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 JAMES HAHDBIAN
ANCIENT IBISH DEEDS
(R.I. A. TRANSACTIONS,
XV,
1826, pp. 3-95 inc.)

ANTIQUITIES,

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VOL. XV.
 the pResence of this Book

thej.m. kelly LIBRARY

has seen made possiBle
thRouqh the qeneRosity

Stephen B. Roman
From the Library of Daniel Binchy
Ancient Irish Deeds and Writings, chiefly relating to landed
Property, from the twelfth to the seventeenth with
century,
Translations, and a Preliminary Essay.
Notes, By James
Hardiman, Esq., M. R. I. A.

Read Febmary 27, 1826.

J. HE abolition of the ancient tenures of Ireland, and the conse-

quent deduction of from the crown of England, during the
title

sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, rendered deeds and

writings
in the Irish language, particularly those
relating to landed pro-
perty, in a great degree useless. Other combining circumstances,
but chiefly the policy and care of successive English grantees to

destroy all evidence of previous right and possession in the natives,

caused those domestic documents become so scarce, that the
to

few which escaped the general wreck are, at the present day,
esteemed valuable rarities, when to be found in the cabinets of the
curious. In fact so rare did they become, that Mr. O'Halloran,
in the Introduction to his History of Ireland, has given a transla-

tion,accompanied by an elaborate description, of a single Irish deed,

which he notices as a matter of great curiosity, though not much
older than the beginning of the fourteenth century. This is a loss
much be regretted, but particularly so in an historical point of
to
view for, next to the publication of the remains of the Brehon
;

law, the written instruments in use under that code would serve
to convey more accurate information of the state of society in Ire-
land, and of the manners, customs and ordinary transactions of the
B 2
people, than perhaps any other medium
present extant, the at

printed histories and unpublished annals of the country being in

those respects lamentably deficient. This position will appear
clearly exemplified by the ancient Irish writings, which I now have
the honor of laying before the Academy in their original form,

accompanied with close English translations.*

This collection principally consists of deeds and instruments
relating to property, and almost entirely belongs to that part of
Ireland, anciently called Tuath-Mumhain, (Thomond^ or North
Munster. This great territory, which was formerly under the
dominion of the powerful family of O'Brien, extended from the
Isles of Aran, on the western coast of the kingdom, to Sliabh-

Eibline near Cashel in the present county of Tipperary, thence to

Carran-Fearaidh or Cnoc-Aine in the present county of Limerick*
and from Leim-na-con or Loopshead to Sliabh-Dala in Ossory.
Part of this tract of country was erected into a county, in the year
1585, by Sir John Perrott, Lord Deputy of Ireland, and received
the name " in commemoration of the
Clare," Anglo-Norman Earl,-f-

* William Dix, Esq. an eminent Solicitor of this city, I am indebted for many of these
To
documents. William Shaw Mason, Esq., author of the Statistical Survey of Ireland, kindly
furnished me with a few from his valuable MS. collection. The remainder were in my own
possession. It has been suggested that many of a similar nature might be discovered in the

library of Trinity College, Dublin,

if
carefully explored.

J- By inquisition taken at Castlebank in the County of Clare, on the 23d of August, 1637,

it was found, that Edward I.

by letters patent dated 26th January, 1 275, granted the whole
land of Thomond to Thomas De Clare, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, who
died thereof seized at Bunratty in 1287 ;
that said land descended to Gilbert De Clare his son
and heir, who having died without issue, it descended to Richard De Clare his brother, who
having died in 1317, the land of Thomond, for want of heirs male of the original grantee, re-
verted to the crown ;
and that at the time of taking the inquisition the fee and inheritance thereof
were vested in King Charles I Orig. Inquis. Rolls Office. This inquisition was taken by
order of Lord Deputy Strafford, in furtherance of his famous impolitic project to dispossess the

ancient proprietors of their estates.

 to whom Edward the First had, most
inconsiderately, and with
crying injustice to the natives, made a
grant of the entire dis-
trict, a grant which caused the loss of thousands of
lives.* The abo-
riginal inhabitants of Thomond were the O'Briens, who
long pos-
sessed kingly
power and dignity the Macnamaras,
hereditary
Marshals of the country. The of or
O'Loghlins Barren, Eastern
Corcomruadh The Mac Mahons
of Corca-Bhaiscin The Mac
Donnells of Darach, descended from the Monarch Brian
Bo-
roimhe The O'Connors of Corcamruadh The O'Deas of
Di-
sart-ui-Deagha The O'Hallorans The O'Gradies, Lords of

Muintir-Tir-Conlachta-O'Kearney O'Daly O'Slattery The Mac

Bruodins, hereditary historians of North Munster The O'Gor-
mans, chiefs of Tullichrien The O'Hehirs of Callain The
O'Molonys of Ceil-Tanan O'Heffernan and O'Quin of Corrofin
The Mac Clanchys, hereditary judges and lawyers. The Mac
Sweenys Mulconrys, &c. and to several of these families the fol-
lowing instruments will be found to relate.
Many of these documents are of considerable
antiquity. The
From the Annals of Inisfallen we learn that Thomas De Clare, with many other Englishmen
f rank, fell in battle with the O'Briens-" C. 1287.
cT. Comar De Clare an C-Ja^la
ajuy co,-naroac 3<xtl GOiiroan, a^ nar?;b;,ijbe Seapalt TOejc CDuj^y, ajuy- l?joc$b
Taaffe, &%af ??joca r b Deciter, <xjuy /M;ocala r Tding bo tu;e;m a 5-cat a b-Cuabmuroan
te Coj,ibeatba6 COac Ca;b5 Caol-r^^e Uj OjijAja ^ar le CuabmT7mne<x6a;b,
50 n-a^
mo^ ^ wbWb & u r $ jt*r-5 alla; e CDuman r;le, ap cabpa."_" A.D. 1287. The Earl
Thomas De Clare, the protector of the English of Munster, and the
Knights Gerald Fitz-Maurice
Richard Taaffe, Richard De Exeter and Nicholas
Teling, were slain in a battle fought in Thomond
against Turloch son of Teige Caoluisge O'Brien and the
Thomonians, in which battle all the
knights and Englishmen of Munster were cut off with dreadful
slaughter."_The same Annals
also mention the extent of
territory granted to De Clare." a fa fQ f<xb
p jrea^ana;,- <ui
ChlV<x;j ^ujr Jail Cuabmuman an can ro .;. 6 C;ob^a;b na fyr^jcm jo
f7-;om<xla;K
Ouna fta;ce, tf. C. 1285."" The possessions of De Clare and the
English of Thomond, at
this time, extend from Tiobraid na Huinnsionn to the confines of
Bunratty. A.D. 1285."
most ancient are without dates or signatures, having been entered
into before itbecame customary in these islands to affix either to

written contracts. These belong to the 12th, 13th and 14th cen-
turies. Thegreater number, however, are dated. The earliest of
the latter class occurs in the year 1419, and the latest in the year

1619, about which time the use of the Irish language in legal
writings was discontinued. The deed, No. II. which I conjecture
tobe as early as the beginning of the 12th century, is a curious

specimen of its kind. Of it and No. XXIX. which is dated in

the year 1573, fac-similes are given. The rudeness of the one,
and the comparative elegance of the other, will shew the improve-
ment which took place in the art of penmanship between both
periods.
Their contents are strikingly interesting at the present day, being
illustrative of manners and customs, which have long since disap-

peared and been forgotten. Like all collections, some of the pre-
sent articles, taken singly, may be esteemed of little or no value,
but combined, their becomes obvious and unquestionable.
utility

They mutually serve to explain each other, and by so doing deve-

lope facts which, otherwise, might have remained buried in obli-
vion. To adduce a few instances. They evince the characteristic
piety of the people, who often commenced and concluded these
instruments with some word or expression of a pious tendency, and
consecrated their ordinary dealings with the solemnity of religion, by

frequently calling on God as a witness to their contracts.* They

also shew the state of education, for I was not a little surprised to
find so few marksmen, as they are termed, among so many
origi-

* See Nos. XX XXI In No. XXV. God with his angels are named as sureties, that
the rival chieftains O'Brien and Macnamara would not wage war against each other.
 nal signatures. But here it must be observed, that the district of
Thomond, or Clare, like that of Kerry, has been from an
early pe-
riod, and still is, remarkable for the
generally improved education
of the various classes of its inhabitants.
Further, they afford
abundant evidence that the Irish natives of those
parts acknow-
ledged no other legal jurisdiction than that of the Brehons, un-
til commencement of the seventeenth
after the
century, when the
laws of England, under James the first, were
extended over the
whole island, and legal muniments were, for the first
time, gene-
rally written in the
English language. The following instruments,
combined with the fragments of the Brehon
code, published by the
late venerableand learned Vallancey, even
scanty and imperfect as
they are, will demonstrate how long and how stedfastly the
people
adhered to those laws, which were established in Ireland
before the
era of Christianity, and continued to the accession of a
monarch,
to whom the nation willingly submitted, as the lineal
descendant of
its ancient kings.

Among the most curious

may be enumerated No
VIII. being
an ancient translation of a Brehon Judge's sentence or
decree, a
record of very rare occurrence. The punishment appears to have
been by Eric or Fine, for as murder was
punished by an Eric, so
a bare attempt to commit it, as in the
present case, though unsuc-
cessful, was also subject to a like From this fragment
penalty.*
it is manifest,
notwithstanding some assertions to the contrary, that
the decrees of the Brehons were committed, in
regular legal form, to
writing. It further shews that they were accustomed to insert' in

'
Vide Harris's Ware, where an instance is adduced under the year 1148, that
When Do-
nald O'Ferral and several of his clan kill Ternan
conspired to O'Rorke, whom they set upon
and grievously wounded yet,
;
notwithstanding he escaped with life, his Eric was exacted from
the O'Ferrals, as if he had been killed." Vol, 1. 70.p.
 8

their judgments the terms of the laws on which they founded their

decisions. In the present instance such was the case, but the Irish

original has not been handed down,

and the words of the law are
dismissed by an #c. in this old translation. Numbers XIV. and XV.
present a singular view of the possessions of the O'Brien and
Macnamara families, near five centuries ago. Number V. might, XX
with propriety, be termed Articles of Peace, between the Rival
Chieftains of those names. Number XXIX. and the note subjoined
to it are amongst the most interesting of the entire. The reader
" Prostrate
cannot but be struck by the expression in the latter,
upon my knees before your honors," as displaying an incident which,
it conceived, would form an appropriate subject for an historical
is

picture, whose leading feature might be the striking contrast be-

tween the humiliated Milesian prince on the one side, and the
arrogant members of Queen Elizabeth's Irish Privy Council of that

day on the other.

But
the principal value of investigations like the present lies in
the assistance which they afford the local or general historian, in

tracing the progress of society, and illustrating the manners and

customs of former times. The ancient writings now under consider-
ation, prove serviceable in these respects. So far as they extend,
may
they shew the use and denomination of money, the value of land
and its produce, and the price of several commodities from time
some centuries. From among the matters of various in-
to time, for
formation which they contain the following heads have been
selected. In No. X. a fine or Eric appears to have been imposed
for murder or homicide, but very inadequate in amount to the

dreadful crime committed. Although murder was generally punished

by fine, as before observed, yet it must not be concluded that that

was the only penalty. This and other heinous offences were punish-
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able with death by the ancient laws of Ireland. This severity was*
however, in general mitigated by the law of Eric or retaliation, to
which sonie historians have given a decided preference over the
more sanguinary inflictions of modern times. From No. II. it may
be inferred that title to lands might have been acquired by force, or
in consequence of forfeiture as an Eric. Conor O'Hurley appears
to have so acquired the land of Carrowancalla. To Galloglasses lie
paid sixteen cows and a noble for the Brehon's judgment, by which
the transaction was affirmed. The consent of the entire tribe or
family necessary before an individual could alienate any part of the
inheritance, XIX. One tribe purchasing land from another becomes
bound to furnish, as additional consideration, suitable food and
raiment, for a certain period of time, and the disposing party is bound
to be clement, or to afford protection to the other, XVIII. Cattle
given as a marriage portion, XXVI. Cattle taken as a prey and
the owners made prisoners, VIII. A whole town land forfeited for

stealing a cow. Crosses of interdiction raised between contending

parties, X. The same deed written in three languages, Latin,

English and Irish, XXX.
These three languages used in the same
instrument, XXIX. Cows killed and liquor provided for funerals,
XXXII. Guarantees and hostages liberated, on payment of twenty
marks for some and forty marks for others, XXV. Broad cloth,
hats, grey cloth, aquavita in the fifteenth century,
scarlet cloth,
XVII. Hides, fells and chines of beasts killed for the chieftains'
suppers, or while in camp, given as fees to the Marshall,
and the
Marshall's fees on the marriage of his chief's daughters, XXIX.
A cow valued at three shillings. Lands mortgaged for cattle.
Fees for Brehon's judgment or decree. Interest for money due,
shillings and nobles in use, II Rent paid in wheat, in beeves, in
wine, in subsisting soldiers and sportsmen, in pence, groats,
shil-

VOL. xv. c
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marks, and ounces of gold. O'Brien's Rental, XIV. Lady's

lings,
rent, exclusive of Lord's rent, ounces of unspecified metal, (this metal

supposed to have been silver, for when gold specified as rent it

is is

seldom exceeds an ounce,) paid, and food once a year reserved as

Mac Namara's
rent, Rental, XV.
Gardens, orchards and roads,
XXVI. XXVIII. Public Notaries, a gilt cup valued at nine
marks, four garrans and an ambling nag valued at five marks,
XVII. Five good hackneys and five marks considered as of equal
value, XXIX. A
considerable extent of ground (the dimensions
not expressed) with all its grass, moor, wood and arable land, sold
for twelve marks, having been previously mortgaged for twelve cows,

XXII. Trivial as these particulars may at first sight appear, yet it

must be remembered, that to an accumulation of such facts, made
from time to time by men
of antiquarian learning and research, and

judiciously treated of by their historians, the people of England are

mainly indebted for the present perfect state of their National History.
It must be obvious to all capable of considering the subject with

attention, that much

preliminary labour yet remains to be achieved,
before a comprehensive History of Ireland can be fully and faith-

fully given
to the world. When this desirable and much wished for
work be completed, the Irish character will beam forth in all
shall
its native brilliancy from beneath the dark clouds of prejudice and

misrepresentation, which have obscured it for centuries. Such a his-

tory will moreover be an awful warning to present and future gene-

rations, to avoid these internal dissentions, which at all times, even
to the present day,have proved the principal
impediment to the
happiness and prosperity of the country. Bede and others, at an
early period, described Ireland as supereminently blessed with the
choicest gifts of nature, as an Island with milk and
flowing honey.
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Had venerable historian lived at a later period, he would see those

this

boasted gifts of nature trampled under the foot of the hostile invader.
Instead of milk and honey, he would have described Ireland as an
Island flowing with blood, and plunged in all the horrors of almost
continuous civil warfare and confusion. Tranquillity was for ages a
stranger in the land, except for those few gloomy and transient
intervals, which in general but preceded more dreadful storms. Yet
even during these short cessations of war, the native character some-
times appeared, the cheering sounds of peace were heard, the shuttle
and the plough were seen to move, and numerous flocks and herds
covered its hills and plains. The art of agriculture too, but with
frequent interruptions, flourished in many parts of the kingdom, to
a degree that drew forth reluctant praises from those very men,
whose policy and interest it was to misrepresent the country.
The people of the west, remote from the calamities in which the
other quarters of the island were generally involved, retained to a
late period many of the simple primeval customs of rural and even
of pastoral life, as the instruments before us in many instances tes-

tify. Amongst them, debts were contracted and paid in living

money,* lands were given in mortgage or exchange for cows,

horses, sheep, &c. and tributes and rents were rendered in cattle

or in ounces of gold In reviewing the manners and state

and silver.
of society in former times, care must be taken not to draw hasty
conclusions from the present advanced position of human cultiva-
tion, -f- The improvement of man is ever progressive, and in Ireland,

* Mr. states, that living money, which was so

Henry, in his valuable History of England,
general in England before the Norman conquest, is not mentioned by writers after
that event. Vol.111- p. 510. It appears to have been in use to a much later period in

Ireland.

f In England, in the days of Edward I., and even so late as those of Henry VI., we know
c2
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notwithstanding the exaggerated allegations of prejudice, and the

many obstacles which the people had to contend with, it is certain
that they were not more backward in civilization than those of most
of the other nations of Europe. The testimony of that distinguished
Chief Justice of England, Lord Coke, concerning the Irish people,
remains recorded in his Institutes, a triumphant refutal of previous and
" I have been
subsequent misrepresentation. informed," says this great
and good man, "by many of them that have had judicial places
there, and partly of mine own knowledge, that there is no nation of
the Christian world that are greater lovers of justice than they

(the Irish) are, which virtue must of necessity be accompanied

by many others." Can it be
supposed that a declaration of
this kind would be made, and that by such a man, if the Irish

people were really what they had been represented by his country-
men and cotemporaries ? But his is not the only testimony. Sir
John Davis uses even stronger language, to the same effect. Every
remnant therefore which tends to illustrate the manners and cus-
toms of such a people must be interesting and valuable, not alone
in a national point of view, but as a leading feature in the
history
of mankind. These are the considerations which induced me
to undertake the task of preparing ancient fragments for
these

inspection, and to deposit

my humble mite in the treasury of public
information,

that oflO or 20 a year were considered a competent estate for a gentleman. One possessing
'150 yearly was esteemed rich, and Sir John Fortescue lays down 5 a year " as a fair living
for a yeoman." In 1414 the expence of a scholar at the University was but 5 annually. In
1476 Counsel's fees were lower than in our times. In the account of the church- warden of St.
"
Margaret, Westminster, we find, Roger Fylpot, learned in the law, paid for his opinion given
3s. Sd. with 4rf. for his dinner." In 1493 Sir William Drury, one of the richest men in Suffolk,
bequeathed fifty marks to each of his daughters. The value of money then was about twenty-
four times more than at the present day See Henry's valuable History of England, whose ex-
cellent plan will yet, it is
hoped, be extended to Ireland. See also Fleetwood's Chronicon
Preciotum.
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To those literary friends who have kindly favoured me with their

opinions on these documents I feel indebted, particularly to John

D' Alton, Esq. Barrister at Law, the highly gifted author of the
"
poem of Dermid, or Erin in the days of Boru," and other ta-
lented productions relating to Ireland ; to Thomas Furlong, Esq.

who, with poetical genius of a superior order and the heart of a

patriot, deeply skilled in the history of his native land ; and to
is

Mr. James Scurry of Dublin, whose critical knowledge of our ancient

language perhaps, not excelled.* The valuable assistance of
is,

the latter, in the translations, deserves my warmest acknowledg-

ments. The few notes which are given may be found useful by
the historical student. more than repaid, for
Finally, I shall feel
any labour I may have had, should this communication answer
any of the purposes for which it was intended, and accord with the
views, or meet the approval of the Academy.

* may be
It is anxiously hoped by many of Mr. Scurry's friends, that his capabilities called

forth, in the national task of translating the Brehon laws, the greatest desideratum, next to the

publication of the Annals, in Irish literature.

 TABLE.
No.
I. Bond or charge on Land. No date.
II.
Mortgage of Land. No date.
III. Like. No date.
IV. No
Acknowledgment of debts, &c. date.
V. Deed of Land. No date.
VI. Deed of Agreement. No date.
VII. No date.
Mortgage of Land.
VIII. Brehon's Decree. No date.
IX. Mortgage of Land. No date.
X. Forfeiture of Lands, &c. No date.
XI. Deed of Purchase. No date.
XII. Deed of Agreement and Award. No date.
XIII. Mortgage of Land. No date.
XIV. O'Brien's Rental. No date.
XV. Mac Namara's Rental. No date.
XVI. Deed of Purchase. No date.
XVII. Ancient abstracts. A. D. 1419 1458.
XVIII. Deed of Agreement. A. D. 1493.
XIX Like. A. D. 1502.
XX. Partition of Land. A. D. 1542.
XXI. Deed of Purchase of Land. A. D. 1545.
XXII. Conveyance of Land. No date.
XXIII. Mortgage of Land. A. D. 1548.
XXIV. Assignment of Mortgage of Land. A. D. 1548.
XXV. Bond and Covenant. No date.
XXVI. Marriage Settlement. A. D. 1560.
XXVII. Mortgage of Land. A. D. 1562.
XXVIII. Deed of Sale of Land. A. D. 1573.
XXIX. Deed of Appointment by Mac
Carthy More, A. D. 1584.
XXX. Conveyance of Land. A. D. 1586.
XXXI. Release of
Mortgage. A. D. 1587.
XXXII. Award. A. D. 1592.
XXXIII. Like. A. D. 1593.
XXXIV. Surrender and conveyance of land. A. D. 1594.
XXXV. Testamentum. A. D. 1603.
XXXVI. Will and Testament A. D.
1606.
XXXVII. Mortgage of Land. A. D. 1608.
XXXVIII. Assignment of Land. A. D. 1612.
XXXIX. Like. A. D. 1619.
Ancient Deeds and Writings in the Irish
Language, with English
Translations.*

I.

JS ;ab fo j:;aca b;a/imaba o;j ; Cc;^ <J

C,tabpo;3 .j. ba m^^ bo CWupebab
(Oac CDae3amna acuy ;y ma/t yo cuj; bjaftma;b
63 an ba ITXX/IJ fojn ua;b .;. C;ta-
:

p53 yae/1 *5 b;<x^m<x;b 05, pxe/i an an rjle nj act <x c;n bo 3<xUojl<xc byajb
ama;n acu>- r<WH C ^*P
:
^
*5 b;a^ma;b CD<xc ConcuB^ bo cjn <x yae^ca bo b;<x^-
majb 03 no ^5 b;a/tmajb 05 pe;n mana jr<ie^ bjaftnxxjb fDoic Concuba;^ ; <xcu^- n;^
; :

lej CDaejamr^n OQac Jjlla l?;<xbab <xn

ff^j^f) jro 5<xn co^b*;! cr^j; pe;n, <xce <xen
<vn
bl;abajn am<x;n acuf ra;^ ce<x^-b<x (Du/tcftab CD<xc ro<xtj<xmn<x,
:
ca;n;j bj<x^ma;b oj
<x
jcean C<x;bj CCe;c CDaejamna, ca^- bo ;ii;^ nac a^ comajll 03<xc T?;c<x^b CD*c

<xb<xb <xn ey<x;^y; pn bo ; <xcoy <x

buba;^t Cab j ju bf<xj^el<xb ye an
o bj<n/ima;b 03 rna^j pn;
< an b<x
eujab b;a/tm<x;b 03 6073<xcc nouna

o;t; an bpea/tan fjn, ma^i bo ^eatl bo acuy bo ^;neaba^i can/tab fte eel;,
$. :

a.
ye yo an cun^ab .;. na cu;j ma/ij y;n o b;a^ma;b 03 bo Cajbj ma^
3eatl ^ C^iapo;3 acuy muna cyae^ab Cab3 an pea^an j-jn bo b;a^imajb 03, an
;

rjlj nj ba nb;lpab b;a^majb ca/i cean an pea^a;n a fce;b m$ jeatl a;3; a^i an
bjMa/taii ^o;n, a scean na yeace ma^3 yo;n. Concuba/i (Dae Cur^rjn bo /^^jb yo,
ju 3eeab bo b;a^ma;b 03, acay bo b;a^ma;b COac Concub^, a huct Ca;bj fDe;c
OOac^amna.

I.

Translation. Bond or charge

'to'
on Land, No Date.

