infra Diocesin Dublin : scilicet de Nominibus, jure Patronatus et Statu Earundem, a. d. 1531. " This is a
large paper folio manuscript, transcribed from the original one of Alan,5s and about A. D. i6oo. s^ Although this codex especially relates to the state of
churches, within the diocese of Dublin, as found at an early part of the six-
teenth century, it is of value and interest to the Irish Church historian and
hagiologist,whoseresearchesrelateeventoamoreremoteperiod. XXVII.
"
E. 3,5.
JuraAntiquaHibernicaGentis,"&c. Thisisalargevellumfolio
manuscript, and written in the Irish language. 57 It is traced in three dis-
tinct hands. ss The manuscript is of very great antiquity. XXVIII. E. 3, 8.
"MiscellaneadeRebuspotissimumHibernicis,"&c. Thisisapaperfolio manuscript,bydifferentwriters,producedabouta. d. 1600. 59 Severalmatters
contained in this codex, are in Archbishop Ussher's handwriting, together with notes and emendations throughout, by the same writer. ^° XXIX. E. 3,
10. This is a very interesting paper folio manuscript, containing 82 leaves, some of which are numbered, but irregularly. It was written by various
in Professor O'Curry's handwriting :
" So much for the
Vallancey's knowledge of Irish history. "
eoJAn O c6m]\Ai'6e.
59 it includes 144 leaves ; yet, only some
of these are numbered.
*°
interesting tracts, relating to Irish hagiology and eccle*
siastical history.
cvm INTRonUCTION.
hands, in the seventeenth century. ^* For the most part, its writing is very close. ^^ XXX. E, 3, ii. This is a most valuable parchment and hagio-
graphical manuscript, in large quarto shape. ^3 It was written by three
differenthands,duringthefourteenthorfifteenthcenturies. Itisimperfect,
as would appear from the numbering and heading of some folios. ^^ XXXI.
E. 3, 13. This is a paper folio manuscript,^s with four leaves of vellum, and
written by various hands,°^ about the commencement of the seventeenth
century. ^7 XXXII. E. 3, 16. This is a paper folio manuscript, traced by
different hands, in the seventeenth century. '^^ It contains 85 leaves in
manuscript ; ^ together with a folded and printed broad-sheet, intituled,
"
Catalogus Prsecipuorum Sanctorum Ibemise," by Father Henry Fitz Simon, the Jesuit. XXXIII. E. 3, \ 7. This is a paper folio manuscript,7° written by differenthands,aboutthesixteenthcentury. ^* XXXIV,E. 3,20. Thisisa paper folio manuscript, 7* written by different scribes, about the sixteenth cen- tury. 73 The nature of its contents renders it extremely valuable to the student of Irish civil and ecclesiastical history. XXXV. E. 3, 22. This is a paper folio, 74 written by different hands, about the year 1600 or earlier. 7s XXXVI.
*' Among the pages, we have traces of
Ussher's handwriting.
*" With matters referring to the civil his-
tory of the country, extracted from monastic
registers, annals and other sources, some incidental allusions to Irish saints and curious ecclesiastical illustrations are found, in a small tract, relating to Ardsratha.
*3 Among other extraneous matters, it contains the lives of several Irish saints, in contracted Latin. Many deficiences are met with throughout.
'* For the most part, it is arranged in
double columns, and it comprises 93 written folios.
*s It consists of 134 leaves.
7' In this volume will be found a few
pages, containing the names and positions of some episcopal sees, founded by St. Patrick.
7' It consists of 35 1 leaves.
73 Among the most valuable ecclesiastical
fragments is a catalogue of the Bishops of Clogher, with some Irish extracts from the
register of Clogher, composed by Brother Caljm Augustieil Epo. Clochoren, and Ruarico O'Cassyde, archidiacono. The
annals of Thady Dowling and James Grace, w^hich have been published by the Irish
Archaeological Society are included. There are extracts from the Annals of Boyle ; from
a book of the port of St. Mary's Monastery ; from the Red Book, the White Book, the Black Book, &c. These contain notices regarding St. Patrick's purgatory, Irish annalistic notes, churches and their founders,
**
Many leaves are in Ussher's handwrit-
ing.