These are the debts due to Dermot oge O'Hehir -f-

on the lands

* From No. XVII. are not dated, but they belong to the 12th, 13th, 14th and
I. to
'

15th centuries. The

orthography, throughout the entire, is very imperfect ; in some places so
much so, as nearly to render the meaning obscure; but it was considered unadvisable for
obvious reasons, to attempt any amendment, and the original orthography has been scrupulously
adhered to. The Irish scholar will see that Aspiration and Eclipsis of consonants arc frequently
omitted in these instruments, and that no attention whatever is
paid to the modern rule of

teacon le leacan, &c.

f For the origin of Irish surnames, see Harris's Ware, Vol. I.
p. 58. Also Camden's Re-
 16

of Crappoge, viz. two marks

J of Morogh Mac Mahon, and it was
on this condition Dermot oge advanced those two viz. to marks,
have Crappoge free, free in every respect except giving their por-
tion to alone, the power of redemption of Crappoge to
Galloglasses ||

be enjoyed by Dermot Mac Conor

redeeming it from Dermot oge,
for
or by Dermot oge himself, if not redeemed by Dermot Mac Conor ;

and Mahon Mac Gilla Riabadh did not allow that power more than
one year, until he took it to himself: and when
Morogh Mahon Me
died, Teige Mac Mahon and informed him,
Dermot oge came to

that the son of Ricard Mac Gilla Riaba did not

keep that power for
him and Teige declared he would redeem the land from Dermot
;

oge for said two marks, unless Dermot oge would give five other
marks for it as he promised. And they covenanted with each other,
and this is the covenant, viz. the said five marks to be
given by
Dermot oge unto Teige on Crappoge, and if the land be not re-
deemed from Dermot oge, every thing that Dermot shall
pay for
the land to be as a unto him for it, added unto the said seven
pledge
marks. Conor Mac Cuuitin wrote this,
by the consent of Dermot
oge and Dermot Mac Conor, in presence of Teige Mac Mahon.

II.
f.

reo jealt Concub*;^ oc b; U/vjta;b $ ceAto/nxmrjn jn CJxil .;. b<x

^cbat bo .;.
b<x ;B laej b;b fjn .;. jn bo b;b tpj ys;U;ns<rt>, ja cujt <xjle t>;b ;n btmb
o.n eaanb <x e l<xb acu b;c

mains, for English surnames. In Ireland, the descendants of Brien Boru took the
"
name of
O'Brien ;" those of Nial of the Nine name
Hostages, the of O'Neil, &c.O'Hallorans In-
troduction.

i The mark was a denomination of money, and not a real coin. It was two thirds the
weight and value of the pound. In shillings and pence 13s. 4rf. It was
brought to France
and England, and
probably to Ireland, by the Danes.
" The Irish of the
|| middle ages employed two sorts of foot soldiers, and Kerns
Galloglasses ;
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dee ba ceanb bjrea^ajn f)n .;. ye ba bej b;b j-jn ;te Jaltocajb, acuy leatb
fee; ta/t

"1*^5 J" tfjleacbej, ju oce ba acuy ujnjeb y-jn <xcuy a ea;e na occ ba bej fjn ;

gun ft;t ajuy jun a p/ta/- <xc Concuba^t a/i ;n jreaftanb aeuy yjab yeo pjabajn jn :

cunb/ta pn .;. Sl<xna;b jnj b^;<xjn, <xcay p;nbulab nj TOeco^man, <xcuy Concuba/t
0'<T;fine, acuy Seaoan O'Leaban acuy j<xn a^i ne<x^tc <xn jrea^anb y;n buaytucab
:

o Concuba^ n<\ o ;n m<xc ;nbj*b, <x*c mun puaylucab TOu^c<xf) pe;n no mac be. ifmen.

II.

Old Translation. Mortgage of land. No date.

Amen. -f.

This mortgage due Conor oge O'Hurly upon Carowancalla,

is the
* thai is to saie seaven in-calfe
vlt. fortie cowes, cowes, and everie
cowe thereof valued in three shillings, and the rest of the cowes
barren. The
Conor came by the said land thus, vlt. for
said
stealth -j- and Conor paid eighteen cowes for the said land, that is
;

sixteene cowes to Gallowglasses, and a Noble, J (fees for Brehon's

the former armed with an iron head-piece, and a coat of defence stuck with iron nails, wearing a

long sword by their sides, and bearing in one hand a broad axe with an extreme keen edge, after
the manner of those antient Gauls whom MarceUinus mentions." Ware. Camden informs us
when O'Neal London " He
that visited in 1562, appeared at Court with his guards of Gallo-
glachs, bare headed, armed with hatchets, their hair flowing in locks on their shoulders, on
which were yellow surplices dyed with saffron, with long sleeves, short coats and trum jackets
at which strange sight the Londoners marvelled much"
4 " " In those
Living money" was in use in Ireland long after it ceased in England. parts of
Britain where coins were very scarce, almost all debts were paid and purchases made with living

money. This consisted of slaves and cattle of all kinds, which had a certain value fixed upon
"
them Henrys History of England, Vol. II. P. 425.
+ Literally, rapine. appears doubtful whether the land was acquired by] force, or forfeited
It

as an Eric : but from the Brehon's interference the latter might be inferred. The translation is
ancient, and though not so literal or explanatory as could be wished, I considered it better to

it for its antiquity.

preserve
J In the original half a mark." The Rose Noble was a famous coin. It was so called

VOL. XV. U
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of the said stealth, and

judgment, otherwise called Oilegheag*^)
said eighteen cowes are without anie use accreweing thereout, unto
the said Conor upon the said land and the witnesses present to

the said bargain are, Slaney Ny Brien, Ffynnola Ny Ma Gorman,

Connor O'Arney and Senann O'Leadon. have power None shall

to redeem the said land from Connor, unles Morough or his sonne
doe redeeme the same. Amen.

III.

acuj- b;ntu;/t
a bomnall CDac Sean CDe;c COecon acuj-
c<x jejft

Oomnall 03ac Cajbj [ ] boncab O'Slat/ta;?;, a>t cabals j;tl bo bomnatl CDac
Seajn acay ba beaytbriajtfieacajb a cu;t f e;n bo [
aj/i ] .j. t/tjt cu;t txj teoib-

an l?e;3<xtmo;^, <xcuy e;^ b* CY;C bo ce<xt/t<xrt)i^n <xn Cnoc, o.cuf jf <i ye

l .; [ ] m^5 5 ^ eb * cu r CY^ CC bu<xb bec J" I<xe 3

> ^T e(XC ' C ]^T
xf 6omn<x;ll n; Slae/iajj <xcu^ bomn<x;ll C0e;c Sea;n [ ] j<xn <ty canou^- bo bu;ne

$. b;t an peftfKin pn bo puciycl<xb o Oomnalt, ace bo pe;n acajr b* mac acoy bo mac
a me;c.

III.

Translation. Mortgage of land. JVo date.

This a deed and indenture between Donald Mac Shane,

is

Mac M'Con and Donald Mac Teige, [ ] Donogh O'Slattery on

giving a mortgage unto Donald Mac Shane and unto his brothers
upon his own share of [ ] that is three parts of the half quarter
of Reigatmore, and upon two parts of the Knock quarter, and the
amount of the mortgage is, viz. [ ] marks and a half, fifteen cows
in calf and a horse. [ ] and the covenant of Donald

from a rose encircling the King's arms, and the purity of its metal. From it every
imaginary
half-mark was called a Noble.
* The Brehon's fee from Oilegfi, a Brehon or Judge, and eag for ioc, payment.
Oilegheag.
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O'Slattery with Donald Mac Shane, [ ] that it shall not be in

any one's power to redeem said land from Donald, except (Donald
O'Slattery) himself and his two sons and grandsons.

IV.

CD<xc Conn)A;iA.

p;Acba Cla;nbe Seaba;n C0e;c Conmafta a/t Ctctjn Conma/ia ODejc bomnajU
Cabj acu^ .j. en bo bee be^vjc
:
.;. a^t a;< Concuba/< (De;cnama;<a TOe;c bomna;lt
bomnali JIUAJ j 2t)ejc SeAbAjn 20e;c ConmA/iA <xcujr CAbj no, buA;le bo tog nA jrjAcbA
a;/t ctajnb Concubajft 2t)e;c <Teba ; aeuf Concuba/i 2t)e;c t)omna;lt bo cojbajl <xen vjnjc
bee bomnajlt 2t)e;c Se*ba;n aj^ ctajnb Seabajn 2t)e;c 2t)acj<xmnd^CajUe e;le .j.
beft;c

C^; bo b; <x njealt <x^ j:e<x^<xnb cta;nbe Seab<x;n, b;c<xbft/t join j:jne <xcu, 5ay bo
m<x/t5
mol bonbcbo. O'b^;o.jn <x pea/tanb bo puo.jrluco.b bo clajnb Seftbo-jn 2t)ejc Conm^<x :

<x nej/ijc <x com*ent:<xjbeeu;^ o ^-;n <un<xc. Jy ;<xcyo pjaban <xn cunba/tra bonb-
<xcuy ;

choib O'b^*;n, ACU/- bomn<xlt 2Qe;c Se<xba;n 2t)e;c bomnajll, acuf ^fttjamr^n 2t)ejc
Conmeba, <xcu/" bomnatt ^;o.BAcb 2t)e;c T?u<x;fi; j <xeuy na pacbft ft mr^ j AJ 2t)<xc
:

Seaba;n 2t)e;c Connxxjto. o f)n a nu<x^- <xcu^- <xen bo bee bo tog bomn<xll 2t)e;c SeAba;n
;

boo e;^;c cetna e;^ mrjncea/t CablA ACU^ e;/i bomnAtl bu;be; <\caf fjn AJ bomnAll
ClAjnb SeAbAjn 2t)e;c ConniA/iA Acuy r^t; p;njjne pcfret bo ;c bo Ono^A;nb Jn&n
;

S;bA, bo ;c CA/I ceAn CA;bj BA bA;le, ACU^- pn

A mi7J ^e .. bl;AbA;n
jAn jc ; Acuy ce;tfij r^nje bee bj:;Acl7A ejcb nocb bo ^ec SeAbAn 2t)e;c Coo-
TDA^A fte bomnAlt 2t)e;c SeAbAjn, Acuf f)n A mr^j con ^;e ; ACU^ yecbc C
bo b;ie;c bo bomnAll 2t)e;c SeAbA;n o Ono^A;n Jnjjs SjbA, Acuy jAb f)n
COB ;t;c A

Acuf AS SeAbAn oj 2t)e;e ConmA^iA 2t)e;c bomnA;ll

A CA nA pAcbA f)n A mu; j ;

A
lebcee^Amr]ne m;^ A cu;bAcb bo cu;c SeAbA;n t)AC 2t)ejc SeAbAjn njetl: .%uff) mee
An It
3;.;.
bA bA bee A/t .xx.
1f AmlA;b bo ;cAb SeAbAn 2l)e;c ConmA^A An jeAll fjn .j.

nAjmbA bee bo CAbj 2t)e;c LoctA;n, Acay ocbc mbA bo clAjii ConmA/iA 2t)e;c bomnAjll,
bo puAy-
Acur yecbc mbA bo ctA;n SeAjA;n 2t)econmA^A. Cujlle e;le .;. cu;c m*/tj
lacAb bo buAjn bo ConcubA/i 2Qe;c S;bA Qe;c bomnA;ll bACA;j jAn co;^ A^- OnOpA;n
A o
Jnjp S;bA A^ yon ma/tt bo JAJC CAbj nA buajte Acuy fjn mujj OnOftAjn Jnj;n S;bA
ra^ ceAn CA;bj nA buAjle. Cu;UcAb ejle .j. ^eAll r>5 CumA^a 2t)e;c bomnajll
6 Ono/ta;n Jn^jn Sjba. p;aban T?uA3;vj j bunla;nj, acu/- Loclajn nbj b?l^
a bee. Jfs 2^Ae SebA;n
mAC mejc SebA;n
ma;; ^e ceb/ie bl;abna
ceae pe;n.
cuj A cortiAjll yo bo SeAban cecnA bom [ ]

D 2
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IV.

Translation. Acknowledgment of Debts, Sfc. No date.*

-f-
Mac Conmara.
These are the debts due unto the children of John Mac Conmara
by the'children of Conmara Mac Donald, i. e. by Teige and Conor
Mac Namara Mac Donald, viz. Eleven cows of Eric. Donald
Roe Mac Shane Mac Conmara and Teige of Buaile brought
those debts on the children of Conor Mac Aodha
and Conor ;

Mac Donald is to raise eleven ounces-^ of the Eric of Donald

* The fix the date of this instrument. In 1374. Comar Mac

following extract may Conmarre,
captain of his nation, petitioned the L. L. and council, and set forth, that when O'Breen
Tothomond, the King's Irish enemy and rebel, had lately fought against John Mac Conmarre his
father, now deceased, because he and his men were faithful leige subjects, wasted his lands, the

County of Limerick and the adjacent parts, he the said Comar, after his father's death, raised
400 defensible men to fight O'Breen, and restrain his intended mischief, whom at his own charge
he had kept from Christmas last, whereby the people of those parts were much com-
faithful

forted, and better enabled to restrain O'Breen but would not be able to keep his said retinue
j

longer, without some aid from the king, or oppose O'Breen for the future. And this statement
being affirmed by the Earl of Ormond, the mayor and bailiffs of Limerick, and other credible
people of those parts, before the council, and that the adjacent country would have been destroyed
and wasted by O'Breen if the said Comar had not opposed him the King (Edw. III.) by advice
of the council, directed fifty marks to be paid him, taking his receipt Kilkenny, 7 May 1374u
Rot. Claus. 48. E. III.J. r. 5.

The chieftains of the Sept of Macnamara were "

afterwards distinguished by the title Reagh."
In the composition agreed on between the Lord Deputy, Perrott, and the lords, chieftains, gentry,
freeholders and inhabitants of Thotnond, at Innishe 17 August 1585, Donall reogh Mac

Nemarrie, for his better maintenance of living, was to hold and enjoy for ever the castle of Gar-
voragh and several lands but at his death all rights, duties and customs claimed to be belonging
;

to the name of Mac Nemarrie reogh, in consideration that the same is but extorted, should be

utterly extinguished and determined for ever. Orig. Record.

f-
The ounce like the pound, was a standard of value. In the instance before us the eleven
ounces appear to have formed part of the eleven cows Eric. It will be seen by Nos. XIV. and
 21

Mac Shane off the children of John Mac Mahon : Furthermore

had been in mortgage on the land of the family of
three marks that
Mac Shane which they paid without any witness and Donat ;

O'Brien awarded that the land should be redeemed by the children

of John Mac Conmara and they have agreed to all those condi-
;

tions. The witnesses of this covenant are Donat O'Brien and

Donald Mac Shane Mac Donald and Mahon Mac Conmedha and
Donald reavagh Mac Rorey. Those debts are still due to the
children of Mac Shane Mac Conmara and also eleven cows :

levied by said Donald Mac Shane of the same Eric upon the Keilly

family and upon Daniel Buidhe, which are due to said Daniel by the
children of said John Mac Conmara ; and 23d. to be paid by Honor,

daughter of Sheeda, Teige of Buaile, due twenty years without

for

being paid, and fourteen ounces, being the price of a horse which John
Mac Conmara sold unto Donald Mac Shane, due without interest,
and seven sheep be given to Donald Mac Shane by Honor
to

daughter of Sheeda, and they are due without interest. Those

debts are due unto John oge Mac Conmara Mac Donald. Haifa
reserved out of the share of John, son of
quartermire* to be
Mac Shane, in mortgage, and the amount of the mortgage is thirty-
two cows. This is the manner John Mac Conmara is to
that

discharge that mortgage, viz. nineteen cows unto Teige Mac

Loghlan, and eight cows unto the children of Conmara Mac Donald,
and-|- seven cows unto the children of John Mac Conmara.

XV. that payments by the ounce were very common. In the venerable and magnificent

MS. copy of the Gospels preserved in Trinity College Library, and said to have belonged to St.

of Ireland granted a parcel

Columkille, there appears an entry that Moriertagh O'Laughlin king
at a rent of three ounces of gold. See
of land to the monastery of Ardbraccan, in perpetuity, yearly

Vallancey's Collectanea, Vol.

III.

* The same as Cartron.

probably that the two additional

cows were for interest.
thirty-four cows.
t In all It is
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Furthermore, marks, redemption money, to be paid by Conor

five

Mac Sheeda* Mac Donald the lame, without being charged to

Honor daughter of Sheeda, for a cow stolen by Teige of Buaile, and
which was due by her on account of Teige. More, viz. a pledge
taken by Conmara Mac Donald from Honor daughter of Sheeda.

Rory O'Dunlaing and Loghlan O'Hartigan are witnesses of its

being due fourteen years. It was the son of John son of Mac
Shane-f- that gave this deed in keeping to the said John, by my own
consent. [ ]:

V.

ye yo ;e.tt (Doncba J (100;tajn bo [ ] Cnocci;^ Sceinlajn bo b<vjle ; Com-

""
:. fca ,x. o.ri .xx. beg bo ecLbovjjte bo mac mejc
<xcuy cu;j p;nj;ne
bo <xn
pe<x/tan y;n
bo puftycta'o 50 cen e/tj mbl;Lb<xn,
S<xn Se<x<x;n bo job<xnb en l<xo;. )y ;<xb ay u^^Ab
S;ob<x juy CDftc bon.cfro. C10e;c Con COejc S;ba.

V.

Translation. Mortgage of Land. No date.

This is
Mortgage of Donogh O'Moran unto [
the ] Cnogher

Scanlan, for Ballycomraide, viz. thirty-five cows and fifteen pence to

be given unto the son of Mac Donogh and said Cnogher not to have ;

it in his
power to redeem said land until the expiration of three years,
and to redeem it before the feast of St John the Baptist, by one day's
impounding. The sureties for that covenant are ] John
Mac Sheeda, and the son of Donogh Mac Con Mac Sheeda.
* A branch of the Macnamara family.
f In the original, Mac Meic Sedain, literally the " son of the son of John" i. e. the grandson
of John.

J The Nos. which terminate with brackets are imperfect.

In the original Gobhand en laoi Translated " one days impounding." This must hare re-
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VI.

CDolorona fte
31 re fo can/tab CDatamna ; <fUabfta;n acur Sftajne Jnz;n ftuabfij b;
Seaan TOac T?ua;bjt; COejc Concuba/t jte n<x clo;n. Cjij ba xx;t map jeatl 4 cujt
] cu;t bon lebcet,iama;n r;n
cSeaa;n acur a clojne bon bu^ab, lebcet,iama jrjn
[

mac TOejc Con CDe;c Co^r,, Wf

Y^n^e c; r<x <xc Se<x<xn
txcu r <x 5 <x elan <xn

* t<xb<xtc <xmac
<xn u* lu <x *o
)<x^a <xca r <xn F[ r ? 3 cobalt
r <x
pe*^<xnte
;

pj <x;bce
a bo b^e;t m<x^ jeall Aft an
acu r ce;c,ie b<x
r-jn,
n, lojljec ac r ta;r j^be,
acur na cejr,te ba
cucab <i nb;l Fj*c na ce;c ne mbo n t

n cu; C e;le bon 5 ell: acu r ba tjcjb

a nbjola^ecc
r in bpaza;l a naonpece wn
Mrft an buppab, no clampa^ a ctaob cSeaajn TOejc l?ua;b
acu r a clajnb; .c-
W
na co;^ , r Z e<xtl ;n a ;nab acar ceje^e
ba e;le a^ a r*jrfi> P" ** *!>*
a e
;

eic CDac Con 2t)ejc eo 5 a;n, acu r r confab t)ac jamna

a a
5 r r lecta ja W
clo;nt

oncu
Concub^ nn,, 5 an an peftaS pn ana^ajb
na pe^an ajle bo caba^t a n 5ell ^e arlacabF
ac mana *j b;b pep a
<xn Till ba puarlu^ab,
na taba^e baon br; 8 e ejle ba FuarlaS ab,
aeur cu,c ejle bon
a ell ran ajc^aram^n ac r ac a clanb
:

Jrlasab, a beb an r 5 acur a rl,ce

cun^ab r;n, 3 bo^me ba r;uc Fa a cen ,n pe^n a, ^acamrn n
act c. l
7, JC , acar a
beb m an zeall, acu r 3 an e bo bul an ra bourne
^ W pjacba jo

bjc bon bourne

an tan be r anpe^anb ba F uarlu5 ab ^ n
* "Bedl n, ma^ <w c;t

VI.

^nttent Tran^ation. Deed o/ agreement. No date.

This is the bargain made by Mahon O'Hallouran and Granny

with John Mac Rorey Mac Conor
daughter to Roery O'Mollowny
a d his sonnes, vlt.
John and his sonnes doe give their part
the said
and Granny in morthgage of
of the land of Durah unto Mahon
Mac Vic Con Mac Owen
three and twentie cowes, and Donnogh

" en laof means of one day

and
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to have in the same maner halfe a quarter of the said land, ex-
cepting the fifth parte, and that the said John shall have tenne
groates* rent accreweing unto him out of the said lands, over and
above the said morlhgage ; and that the said Mahon and his sonnes
or the survivor shall have the said three and twentie cowes paid un-
tothem att the time of redemption in one whole and entire paiment,
and the redemption to be made att the Bawon of Culreagh, by
Mid-Somer. Alsoe Couen and Mahon having come a while after,
receaved fouer cowes for the said tenne groates and the paiment ;

fouer cowes was a milch-cowe and a

given them in Hew of the said
stood mare, and the same tobe repaid att once with the rest of the
said morthgage and : if there be anie challenge or trouble come
upon
Durah aforesaid in the behalf of John Mac Roery and his children,

Cluonachoir is to stand in Morthgage insteed of the same,

and alsoe
fouer cowes more upon the said Donnogh Mac Vic Con Mac Owen
his share, as morthgage and it is covenanted
; betweene the said
Mahon for himself and his posteritie that the said Conor shall not
give power of redemption in the said land or in anie other land, unto
anie other personne, unless they be able to redeeme the same them-
selves, but the same land to stand allwaies in morthgage as aforesaid :
and another parte of the said covenant is, that if it shall chance the
said land to be charged with anie Borowa,-\- vlt. O'Brien's rent, that

*" Tenne groates." In the original " Uinge" an ounce. There were several kinds of
groats
current in Ireland 1. Broad-faced groats minted for 4</. but worth 8d 2. Cross-keale
groats
stamped with the Pope's treble crown. 3. Dominus groats, coined by such English kings
as stiled themselves lords of Ireland. Rex groats by Hen. VIII. and Edw. VI White of
groats
*o base an alloy that nine were but the value of a shilling.

f Boromha Laighean, was a tribute of cattle, laid on the king and people of Leinster by
K. Tuathal Teachtmar about the year of Christ, 13i, which was remitted
by Finacht the
Hospitable, A. D. 693, at the intercession of St. Moling. It was afterwards exacted by K. Bryen
in the eleventh century from whence he got the name of Boruma. It was so called from
;

It an ox or cow, as it consisted chiefly in cattle. Harris. Ware's Antiquities. VoL I.

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the said Mahon and same, and to be

his posteritie shall paie the
added to the said morthgage without anie use or datnadge to run
thereout, onelie the verie principall Borowa to be paied at the time
of the redemption, att once, with the rest of the said
morthgage.

VII.

^'5 j~o jell (Datamna ) 'Jlllabftajn acnf a j-leacea 3 cu;c T?ua;b;v; ODejc 2t)aoj-
teacla;n bon (Du/t/tab; nae; ba xx. yeaj-j*, acuf oct mba ;n laoga. Cujlleab e;le ^
cuje f?ua;b/t; 2t)ejc Concubaj/t 2t)e;c 7?uajb/vj <xc clojn SQatjamna nj tfllabpajn, ba
ba. x. Cujlleaii e;le <xj cl<xn (D<xc<Mnn<x j n<fltabn<vjn <x
njett <x^t teAtoce<xc^mY5n
ejle bon bu^^ab <x;^t <xn tebceac^am* o;^te<x^<xc bon (Do/i^ab, <xcuy ; <xc Cabj
2t)ac t)<3nc?;<xb acup j<xn <xen oc $ cujp. n<x $ jc <xj clan 2t)atannn<x bon pe<x^<\n pn <xj
C<xbj 2t)ac t>onc??<xb 4 tp) Z>* bOfio;m; ba eu^ <x;/t clan 2t)<xt<xmn<i, <icu^ e/i; ba bo
b^ejc uab a te^;cin bo^o;me bo tu;t ^. <xn pe<x^<nn ;n r*n y;n bub bo ;

COacamna bo bA;neb b<x ba bo b/te;t bo Doncftab CDac 2t)<xe<xmn<x b; 0^i;<xjn

<xm^c ^e t^e;mp pabA. Cujllecib e;le ft
njefttl ^ cl<xn cSe<x*;n ClOejc

e;n an ba rjn^e bo b;b a lam S;tA TOe;c TOecon,

VII.

Antient Translation Mortgage of Land. No date.

The morthgage due to Mahon O'Hallouran and his posteritie

upon Rory Mac Moylaghlin his share of the land of Dourah, vlt.
nyne and twentie baren cowes and eight in-calf cowes. More, upon
Roery Mac Conor Mac Roery his share of the Dourah, due to the
sonnes of Mahon O'Hallouran, vlt. twelve cowes. More due to Mahon
O'Hallouran's sonnes as morthgage upon the East halfe quarter of
Durah, and the same being in the hands of Teige Mac Donnogh
alone, the said Mahon's sonnes having never a foot thereof in their

possession, but Teige Mac Donnogh having the same, Mahon's

VOL. xv. E
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sonnes were challenged for three cowes Boroa, and three cowes

being taken awaie from them for the Boroa that fell due upon the
said land att that time, one cowe by Brien Mac Mahon O'Brien,
vlt.

and two cowes by Donnogh Mac Mahon O'Brien, and the same
being for a long time unpaied. More due as morthgage upon the
third parte ofa quarter from the sonnes of John Mac Roery, for
the two ounces that were in the hands and possession of Sida Mac
Vic Con, vlt. a stood mare and a young horse.

VIII.

Brehon's Decree.* Ancient Translation. No date.

These be the and challenges I have in the behalf of

allegations
Donagh Mac Seayn and Teig Mac Fynyne, against Cahall O'Co-
nor and his people, viz. That Cahall O'Conor, together with his

people, came forcibly to the land of the said Donnagh, and seised

* This
given from an ancient translation much defaced.
article is Where the blanks occur
the original is The words within the brackets are supplied from the context. Mu-
worn away.
tilated however, as it is, it
proves that the judgments of the Brehons were duly committed to
writing, r and that in them they most judiciously inserted the
words of the laws, on which they
founded their decisions. In addition to this fact, the subjoined fragment of another Brehon's
decree will shew that these judgments also included the witnesses names, and the testimony
which they gave. be regretted that these instruments have not been handed down per-
It is to

fect ; as every particular connected with the administration of justice among the ancient Irish,

is valuable to the historian of the country.

The is the fragment alluded to " These be the witnesses that doe
following [affirm] for
Mac Mahoun and his coheirs inheritance that belong unto them. The prior of Killihanan
Twelve of the Societie of Iniskatry, affirming that Teig Mor Mac Mahony gave Cnockna-
priests
huarna unto God and
Sainct Seanan, the same being piece of Kilfinny Also the undernamed
personnes of the chiefest of Corkavaskyn have affirmed that the sept of Teig Mor Mac Mahony
have successively enjoyed Kilfynny. Mahon Mac Teig boy The sonnes of Morough Moel

Donnogh Mac Kennedy Donnogh Mac Carroll Teig Mac Thomas Mora ny Brien." These
were made in the reign of Queen Elizabeth.
translations
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upon a prey belonging to him, and have taken away with them
[ ] cowes of the said prey, and have also taken with them the
said Donnogh and
Teig prisoners, and the rest of the [prey] being
taken [from] the said Cahall his will but
against having beaten, :

bruised and deadly wounded the said and

Donnogh Teig, therefore I
saie that they came intent the said
[with to] kill
Donnogh, and Teig,
and that they [shall have] remedie and redresse as
if they had been
killed, in regard the said
Donnogh and Teig never submitted them-
selves to themercy of the said Cahall and his people, but scoope
by their own valour and assistance, as by the law in that behalf
appereth, which is in hec verba, &c. [The words of the law are
not given.]

IX.

31% fo an tfr,m j;tl a ca a; boncbab O'Jror^ w

te<icce<xc^<xmr;D C;lte, ceat-
fiaman ne heac [ ] rn<x/t
<x t<x ba la
to;t; bej, ba ba ba/ia jap ju bj:;abnu;fe
;

bo boncbab 2t)ac Coj/ibealbajj 21)ejc 2t)u;tcbab, acu/* bo 2t)uj;icea/teac CDac Cb;/<-

bealba;e, acu^ bo cSean 2Qe;c cS;ba 03e;c eoj<x;n, <xcu^- bo cS;ba 05 o.cuf bCoj^n,
O'Con^ujbe, acuf bo bonca O')mr,j\ acuy ba mac bo 6oiic<x 05. <tcaf ju/t fapab-
nr,fe bo ba mac CDteacta;n C0e;c Curia, ma^ a ea Locbta;n aju^- J?u;b/t; 2t)a Coiia,
acu^- ju/t ab p;abnr^^e bo cS;uba;n Jn; 2t)ajte, majtl /ie eo;l clo;ne 2t)leacla;ii 21)e
Cuiia pe;n, acu^- jan ^ a coma^ a ^ a^bujab j)U baen bu;neejle o boncba
eaba;/tc
ace ba ^-Ijocc pejn acu^ comu^- a jrua^-ta;ce ac yl;ct 2t)e;c Curia acuy jc
fDe;c Co;^beatba;c ; 5^;a;n na C;jea^na Cuacmumbam.

The ruins of Iniscatha or Sealery Island in the Shannon, mentioned in the foregoing transla-

tion, are venerable and interesting. It formerly contained eleven churches. The round tower,
120 feet high, is in perfect preservation. In the East end of the cathedral, and in the stone
that closes the top of the altar window, there is yet to be seen the head of St. Senan, with his
mitre boldly executed, and near the tower they shew his monument.

2
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IX.

Translation. Mortgage of Land. No date.

This is the amount of the mortgage which Donagh O'lvur has

of Kill, the quarter of Each [
for the half quarter ] to wit 12
milch cows and two bulled cows. The witnesses are Donogh
Mac Turlough Mac Murogh, Moriertagh Mac Torlogh, John Mac
Sheeda Mac Owen, Sheeda Eugene O'Conary, Donagh
junior,
O'lvur and Donagh junior. These are also witnesses,
his son
viz. the two sons of Malachy Mac Con, to wit, Loghlan and

Rorey and Judith O'Malley that, with the consent of the children
;

of Malachy Mac Con himself, he should not have it in his power

to give the said land for a higher mortgage any other person to

from Donagh O'lvur except to his own descendants, and that the
power of redeeming it should be vested in the posterity of Mac Con
and Conor Mac Torlogh O'Brien chief of Thomond.*

X.

2/5 fO dbba/i 2t)u;tcb<xto ; b;i;a;n cum 0<x;le ; Oeaclxvjn .;. CD<xc an GOato^a-
.c.

toY}n too jajto bo o pea/tju^ 2t)ae ConcuBa;fi 2t)ejc ro<xo;l^e<xcla;n, <xcuf a b^ejc te;y

co 0<x;te j Oe<xcb*;n a cean Laojfj, <xcu^- )f& fj b<x;le jjeyca;l too tu;c;m uatoa <xfi

* Otherwise called, ConorMor na Sron, who, " immediately after the death of his brother
Teige an Chomhaid, was inaugurated king of Thomond, according to the Mulconnerys, A. D.
14>68. In the last year of this Prince's reign, which was in 1496, he fought an obstinate battle

against Gerald Fitzgerald Earl of Kildare, then Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, near the castle of

Bally-Hicky, which that Earl took soon after by assault, together with the castle of Fiadh-Bog
and other Castles
in Thomond, belonging to Florence Mac Namara. See the annals of Sir James

Ware at this year. This prince died in the same year H96, and left posterity who were called
the O'Briens of Sealuidhe in the
county of Clare. The chief representative of that family, as
I am credibly informed, is
Morrogh O'Brien, who now lives near Ennis in the said county."
Vallancey, Collect. Vol. I, p. 641.
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ya bojn yjn, acuy .c. ba

bpxjbajt ^ Lojyeac e^jb y;n acuy e tanjc y;n acuy
.x. ; :

;y;ab fQ no. ba;ne tea tuj ye na ba y;n .;. xx. y&jlljnj too Cabj 2t)ac pe;bleme
j Concabaj/t, acuy ma/tj bo Caobg 2t)ac Cajbj 2t)e;c Concuba;;*, acuy ma/tj
bo Caotoj oj 2t)ac Cajtoj ; bala;b,
acuy leb ma/tj bo 2t)o;;t Jnj bomnalla;n,
acay. mba bo bua;n be Laojyeacb aftaea an leatmaj/ij yjn acuy jan e
uj;. ;

mu;j act <xcuy <xn teabma/tj f)n pe;n bo bjol a cc;n btj<xbn<x le
bt;<xba;n ;

<xcuy pab j:;abnr;ye <i c<x ^ na yeacc mba pn bo bjol a ;tac an leabmaj^je
Clanb Cojajn j Con^aj j acay Sean 2t)a Ca;pa acu/" mifjntj^ buba acuy ;
.-),
:

ubact Laojy; Y; Locla;n le bay, a ccaob Oa;le ; Oeacbajn .;. nac jto;b aen pj
bpjacba;b ^ Oa;le j Obeacba;n a but ^ mbay too pe;n acuy a y;ato .f. an ubacca :

y;n .;. an c?lb 0'0^ua;to; j, acuy Sean O'Cjgapna, acuy 2t)u^jye 0'2t)jona^n, acuy
Co;pbealbac bub Saja/it. Jy yjab yo b;balab 2t)acjamna batla; j aj Cta;nb 2Qu;^;y
j b;i;a;n .;. 2t)u/icab O'b/i;a;n bo bul jo bajle ; beaca;n, acuy a tab^/tc
uaba
<x^jy acuy Co;/tbealbac 0'0/\ja;n
; bo but ju Oa;le ; Obeacba;n, acuy a l;gan a
bo Coj^bealbac,
yteac, acuy bjab toa beanam bo <ui; ajuy an bajle bo jaba;l
bo beb aca
ajuy an ba;le bo conjba;l a;je, acuy jan coj/t na cea^c na cun^ab
^ an mba;le ace a nbea^naba^ pejn bon ba ^abajt y;n be mjcojl mr^nc^e an ba;te.

Ce;tfi; ba le 2t)acjamna bo too a.

Cujlleab ejle ; ma^ba mi^ncj/i Cajtoj ; 0/ijajn

mba;te j beacbajn an o;toce ea;n;c. bjajtmajto O'b/i;ajn .;. cejc^e ba an laoj jae
y;n. Cujlleab o;le; rjnje bOft acuy t^j mapj .x. bo buap be O'Locbl^n b^ruay-
luac .u. ma/ij
jlab ay mna; (Datjamna balla; j, acuy a nojlac bo ma^bab, acuy
n.x. ba;yine;y bo bfte;e ua;be bo b;c;n an cona^ca bo ^ojne boiicba 0'0^;a;n ^e;y
bo yc^jba an
O'Locblajnb a caob bajlj ; becba;n acuy bja^ma;b Oj 0'/M;atta;n
;

bo b^e;t bo ftoya
cuna^eay;n. Cajlleab e;le; Lo;ljeaca acuy yjaca caoe^ac
cebna. oce .x. bo muca;b
O'Loclr^n lejy ma^ <xn Cujlleab e;le njajle ; ajuy c/tj
jabajjx x. ajuy bo ;n laoj bo b;^e;c bo Cla;n bomna;ll 2t)ac 3jlla Joya acuy bo

Co;neaba CDa Co^majn a^uy bomnall 05 O'Cejmjn. Cu;lleab e;le ; ^at^am^n

ballac acuy J7oya 2t)ac boncab bo bul 50 bajle-aca-cl;ac ^e bonca O'mb^a;n,
an rajft a ta;n;c 2t)u|tca O'b^;a;n acuy lecjft bfajba;l o la;m a 3;u;ycjy too bon-
cbato O'b^;a;n cum toba;s too beanam bo;b a^ ba;le ; beaca;n 50 panr^bye
bon

ba TOacnama/ta ajuy bo t)*;3e;yb^ /s1;alla;n acuy bo O'^jojra y;n. Cu;lleab

cneato ye;cjn bo beanam aj^, ajuy a b^ta-
Oj le t?oya 2t)ac bonca;b too lot, a^uy
;

cajft bo 3aba;l, acuy luac cujj

bo cula;ce bo bua;n b;b a^ aen too mr^ne^ Ca;toj ;
bftja;n acuy too j:e;n. Cu;lleab o;le Seacc mba bo bra;n be Co;/ibealbac 2t)ac
;

Calbajj ; c^j c/toya oba;^ too beana;m ajjt beacbajn acuy jy yjato pjab-
ba;le ;
:

na;be a^ yna yeade mba fjn .). O'Loclap, acuy Sean O'Cj ja^na, acuy Clan Co-
Cujlleab ojle ; Ceacc bo
ja;n ; Con/ia;j, acuy 2t)u;^cea^cac O'planasajn.
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TOac Ca;*>5 b; b^jn px bajle ; beacon acur lojtjeoc bo F;ufc ew fa

leo, acu r an cor acu <x

; ,
r jr^ba;! ma n b <? an rr l;je, acu r ba ..
o
ca;/ie <xcu
r bo 5 aba;,t banmr^n amiyj bon <x; r; c bo jeaUab bo; b, <vcu cot*
r
mna, O.CUJT te;ne, <xcu^ b^ejb c;n,

Translation. Forfeiture of lands, 6fc.No date.

This is the 6rst cause of O'Brien's possession of the lands

Morogh
of Ballybeghan, viz. The son of the Madra dun* stole a cow from
Fergus Mac Conor Mac
Maelseachlan, and brought her to Bally-
beghan unto Lewis, and for this act he forfeited that
Townland, in
satisfaction for that cow, and also fourteen
cows mulct were imposed
upon him, and through these said possession accrued. These are
the persons unto whom
he (Lewis) gave these cows, viz. 20s. unto
Teige Mac Phelim O'Connor, a mark unto Teige
oge Mac Teige
Connor, a mark unto Teige oge Mac
Teige O'Daly, and a ma^k
unto Mora O'Donnellan. Seven cowes were to
be taken from said
Lewis in payment of that ! mark, and it was due
only a year, and
he was even to that i mark at the
pay expiration of a year unto
Mora. The witnesses that these ? cows were
paid in satisfaction
i mark are the children of
that
Eugene O'Conry and John
Mac Casey, and the Dowde The last will and testament
family.
Lewis O'Loghlan at his death,
concerning Ballybeghan was
that was not
Ballybeghan subject to any debts, not so much
as one
penny, at the time of his death. The witnesses to said

* Madra lit. the Brown

dun, Dog. The feat of the son is the best commentary on the tide of
the Father, who may be supposed to have lived like the Scotch
hero Donald Bean Lean, secure
m h,s fastnesses
against the punishment due to his
depredations. The Irish were profusely li
beral of Nacknames.
Every defect of body or mind, moral or
physical, supplied these derive"
appellations. See Ware Antiq. Vol. I.
p. 58.
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will are these, viz. the Abbot O'Brody, John O'Tierny, Maurice
O'Minan and Torlogh DufFe the priest. These are the aliena-
tions of Mahon Ballagh unto the children of Maurice O'Brien,
viz. Murogh O'Brien was go to Ballybeghan, and to take
to
it from him and Turlogh O'Brien was to go to Bally-
again ;

oeghan, and to permit him (i. e. Murogh) to enter and dress

food there,* and take possession of the townland from Turlogh,
?nd to keep same to himself, and that they should have neither
ight, nor covenant to said townland, except what they ac-
title

quired by these entries, against the will of the inhabitants of the

ame. Further 4 in-calf cows belonging to Mahon were killed
>y the people of Teige O'Brien in Ballybeghan, the night that
Dermot O'Brien came there. Furthermore an ounce of gold and
i3 marks mulct taken from O'Loghlan for killing the wife of
Uahon Ballagh and their servants, and the value of 15 marks of
attle tobe taken from him, by virtue of the covenant entered into
>etween Donat O'Brien and O'Loghlan respecting Ballybeghan.
Dermot Oge O'Neallan wrote that contract. More, milch cows
ind a flock of sheep to be given to Ross
O'Loghlan by him in
ike manner. More, give 18 litters of swine and 13 goats
to

ind a cow in-calf to the children of Donald Mac Gill Christ,

Mac Gorman and Donald oge O'Tevin.
Coineabha Furthermore,
Mahon Ballagh and Ross Mac Donagh going to Dublin, with
Donat O'Brien, when Murogh O'Brien came to obtain a letter
under the Lord Justice's hand, for Donogh O'Brien to enter Bally-
beghan, as witnessed by the two Mac Namaras and Master Neal-
lau and O'Griffa. Furthermore, Ross Mac Donogh was grievously

* This
appears to have been the old Irish mode
of giving possession of lands. In England
" of and was a sod
the ceremony was termed delivery seizin," generally performed by handing
of the earth. In antient times a pair of gloves, a ring, &c. were delivered as a token of pos-
session.
wounded, and his brother taken, and the value of 5 suits of clothes
taken from them both, for the sept of Teige O'Brien and for him-
self. Furthermore to lake 7 cows from Terence Mac Calvey, and
to erect three crosses of interdiction * in Ballybeghan. The wit-

nesses for these 7cows are O'Loghlan and John Tierny and the
children of Eugene O'Conry and Muircertagh O'Flanagan.

Finally, the coming of Teige O'Brien into Ballybeghan

and taking
a milch cow worth three marks, and leaving her dead on the way,
and 12 sheep and goats remained due of the restitution promised
by him to them, and a woman's gown, a shirt and barread, and
three groats in money.

XI.

?(j fo fr,m pjacb euj Ja/Uo CuabmumAn bo Conma/io COac bS;ota TOejc Cojbajn
r>a

.;.
ba roa/ij ap lead? cobacb Conma/to bo Cluajn 2t)otba;/i, acuf a ta b;tbb;ty-e -an
jreana;n co b^atb AJ jn Ja/ilo <\cuf <xj* rixxc n* bjftjjb o Contrxx^to acuf onu mac ;
.cu^"
<xt<x
jeoillab <x^ jn J*nlo m<x;tb bo jeanamb bo Conma^o, <xcu/- <x cumbocb
* co^-nom na co;^ :
<xcuy <x; yo p;uban laj/xtedc'
05, Ono^* ;n b; 0^;a;n, an 3jll<x bob 2t)<xc Ca;bg
uAjbb TOac 21)o;t;/<, <xcu^- T?u<xjb^; mo/i.
bo fcpjb y;n y<x Cujt J?j<iba;j, ma;tl; ;te ro;l an ba ^an, an c^ea/- la bo m;

XI.

Translation. Deed of purchase. No date.

This sum given by the Earl of Thomond to Conmara Mac

is the
Sioda Mac Owen, viz. 2 marks for half of Conmara's
part of

* " crosses of '

It is still
customary, in many parts of Ireland, to place interdiction, to pre-
Tcnt yearly or occasional tenants from removing their tillage until the rent is paid.
 3.3

Clonmolier, and the Earl and his son after him are to enjoy the
fee simple of same land for ever, from Conmara and from his son,

and the Earl covenants to befriend Conmara, and to protect and

defend him in his rights. These are the witnesses present at the
making- of this covenant, viz. Mahone oge, Honor O'Brien, Gille-
duff Mac Teige, Conor Mac Gorman, Richard roe Mac Miler
and Rorey more. I Dennis O'Dufferlain wrote the above at C.nl-
Riabuig, with the consent of both parties, the third day of the
month of August.

XII.

JS fe 7-0 eonb/tab Conma/ui 2t)e;c bomnajlt .;. boncab (Oac Canma/teb acuj-bonajll
o;j ) Cea/tnujb ;te ce;l;b, jra cean cetftaman mj/tCajleb .;. bomnatl oj
3 U J^ C ;na;t
bo cabajrit j;tl bo a;/t, je;/i co;iu;b acuf cojll acu/- Crimean .;. eon ma/tj beaj bo
bo; aj bujmnajj bo J?u;c a/< .;. bonatl 03 ba b;c f)n /ie bu;mna;j ra^t ce<xii boncab
jeall <x^ ;n cet^anxx fjn Zajpt jn<x;t C<x;teb Cujle e;le bfj<v-
:

<x/i ConmA^Ab TOAC bomnajU .j.

CD<xc mo^an u^^5<x;^ bo beanam
;ac bo TJJC c<x/t;t a ceaii, <xcu^- mo/t<xn <v^l;jce bo taBa;^r bo
btx ;t?5a;b ^-e a leaf fftf- <xcuy bomnall 05 0'Ce^ftnu;b <xcu^ boncab
Conm<x/i<x;b banmr^n po ma^ bej/i<xc GDu;^;^" 0'00aotcona;;ie <xcu^- C<xbj 00
bomnall bea/tj, acu^- l?u;^;b<xcea^b l)u<xCe^^nub acu^ ;^e ;te;ceac bo
;

<xj boncbab
jn luf fjn <xcu^^<x .;. .u. ITXX^J .x.
bajb<x;t GOae Conm<x/i<x,
boncab bo cxxBaj/it cer^amft m;fi 3 U^C
jn*jt C<\;leb bo <x jeall jr/t;^ n<x
y;n. Cu;le e;le bo pacbu;b bomnajtl o;j ^ boiic<xb CDac Conma^u .;. c/t;
bo cabci;^r bo <x^ up.j\uf Seanjujn CDe;c roajc^amnA 03acn<ima/iu, <xcu^- bonc<xb
ba ;:<xcb<x;l f)n <x;je, tna/i je<xtl ^ ;n cec;i<xm<x mjft .c.
<xca^ fj f^m na p;<xca y;n le
ce;le .;. nao; m*ftj xx;c bo bua;b no ba/tjet na ba;mp;ie bea^- an, acu^- a;mp/i occ
mbtjaban on pe;t ODa;e;t fO, a;^ jan pa/-tuja; acuy a jrua^Iu jab la ;re;l
rouna pua^lujjca^, jan a jrua^-tujab 50 cean c/i; mbljaban on pe;l CW;cjl

pat jrjabrjn la;c^eac ;n cunnb fjn .;. CDu/i;^ O'CDaolconaj/te, acu^-

CDac bomnalt bea/tj, acu^- ;n b;^- cSaj-
]D;ta;b, acu^ J?u;yre;i^b O'Ce^na, aju^
a/it .j. tfob O'ballajn acu^- CDaejamrjn OOac U;U;am, acu^ pea/tbo/tca O'CWao;!-
cajne, acu^ Concoba^ O'Con^a; je, acu^- Cab^ S> * cu r ^*^3 O'S;aja;te acu/- b;^

VOL. XV. F
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m<xc TOatjaronft
2t)ecn<xma/xb :
o.cuf j<xn euro*;* bonovjlt o;j b<xtcu^ <jy-
<\n

<xf muna cu;^e ,tojn comrnVaje,te<xc <x^ ua;i>, <xcu^- b<x cuj^e commit jn
bF*j<xjt too n H" C/teaclujje, <xcu/- j<xn ne<x^t <x
cu/t am<xc <xf cum m<x;t
pejn acu^- <x;c; too c<xba;^c bo <xn
^a ;n mb<x;le <x
^>j 5 . J
r jac^lan comajlt an c
AC Cu;l<x;n, <x
buj ; b^;<x;n, o$uf COaj^jf O'OJapjt
Uuabmuman, <xc<x^- ojtac an (Ce;;t
ma/t a/i^ajb acu^- m<x^ ^-t<xn comajll <xn

XII.