*7 Some curious papers on the controversy
for precedence between the Churches of together with names of the Archbishops
Armagh and of Dublin are found ; also an
Irish extract from S. Benignus, regarding
the inhabitants of Dublin, taken from the
old Books of Sligo and Ballymote, with a
Latin version, by John Kelly of Trinity Archaeological Society—there is a Latin College, Dublin ; likewise, disquisitions on Life of Gildas, with extracts referring to Herenach lands, taxations of churches in
various dioceses, lists of bishops and incum- bents in some of the Irish dioceses, &c. , &c.
Ireland and Britain.
7< It contains 104 leaves.
'5 It comprises Annals of Ireland from
^
it contains much Irish historical matter.
Besides notices of various Irish saints,
1162 to 1579, as printed at the end of Camden's Britannia ; names of the Bishops of Kildare—twenty-three in number—from the time of St. Brigid to a. d. 1518; note*
** They are chiefly written by Ussher. 7° It contains 64 leaves.
and Bishops of Dublin. There are extracts from Clyn's Annals and from the Annals of
" tonum"—already published by the Irish
Ulster. Besides Gildas'
Historia Bri-
INTROD UCTION.
E. 3, 28. This is a paper folio, 7^ written by several hands, about the com- mencement of the seventeenth century. 77 XXXVII. E, 4, 2. This is an old vellum folio. 78 This manuscript? ? has been analysed by Edward O'Reilly, in Monk Mason's Catalogue ; while there are additional annotations and corrections,byDr. Todd. ^° O'Reillyconsidersthismanuscriptmoreancient than the eleventh or twelfth centuries. It is usually known as the " Liber Hymnorum. " The hymns or poems are mostly in the Latin language, but some are in the Irish. ^^ In part, they have been published,^^ by the Irish Archaeological Society. XXXVIII. E. 4, 3. This is a vellum folio, con- taining the " Books of Obits and Martyrology of Christ Church, Dublin. "^^ It comprises 159 leaves, perfectly legible throughout, illustrated, and written in the fifteenth or sixteenth centuries. Many festivals of Irish saints are interspersed through the Martyrology. XXXIX. E. 4, 6. This is a folio,
'*
Annales Rerum Hibernicarum. "^s XL. E. 4, 10. This is a quarto paper manuscript, writtenbyatleasttwo"differenthands,andintheseventeenthcentury. ^^ It contains " Vita et Legenda S. Brigidse Virginis. ''^? XLI. E. 5, 23. This is an old and a beautiful octavo manuscript of the 12th or 13th century, and
"
partly vellum and partly paper. ^'^ It includes Pembridge's
written on vellum. It is lettered on the back,
Florentii Opera Historica. "^^
onIrishsaints AnnalsofIrelandfromA. D. ;
^'ThisMS. hasbeen forthe published
Irish Archaeological Society, and the matter it contains, therefore, is accessible to the general reader. It has been edited by John Clarke Crosthwaite, A. M. , while an intro-
947 to the death of Gerald, Count of Kil-
dare, A. D. 1513, written by Phil. Fflatis-
bury of Johnyston, near Naas, in 1577. On
the first page of the MS. , containing the
foregoing subjects, we find written : "To duction by Dr. Todd accompanies this pub-
my very loving friend Mr. Thos. Messingham, President of Boncourt College at Paris," to
whom this MS. formerly belonged.
7* It consists of 70 leaves.
^^ Among the matter it contains will be
found an extract from the Annals of Con- naught, A. D. 432 to 466. There are three Irish hymns on St. Brigid, attributed to Saints Columkille, Broccan and Sanctan the successors of St. Patrick to A. D. 1356, taken from the Ulster Annals ; an English extract, from a Life of St. Patrick ; Fiach's Irish hymn in praise of St. Patrick, with English notes and comments.
'^ Its leaves are greatly stained, owing to the etiects of time.
" It is
with coloured initial and interlaced letters, in the old Irish manner.