Translation. Deed of Agreement and Award. No date.

v

This is the covenant of Conmara Mac Donald, i. e.

Donogh
Mac Conmara and Daniel oge
O'Kearny with each other, con-
cerning the quartermire of Gurtinaithcailey, viz. Daniel oge to
give him this consideration for it with its woods,*- underwoods and
barren tracts, viz. 1 1 marks which were due unto Dominick White
upon and which Daniel oge should
it,
pay unto said Dominick for
said Donagh Mac Conmara on account of said
quarter. Further
demands of said Daniel oge upon said Mac Conmara Mac Donald
are for
many securities entered into for him, and many debts paid,
and many loans given to and for his use. The said Daniel
oge
and Donogh agreed to abide by the award of Maurice O'Maoilco-
nary and Teige Mac Philip finn and Donald derg and Richard
O'Kearny between them. The award made is as follows :
Donagh
Mac Conmara to receive 15 marks, for which he was to
give the

* The western parts of Ireland, even those districts most exposed to the
rage of the Atlantic
storms, were formerly better wooded than the interior of the
country is at the present day. In
Shaw Mason's Statistical
Survey of Ireland we
'<
that almost the entire
find,
country about
Ennistymon (in the west of the County Clare,) was, within the recollection of an old man
aged
one hundred, who died
thirty or forty years ago, (1810) covered with woods, mostly oak
and ash full grown, and that he
frequently shot wild pheasants in those woods-" Fo/. I. p. 485.
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as security. More of said

said quartermire of Gurtinaithcailey
to him given
Daniel oge's debts upon said Donagh are 3 marks
upon the security of Sheanguin
Mac Mahon Mac Nemara, which
said Donogh was to leave him as a charge
on the said quartermire.
cows or in
The amount of all those debts is 29 marks either in
its value when said land should
be redeemed,
money, according to
from the present
which redemption shall not take place for 8 years
on Michaelmas day, and if
Michaelmas, and it is to be redeemed
for 3 years from that
not then redeemed it shall not be redeemed
to this Covenant are Maurice
Michaelmas. The witnesses present
Richard O'Kearny, Donald Derg,
O'Mulconary, Teige Mac Philip,
the two HughO'Dallan and Mahon Mac William, Fer-
priests,
O'
doroo-h O'Mulquin, Conor O'Conery, Teige oge, Teige
It is not to be in said
and the two sons of Mahon Macnemara.
him of any part of said land except
Daniel oge's power to dispossess
for his own brothers
and if he does he is to obtain as good land
;

in Cratla, and is not to

have power of dispossessing him without
for his lease and place within the
town-
giving him an equivalent
are ; God
land The sureties for the performance of this contract
in the first place, Seangan
Mac Cuillain in the presence of O'Brien
with the learned of Thomond, and
and Maurice O'Mulconary
Bailiff of the Mayor of the City of Limerick, and Donald
the
O'Brien.

XIII.

6 e;l c

C;n<x;n ,. of
-
rr
C,U F .o

on U
F 2
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.j. fflujwf 0'OOao;tcona;;J, acuy t>)f

mac roacjamna Clflecnama/tab, acuf pex/t-

bo/tcu;b 0'CDao;lca;ne, acu^ Cab^ CCac acu^ ODOftcbab 0'6/ijajn,

p;tu;b,
bonalt O'b^ajn jf W3*r *cu r^-*"*^ coma;t jn cunb/ta f)n acu/t/ia.

XIII.

Translation. Moitgage of Land. No date.

Thisthe covenant of Daniel oge and Donogh Mac Conmara

is

viz. said Daniel to

respecting the \ quartermire of Killfinntinan,
of or for that ^
in consideration
give 8 marks unto said Donogh
quartermire, and same is not be redeemed for 3 years from the

present Michaelmas ;
and if not redeemed upon that day, same
cannot be redeemed for 3 years afterwards. The witnesses of this
covenant are Maurice O'Maelconary, the two sons of Mahon Mac
Nemara, Ferdorogh O'Maoilchaine, Teige Mac Philip, Morrogh
O'Brien and Donald O'Brien, and they are the sureties and gua-
rantees for the performance of said covenant between them.

XIV.

Sujtti

o C]llj\0)f 30 Cluajn Oajab, a/t an eeaob amujc bo

j a bpu;l ba buj^et c/tujcneacta ya btjabajn ac ua 0/tjajn an .j. t/tj
jn
;
30 leb acuj- ba .xx. ma/tj, A/t <xn btaob a mu; j ba Ouana acu^- ba Zjlla con :

cC;llj:;ne bo cjf acuy bo cumujb acu^- .xx. fzfilpz <x bCulta;j C^a;n, acu/- .xx.
^jjlljnj a n(Doj;te an Cfio^-a;n, acu^ vjnjj bo/t a mO;nb CDo^tajn, acu^- i^nje bo^t a
cCeb/iamr^n na L;JJ Ja^tca^j;, aca^.xx. ^jJUjnj a ceb/iamr^n t);ioma cDeaj/vja, acu/*
rnj; bo^ a Cluajna/tejj-, acuy r^nje bo/t a mOajle ) 3*bfia, acu^- pjc; fjjlljnj ^-an
ba 5a;le Qlnaba, acu^- r^nse bo/t ^-an CCettana; j, accif r^nj; bo/t a Clua;n Qanle,
acu^- r^njj bo/t^an C/tbatl, AJU^ yan Jca^nan, acuy .xx. ^jlljnj^an ba
rjnjj bo/t
Seancae acu/- rjnjj bo/t aj Caca;/t ba con, acuy .xx. ^ttjnj a ceb/tamr-n Cu;l;m;n,
 37

rzjllpz a CebftAmvjn CluAnA J>AllAb, ACU^ rjnjj comab ACUJ- r^nje bo/t j-A
.xx.

'CfteAcAjfte, Acuy <x Ctuajn Snecbea, ACU/- .x. p;nj;nb comab acuj-rjnje bflfta Clua;n-
Ce;tt, aciy .x.
pjnrjnb comab acu;- rjnjj bOft a mbo;t Luacfta, Aciy .x. p. comab
rjnje bOft a clrajn bojftne, acuj- 17056 bOft a n^ljrt Cana;n ; .x. comab, acu/- p.
rX - r5)U) n X * i"va;te J
Ou<xbac<xca;n et<x;n Ce;neba, acu;- .xx.

comab <x
m6<x;le }
Ducibacac<iC(x;n cta;n Ce;iieba, ocuy xx.
cornab <x mt><x;te J bu<xb<xcan
Ij fleacra Cajbj (10e;c CDat j<
bo/t A Cepnajre^noj, <xcu^- ^jUjnj o.cuy nae; nrjnj a Cucceb )ny; GOejc U<x;cne,
*cu/" r5Jllj"3 * C T
"* eJ "WS) * Cucceb na n3^<xt, acujr ^U;nj acur- n*e nr;njj A
LeAcu;n nA SjnAc, ACU^- ocbc p. bee coriiAb A L;OJ- ConAttAjn, ACU^ ba y^jUjn;
comAb A Cu;ib/iecA;n, ACU^- bA bonb A mOA;le j LeAtAjn, Acu/ .xx. y^jtljnj c;y-A A
1

mOAjle OA CeA/ibA, ACU/- .xx. fZ)tt)n% A nJn;^- mo;ji, ACU^- rriAftj A T?o^-c/te, Acuy A
tnOAjte nA CA;tljje, ACU^" xx. ^3;lt;nj A L;^-CeAllA O'CAblA, ACU^ xx. A
CU^- c/i; brjnj; A C^Apo;j, ACU^ of nrjnj; .x. <x t^; lebcec/iAmnA;b
iy rjnj; bo^i A lebceb/<Amr;n nA L;ce COec 0^;Ajn jenjc.
yo yr;m ejyy-A ) DftjAjn o t^A; j yjAft A CoftcA .5. jA^tAftu;; .j. nAe ITIA^CC c;^ya
.xx.
^5;tt;nj comAb Aft An CAe;b A mrjj ba OuAnA ACU^- bA "Zjllajb con .}. bA
bA CDab m;n, Acuy ITIA/IJ A ceb^iAmrjn HA pAe;len, Acuf mAftj ^-oin Ceb;tamr;n
b*;n, acuf ma^ A Cftoj^-g fljAb, Acty mAfij A mbjle, ACU^- a tebceb/tAmrjn jn 3A/tj<A;n
acu/- oce .p. acu^ rjnjj bo/t a Clua;n SumA;n, acu^-
oct A ntlActa/t
.p. acty rjnjj bo/i
.xx. ^5;ll;nj A comab
JToc/iA. ifju^ ;pAt peA^rjn 0^;a;o ;y ;n c;^t y; ;

j. p.
A C;tl Oe;teco, aco^- ba rjnje a/< nA CeAltA beAjA, ACU^- ce;c/t; bfjnb tf ??e;c/?e
rAfiub, ACU^ cejr^; .p. x. AH ^A bA be^;An ACU^ An ^A Ca;lle, acu^- a ceta/< .x. an
f^ecbe o;/tre/iAc, ACU^- A cetA/i .x. .rj. y~A Cj\0)f, Acuy a .r;. p. acty t^t; nrjnj;

jbjten cr;lle, acu^- y^jtljnj. a Ctra;n Caftan, acuy jrgjlljnj p;abfta, acuy a a Qtt
.x. a mba;te ) Cojanajn, acu/- cecaft .x. a C;tlca;b;, aayba f^jlljn^ a t-jff

Lo;necA;n Acuf A L;^y 6rjb;n, ACU^ bon A C;ll Crjftn, Acuy r;nj; A Ojtljn Ctocbajft,
Acuy .r;. p. A acuf fSjlljnj A Cjll Cfto;ne.
T?o;n CDe;c n&)j~
?lc yo ^mCjyya ; OftjAjn A CoftcAmb/tuAb, Aft An raob amujj A SAllojlacAjb
bona ACU^ U+Jjip, ACU^" bA &UAbA;b con .;. ,r;. iDA/tj .xx. Acty e;n .p. x. acty aft an
eaob amrjj bo cjff Cua;c; ^lAe aca an ejreAftAn fjn. ACU^" jpAtt j:efta;n a/t A j:u;l
an cjf f)n .j. aft of cebftamna a nlrifj O'pe;c;p, ACU^- Aft LebbAjl; CDe;c bomnAll bA;n,
ACiy Aft An cebftAmrjn n"&)pp, ACU/" Aft cebftAmr;n bA;te fteAbACAjn, ACU/- Aft lebbA;tj
}

ba;le Cjiimaftja, aciy aft letbaJle J Seanu; j, acuy aft an ceAtftamyjn mblobu;^,
J "&<*.mn<\)n,
aft cebftamr;n ba;te ACU^ Aft ce;Cft; cetftAmnAjb CftAejb;
Jn bAjfte, Acuf Aft ceSftAmrjn no.
aft ;n ceCftamrjn nbub, -acu/- a/t cecftamrjn CaCftAc

1?ajtn;, ACU^ Aft cecftamr;n bAjle Spf<A;bjn, ACU^- Aft ceCftAmrjn jn CtrA;n, ACU^- Aft
 38

bajte )
bo/tba, acu^ a/t cee/ianorp an eSe;be;n acu/- a;t an
*C T ^f 1
cetftamr^n Jn Longpujjtt, acu^ a/t t^; cetfiamnajb glenna (De;c
Concuba^t na CajUe, acu^ a/i letbajle no. Cujlljnac, acu^ a/t ceb;tamrjn ;n
rv)o;/i, acuj- a/t ceae/tam^n (Wujb; na nCnac, <xcu^ a/i cetjiamr^n C/i; Lejejn,
cetftarnrjn Cat/iac Sej;tc;n, acu^- a;t cetfiamifjn ba;le J Co;l;rio., co ^tob c^t;
.xx. n, <xcu;- a ^-ecbc bb;ob acu^- tecmoi/tj an^<x cec;i<xm^n b;ob.
*" c<xo;b amr^j b<v Jattojtac^b, Dona acur
con .;.
.x.
p. <xcu^-
.r.
v^nge <xcu^" b<x ma^j .x. <xcu

Ctajnbe t?lancb<xba ba;^em <x^ pn ;

acu^ jy ;ac pe^iunb a^t <x
fujl an c;^
lecb<i;te 6<x;le n<x J")uam<xb, <xcu^- <x^ cet^iam^n Cle;;t; j, <xcu^- <x^t letba;le )

n, <xcu^- an cec/iam^n n3;^;tj ftcu^- <x^ lecbajle

<x^t

Cojle;m, <xcu^- <x/t cec;\<xm^n bumu;j ) Uanna, <\cu^ ci^t lebbajle J

t
letba;l; Oa;te na Lecan tf t<\ n* fQ-Wf) ac Sjl ptancaba ma;lle /ie
:

bo c;^ J D/i;a;n <x C/ta;cc J Co;i;-xbft;n, co ;tob .r-.

p. <xcu/-
.r.
v^nje an jac
bo na cejtfte Cet;iamna;b .x. f)n.
?{c ^-o ^m C;je^nuj^- pa mae^/-ecc (Dec Con Ca/ij; a Lebbo;ften bon
)
b/tja;n ;

a mujcJj ba ma/ita;b acu^- ba muca;b .;. e/vj malice .xx. co leb acupr a ca;b .x.
fy-aojjt o^ta pn .;. L. ma/tcc co leb ac mnaj ) Locbta;n, acay .xx. r^nje a t?;b-

nabea/ia. <{cuf <\fs pr^m a ma^it acu^- a muc pa mae^ecc na mae/t jcebna .;. .r;. ma/tc,
.r-;. muca, acu^- ban jallojlacajb, na bona na baj^i^, na amuncu^ ba;;ieam ^ fjn. tfcur

;pab fO anmana na pe/taii a;t

a pu;l na p;acba y; .;. Ce;c/ie .S. ba;le .3. CDa^-
ran, acu^ ba .S. Cac^ac C10eba;n, acu^- ce;e^te .S. ba;le bana/i, acu^- .S. Cac^ac
Dolla .;..Se;/-eab Lea^a CDo/ia;n, acu^- ba .S. Ijy na L;atanac, acu^- ba ,S. na
T?a;cneac, acu^- .S. jf na Ceapaca;b, acu^- ba .S. ;n Cnocajn, acu^ Sej^-eab na ntl/t-
lujne, acu^" .S. yej^eab O'nbona;ll, acu/" .S. na C/<o;b;b;, acu^ .S. 00u;bj bomna;ll,
acu^ .S. COacaji b^;a;n, acuy an .S. mo/i, acu^ .S. panab 3e*lKajn, acu^ S. Cac/tac
TOec J
J^U *cuy .S. na Culjlaj^e, acu^- S. na OQjnjeac, acu^- .S. ;n tfenr^j bjj, acu-
Cjj;jinajy J b/vja;n pa nnae^eacc Clana Camlua/-
.S. ba;le J
U^cab,
]. [

a tejtb [cao;b a mu;cb bo TOucujb acu^- bo mafteajp .;. c^; ma/icc [

]
3.

<xca;b cec^a ma^cc bro;;y; o/iftta ^;n, acu^- .xx. [ ] .;. p;nj;n^ aju^- r^nj;

bo/t [ ]. J^-e fjn f^m a mafit acu^- a muc pa mao^yecbt na mao/i jceabna.

.). .r;. m^c acu^ p;e; r5; ll;"5 **^jeAb mr^ce acu;- [ ] jallojlaca boiia na ba;w

o^ca pn, jna amantu;/t b/ijaj/i acu^ jf jab >r-o ammana na pe tajnb a/t a pu;l;t
;
;

na pjaca j-;n .;. ce;c^; .S. bajte ) CDac^amna, acu^ .S. bajle 1 COujtcba,
acu^ .3.
na jCalcjiac, aca^ ba .S. 3 l g"* Slaob, ba .S. bajle )
Cuaea;ll, acu^- ye;-
acu^-
a pOfinDa;t, acu^ f&)fj Cach^a, na b^fba, n; aay t;^ acu^- ye;p
^j bS. ;- na
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b<x .S. <x mO<x;te J CCae;l-Ce;;<, .S.

acuf
Oa;le ; Comutea;n, <xcu^-
S. Oajle ; Caeajt, <xcu^- c^t; .S. an
.S. a Cojlt b^eac, <xcu/- a l-jff n<\

<xnb f<\. T?uba, acu^ .S. <x roOajle ; Jebcyl, acu^

an ^a ba;njjn, <xcu fcjf) 0<x;le
bona Ce^<xm<x Oajle
pea^afi^b ^;n .;.

.S. CAC^ICIC .S.

<xcu^- L<xp<vjn, <xcu^
CDec 0;l;lle

XIV.

Translation. O'Brien's Rental. No date.*

This is the amount of the rent of O'Brien from Killrush to Clon-

dagad (exclusive of Lissconnellan, out of which O'Brien has 2

bushels of wheat yearly) viz. 3 and a half mai'ks and 40 marks over
and above his footmen -^ and sportsmen. These are the lands out of
which said rent arises, viz. 2 ounces and 3 marks in Killfinne,
20 shillings in Tullykreen, twenty shillings in Derryancrosson,

* The date of this document is not given, but it

may, with some be assigned
certainty,
to the middle of the 14th century; perhaps about the -period of the following extract.
" Whereas O'Breen having assembled a large force of Irish enemies and rebels
Murgh
to the state, in Munster, lately came into Leinster, in aid of the Irish there, purposing to

make war upon the king's liege subjects, and destroy those parts, and the L. J. and council

together with the Peers

of the Realm in Parliament assembled at Tristeldermot, perceiving

the damages and misfortunes the said Murgh would occasion if he were permitted to continue
there without resistance, ordained amongst themselves in said Parliament, that he should have 100

marks, if he would withdraw himself and forces out of Leinster, and do no further mischief there,
which sum (9 marks excepted) the clergy and commons of the counties of Dublin, Kildare, Kil-
because he did not intend to depart unless he received
kenny and Weysford agreed to pay and ;

the whole sum, it was agreed by the L. J. and council that the said 9 marks should be paid out
of the treasury. For which a warrant issued at Tristeldermot 24th March 1377. Rot. Clans..

1. Ric. IJ.f. r. 2.

t Or soldiers. Probably the Dailtini, who, on foot, attended the Irish horsemen, and had tht
" Gilla con" an
care of their horses. imposition in money, or victuals, or both, for the mainte-
nance of the Lord's Huntsman or Dog-keeper.
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an ounce of gold* in Bindnioran, an ounce of gold in the quarter of

Western Ligi, 20 shillings in the quarter of Dromdegria, one
ounce of gold in Clonareis, an ounce of gold in Ballyogara, 20
shillings in
the two Ballyannas, an ounce of gold in Methany, an
ounce of gold in Clonkianly, an ounce of gold in the Erball, an
ounce of gold in the Itharnan, 20 shillings in the two Sheankays,
an ounce of gold at Cathardachon, 20 shillings in the quarter of
Cuilimin, 20 shillings in the quarter of Clonhowly, an ounce of
tributeand an ounce of gold in the Creachaire and in Clonsnaghta,
10 pence tribute and an ounce of gold in Clonkett, 10 pence tribute
and an ounce of gold in Bolhluachra, 10 pence tribute and an
ounce of gold in Clonboirne, an ounce of gold in Glencanan, 10
pence tribute and
20 shillings in Ballybohan Clankennedy,
20 shillings rent and an ounce of tribute in Ballybohan from the
descendants of Teige Mac Mahon, an ounce of gold in Kepnafer-

noge, one shilling and 9 ounces in the one-fifth of Inis Mac Uahny,
one shilling and 9 ounces in the one-fifth of the Grat, one shilling and
9 ounces Leckannashinnagh, 18 pence tribute in Lissconnellan, 2
in

shillings tribute in Curbrecan, 2 groats in Ballyeleathan, 20 shillings

rent in Ballynacearda, 20 shillings in Inismore, a mark in Hoscre
and Ballynacally, 20 shillings in Lisskelly O'Keilly, 20 shillings in
Lisskelly O'Nuins and 3 ounces in Crappoge, 1 8 ounces in the three
half quarters of Inistire, and an ounce of gold in the half quarter of
Leek Mac Bryan, gankach.
This is the amount of the rental of O'Brien from the beach west-
ward Corcabaiskin west, viz. 9 marks of rent and 20 shillings
in

tribute over and above his footmen and sportsmen, i. e. 2 marks in

* It is observable that in this and in the following article when rent is payable in gold it seldom
exceeds an ounce ; when payable in silver it extends to 14> ounces and more, although the metal
is not specified.
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the 2 Moymeens, a mark in the quarter of Faelan, a mark in the

White quarter, a mark in Trosg mountain, a mark in Bille and in
the half quarter of Garrane, 8 pence and an ounce of gold in Clon-
suman 8 pence and an ounce of gold in Oughterart, 20 shillings in
;

Fotra. These are the tributary lands of O'Brien in that country,

6 pence on Killbetagh, 2 ounces on the Kellybegs, 4 groats on
Reithy-west, 14 pence on the two Trians and the Cally, 14 pence
on Reithy-east, 14 pence on the Cross, 6 pence and 3 ounces on
Cuibhrencuille, one shilling on Clonkarran, one shilling on Killfiabra,
14 pence on Ballyeoganan, 14 pence on Killky, 2 shillings on Liss-
linehan and Lissduibhin, a groat on Killkurn, an ounce on Aillin-

clogher,6 pence on Roinmicnisg and one shilling on Killkrone.

This is the amount of the rent of O'Brien out of Corcumroe, over
and above the Galloglasses, royalties* and sportsmen, viz. 26 marks
and 1 pence and that land is exclusive of the rent of Tuaithiglae.
1 ;

The land out of which said rent arises are, 8 quarters in Inisofehiv,
the half townland of Mac Donald bane, the short quarter, the

quarter of Ballyrohan, the half townland of Ballykinmaraga, the

half townland of O'Shany, the quarter of Bloady, the quarter of
of Craevdergan, the black quarter,
Bally O'Gawnane, the 4 quarters
the quarter of Catherandary, the quarter of Rathny, the quarter of
of Clone, the quarter of Ballyborda, the
Ballyspraidin, the quarter
the short quarter, the quarter of the Longfort, the
quarter of Sheden,
three quarters of Glenmacconornacally, the half townland of
the quarter of Moynanonach,
Cuillinagh, the quarter of Derrymore,
the quarter of Trileithin, the quarter of Cahirsherkin, the quarter of
so that there were 43 quarters, 7 of which were subject
Ballycollinna;
to a half mark each.

" bairr." Translated royalties. By bonnais meant mines, minerals, &c. and by
Bonnaagus
tairr fishing, fowling, and hunting, Ac.

VOL. XV. O
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This the amount of the rent of O'Brien in

is
Glae, over and above
the Galloglasses, and
royalties sportsmen, viz. 10 pence and 5 ounces
and 12 marks, and the immunities of the
Flanchy family are charged
on same. The
lands subject to that rent
are, the half townland of
Ballynahuama, the of
quarter O'Clery, the half town land of Cragi-
corran, the short quarter, the half townland of
Glaishe, the quarter
of Ballycollins, the
quarter of Dumyillanna, the half townland of
O'Boe, and the half townland of Ballynaleckan. The immunities
of the race of
Flanchy, with half a mark of the rent of O'Brien are
an Cragicorradon, so that there are 5
pence and 5 ounces on each
of those 14 quarters.
This is amount of O'Brien's
the
Lordship, under the stewardship
of Mac Con, out of Carrickaleborny, over and above beeves
and
swine, viz. 23^ marks, (and there are 10 marks
immunities included
them,) 50| marks belonging to the wife of
O'Loghlan, and 20 in
<
mnaveara. The number of beeves and swine
under the steward-
ship of said stewards is, 6 beeves and 6 swine and
;
Galloglasses roy
allies and
privileges are not reckoned. These are the lands subject
*nto these dues, viz. the 4 ploughlands of
Bally G. Martin the 2
ploughlands of Cahirmedon, the 4
ploughlands of
Ballydanon
ploughland of Cahirpolla, i.e. the of
the 2
ploughed Lissmoran
ploughlands of the Liahanagh, the 2
ploughlands of Raith-
iagh a ploughland in the Kappaghs, 2
ploughlands in the Knockan,
.ughandof Urling, the ploughland of Seiseadh
O'Donnell, the
plough and of Croby the ploughed of
land of Bryan's
Moydonnell, the plough!
mother, the great ploughland, the

TuSr;,
1
IOU land fCahi
ulgla she, the p?oughland
ff of
^^ the
ploughLd of
ploughland o
Mingeagh, the ploughland of Aenv-
P f Ba "
3 of the
O Br en under the
O'l'ri "tmanagement
yiUStad ' C
of the
Lordship of
family o f Camluas hitherto
J over and above swine and
beeves, viz. 3 marks There
[ ].
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are 4 marks of immunities among them and 20

[ ] i. e. one pen-
ny and an ounce of gold. [ ] The number of beeves and swine
under the management of said stewards is, 6 beeves and 20
shillings
of swine money, [ ] Galloglasses, royalties or privileges of O'Brien.
These are the lands subject to said
charges, viz. the 4 ploughlands
of Ball'ymahony, the ploughland of the
Ballymorogh, ploughland
of the Caltraghs, the 2 ploughlands of Glenslaed, the 2
plough-
lands of Ballytoole, the ploughland of Formail, the
ploughland of
Cathra and Lissmahalia, the ploughland of the Murrays, the 2
ploughlands of Fanadfodhman, the 3 ploughlands in the Doirinies,
the 3 ploughlands in Lissflattery, the rent of 2 ploughlands in

Ballymaelcher, the ploughland of Lissaguagain and Ballycomultan,

the ploughland of Ballycahill, 3 ploughlands in Dangin and Knock-

anteemoragh, a ploughland in Killbree, Lissnalougherny and in the

Rooda, a ploughland in Ballygedal, 3 half ploughlands in Fidney, 3
half plougblands of Dangin, and the ploughland in Ballybeaghan.
These are the proportions of the Camluas family, in their claims
of stewardship over these lands, viz. the quarter of Ballyconry, the
half ploughland of Lissbercan, the ploughland of Cahirlappan, and
the ploughland of Cahirmacolilla-Shelly.

XV.

tict 1tl<ifi<t.

o bo f^m CjaJA/inaj^- 03e;c na (Dapd .; COoc Conmeba 03ac flOe;c Con GOejc
Loclr^n 03ac Conmeba mo;p, too /te;/<
p;<x jna;^e mao;^ CDr^nc^e T?ob<x;n
a t;^e, 'oo rej;t UAJACCA <x n<xc<x^ Acuf <x ^eonat<x^, <x^ <x Cuac mo/t :

fo n* mAO;^ fjn .;. fljof &n mAo;/i ^uab .j p;t;b O'f?oba;n, ,

cuy Con-
O'l?oba;n.

-fO <xn
ceb cujb be fjn .). cejt^e b^nje beaj j (D<xc Conma^<i <xn f<x ??ac,

<xj <xn re;bmAnac<x;b, <xn

etxjmft;^ <xmntuj^ ; <icu^- v^nje bo/t j an mOa;o-
G 2
 44

yan cCtrajnmrjnjb an eajma;y <xm<xncu;^ Cja/ina acuy e/tj brjnje ;

cjop Oant;arinajn acCeat/iama Olojb-na-ccealt, acu^ Oa;te rj

inbl;<xj(X;n too
a neajma;;', "p acuf c/i; bujnje bee bo c;o^- Oajntja/inajn a cceatjtuma <D/toma-
;

bjotctan, <x neajma;/-, ! AJU/- ce;c/te b^nje becc a cceatpuma an <Du/xa bo

;

cjOf 0a;ne;a;ina>n, neajma;;- ^. ce;c/te brjnje beaj <x leatba;le o;^te<x^ac

<x ;

Camnujje bo c;o/- Oajne;a/ina;n,

a neajma;^, ^c. Leatma^c <x mOa;le rj ??eub<xc<xjn ; ;

ce;c/ie hr;;nje beaj bo c;o^- Cj<x;ina

<x mDa;le na cCo;le<xn, <x nea jm<x;^-, ^c. ;

e bcaj ^-<v bt;<xja;n <x <x LeatBajle ^ Stoic/tA

ne<xjm<x;^ amancu;^.
14 br^jnje ate<xcb<x;te r, (10<xo;t;n, a neajma;^-, Ti; 14 br^nje y<xn bl;<xj<x;n
b'p;<xc<x C;c;tna
<x leatbdjle
Y?0f& C<x/t;ttu;je, a neajmaj^-, Ti. 14 br^nje a cCeat- ;

^uma 3leaiia-b^;c, <xcu^ 14 b^nje bo c;o^" C;a^n<x 14 br^nje

^-<xn bpea/tccw-beoij ;

a cCeac/tuiiia L;o^a CD;obc<x;n, acu^* <xcu^~

<x
cCeac^uma na cC<x/iobac ; a cCeac^uma
Oa;le Ub^a;^, a nejma;/- <xm<xncu;;ij 14 brjnje <x cCeac^uma 50 le;c Oa;le r;
Cealla ; 14 brjnje y<x mbl;<xboijn <x leatba;te r; t)ut<x;tca. 14 br^nje a leac-ba;te ;

LeA^-a Cojtte;n ; 14 brjnje A CCT^J le<xcceat^uir)na;b r^ Dlo;b; 14 brjnje <x teac-

bajle <xn
)?o^a ^uab; <xcuy r<x
fOf bjab ajje <i.
bjrea/tajn y<xo^<i n<x Cu*;ce pn :

14 brjnje <xj ODac Conmapa <x cCeac^tuma C<xitinr^je b;je.

5/5 bo TOec n<x CD<x;ia <x eCuAC-na-bAniafi 14 brjnje pxn

jro Cj<x;<n<i;- .;. cCeap-
<x;b; 14 bv;nje a mOajle iq pe<x^ jo;le ; cejc^ie br^nje <x mOa;le Y; ^1<xoma;n ; 14
<x mO<x;te <x
bpea^anajb yao^A n<x
r; Q)f)r>, acuf b;<xb r<x;^ y<x mbl;aj<x;n
1
tf o na CD*o;^ bo co;jb<xb <xn c;o- j-<\n .;. ^Ijo; CC<xt j<xitin<x

n<x (Dd;x f<xn bl;<xjajn <x/t

Cucic .;. 14
0'b|Tto;n
le<xt ce<xt/xumn<x;b Cto;iie Jc/'oj .;.
an Cuajttec acup Oajle n<x

;mp3)ete ; 14 a etjt; le<xtcear^umn<x;b Jn;^--Sna;ce, 14 br;nje a n<fon<xc

14 hvjnje <x tc;tj leatcea.t^umnoi;b Clojne S;oba; 14 fringe a leatbajle
boncba CDejc Jo^o;j ; 14 brjnje a ten; teacceac/ioirrinajb CDabma Calmrjn ; 14
a leacbajle cjfie O'ntfoba, a neajma;^ amantu;^ C;a^n<x <x^-bx r,le ; vjnje
a teacceat^iuma %op.t& Conjala; j acu^ b;a r^ ya mbl;<x- ;

a brea/iafiajb <xo;x n<x tuaca -<xn ; acu bon <xcu -ea nrjnje <xj CDac
a ma;e rj
ay CCejc n<x CDa^a <x tCuac an Jle*"* -7- 14> ''^"S 6 * Z-eacbajle an
b 14 brjnje a mOa;le Crjn 14 OTjnje a mOa;te r; ClOaotbomna; j acu^ a ca c;on
: ; ;

ba cr^jan on ba a;t fjn a/t ceat^uma C>^o;jnjcc b;cc; 14 br^nje a teacba;le an

Crjm 14 b^nje a cceacfiuma Cluana r; Conajfie 14 brjnje a cceac/iama po/tmao;le
; ; ;

1+ br;nje a cceacpama Cluana C^teaja; 14 brjnje a ntfpb^-jjac; 14 brjnje a

 .45

cceacjiuma Cluana 3ao;t;n, acn/- b;a raj/t f<\n bt;aja;n a bjrea;tana;b yao/ia na

03e;c na (Da/ia <x

tCua;t O'cConga^e .;. 1* bvjnje a mbejl-co;Ue ; 14
<x
cceat/tuma Oajte r; 0/iuacafia;n 14 b^nge <x cceat;wma Oa;le YJ La^najn
; ;

14 bumje <x
cceae/iuma Oa;le 14 bYjnje a roOajte r; Oft;ajn ; 14 brjnje
Y;Cjtjre ;

Co/t/t <xcay <xii

^-<x ceACfium* ^J ^)1 ; 14 ^^"S * cceaCftuma 6ijte na
14 frrjoje <x
cceac^unxx C;bne <xcuy b;a
r; ;b;;< Noblu;j <xcu^- Ojnjb <xn

<x <x
bt;aj<x;n

pa bjab CDe;c f?oba;n mao;^ na tCuaca

na (Oa^a a cCuac O l?onja;le 14 brjnje a Leatba;le an
ODe;c :

14 brjnje a Leatba;te an Cloca;^ Jocca/ia;cc no cao;l,

uacra;ia;cc ;
aju^ a cceat-
^uma Ctuana Co;te 14 brjnje a;cCtua;n OOota;^ ; UftrjnjeacCrjtr; f?;aba; 14 brjnje
a nb/tomajfit: 14 hrjnse a nb^rjm-^amrj^ ; 14 frrjnje a cCa;c;^ U;ita;lle Clo;ne
f)a)/-nejjr;y ; acuy
aca b;a a^ CDac na CDa/ta eaba^ ^Ioblu;j aju^- Jn;e a te/t; ceat^um-
14 brjnje a leatbajle
najb na cr/ij cCul/ijabac ;
Uacca;^-r?u;^", b;ab a mbajte (Oe;c
bomna;tl aju^- a cCjU;obfta;n a^ CDac na 03a^ia jb;/t ^oblu;j ;y Jn;c, acu^ a m6a;le
CDe;c Con ^an bJ;ajajn a bjrea/iana;b na Cuaca yo;n.
pjn, ajur" bja ra;/i
C;a^na^- 03e;c na (Wafta a tCuac Cacrao; .;. 14 brjnje a ntfonajj 14 br;nje a ;

mban na cCujlean 14 brjnje a I?a;cneacan rjnje bo/t bo cjoy Oa;nt;a^tna;n a^i an

; ;

b 14 brjnje a tc^; ceae^iumnajb Cu;l O'cCom^u;be 14 forjnje yan cCo;/i :

pjacajl;
Cluana; 14 brjnje a L;ac-jo^c; 14 brjnje a n^O^C rj t>rjn; 14 brjnje ^-an <fonac ;

14 brjnje a cCear^uma an Cno;c Oe;te ; 14 brjnge a b^aca r; ?ftlir)Ufta;n ;

l?obajn )f mao;^ ;nce, asuy b;a

XV.

Translation. Macnamara's Rental. No date.*

This is Mac Namara, e. Mac Con

the sum of the Lordship of i.

Mac Conmhedha, Mac Mac Con Mac Loghlan Mac Conmhedha

more according to the testimony of the stewards of the Rodan fa-
;

of the country, and to the will of their

mily and of the Marshal

" O'Brien's Rental."

This supposed to be something older than
is Probably about the
commencement of the 14th century.
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fatherand grandfather out of Tuathmore ; and the said stewards

are Philip O'Rodan and Conor O'Rodan, descendants of the red
steward.
This is the first
part of the same, viz. 14 ounces to Mac Con-
mara and his servants in the Rath, exclusive of The
royalties.
Lady, (i. e. Conmara's an ounce of gold out of Cluan-
consort,) has
muiny, exclusive of the Lord's rights, 3 ounces of Lady's rent*
yearly in the quarter of Bloynakill and Ballyokeilegher, 13 ounces
iu the quarter of
Dromdyelan, 14 ounces in the quarter of Dura,
14 ounces in the east half townland of exclusive of the
Tawnagh,
Lord's rights; half a mark in
Ballyrohan, 14 ounces of Lord's
rent in Ballymacollane, exclusive as
above, 14 ounces yearly in the
half town land of 14 ounces in the half townland of
Ballyslattery,
Baltyomoylin, 14 ounces yearly of Lord's debts in the half town-
land of Rosscarthy, 14 ounces in the
quarter of Glendree, 14
ounces of Lord's rent
Fertan-begge, 14 ounces in the quarters of
Lissmeehan, Carovagh and Ballyubrane, exclusive as above, 14
ounces in the quarter and half of
Ballykelly, 14 ounces in the half
townland of O'Doharty, 14 ounces in the half townland of Lisscul-
lane, 14 ounces in the 5 half quarters of O'Bloid, and 14 ounces in
the half townland of
Ballyrossroe. He has moreover food f in the
territory, and Mac Conmara has 14 ounces in the
free lands of that

quarter of Tannaghbegge.
This is rental of Macnamara in viz. 14 ounces
Tuathnahavon,
1
This separate Lady's
gold or rent bears some resemblance to the " Queen gold" belonging
to the Queen consort of England. For a particular account of which the curious reader is re-
ferred to Pryn's treatise on the subject.
f Among the ancient Irish exactions,
Coshery was laid by the chief Lord or Dynast on his
tenants and others under his
protection, and consisted of provision and lodging for himself and
hi. retinue. The exaction
however, mentioned above, was called a Refection, and was a
privilege
claimed by the chieftain of
being entertained for one meal only.
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in Kappagh, 14 ounces 14 ounces in Ballyonevane,

in Ballyfarrell,

1 4 ounces in
Ballyioisine and food once a year in the freelands of
that district. These are the stewards that used to receive said
rents, viz. the posterity of Mahon O'Rodan,
finn

This the yearly rental of

is M acnamara in the territory of O'Flinn,
viz. 14 ounces in the 3 half quarters of the Clancusack, i. e. the

Koolagh and Ballynaglaig and Drumsohilly, 14 ounces in the 3

half quarters of Inis-Snaty, 14 ounces in Aenaghmoroghbrick, 14
ounces in the 3 half quarters of the Clansheeda's, 14 ounces in the
half townland of the posterity of Donogh Mac Cusack, 14 ounces
in the3 half quarters of Mount-tallon, 14 ounces in the half town-
land of the country of O'Hay, exclusive of the royalties of the
Lord out of them all an ounce of gold of Lady's rent in the half
;

quarterof Gortcongalagh, and food once a year in the free lands

of said territory, and a groat and 7 ounces unto Mac Conmara in
of Lavelle were the stewards of said
Ballymurregan. The family
territory.
The rental of Macnamara in the territory of Glen, viz. 14 ounces
in the half townland of the red Earl,. 14 ounces in Bally quin, 14
ounces in Ballymuldowny, and the share of two thirds from said two
the quarter of Drynaghbegge, 14 ounces in
places is charged upon
of Clonconry,
the half townland of Cuim, 14 ounces in the quarter
the quarter of
14 ounces in the quarter of Fermoyle, 14 ounces in
in Ardsgiath, 14 ounces in the quarter of
Clontreagh, 14 ounces
once a year in the free lands of that place.
Clongueeheen, and food
14
The rental of Macnamara in the territory of Congalagh, viz.
of Ballybruagheran,
ounces in Belcolly, 14 ounces in the quarter
in the quarter
14 ounces in the quarter of Ballyolaghnan, 14 ounces
of
of 14 ounces in Ballybrian, 14 ounces in the quarter
Ballyohiefa,
in the quarter of Girr and in the short
Corr, (i. e.
odd quarter) and
 48

quarter, 14
ounces in the quarter of Ballynaglearagh, 14 ounces in
the quarter of Eidhny ; food between Christinas and Shrove-tide
in the 2 Rathaonas Ballyhurly and the Horse-
in Island-Cosgary,

island quarter, and food once a year in the free quarters of that ter-

ritory.
The Rodans were the stewards of that country.
The rental of Macnamara in the territory of
O'Rongaile viz. 14
ounces in the half townland of upper Clogher, 14 ounces in the half
townland of lower or small Clogher and in the quarter of Cloncolly,
14 ounces Clonmogher, 14 ounces in Cooloriedy, 14 ounces in
in

Dromart, 14 ounces in Dromsgamur, and 14 ounces inCahirhurly of

the Clan Hasneises. Macnamara has food between Christmas and
Shrove-tide in the 3 quarters of the 3 Culreavaghs, 14 ounces in the
half townland of Upper-Ross, food in Ballymacdonnell and in
Killuvran between Christmas and Shrove-tide, and also in Ballymac-
con-finn, food once a year, in the free lands of said territory.
The rental of Macnamara in the country of Eactaoi, viz. 14
ounces in Eanagh, 14 ounces
Bawn-no-cullane, 14 in Rathnecane,
in

an ounce of gold of Lady's rent in Fiecal, 14 ounces in the 3

quarters of Coolocowry,
14 ounces in the Corecloney, 14 ounces in
the Liehgort, 14 ounces in Gort O'Dun, 14 ounces in Enagh, 14
ounces in the quarter of Knockbehy, 14 ounces in O'Halloran's
green, (and the O'Rodan family are stewards therein,) and food be-
tween Shrove-tide and Easter.

XVI.
31 ye fO cunb;ta boncf)x ] Jitxx;^ ne Clojn 00<xcjairin<i flQac Seajn bu;b .;. ba
bo bo t<xboj;tt bo clojn CDacj<xmn<x C0e;c Se<vjn bu;b, m<x/t jeall <x/t lebce<xc^<xm<x;n
bo bale Comube <xcu bo
c fl)f CDejc tfeba le ce;te. 21 ye fO jell boncbdb J Jma;/t
CD<xc

J OeoU;n bo 5<x;le ; Com/tujbe .;. ocr mb<x txcuy b pjcjt o boncftoi bo clojo
 49

Locla;nb (Dejc 7?ua;b/ij <xcu/- bo cto;n eSjba CDe;

b;tb;l/-; an peajtrjii ;-;n rata le ce;le, acu^ Ona clan mac nrjlle. ?{ ^e fo jell bonc/ja
; Jmajfi a/* ba t;tjan Lgtcetpaman Keanity- LeLoclojii (De;c Concub'a;/t J Com;tu;be
.;. be;c mba acu/- C;i; j:;ceb [
bo cec/iama an boj;te ] acu/- c/i; ba bej aj boncba
jell a;t cu;b CDajledclr^n Com;tT^be bon pe/tan f)n. ?( |-e ^-o jeall <Doncfoa;b J

Leccec/tam^n an <fcajn Sjanla;n bo bajle ) Com/iu;be .;. t^i; pjc;b acity-

a/t

;5J" fe e becc bo cabals bifeb GOac Concuba^i ClQe;3j Clancbaba, acu^ jan an
pe^aii fjn bpa^-jalab 30 cean c^ij mbl;aban, acu^a ^ua/-jlab pa pel pxn Sea;n bo
joban eun La;, -df rjao Af U/i;iaba j\jf jn cun;iab fjn bo coniajU .). Seaan COac
mac (Doncbab CDac Concuba/t CPe;c S;ba.

XVI.

Translation. Deed of Purchase. IVo date.

This is the covenant of Donogh O'lvar with the children of Mahon

Mac Shaneduffe, viz. that Donogh should give them 40 cows in
consideration of the Rock half quarter of Ballycomruide, and he pur-
chased the fee simple of the land from the race of the sons of Mac
Aoda altogether. This is the consideration which Donogh O'lvar
paid for the half quarter of Gurteeneebolan of Ballycomruide, viz.
48 cows to the sept of Loghlan Mac Rorey and of Sheeda Mac
Rorey, and Donogh purchased the fee simple of that land from them
altogether, and from all their sons. This is the consideration which
Donogh O'lvar gave f of the \ quarter belonging unto
for the

Loghlan Mac Conor O'Comruide of the quarter of Derry, viz. 70

cows [ J and he was to have 13 cows
Malachy in mortgage for

Comruide's part of that land. which

This is the consideration

Donogh O'lvar gave on a mortgage of the \ quarter of Achca-

Scanlan of Ballycomruide, viz. 75 pence to Hugh Mac Connor
Mac Clanchy, and said land was not to be redeemed until the end of
TOL. xv. H
 3 years, and then before John's day by one
St.
day's impounding.*
The securities for the performance of this covenant are Shane Mac
Sheeda and Donogh Mac Conor Mac Sheeda.

XVII.

Ancient translated Abstracts. A. D. 1419-1458.

The mortgage of the quartermire of

Cragannessh [ ] Cow-
naghf purchased by David O'Ferala for 20 cows, vlt. 15 incalf
cowes, 7 gawnaghes^ [ 3 5 cowe calves, 2 bull
calves, 8 year-
lings, the value of twenty cowes in
money delivered uppon all holland
day. More delivered by the said David
upon the Carrowmire of
Curraghmolrony in Cownagh, 18 merks, cross-keale money, with a
peny addition in everie grote ; five milch cowes, with five cowe
calves, ten heiffers and seven
agawnaghes. This mortgage was de-
livered on Munday in Whitson
week, anno 1419-
The Carrowmire of
Tarpane in Curcagh, purchased in fee
simple
by David for 35 marcks and 9 pence of cross-keale
money, with a
peny in addition to every grote thereof, 17 yards of broad
cloth,
a halt and a horss, valued to be worth
20 agawnaghs. Written
anno 1440 by Conor Notarius
Cleanchy, publicus.
The mortgage of said David
upon Partinglass in Cownagh viz
9 stood mares, and 3 fooles and 4
colts, whereof one was a faire
horss-colt, 4 yeards of Scarlett or stained and
cloath, 6 yeards of grey
The said David's
mortgage upon the quartermire of Lissen-

*See Note to No. V.

t These lands between Bunratty and Limerick
lie
along the Shannon. The lands of Cur,
also mentioned above lie in the same
direction,
"
t Gawnaghes" i. e. strippers.
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goyre, viz.6 mercks cross-keale money, 1 gilt cupp for 9 mercks,

and 4 garrons and an ambling nagg in liew of 5 mercks. This
deed was written in anno 1453.
The simple of Craigimoyley in Cownogh purchased by
fee the

said David, for a great pan, that cold boyle 3 beoves and 2 hogges at

once, 14 mercks of cross-keale money, 9 milch-cowes with 5 cow-

calves, 4 mares and 2 garrans. Alsoe the fee
bull-calves, 3 stood
of Carren purchased by the said David for
simple of the quartermire
30 mercks cross-keale money, with a peny addition to every grote
thereof, one aquavile distiller called Corkan,
and a great brass pan.
This deed was written by Conor Clanchy in anno 1458.
These collacons were taken out of the originalls in Irish, by or at

Limericke the 19th of Febr. 1611. H. Brickdall, Ja. Mac In-

erhyny.