^° This manuscript contains 34 leaves, with three subjoined fragments of vellum.
lication. For an account of the Martyrology especially see the introduction, pp. xli. to cii. , and the body of this work, pp. 60 to 193-
** Containing 36 leaves.
®5 These extend from 1162 to 1370.
^*
It is copied from a more ancient one in the Cottonian Library.
^^ Ussher supposes this to have been the Life of St. Brigid, written by St. Ultan of Ardbraccan. It includes, also, various readings, on the margins, and copied from a more copious old MS. , belonging to the Monastery of St. Magnus, at Ratisbon, in Bavaria. This was tenanted by Canons Regular of St. Augustme.
^^ It contains leaves. Formerly it 156
belonged to William Howard, who edited the works in question, at London, A. D. 1 592. The matters of most interest included for Irish ecclesiastical historians, are Ap-
profusely
and
beautifully illustrated,
;
'' These compositions are interlined pendices ad Marianum Scotum and the
throughout, with scholia or comments. Chronicon Chronicorum, or the history of
*•
They have been edited by Dr. Todd. England to A. D. 1 138.
ex INTR OD UCTION.
XLII. E. 5, 28. This is a vellum folio manuscript,^? and it was written in
the 1 2th or 13th century. 9° XLIII. E. 6, 2. This is a very small quarto
vellum manuscript,? ^ beautifully written, about the 14th century. ? ' XLIV.
F. I, 8. 93 This is a large folio paper manuscript, and a comparatively
modem transcript from an older copy, or from the original, commonly known
as the " Liber or " of Alan, of Dublin. " ^ Niger," Register John Archbishop
XLV. F. I, 15, 16. The manuscripts thus classified are found in two folio paper volumes. Thoseformacollectionofmonasticrecords,referringtoIreland,
as extracted from registers, belonging to the religious houses, and from other authentic records. The first volume contains 227 leaves. The second volume contains 258 leaves. 9S Those manuscripts appear to have been written in the seventeenth century. XLVI. F. i, 18. This is a folio paper manuscript. ? ^ Itwaswrittenbyseveraldifferentscribesintheseventeenth century. ? 7 XLVII. F. 3, 19. This is a folio paper manuscript. ? ^ It com-
"
1684-5. ? ? I^ ^s written in English. XLVIII. F. 4, 4. This is a folio paper
prises Conell M'Geoghegan's
History of Ireland," compiled in the year
^3 It includes 41 leaves.
9° It contains the following lives or acts of
saints :—i. Vita S. Ethelburgae, Virginis. 2. Vita et Translatio S. Wilfridae. 3. Trans-
to the 1 6th century. 2. A list of 63 Irish saints, in Irish and English, copied by TuUy
O'Conry, 20th April, 1658, at Madrid. The dates of their festivals and places, and where they were venerated in Ireland, are
latio SS. Virginum Ethelburgae, Hildeli-
thse ac Wilfridae. 4. De Alcunia Abbatissa. furnished in many instances. 3. There are
The MS. has a few marginal notes.
9' The most curious matters contained in it are, a list of the archbishops and bishops
several pages of ecclesiastical returns, re-
lating to different Irish dioceses, as also
grants of abbatial lands, from the time of
""A in many countries of Europe and Asia, De Edward I. to that of Charles I. 4.
situJerusalemetDe Locis Sanctis, "by Vene-
" Merlini
to Archbishop Ussher.
9^ It comprises 241 folios.
93 The manuscripts, commencing with the
Registry Dublin. "
of All Saints' Monastery, near
rable Bede, with curious
Scoti Vaticinium," with expositions of Mer-
lin's Prophecies. The foregoing belonged A. D. 684 to 1434. 6. " Annals of Multi-
classification, F. i, i, belonged to Sterne,
figures,
5.
These annals were written by Augustin Magraidcn, canon of Bishop of Clogher, who died in 1745. See that place (Circitcr, 1400). The extracts
Wills' "Lives of Illustrious and Distin- guished Irishmen," vol. iv. , part ii. Fourth Period, p. 471.
9* It contains many charters and decrees,
referring to the privileges and possessions of churches within his diocese.
95 Many of these, however, are blank, and
a still greater number are partially filled.