XVIII.

rfj ^ e;p;acr a^uy confab f-leacea fDejc Seaa;n pe ma;ne;^ Slat/ta .). Cabj 65
CDac Caba;^ 00e;c Cojnroeaba, ajujr Cabj CDejc Locbtajn Otejc Sea;n, acu^ Sabb jn j-

ean Cajbj CDe;c boncbab acuf bja/imajb GOac Loclujn, <x tama acuf a l;t;,t fjn u;le bo

bejc <X3 CD^ne^ Slftt^A, cum ba;le j Slac^a bo bejc aj <xn mr,nt)n SUe^a ^o an a
bomnatl CDac boncbab 2l)e)c bomn<x;lt 2t)ejc bja^mab*
Slac^a, acuy Loclr^n j
no;y .;.
bomnoijtl 20e)c Locblr^B Slac^a:
) <icu r bp;a6Ajb <x;^ an
^u<xb 2t)ejc bomn<x;ll 2t)ejc
a
a lama acay l;ej/t bo
)e;c Seap a mba/toncu^ acu^-
bejc a;s mr^ncj^
7-ljoct yan
a a ccoma;^te bo cO;mam a nbucrjf &^af a n^jlt bo;b
Stac^a ^e nbul ccu;/te acu^-
a mba;le J Slat^a. <f fo a5 rljoce 2Qe;c Sea;n a;^ mrjnc;^ Slat^a
ta an o; r eab
cean ba bl;aja;n on
.xx. ^jU;n ano; r , acu r ba r^n^e r a bt;a5 ba;n 50
fO ano; r :

Ujaba;n fo amac acur bF;a6a;b a^ mrjnc;^ Slac^a ono;,t b;b ajur eabajj, 30
;

bon
b,omcuba;b, bo taba/tc
caj r bon mr
bpa6ajb a^ rljoce 2t)ejc Seajn bejc o 6;on ba bljaba;n no
bajle bo y-abajl on mrjne^ bo beb aj beanam eu^co^a o^^a,
acur 2t)acamr;n t)ac Seam
bea,t F ar CabS 2t)a Clancbajbe
L

H2
 52

bone/jab, <xca^ f?ua;bft; Ofycj bon eSl;oct yan 2t)e;c Sea;n o

am AC. Una bn; 1493.

CDac

CQ)f) CJabj CDac Loctr^n.

CDjj-e Sabb J/ijjn C<x;bj 2t)e;c <Doncb<x;b.

<x
Bp<L3x;n f)n .j. Cabj 2t)a Clancbajbe, aj
boncbajb, <xcuy no. fiojii Sljocc 2t)ejc Sedja;n,
tj<xmY5n 2t)e;c Seftjn 2t)ejc jrejn .;.

XVIII.

Translation. Deed of Agreement A. D. 1493.

This is and agreement of the Sept of Mac Shane

the covenant
with the Slattery family, viz. Teige oge Mac Teige Mac Coin-
mheadha, Teige Mac Loghlan Mac Shane, Sabia daughter of Teige
Mac Donagh and Dermot Mac Loghlan, viz. that the Slattery fa-
mily are to obtain their (i.
e the race of Mac ShaneV) handwriting
and letter, assigning Ballyslaltery unto the Slattery family now
Mac Donagh Mac Donald Mac
present or in being, viz. Donald
Dermott O'SIattery, and Loghlan Roe Mac Donald Mac Donald
Mac Loghlan O'Slattery. The sept of Mac Shane are bound to
give their warrant, deed, and sign manual to the Slaltery family,
that they (the Sept of Mac Shane) should go into court and to
council to make good their inheritance in Ballyslattery. The Slat-

tery family are to pay at present to the sept of Mac Shane 20 shil-

lings and two ounces yearly for two years from this date, and are
bound to honour the sept of Mac Shane wilh suitable food and
ability, and the sept of Mac Shane are
raiment according to their
bound to be clement to that And if it shall happen that
family.
both parties should preserve the land from those
dealing unjustly
 53

towards them, then after the expiration of 2 or 3 years from

this time, the treatment of the sept of Mac Shane
by the Slattery
family shall be as regulated by Teige Mac Clanchy, Mahon Mac
Shane Mac Donogh and Rorey O'Hickey from thenceforth,
A. D. 1493.

I Dermot Mac Loghlan,

I
Teige Mac
Loghlan,
I Sabia daughter of Teige Mac Donagh.
The witnesses are Teige Mac Clanchy, Rorey O'Hickey and
Mahon Mac Shane Mac Donogh and the parties themselves, viz,
the sept of Mac Shane and the Slattery family, viz. Donald, Logh-
lan and Teige.

XIX.

aea jb;/i bomnall 2t)ac Seabajn 2t)ac 2t)ec Con

bomnall 2t)ac Locla;n )
Slae/iab aju^ bamna.ll O'Slae/ta, a;t taBaj/ie j;ll bo
bomnall 2t)ejc Seabajn agu^ ba beafibftajt;teaca;b <x;/t cu;b bomnajlt 2t)ejc Secib^n
be Oa;le ; Stac^ta <vcu^ jf) a cu;b .j. C;i; cu;b be
;
lebce<xb;i<xm<x;n <\n T2)&f& riioj/t,

b<x cu;b be Igbceb/iamajn a Cnojc :

<X.-&af jfe meab <xn j;lt bo cue bomnall
bo bomnall CDejc Seaba;n .j. ,rj). ma/tj co leb, .r. ba beaj jn laoj <xju^

leabmujje ;nce pe;n. <Tju^- ;^-e {fee bomn<x;ll r/Slac^a acu^ bomnajll 03e;c
eaclj boii

Seabajn fie a cejle, jan a^t cuma^- bujne <x/t b;r ;n pea^nxn pn bo pua^jlab bomnajll
O'Slac/ta, ace bo bomnall 2t)e;c Seaba;n no ba mac, no bo mac <x m;c aju^ 4^ :

na Cjll;n;cb a ta ;n jeall ^o a;^jm;m, ju jrjabni^-e bomn<x;ll [

j:<x;tce ] .j. Sjba

aju^ a clan .j. pjnj;n aju^-CCac Con, acu^" 00o;i Jnjean 0;i;ajn, ma^ancenba,
bo clanb Cr^nmeaba 2t)ejc i.oclrjn acuj- an mua^an o;le ba j-ljoce noc cu^
naonea a^ gac eaeb leo. <Tnbo bnj G0;le aju/- .r. .c. aju/- ba bl;abajn n;^-a mo, an can
jn cun^ab ^o ;te ce;le; ajuy )f ma^ fO pua/ia^an yan t^-ean cu;b, 50
 bo <> *c ancjabe <xc "
too 2t)<xc aca bo
U/ plajt^; pUxnc/)<x;be
an cbna.

2t)<xc

2t)ac Sea;n (C>

Cumeaba CDac Seajn cc>

XIX.

Translation. Deed of Agreement A. D. 1502.

This is thedeed and indenture made between Donald

Mac
Shane Mac Mac Con, and Donald Mac Log-hlan and
O'Slattery
Donald O'Slattery, upon
giving a mortgage unto Donald Mac
Shane and his brothers, for Donald Mac Shane's
proportion of
Ballyslattery, being parts of 3
the \ quarter of Riasgamore between
the two parts of the i
quarter of the Knock. The amount of the
mortgage that Donald O'Slattery gave unto Donald Mac Shane is
7i marks, 15 in calf cows and a bay horse. The conditions be-
tween Donald
O'Slattery and Donald Mac Shane are, that it shall
not be in the
power of any person to redeem that land from Donald
3'Slattery, except Donald Mac Shane himself, his son or grandson.
the green of Killeen is the place
charged with this mortgage, as is
attested by Donald [ i. e .
] Sheeda and his children, Finian and
[ac Con, and Mora daughter of
Bryan in like manner, and the
iildren of Conmeadha Mac
Loghlan and many other of their race
have given their
permission and consent at both sides. A D
1502 this covenant has been entered
into between them. This 1
have found in the original as witnessed by Teige Flathry and
Dermolt Mac Flanchy.

Donald Mac Shane

Donogh Mac Shane
Convey Mac Shane
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XX.

n<x
e;j:ecbc
boncbab COac Jltjn, buce ;t>^
0'b W a;n .j. boncbab, a5 ur Con6oba,t COac
3lr;n .; jn ceac-
iamrn CDac CDu,tcab CDac Jlt^n jay boncbab mac CDu/icbab CD;c 3r;n
iamr;n
bon L,or be n<x Cu;le<xn<xc
,<amab mj> ben leacdeacfiaroajn ;r xojw leacceafc^n
leftt?"
a mb*;le CDjc 5tu;n bo boncbab COac 03u ncb<xb CD;c Slu;n 5 ur
<x

bo
W
mm an bo n <xn r<xn ceeat^amajn Jjo^ <x5 u r leatceac^ama mj^ an a
an ra Clua;n mo^ r
bub an r a C^ojbjjb, <x 5 u r Igcceat^ama m;^
ab e yjn r. leacceat^amna m;^. -cfjur 3* c F e n ^
an ccto;n COac Jlrjn n r c ^" a J lm0 feo
r^W ^
ob *b
f" T'
rm teacb co eab boncbab bo beb jn jtacajbte
pn leacb eeo^ca F
u * c e a uatba
uatba,
o ,

leacb an cebna, aju^ ^o;n coe/tam

;n pua^lab leacb om ecu/i^a, noa/t

aca o r;n amac; a5 u^ be;cb ^ejb le ce;le. 3f^ na

^ 5 a6 fe^an ba mb;a
A. ccccc. 2 bl;aba;n 7 2 xx.
Bab a Cr^nce an caonmab la .x. bo Julj ^(no bomjn;
cu r . O'b^a;n .;. boncbab, CDacnama^a
j
r ,ab a F;aba;n Iajc^ea6 ro, b;a a^
CDac Commeaba, boncbab ODejc Seaa;n o Co;llc; r;n,
Cab5 UUeac o Da;l;
.;. Cabj
TOac Ca;pl, Con6oba,t 2t)ac Jlujn, T?;ca/tb .p.
COac 2t)ao;l;n, Concoba^ balb
O'Poban.

CDacjamr^n CDac

XX.

Translation. Partition of Land. A. D. 1542.

The form and of this writing are as follows, viz. A parti-

effect
and Conor Mac Donogh Mac
tion is made by Donogh O'Brien
(iluin, between Mahon Mac Morogh Mac Gluin and Donat
Gluin, to wit, to Donogh Mac Morogh
the
Mac Morogh Mac
of the half quarter next to the Fort of the half quarter
quartermire
of Durrin
of Cuilenagh in Ballymacglin, and the half quartermire
in the short quarter, the half quartermire of
the field of Lisduffe
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in the Croby, and the half quarter mire in Clonmore in the Croby,
All the lands that the said Mac
comprising 5 half quartermires.
Gluins possess, over and above those before mentioned, are to be di-
vided share and share alike between them, as long as said Donogh is
entitled to lands from said Mahon, and they are to redeem all the

mortgaged lands belonging unto them share and share alike, in

the same manner, and to make an equal partition between them
of all the other lands which they shall possess henceforth, and to

quit claim to one another. Written at Kuince the llth day of

July, A. D. 1542. The witnesses present are, God in the first
place, Uonogh O'Brien, Teige Mac Conmeadha Mac Nemara,
Donogh Mac Shane from Killcisin, Teige Ulltagh from Ballyca-
shill, Conor Mac Glin, Rickard Roe Mac Meelin, Conor balv

O'Rodan.
The Stewards of O'Brien.
I Mahon Mac Gluin.

XXI.

2t)ac 6oncba 00;c Jlrjn ap let-

an le^a too Ca/inmela tooboricba (Djc Concubaj/t ) bj\)<i.ju,
<xcuy too.
COac Jlujn pe;n, acu;r toa e; to<x
j^j <xcu^ y-jnej-
jno. b;a;s .). fjcj tojtjeacb con<x IAOJ, acuf .xx. 60 jn laoj,
too^-en ye<xcb<xjto;toe
tuc<xto <xn
too
jell fo too
COdtjcimajn COac Locl<x;n CDecnam<i/ia
o bajle ) fDa,tc<xc<x;n [ ] te<xtbcec^<xma;nLjfjn na br^j, <xcu^
Oela <xn CajtbujU cona co;lle <xju^- c/tajje, ^;<x/^
act T con<x nY)^ fOcbo.?. toa 5p/jt a ce<xt/i<xmna;b n* bjre/iaii pn o
.caf )f too ceto
<xcu^-
bo co;l Ca;toj CD;c Locla;n, a toea^b^at^, acu^- too ceto a
cc;njto <uxif <x
comb/ia;tb;iec <x^ 5<xc r<xob, bo cu;,t Stjacbjamr^n TOac Locl<x;n, acuy
Catoj 2l)ac Locl<x;n ;n leccet^<xmr;n <xn <xn
te/-<x <xcu^- Cnr^c ;n<x j:e^<x;n ejle pn A
toub^<xm<x^ ^omrjn <xn jell ;
<xcu^ jac pe^an toa
yolat^atoa;/- an clan CIDjc ^t;n y;n, too

b;to y;n tec rm leacb eco^^a pen acuy a ccomatca boncbato O'b^;a;n, acu^- <xj a
.;.

nojj/teaba;b no nto;a;j :
acu^- a cc;n .r. mbl;atoan ;na to;a;j y;n, rue (Du/tcba CD;c
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e/tj
.xx. ma/tj ba/<jeb y-atpa;y bo ClOacjamajn GOac Loctajn acu;- bo Cabj
CDjc Loctajn a^t bjcbj^lj na pe/tan f]n, 50 bjtae; a^t jac aj^-be actty- a/i jac
<vce, acuy a/i jac confab acu^ jett, ba nbufa^ama^ ftoma;n. 2/iio bomjnj <xn can
^-o
o o o o
m. ccccc. r. btjabna acu^-
2 .xx. CDa^ bea^bab <x^ j-;n atam^tne
TOac Locl<x;n o bajle ; CDa^ic<xc*;n, <xcu^ C<xbj CD<xc Locla;n on ba;l; cena
a^ t<xm a/i an ccajtc ^o bp;ne n<x
bpjabr^n ta;c^eacb <x ca bo

n OOac Loctu;nb.
TOac Loclajnb.

TOu/tcbab O'b^i;<x)n n* O'b^;a;n an can fo.

JS ;ab fO na p;aba;n la;cftecb .;. Cabce CDacnama/ta acu^ Seaan TOacnama^a

on (Dajngen b^ec, bomnatt TOac TJuab^; o cacba^ Scua;b;, ptajcbea^tcac 0'L;b;be
on cSenbajngen, Cabj 0'0;t;a;n o Cu;ncbe, Coma^-bub CDac fDao;l;^ o C;tl na btfba,
Cabj (TOac boncba GDec Seaa;n o Clua;n L;/*a;n acu^ nno/tan ejle nac a;/tmje;/t an
o, o )n amac.

XXI.

Translation. Deed of purchase of Land. A. D. 1545.

This is the amount of the mortgage which Morogh Mac Donogh

Mac Gluin paid for the half quarter of the Liss of Carnmela, for
* his heirs and
Donogh Mac Conor O'Brien assigns, and also for
Muragh Mac Gluin himself his heirs and assigns, viz. 20 milch
cows with their calves, 20 in-calf cows, a dozen of heifers
and 2 strippers This mortgage was given to John Mac Loghlan
:

Mac Namara of Ballymarkacan [ ] the half quarter of Lissin-

uabuinge, and for half the quartermire of Ballyanerball, together

with their woods and craggy lands, moors and rivulets, grass and

Otherwise called Donogh the fat. He was eldest son of Conor King of Thomond, and
was created Baron of 1 bracken by Henry VIII.

VOL. XV. I
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water, and all the other benefits therein from henceforth.

by It is

the permission and consent of Teige Mac Loghlan, his brother

and of all their race and relatives, that said Mahon mortgaged the
half quarter of the Liss and Knock in the first mentioned lands.
All other lands which the aforesaid race of Mac Gluin should ac-

quire, to be enjoyed share and share alike between themselves and

their foster brother, said Donagh O'Brien and their heirs. At the
expiration of 5 years afterwards, Murogh Mac Gluin gave 60 marks
to said Mahon and
Teige Mac Loghlan for the fee simple of that
land for ever, according to the form, condition, covenant and consi-
Anno Domini 1545. In witness where-
deration before mentioned,
of we Mahon Mac Loghlan of Ballymarkacan, and Teige Mac
Loghlan of the same place, do set our hands to this deed in pre-
sence of the witnesses here present.

Mahon Mac Loghlan.

Teige Mac Loghlan.
Murogh O'Brien,* is the O'Brien at this time.

These are the witnesses present, viz.

Teige Macnamara and
John Macnamara of Dangin-brick, Donald Mac
Rorey from Ca-
O'Liddy from Shendangin, Teige O'Brien
hirscooley, Flaherty
from Cuinchy, Thomas duffe Mac Miler from
Killnahow, Teige
Mac Donogh Mac Shane form Clon-Lissan, and
many others not
named here.

* Uncle of
Donogh the fat. This Murogh was created Earl of
Thomond, in 1543, by Henry
VIIL Here it is observable that his new English dignity of Earl is
passed over, while he is
mentioned by his paramount Irish title of " O'Brien."
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XXII.

fjOf a; jac aon teajpay acuy eajybpay on yswb;n yo, 50 bpu;l;mp

<x

^
Cman ;iuab CDac an SjU* bri^ ftc Sujbne o C;llcao;be <x jcuneae an Cta;^ bu;ne
uayal, a nj;olt a;t f^m ba;tjte ba^jeb bo glacay om Cjje/ina Ono/tac o Ja^la
Cuabmuman <x lob eanma <xn
acuy a/i a tan babba/ia;b oj/tceaya ele, a/<
y^^i;b;n 7-o,

btaba;/it mo ce;/te acuy mo ejbajt pe;n ^ <xn ^ri<x;e .;. lebceb^<\m<x bpe^an on
buna b;j noca co^ana; jea^ ^e bun an 3*a
tu;be bon caob cea^, acu^- ^te La-
t/NXc-ma/igajge bon caob tl7u<xjb, ^te bun na Caee bu;be aj bul <ty"egc an o;ten
CDac tllja bon caob eo;^, acu^- ^e Caman na peamnr^je bon eaob e;a/i s bon
cebna fjn: acuy bo bej/ijm ma;tt; jijf an ^/i;b;n ^-o an jre/tan fjn a
pe/t, acu^- w^fS'
*cu r C0^U *cur ^ t?) ^' tt3 u r ^rS 6' <xcur *" r c<1 ^ beanay ^
j-on )a^la ^eam^a>tre, fte be;t acu^ ^e conjmajl ajje j:e;n, ga o;jfieba;b acu^-
, ra;m j:e;n, om o;j^eabr;b acu^- om ^njirfitajb, ju po^fta^be, a^ an
.;. 3^
fua^jeola;b o;j^eaba b;yle GOu^cba OOac C10u;^cea;t-
e b"*J;<

ca;c TOac TOacjamna an pejtan jrjn on Ja^la a/i ba mbua;b bea; ^e a bcuj an
acba^ ) <xn (IQu^cba ^em^a;ce, an pe^an fjn na yftr;te a n^jolt bam tfeba/i .j. p
bon j;lla bub CDac Sr^bne, ama;l jf potta/- jfjn yc/i;b;n bo /ijneb eeo^^a, a beb
bp;acb<x;b a/t an ;a^la a bpe^an
bo leajab cuca ;an bua;b^eb jan co;^mea^5, ;o^

nb;ol an ba bo beaj fjn a^, acuy ju pajba^) an ba bo beag fjn ay an bpe/tan, co

no;j^|ba ODu^cba CDac CDac jamna, an pe/tan juy an rjle yoca^t beanuy pjf bo beb aj
an ja^ita jie;m/<ajce ja o;jfieaba;b acuy ja y; jnjuwfc amr^t a bub^ama^ /ioma;n ;

bo ^;nbeab bom ac^ a^ an bpe^an,

<xcuy muna yeapna an yj^jbneo^ecc jaojbejl^e
an pe^an f]n na I?a;ce bo cea/te an bon )a^la, a ca;m-p an cCaman ^ejm^a;te, bom
ceanjal pejn, acuy aj ceanjat mo^j^eaba acuy mo yec;br^^;be ^e ba ma^j beaj
Sacyajn bo bjol j\)f an Ja/tla, fie na o;j^e no ^e na y-ec;bu;/t an ;onab an
bo jlacuj- on Ja^ta a^ an bpe/tan acuy jf a^i an Ja^ta a ea ca;ceam
;

ufuf an pe/iaii acuy bo njmf) an eCmaii ^em/ta;ce Cu^nae bo

;

Cr;m;n, bo tab^c yejlbe an pe^ajn pn, a bub^iama^, bon Mftla cgna no bon Cu^nae-
cujftpeay fs ba jlacab ay a uyuy, acuy jac nj ba nbjnjna an Cu^inae yjn
a bubjiama^
a
a leb ftjy an ye;lb y;n, bo eab^c bon ja/tla no ba Cu^inae ama;l bub/iama^i f?oybu;m :

acuy bajnjn;jjm o^am pejn an n; y;n, amr;l bo beajn pe;n am pe/tp^n pfjl tajay
an eu^baftbay yo ua;m, aj beanam jac neajc be acuy ma^ bajn3njujbab ap jac nj
;

i 2
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be fja cu;^;mp an cebna f)n comrpta mo Lajme

tem<xii
ocuf mo feata <x/i an
r-
his

Edmd. -|- Mac Swyny,

mark,
Being present, Teige Mac Brody,*
Finis Padrycke.

XXII.

Translation. Conveyance of Land. No date.

Be it known unto all who shall read and hear this

writing, that
I Edmond roe, son of Gilla duff Mac Sweeny from Killkee in the
county of Clare, gentleman, in consideration of a certain sum of
money, which I have received from my honourable Lord the Earl
of Thomond on the day of
writing this deed, and for other many
good and lawful causes, do give up my own
the right and title in
Rath, i. the half quarter of the townland of
e.
Dunbegg, which
meareth by the pool of Gaethboy on the South, and by Lake
Margaige on the North, by the foot of Cree-duffe at the entrance
of Island Mac
Ulga on the East, and by Camannafeamny on the
West, to said Earl. I assign with this writing the aforesaid land
with all its grass and moor, and wood and arable
land, and water
and every other emolument and
profit appertaining thereto, unto

A celebrated Irish Bard, and chief Poet of

Thomond. He
Donogh Earl of is also known to
Irish scholars
by the name of Teige M'Daire. Several fine poems of his composition are
pre-
erved m one of the most valuable collections of Irish
poetry extant, well known by the name of
Book of O'Gara," in the possession of the writer
'<
hereof. They are of that class, which
according to Spencer savoured of sweet wit and
good invention," and are highly worthy of
publication. Oneonly of his productions, a didactic
poem addressed to Earl Donogh on his
itionto the
sovereignty of Thomond, has been published, with
spirited translations in Latin
and Engbsh, by the late
ingenious Theophilus OTlanagan, in the Transactions of the Gaelic So
ciety, Dublin.
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To have and to hold to him and his heirs and

the Earl aforesaid.
from me my heirs and assigns for ever, upon this con-
assigns,
dition, that whenever the lawful heirs of Morogh Mac Muirchear-
tach Mac Mahon shall redeem said land from the said Earl for 12
the said Morogh mortgaged the land of
cows, (for which their father
father the said Gilla duff, as by
the Stream, part of said premisses, to my
that then the Earl is bound to re-
the deed between them appeareth)
store unto them their said land
without let or hindrance, and until he or
the heirs of said
obtain said 12 cows for the said land from
they shall
with its appurtenances shall belong unto the
Murogh, that the same
as aforesaid ; and if the Irish deed
said Earl his heirs and assigns
shall not warrant the
made unto my father concerning the said land
said Earl's title to the land of
the Rath, then I the aforesaid Edmond
to pay 12 marks of good and
do bind myself, my heirs and executors
the said Earl his heirs and executors,
lawful money of England unto
I have received from him for the said
in place of the money which
the confir-
land. The said Earl is to defray the expences attending
land. I the said Edmond do constitute
mation of the title of said
to deliver possession of the aforesaid
Nicholas Cumin my attorney
to the attorney whom he shall appoint to re-
land to the said Earl, or
ceive it for his use, and
whatsoever shall be done by my said attorney,
of said possession, I ratify as if I myself were
concerning the delivery
thereof, and as a ratification
present in person performing every part
have hereto set my mark and seal.
of this contract, I the said Edmond
his

Edmond + Mac Sweeny,

mark.

Being present,
Teige Mac Brody.
Finis Padrycke. [i. e. Padrycke, witness.]
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XXIII.

JSC n; fO)llf)zhe*f jn yj/ijbean fo 30 bfujl bomnall 2t)ac boncba 2t)ac bomnajlt

bel jn Cujtte, acu/- Seaan O (Daejt Cona;/ie on <fybco;ll ag benam conapta acuy
ceanjajtt jie cea;le <x tjmcel ceat/<ama mjft COacajfte jnCtojjjn acuy leatceatfiama
CDaca;/te 6eajl na tfba, ;e;p co;tl acu^ CO^KXC acuy cpimbtan .j. bomnalt CD<xc

Doic t)omna;lt <xj tab^t na t/tj le<xc

ceat^amftn m;ft /-;n u<xb jrejn,
acuy
ona eA;j^;b n<x bj<x; j, Conaj^e dcu^- ba ea; j^;b na njgtt fte yeaf
bo Sea<xn O'fl}o.e;l

mbua;b p;c;c jii Laoj acuy ma^ )t>)j\ beallto;ne acu^- pea;l yan Seaa;n pua;/-ceolcap
:

jn pg^aii f]n, jab y;n bo Be;c na mbua;b jrea/"ca, acu^

a mbea;c jr> taoj a /:ea;l j-an
Seajn amac acu/- a ba^t/i yao^ ytan aj Sean an bljabajn j:ua;^ceotca;t ; aca^
; ;

t>pacba;b a^ (Domnatl acuf a^ ea;j^b an pe/ian bo conma;l ^-ao^t bo Scaan acuy bd

ea;j^;b o c;on cj^e; acu^ jan a^ nea^e an jrea/ian fjn bo jruayclab af bejj^i;b b;t;^-
boirina;l CD;c boncfta ma^ jeall a^i a a^ne;y b;t;y jrejn. 5/5"f m;^J n3
05ac Concaba^ ojj (Cej ptancbaba bo ^j/^jb bo co;l jn ba ^tan, a T?o^mr;ncafi,

;n Cjjea^na .m. b. acu/- CY^J .c. acuy of mbljabna acuy bap;c;c. )pac a f;a;$o;n
lajc^eac yo, boncba (0;c Seaajn CDac CDacjamna o J7o^-nfir;nca^, bomnatl .^. CDac
Concuba^ rajcne, Seaan OOac boiicba CDac bomnajtt, pla;t/vj CDac bomnajll CDej
plancbaba, Lochlan O'Ceapmoba, Loclan ^jabac CDac Jj-oj an naobab la bo m; Jua ;

; CDac Clancba;. c5" Lam boiiwa;ll CD;c boncba.

Sean CDac boncba.
boncba CDac Seaajn.
bomnatt ;iuab CDac Concuba^ ua;cne.

XXIII.

Translation. Mortgage of Land. A. D. 1548.

This writing declareth that Donald Mac Donogh Mac Donald of

Belincolly and John O'Mulconry of Ardcoill,* do covenant and

Another Irish Poet, who presided over a

great school at Ardcoiii, in Thomond, at the time
of the date of the above deed. He was author of an excellent poem, written in the Phenian
dialect of the Irish, on Brian na Murtha
O'Rourke, prince of Breifny, who was elected
chief of his tribe in the A
year 1566. fine copy of this poem, with an interlined
gloss, is in the
possession of the writer hereof, which he intends to with a translation.
shortly publish,
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agree with each other, concerning the quartermire of Magherain-

chloigin, and the half quartermire of Magherabelna-ab, with their
woods, underwoods and unreclaimed Donald conveys
tracts, viz. said
the said 3 half quartermires for himself and his heirs unto John

O'Mulconary and his heirs, in mortgage for 27 in-calf cows and it is ;

agreed that if said lands shall be redeemed between May and the
of St. John, the consideration to be repaid shall be in barren
festival

cows, and if redeemed after St. John's day it shall be in-calf cows,
and said John is to have the crop of said lands free for the year they
shall be redeemed. The
Donald and his heirs are bound to
said

keep those lands free from tribute, and none shall have power to re-
deem same except the lawful heirs of said Donald, and that with
their own
proper cattle. I Moriertach Mac Connor oge Mac

Flanchy wrote this by the consent of both parties at Rossmuincher

in the year of our Lord 1548. The witnesses are Donogh Mac
Shane Mac Mahon of Rossmuincher, Donald roe Mac Conor
Uaihne (green^ John Mac Donogh Mac Donald, Flattery Mac
Donald Mac Flanchy, Loghlan O'Carmody, Loghlan reavagh Mac
Cusack. Dated the 9th day of June,

XXIV.

an y;/v;b;n fO 50 bfu;t m;^-e Locl<xn (D<xc Seaajn y; Ce/tm<xba

j:<xe

;c Loctajnb <xj c<xba;^tc <x/i rabapea;^ pe;n agu^- <x/t ye;lbj <xcuy
bo Seaan 0'COutcon<x;/te &%uf *<x e;j^; na bjaj^, <xcu^ <a njjtl le be;c mbuajb
x;^5e<xb :
<xcu^- <xt<xm<xjb <nbm<il<xc ju^ jl<xc<xmj^ ^ feto;l pejn be
o Se<xn O'CButcona;^; <x^ fen <xn jjtl
fjn, acuy ft^uy jo bf ujlmjb jtejb
<x La;m Se<xa;n, acuf <x^ j^e<xtb. Q(
50 beujam*;^ a/t ca;^-bean<xb pejn
bo ^^;ob<xb ;
*;y <xn C;jea/ina mjle bl;<xba;n <xcoy cu;j .c. oct
>A pjceae, <xn e-aenirxxb ta bej bo t)e;ce;mbe/i. ?y jub * j:j<xba;n

cftjc bomnalt CDejc boncbab 2t)ejc bonwftjtl, boncJjftb 03*c Se*ft;n ?t)ejc 2^)<xc-
 64

3<xmn<x, Styxc
Con 2t)<xc Sjoba 2t)ec bomno-jll, Cab^ Uttc<xc
2t)cxc bo yc^;b yo, bo to;l an b<x
planchaj
id* L<xm Locl<xjn r^'

bomnfttl 2t)ejc toctajnb.

L am na jr;<xbna;p ;

boncbab mac Se<xjn.

t)omn<xtl 2t)ac boncbftb.

C<xbj Utlr<xc O'b/i;*jn.

2Qac Con 2t)jc S;ob<x.

Cumeci 2t)jc Secijn.

XXIV.

Translation. Assignment of Mortgage of Land. A. D. 1548.

Upon the quartermire of the field of the Marie-pit.

The intent of this writing is, that we Loghlan Mac Shane O'Car-
mody and Donald Mac Loghlan do transfer our right, possession and
security unto John O'Mulconry and his heirs, in consideration of 10
cowes and 20 shillings in money, and we do acknowledge to have
received full payment and satisfaction from him for the same, and
that we have no further claim on him, and we have given our own

security and possession into his hands. Written at Rossmuinecar in

the year of our Lord 1548 on the llth day of December. The
witnesses present are Donald Mac Donogh Mac Donald,
Donogh
Mac Shane Mac Mahon, Mac Con Mac Sheeda Mac Donald,
Teige Ulltagh O'Brien. I Flattery Mac Flanchy* wrote this by
the consent of both parlies.
1
fcf The hand of Loghlan O'Carmody
Donald Mac Loghlan.

Or Clanchy. This family furnished hereditary

judges, lawyers and notaries under the
Brehon Code, in the district of Thooiond. The name
frequently occurs throughout these docu-
ments, in the latter
capacity.
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XXV.
Se feo acr acuy confab Ja;tla Cuamuman .;. Concuba/i j'b/t;a;n acu^ COeconma/ia
-j. Cabj 2t)jc Co;nmeaba CDjc Conma/ia CDe Conma/ta pie ce;le .;. 2t)aconmafta, map

* ta Cabj (Oaconma/ia majll; ^e na ao;j;ijb ;na bjaj j bo coma;ll co bjteoy neam-

m<x;l;^ bon Ja/ila aju/- ba o;jji;b na bja;j
co p^ujbj, acuj- n; be ama;n f)n jmj/tc bo

pejn acuf ba o;je/<;b te;^- cw Ja/ita <xcuy le n<x o; j^jb aj^, c<xn <xon br^ne <x;t <x n;nco-

nab pe;n, <xcu^ co baj/ijtbe can coja n<x jr^ea^oib/tci bo beoinam bo jrejn not ba
Mf <xn Ja^la n<x ^e n* o;jrtjb ;na b;ajj, co p^i^u;b;, teo jre;n
na
brjne a;te a^u/- : <x
majlle fp)f f)n, GO<xconm<X;ia con* aoj j^jb bo beb
bo bujebe cl<xo;ne Cu;le<xjn; <xcu^ can bul o^ta ta/t tOjib <xn ce;^
b<xjba;l u*eb* bjr;<xbn<x;^e <xn ce<xt/t<Xfi buy f)ne <xcu^- buf jre^r 1n

can bul o/ita ;n ;A^ta pjf

;ac j-tana coma;tl an acea fjn acu^- ;n cona^ca t)ja cona a;njljb, acay na
?7u;le m;n jr^je ^e na cab^c bo, accy "&)U)ft>)r na bC^ean a bucc 3*^ <xcu^ 3*
e^ ^
na bC^ean, acu^- a noajltj ^eo fjn an a;^;b; a bea/iam ;n a/i nbea; bo be;c a^t
t^-Yjm
COac Conma^ta con o; j/ijb ^e comall.

?/5 ^o an eaf acuy an p;an a;/< a^t te;j Ja^la Cuabmuman 2l)ac Conmaria amac,
ma;lte fte jac ^e jac b^a; jrjb
a^/^abrjb acu^- e;le ba bj:u;l ra;b .;. O'Seacnu^a; j a

pe;n
.xx. ma/ij, *cu^- ^ac
a/\ a bpe;n ba p;ceab ma^j, acuy U;tl;am
J'0^;a;n
O'2Qaojt T7;aba;n acuy a mac ^e ba /r;ceab ma^; ejte, acu^ ^)oncbab (De;c 2t)ac-
jamna J'0^;a;n ^e p;ce ma^j ; jan CWac Conma^a jna a ^l;cc bo cajlteamajn a^ an
Ja^ila jna a/t a ^l;oce jo b^atb. 2/j fO na p;abu;n a ca a^ an Ja^ta a^ an pejn pn
.j. bomnatl 2t)ac (Curicbab 2t)e;c tSu;bne, acuf Coma^- 2t)ac Cubaj, acu^- T?ua;b/t; 05
OTa;ce, acu^- 3)^ a ^W5 fee (Dejc O^ua;beabba.
?!j yo an cact a^ a nbgca;b ClOac W
0^;a;n ^ a ^t*na;b acujr a bpe;n a;rt 2^ac-
naroapa .;. ba te;cea^ a mac j:a cean Cao;c;^; be 50 mb;a.yan an a ^lanajb acuy an
a pejn a^ acu;- aj yo na p;aja;n a ca a/t y;n .;. Cabj mo^ 2t)ac Cea^ba;U O'CDol-
:

jaojce, acu^- Cojan 0'Ce;ne;bj j acu^- muna le;cea^ a mac jra cean na cao;c;p pjn
;

be, 2t)ac r5^;a;n be;^je a/- a pe;n acu^- a^- a ^-lanujb muna rj a;tcea;^ ;*jet cu;ce.
(C? A acu^- a pejn .;. ba j:;ceb ma^.
?lj fd an race a^ a nbeacub U;tt;am 0'CDu;ll^jaba;n a^* an ^Lan a^ CDacnama^a,
ba leca/i amac b; pa cgn ca;c;^, U;ll/am b;mjftc Le;y ;n Ja^tla a^ CDacnama^.a muna
comleac ClOacnama^a a jeallab bon Ja/ta: <fj fO n5 pjabajn too bjb bo ta;ca;/t
VOL. XV. K
Ujttjojm J'(Du)tfij<xba;n bo but a^- <x
ytan a;?tGOacnama/ta .j.bjf mac 6omn<x;U J'C;ne;t>;
Djljb Qloeb, acuf an S<xj<Xfit GOac 7?ua;b;i;b CDe;c (Doncba .;. Cojan xcap
.j. o.cuj-

Saj/ib/teeac O'babr^/tn .;. b;tee Ujlljam pejn.

boncbab (Dae CDatjamna J'Djtjajn ^e .xx. ma^g bon peajn j-;n 00e;j Connxx^a jo
bo 03<xc bo 2t)ac Sea;n J'2t)a;t Conaj^e. Con-
bpjabnujf-e plojii, CDeft;^ C/IA;C, acu/-

cuba/t 2t)Ac I7ua;t)^; 2t)e<x;3 Conma^a ;te .x. ma/tj bon pe;n pn, acuf tft;u^ GOac
Locta;n 2t)e;c boncbft ^ie 6075 ma^j beaj ceajt<x;t CDo.c S;b* 2t)<xc Coja;n ^e .r.
;

mci;ij bej e;le .7. bonchd Acu^- Cu meaba acu^ Cu m<\ft<x <xcu^- S;ba 05 J?;n jjii CD<nc ;

CWac ,r.
Locla;n <xcuf /te co;j mans bej, <xcu^ Co;/iftelbac CD<xcbomnajtl ^uab ^e
<n

mft^j, ClOac Cajftj CDac CDacjamna .;. <xn Sacajic, acuf ba CDtxc Locla;n OD<xc CDac-

jamna <xcu^- CDac /CDa;l bomna ^e .xx. nrxx/tj.

?/n bj<x mbja jm^e/-an e<xca/i;<a y;n jn j<xc l<w [ ] <x;n ;ro/tey bo beb 0.3 (Dae

tocblajn t ] Cjt<x;e <xcu^- <xj (Dae Copmajn acuf aj (Dae

XXV.

Translation. Bond and Covenant. No date.

These are the condition and covenant entered into between Conor
O'Brien Earl of Thomond, and Mac Conmara i. e. Teige MacCon-
meadha, son of Conmara Mac Conmara, viz. theMacConmarajthathe
and his heirs for ever shall conduct themselves, faithfully and without
malice towards the Earl and his heirs for ever, and not only that he
and his heirs shall do so with respect to the Earl and his heirs, but
no person on their part shall act contrary to these conditions and
covenants, and particularly that neither he nor his heirs shall wage
war against or oppose the Earl or his heirs for ever, either
by them.
selves or in conjunction with any Further, Mac other person.
Conmara and his heirs shall be loyal and faithful to the country of
the Clan Cuilean, and not encroach upon them
beyond the bounds of
justice for ever. His father and grandfather to give as guarantees
the four principal persons and the chief steward and mareschal Mac
Conmara has in the country; and by virtue of that covenant ami
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agrement with the Earl he was to be satisfied therewith. The

performance of said covenant are, God with his angels,
sureties for the
and Conmara to swear by every oath the most sacred before the
chief Justice of Ireland in the presence of the English and Irish of

Ireland. Furthermore, Mac Conmara with his heirs shall be bound

in a certain sum to be specified for the performance of the pre-

mises.
These are the condition and penalty upon which the Earl of
Thomond liberated Mac Conmara, together with the guarantees and
other hostages required, viz. O'Shaughnassy under the penalty of 20
marks, the son of O'Brien 40 marks, William O'Mulryan and his
son 40 marks, and Donat Mac Mahon O'Brien 20 marks, that
neither Mac Conmara nor his posterity shall be guilty of defection
from the Earl or his descendants for ever. These are the Earl's
witnesses to said penalty, viz. Daniel Mac Murogh Mac
Sweeny,
and Thomas Mac Cubag and Rory oge O'Fahy and Gilla Breeda
Mac Brody.
These are the conditions upon which the son of O'Brien became
surety and liable to penalty for Mac Conmara, viz. that if he should
be liberated within a fortnight from this time he would become
bail for him and be subject to the penalty and these are the wit-
;

nesses thereto viz. Teige Mor Mac Carroll O'Mulgeehy and

Eugene O'Kennedy and if he shall not be set at liberty within the

;

said period, that the son of O'Brien shall not be subject to the

suretyship or penalty aforesaid unless something to the contrary may

appear.
(3" His penalty is 40 marks.
These are the conditions upon which William O'Mulryan be-
came surety for Mac Conmara, viz. that if he should be set at
liberty within a fortnight, the said William would punish Mac
B.2
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Conmara in conjunction with the Earl, unless Mac Oonmara would

perform his engagements to the Earl. These are the witnesses
present when William Mulryan became surety
for Mac Conmara,
viz. the two sons of Daniel O'Kennedy, i. e. Philip and Hugh and
the Priest, Mac Rorey Mac Donnogh and Eugene and Justin
O'Davoren. This was the determination of William himself.
Donat Mac Mahon O'Brien binds himself under the penalty of
20 marks for Mac Conmara, in presence of Mac Flinn Mac Grath
and Mac Shane O'Mulconry. Connor Mac Rorey Mac Conmara
binds himself in 10 marks of said penalty. The 3 sons of Loghlan
Mac Donogh bind themselves in 15 marks. The four sons of

Sheedy Mac Owen, Donogh, Conmeadha, Conmara and young

i. e.

Sheeda in 15 marks more. Finian Mac Loghlan and his son in 15

marks. Terence Mac Donnell roe in 5 marks.' The son of Teige
Mac Mahon, i. e. the priest, the two sons of Loghlan Mac Mahon
and Mac O'Muldowney in 20 marks.
If any dispute shall happen among the parties, the same is to
be settled by Mac Loghlan [ ] Mac Grath, Mac Gorman and
Mac Gilla Riaba.

XXVI.
JS map jro
bo euj U;He<xj 0'tVuAbA;/< j-b/ie; j
le HA 7nj;n too eSeAn (C<xc bor-.
cbAb .;. oct robA jon IAOJA,
fe buAjb' b;ob J-CA/-^ ACUJ- j-ecbc CCA/ICA
ju^ <xb e fjn bo AJUJ- .xx. ACU^ tp) capAjll .j, t<x;^ jon<x b^unxxc <xju
m<x;e cr^llte :
<xjuj- jf j<xb fO n<x bu^^^be too b; <xj Ujtleag ^;y n
.). Sean oj (Dae CojAjn (De;c cSean, <xcu^ ?lob (D<xc boncbdb CDe;c Locblrjn 6o;n,
<xcu^-, (Dcxojleactftjn 0'CD<xo;ne<xcba;n ; acuf ceac^AWA co leb pe^A;n acuf <xb<xll-

jo/tt, *cuy *;t ce;Cfte toe; jce o^uf cejt^e j<x^rjbce too ba^^t le;^- na bu/tyjb pn :

a bcj^ O'ntfo ja <xta *n

frgf<An f;n ; <xcuy bomnall CDac boncba, A/7 O)AC ;^
AJ boiicbAb COAc bomnA;tl, nA a^^Ab o^tA f)a y;le ;
ACU^- CDAtJAmrjn 0'Con;n,
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bo jr;<x;na;^-e a;^ fjn ; ju^ too

y^^O;B e <xn r*;^ bob o;f an
n* mjle bt;aba;n, cujj .c.
acuj- t/t; .xx.

Sean 05 TO<xc Cojajn

?(ob CDcc boncbab, U/t/iab.

03aojl<;cla;n 0'

XXVI.

Translation. Marriage Settlement. A. D. 1560.

Thus has Ulick O'Broder given a dowry with his daughter, unto
John Mac Donogh, viz. 8 in calf cows, 6 dry cows, 7 heiffers and
a bull, in all 2 1 cows and 3 horses, viz. a mare with her colt and
a good gelding ; and these are the
which he gave to said
sureties

John, viz. Shane oge Mac Owen Mac Shane Hugh Mac Donagh ;

Mac Loghlan dun, and Malachy O'Meenahan, together with a

quarter and a half of land, an orchard and the scite of 4 houses with
4 gardens, over and above the said sureties. The said land is situ-

ated in the country of O'Haye. Donald Mac Donogh the eldest

son of Donogh Mac Donald is surety for them all. Mahon O'Co-
nin, the priest, is witness hereto and this deed is written in the
:

year of our Lord, 1560.

Mac Owen, surety.
Shane oge
Hugh Mac Donagh, surety.
Malachy Meenahan, surety.

XXVII.

en bu;ne ej^-bpea^ fsujfynfe 50<in

O'b;i;<x;n .;. Mjtla Ccmbmuman, Igtceat/tama ^

3 U C pj" * Cuajinpjpnloc, bo
an
0?e;c na COa/ia, a njeall pe b* ba beaj na
30 bjrujl
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jro bja;5 an tebceat,iama

r;n bo b;on <x5 ar bo rea/-aro so
(Dae na
ajuf ba ,H;oct jna b
CT3a,ia W5
50 feab a pw^alea: acur abmrjm nuc
,

bpi;l a/t nea^e a ua

f r clab ace urn
peat CD;c^l, bo 5 oban en lao; acur roar. :

an neaU n bo acab aa i an beaan bo

a
Djeall wr, aca;m n Con6uba,t 0'6 W a;n, a 5 co^ mo
,
la;me <x; n an bent; U ro. ^
n ab F;aba;n an dona^ca o r O
.;. Ua;cne Locl)lr;n, .;. O'Locb
CDac 3;lla 7?;aba, a u
w
5 r r?ua;b 2t)ac boncbab aju r S;oba 2t)ac
ao;r C wrt an tan ro m;le bl;aba;n, cu; 5 ceab, ba
bt;aba;n

CONOR THOMOND.

XXVII.

Translation.
Mortgage of Land. A. D. 1562.

Be it known unto all who shall hear this

writing that I, Conor
O'Brien, Earl of Thomond, have given the i quarter of Gortfinn
in
Tuamfinnlogh unto John Mac Namara in mortgage for 12 in-
calf cows, and I, the said Conor
O'Brien, do declare that I and
ray
descendants are bound to secure and maintain the
said i quarter
unto Mac Namara and his
descendants, until the term of its re-
demption, and I acknowledge that same is not
redeemable, except
at Michaelmas
by one day's impounding.* And in
ment of my receiving the said acknowledge-
consideration, and giving said land
for same, I, Conor
O'Brien, do set my hand unto this indenture
The witnesses are
Anthony O'Loghlin, that is, the O'Loghlin
Conor Mac Gilla Riaba,
Uorey Mac Donogh, and Sheeda Mae'
Rorey. In the year of our Lord, 1562.

CONOR THOMOND.
1

See No V_Many points of doubt and difficulty in our

history and antiquities would be ex-
pfcuned by the publication of the B.ehon Institutes. If the translations of the
of the country principal A >.
by the learned Doctor O'Conor of Stowe, now at
press, were followed byth*
Jd would be done towards
rendering our national history complete.
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XXVIII.

;S ye yeo cun/iab UjU;am CDe;c Seaajn b)' pea^ijala acuy TOac Con CDejc Seaa;n
2Qe;c bomnajtl 2l)ejc Co;nmeuba on <f;tl b;c jte cejle, f<\ ceanb leabceatbftaman
bon n?ljltbjc .7. <xn leeceab/iama jocea/tacb <fjuy aj yo ma/i p*a;;i U;lljam b;tfj-
:

b;yl; an frea/iajnb y;n uaba .;.

a bejt a njjlt pie ma/ij boj;<;e/je <xj mAO^<x;b <xn
oba;n, <xju^ bo jAfijt 2t)ac
pg Con <x;;t U;lt;am <xn

bo c<xba;/ic bo jrejn ; ba^^ y;n uaba,

<xjuy tuj UjU;<xm <xn

Con <x ;n*b j:e;n bUjlt;am <njfi <xn fea/tan acuy ba yljoce
o a;e ;na bpu;l <xn jrea/ianb yjn .;. a bo
po/KXjfbe Oun/i<xje;, <xcuy
conbcie <xn Cla;^ e <xcu^- jf <xn yo caob pa^ bub toua;b be Ounfi<xjcj <x e<x ye ; ftjuy
;

aj fO eeo^antact <xn pea/tajnb y;n .;. o boca^ Clajy; Cujljn co boc<xp n* Ctu<xn
2t)r;n;j;, <xcuy o Coba^ <in Caca 30 bocoiji <w Oajle b<x;n. pea-?lj yo cujb <in

;t<x;nb pn bo Co/ic<x;j .;. Co;tco.cb acuy aj yo anm an

an Cta;be acuy T?jnleacan ;

2t)acba;^e na Sjejtbe acuy 3^

ata an y;n .;. c dn ^ob^;i
pea/ta;n ^;ata acujr
an Sean-<f balljo^c, acuy jac a bpa;t acu/i/t yjn bjrea^an, ma^ beajiajn a a;nnj.

"2lcuf jf ;ab yo pajajn an cona/tta pn bo beanam .j. Ojca;/ie Oan^a;c;, S;acuy

O'Conalta;n, ajuy ^bj mac Cojn bJ'Cea^maba, ajuy Cabj 2t)ac
2t)ae 2t)acjamna,

pta)cbea/iea; j brt;b;n, ajuy Concuba/i 2t)ac ban J'J?oba;n, ajuy 2t)acjainna pjn
(T3ac Sea;n J'J?obajn, acuy boncbab 03 O'l?oba;n, acuy Seaan 2t)ac Concuba;ji
J')?0ba;n, acuy 2t)u^cbab 0'7?oba;n, acuy boncab 2t)ac bomna;lt J'Co/tnae .;.
Cle;/teac paetftujcc, acuy jf y;ab yo bajltjbe yejlb; an pea^a;n .j. Ojcaj/ie Oun-
pajte, Sjacuy O'Conallajn, acuy Cabj CDac OQacjamna. ^fjuy jy; aojy an Cjjeajf-
na an can yo .j. mjlj bl;aba;n ajuy .r. c. ajuy tfij bt;abna .x. acuy c^; xxjb.
<Tcuy fO lam 2t)e;c Con fDe;c Sea;n a;/i yo, bo cab^t bjcbbjylj an pea^ajn bU^U;am
OOac Seaa;n acuy aj yo mo co;l acuy mo aonea acuy ma;jne aeuy mo yeala
:

y;n bo. <Tjuy m;ye Cona;^e TOac fflajpjf 00e;c Co^nae bo yj^;ob yo ba ctojt

Oj" COey; Co/inae 0'fDae;lcona;^e.

C0u;^eabacb O'batrjb.
C?' CDey; Con^e.

XXVIII.

Translation. Deed of Sale of Land. A. D. 1573.

This is the covenant between William Mac Shane O'Farrell and

Con Mac Shane Mac Donald Mac Conmeada of Aillveg, concern-
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ing the lower half quarter of Aillveg, and thus has said William
acquired the fee simple of said land from Con, viz. said land being in
pledge for a noble mulct with the Rodan family, the stewards of the
Earl (of Thomond) and Mac Con requested of said William to release
the same, and to give him (Mac Con) the crop, which he accord-
ingly did, in consideration whereof said Mac Con made over unto
the said William and his descendants his right to said land. The
premises are situate in the parish of Bunratty and county of Clare,
in the North West part of said parish. These are the boundaries
of said land, viz. from the road of Clashquilin unto the road
of Clonmuny, and from Toberincaca unto the road of Bally,
bane. The proportion of said land is Corcaghincloy and Ring-
leckan, and the chargeable lands are Machairnasgeihe, Gortna-
killy,Gorlinleaghta, Gortintubber, the Old-Orchard, and all the
land which lies between them, though not here named. The wit-
nesses to said covenant are Siacus O'Connellan, vicar of Bunratty,

Teige Mac Mahon, the son of John O'Carmody, Teige Mac

Flaherty O'Liden, Conor David O'Rodan, Mahon finn
Mac Mac
Shane O'Rodan, Uonogh oge O'Rodan, John Mac Connor O'Ro-
dan, Morogh O'Rodan and Donogh Mac Donald OTornee, the
clerk of Patrick. The bailiffs who gave possession of said land
are the said vicar of Bunratty, and Teige Mac Mahon. In the
year of our Lord, 1573. This is the hand-writing of Con Mac
Shane, on his giving the fee simple of said lands unto said William
Mac Shane ; and 1,. said Con, do declare this to be my will, con-
sent and intention, and do affirm same with my seal. I, Conry
Mac Maurice Mac Torney wrote this by consent of both parties
on the green of Bunratty.
3~ I
Torney O'Mulconry.
Murray O'Daly.
I Conaire.
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XXIX.

Deed of Appointment by Mac Carthy More.* A. D. 1584.

To all men greeting. Where Teige Mac

Carthy, formerly Mac
Carthy More, aliasTeige naManistraghe, granted to Cathal O'Rourke
and his heirs, in consideration of the said Cathal being overseere in
buildinge or repairing, parllie at his own chardges, the weire on the
river Laune, adjoining Lough-leine (Killarney^ in Dheas-Mumhain

* The document taken from the patent roll, 13 Eliz. (1571,) presents
following curious
above Milesian grant " The most humble submission of the
striking contrast to the

unworthy and most unnatural Earl of Clancahir otherwise called Mac Carthy More, unto the
Right Honorable Sir Henry Sidney knight. I the most unworthy and unnatural Earl of Clan-
cahir, with inward sorrow of mind and most hearty repentance, calling to mind the great bene-
fits and exceeding bounty I have in sundry sorts received from the Queen's most excellent Ma-
jesty, and the place of honor and pre-eminence I have been most unworthily called unto by her

Majesty, far greater than ever I, accursed creature, have or can deserve, or that any of mine
ancestors heretofore have had, which, with bitter tears and compunction of mind I most
humbly
do confess, do so much the more aggravate the heinousness of mine offences, and heaps more

abundantly her Majesty's most just indignation against me, do most humbly acknowledge and
confess before you,my dear Lord and Governor, and this honorable Table, that being seduced
by that most perverse rebel, James Fitz-Morris and other of the Geraldynes his associates, upon
a false pretence to have a parley with me, and to conclude a
friendship betwixt the said James
nd Mr. Richard Grenville, then sheriff of the county of Cork, which when it took effect, I,
forgettingmy duty to Almighty God and obedience to her Majesty, was, by subtle intice-
ments and most wicked persuasions, induced and brought to take an unadvised and rash oatb ;

which done, I consequently entered into that fury and madness of unnatural rebellion against

my most gracious Sovereign, combining myself both with Sir Edmund Butler, and with all the
restof the principal rebels in Ireland, wherein, in sundry degrees, I have disloyally swerved and
declined from my allegiance to her Highness, by raising traiterously her Majesty's
subjects
against her Highness's peace and laws, besieging her towns, shamefully murdering and destroy-

ing her subjects, burning her houses and castles, and besides have committed, since my entry
into that my disobedience, sundry grievous offences, and heinous and detestable treasons, de-
serving extreme punishment and sharp correction : which my heinous misdemeanors as 1 neither

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(South Munster or Desmond,) by the appointment of the said Teige,

the office of Weareman, with the usual fees and rightes to the said
Cathel and his heires or Septe succeedinge him, as wearemen, to
take the h'she of said weare, and to sende the same to the house or
manor of the said Teige. Now know ye that I Donell Earle of
Clancare do herebye appointe Manus oge O'Rourke, weareman and
marshalle of all my houses and I the said Earle do manifestly de-
;

clare that the said Manus's duties and the fees of his saide offices are

mean or can in any sort justify or defend by any color, so I, for the same, prostrate here before your

Lordship, with most penitent and humble mind, humbly with all reverence voluntarily and freely
yield and submit my body, life, goods and lands to the order and disposition of her Highness,
beseeching, with all
humility and due reverence your good Lordship, my gracious Lord and Go*
vernor, and you the rest of the Lords and others of her
Majesty's honorable council to take com-!
passion upon me, and to be means to the Queen's Majesty, that her Highness, who hath been
ever, to her immortal fame, inclined to mercy and pity, will now vouchsafe to receive me
most and unworthy wretch of her creation to her clemency and mercy, and extend
vile
upon
me, above my deserts, her most gracious pardon, upon assured trust of my loyalty hereafter.
For, sith I came first to Sir Hum. Gilbert, and gave in my only son into his hands as a pledge
of my loyalty, truth and fidelity,
I have since continued a good, faithful and a true subject, and
ready at all times to employ myself in her Majesty's service, as far forth as my poor ability
would extend unto, as both the Earl of Ormond, when he had
charge, and likewise Sir Hum.
Gilbert in the time of his
charge, can well testify and declare, which '.if
her Majesty shall do,
by your good means, and the rather for that, I simply here prostrate
upon my knees before
your honors, submit myself, life, lands and goods, and am come in to present
myself volunta.
before you without any
rily pardon or protection, wlu'ch if I had either, by word, letter or pro-
mise in any sort, I utterly relinquish and forsake, reposing myself in your merciful considera-
tion and pitiful regard of my poor and wretched and hoping that those demonstration*
estate,
and tokens of my loyalty hereafter may move your grave wisdoms to be means to the
Queen's Majesty for me, and I shall,
according to my most bounden duty, pray to Almighty
God, to grant her a most
Majesty prosperous and happy reign over all her dominions and
subject* and immortal triumph over all her enemies ; and likewise that it should him please
to unseal my eyes, and grant me grace, by my dutiful and humble service hereafter, which
I do dedicate to her Majesty to the last drop of
blood to be spent to acquit and recom-
my
pence some part of my grievous offences past, which I will endeavour myself to perform. J
testimony of all and singular the premises to be true, I the said Earl of Clancahir have hereunto
subscribed my name. DONYLL CLANCARE.
(Rot. Pat. 13 Eliz. d. r. 6.)
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as followethe. Imprimis he is to receive from O'Sullivan-more, and

O'Donoughoe-more, and Macgillicuddy, for every night's cudihie
they paie yearelye, the hydes of all the beoves and the fellesof all the

shepe that shal be killed for the said Cudihies, together with the
chines of the said beoves and of hogges alsoe O'Sullivan Beara is to
;

give the said Manus his tribute, and from everie other gentleman or
person of my countrie or anie other that owes a night's supper, alias
a Cudihie, the said Manus and his heires are to receive the hydes of
the beoves, together with the chines of the beoves and hogges that
shal be killed for the provision of the said Cuddyhies : alsoe I
authorize the said Manus whensoever I or my heires shall not be de-
termined to repaire to the said gentlemen's houses, to spende the said
Cuddyhies, to take upp and collecte the same for my use, he the said
Manus beinge bound to sende the same to my house or manor,
receiving his accustomed fees ; and said Manus and his attornies are
to keep all the meat and victuals that shall be sent to my houses and
manors and moreover it shall be lawfull for the said Manus to re-
:

ceive on the marriage of every of my daughters, or of the daughter

of a Mac Carthy More, in facie Ecclesia?, from the husbande of said
as his fee ; and also the
daughter, five marks or five good hackneys
fosterers of my children are to pay him his fees and the said Manus
;

shall have the hides of all the beoves killed when I the said Earl shall

be in camp, mfustoheel, with Easter and Christmas offerings,

alias

and all other accustomed dues,- Datum vicesimo Septimo die Julii
anno Domini 1584, annoque regni Reginae nostrae Eliz. Vicesimo
Sexto.
(Signed) Donyll Clancare.
Witness. Moriertagh Mac Teige.
Teige Mac Derrnody.
Cormac Mac Owen.
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XXX.

an ftee;^, 50

f)an/<ujbe CDac ?(oba J'Jftabft fttjft;- Oj/x <x

bj:u;l bpon acu
bo cjoy ajam ft
jC;neot bun jajle <xjuy an jac y;le a;t ba bpajl fe <xj<xm,

cto;cb acu^ cytanb acuy fe*^ acuy jcej^ ftctif cojll <xj<xy mojn oicuy 7*7-5
e;te ba mbean<xn /te;^- na peA^Anajb ^n, bo
b<x oj j^jb
CD<xc Concubci;^ <xcu^- <xjuy b<x f;njno;^e<vba jn ft bjftj j jo
ua;m pe;n ftcu^-
om o; j/t; j ftcay om pnjnojb^; j am b;ajj, jo b^<xcb ;
ftcuf
CftCftl O'f?ftbftcft;n ftcu/- boncbftb O'??ftbacft;n mftft b*;l;b yejlbe le;y b* cu^ jnftt

jre;lb cyft;nceocu^- ftn tJft^lft pejmfidjte ^-;n ft jcu/t ftn yft e^-e;tl> oftte ^e;n ;
noft/i

bo be;^;m mo ceftce ftcu^- riiftontft ftn Cftj^c 7-0 bo cu/t ft meftm^ftm, ft l<xb;n
ft mOeft^la ftcu^-
an 3*^J^5 * bpsj^m btjj; ;
ftcuy cu;n;m mo Iftm ftcu;*
mo
ft/< n jCftpt ^o bo bgnftm ft
jrjftjnftjj-e y;n, ftcuy ftctfto;m o/tm but bo cu/t
mo tftjme ftcuj- mo ^-eftlftb ft^ jac Cftj/tt bjb pn m^ ;a^;:a)jte^ o/<m e bul an ;

bo be;^jmyj tOj^ftb pejm/ta;te fjn an ca;^t fo a mo tajm p e;n bon

ftn

y;n a bp;ajna;^e jac nbo;ne aj a Bpu;ljtt a tama aft an tjtj/t

n;u jCtra;n tjamct^a an 4 la bo m; <fp/<;l, 1586.

;
S.)

^Ia j:;aja;n bo b;b bo taea/i a nam yo bo p

S;ne bo laca/t na;m bo conp;^maca <xcuy ^eatataj fo.

By me, Robert Fentoine,

Jacobus Lukeus Testis.

Ry. White.

XXX.
Translation. Conveyance of Land. A. D. 1586.

XMANUEL. #
Be it known unto all who shall read this deed of assignment
and release that I Henry son of Hugh O'Grady, otherwise
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O'Gra,* have given all the land and ground and all my rent in Cinel-
Dungaley, and in every place where it is due to me both in stone and
tree, in grass and arable land, wood and bog, fish and water, and
every other profit, appertaining unto said lands to Donagh, son
of Conor O'Brien (Earl of Thomond) and to his assigns for
ever, from me my heirs and assigns for ever. And I send Charles
O'Rabecan and Donogh O'Rabacan as bailiffs with him, to put
him into the possession thereof. I give my permission and assent
to have this deed written on parchment, in Latin, English and Irish

in legal form, I set my hand and seal hereto in testimony thereof;

and I bind myself to go and put my hand and seal unto said other
deeds (in Latin and English) as shall be required of me. I the
aforesaid O'Grady do give this deed out of my own hand to the

said Earl in presence of all those whose hands are hereunto sub-
scribed this day, at Clonramtra, the 4th of the month of April,
1586.
3* I, Henry O'Grady. (L. S.)
The witnesses present at the
confirmation and sealing of
this deed.

By me, Robert Fentoine,

Jacobus Lukeus Testis,
R. White.

King Henry VIII. by letters dated 9th July, 1543, signified that he had granted to Sir Deni
O'Grada, knt. captain of hit nation, and to the heirs male of his body, all the lands, &c. which
he pretended a right to ; with a power to the Chancellor, Alen, to pass Letters Patent to him
of the same. They accordingly passed, reciting that the king and his predecessors were the
Lords and true possessors of all the manors, &c. of Thoymcreny, with various lands ; yet
the said Denis and his ancestors, the King's natural subjects, against their allegiance, and
without any usurped the premises, until of late said Denys, calling to mind as well his
title,

duty towards God, as his allegiance towards bis natural and liege Lord and King, humbly sub-
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XXXI.

+ IN DEI NOMINE. JSC njb jrojtl;-^ an ycji^on j-o, 50

bj:u;l bonchab bub 0)<xc
Conya;bjn abmatac an fO jeall bo b;b <x;j; jre;n a/t an jcu;b bo roolab bo ceatyumajn
3u;/tt <xn C^ocaj^e bo beb ac bja/\ma;b CDac Cmojnb ^ beaja uaba
fejn acuy o
50 b^<xc <xc
O;a^m<i;b <xcu^- <xj<x j-e;b/i;b

jo bp<x;,t <x cojl j:e;n o b;<x/im<x;b O'be<x j

c j:;<xb<x;n e;le b<v bjru

jab f;*bajn La^c^eac, bo b;b bo tacajft <xn
^c^i;b;n fo .;. b;<x <x^ ctu^-, ajuy CCat
COac bomna;ll 2l)e;c
Cony<xjb;n, ajuy b;<x^m<x;b O'pl<xnaj<x;n : itjuy b;<x^
65 O'U<xll<x;n bo yc^job fO bo cojl bonca;b CDe;c Con/-<x;b;n <xju^ ba
pula/tam
na yc^;ob*b a nb/^m COota^ <xn
ceat/iflimab la .xx. be Octobe^ 1587.

03" COjre boncbab CDe;c Conraibin.

Diarmitms Neallain Testis.

Copia vera examinata et concordans

cum Original! coram nobi.s infrascriptis.
Do. Myagh.
John Gold.

XXXI.
Translation. Release of Mortgage. A. D. 1587.

+ In the name of God. This writing maketh known that

Donogh
Duffe MacConsadine acknowledges that the
mortgage which he
had upon that part of the quarter-mire of
Gortanchrochaire awarded
,unto Dermot Mac Edmond O'Dea, shall be held
by said Dermo this
milted to the King and his laws; wherefore
the king,
considering and hoping that he and his
hereafter would
always behave like faithful and obedient subjects,
granted the said pre-
* as above, with a
provisoe of forfeiture, if he or his heirs should confederate with
any
els, or war against the Government. Rot. Pat. 35. Hen. F///._On 1st
August, 1582,
VGrady, alias Brady, gent, (son of Sir Denis
deceased) and Hugh Brady, obtained a grant
rf the Lordsh, p? , Manors, &c of
Tomgrenie, Ballyduff, Skariff, &c. for ever. Jtent VI and
two pair of gloves at All Saints, or St. *</. for
same. Rot. Pat.
heirs and from him the said Donogh, his heirs
assigns, for ever,
and assigns. Said Donogh also acknowledges to have received
full consideration from said Dermot for said mortgage of the afore-

said land. In testimony hereof the said signs these presents

Donogh
with the witnesses hereto. The witnesses present at this writing are,
God in the first place, Mahon Mac Donel Mac Consadin and
Dennot O'Flanagan. Dermot oge O'Neallan wrote this by the
consent of said Donogh Mac Consadin and at his request. Written
at Drummother, the 24th day of October 1587.
$3* I Donogh Mac Consadin.
Dermot Neallan, witness.

XXXII.
j< tfmen.

3(3 fo an a^uf an mola bo njne 0/tjan 2t)ac f?ubyia;be <xcuy Cojnrogba

j-oj/tm
fDoc Cajbj 0)3 CDe;c Ca;bj CDejc CDaejamna eba/t Loclr^n .p. O'Slat/ta acti/* OnOjta

pjean eSeajn <xn jleana, pan roe;b btfj/tnejy- (Da;/te n)'Se<xcnay<i;5 bpan <n;/t Sean
03<jic CDu^cbab J'Stat^tft .;. bo molaba^ atjamnac yetx^-c jn lao; no yeftc buacb ;n
ttxoj <xcuy bo yea/-; n<x befttto;ne a no;^- a^t Loclrjn ,j\. o^caf j<xc b;ol <xy jre;^
bo bey*

<xj loctr^n
bo jab<x;t yan mbo;n fetfz f<x man Key ^-<x e;/i. Cu;lte o;le, <ica n co)~

nu;bgc OD<xe b^u<X)beoiba ma^ ylan 5^0;^ ^ jn jean rSe<x;n <xn jleaSa ba bc;cj anuay
^ Locta;n .^. y<xn bpeajian jnab OOa^i n; Seacn<x/-a; j bo beb <xg loclaB .^. <Xft ceejtoma
bo pajbab a^ CTDajfie a^ a mbeb aj Loclan a^ ?lo;y
m;^ Cnr;c na Ca; je .;. n<x c^; ba
n C;5ea^na .j. ba Bt;abjajn bej aca^ cejc/ie .xx. acoy .r. .c. acay mjte, y
an
ceabta bfojma/t bo ^5^i;ob Cabj 0'Cle;^e an Jn;y le eo;l an ba ^tan.

toclrn .. O'Slat^a,
Loclajn .^. O'Slae^a.
<fn Co^-nu;b|c CDac b^aa;besa.

b/ijan CDac T?ab^u;be an molco;/i.

Cojnmeba CDac Cajbj.
acuj-
bo mo^ bo ma^bab &o a;/i
Ca;lteab e;le a; loclajn .^t. a^ a bpeaftan jceabna .;.
to/tama Seaajn CDejc 2t)u^cab J'Stac^a ma;lle ^e jac c^ujcneacca aeuy ^e jac
jrotata^ bjocajlle.
"?(
eajroyj Ono^a, Jnj;n cSeaa;n an Jleana abmalac ju/i jlacay na ba;pa o
iQctain )?uab O'Slaefta.
Onojta.
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XXXII.

Translation. Award. A. D. 1592.

& Amen.
This is the settlement and award made by Brian Mac Rorey and
Conmeadha Mac Teige oge Mac Teige Mac Mahon, between
Loghlan roe O'Slattery and Honor daughter of John of the Glen,
all the cattle belonging unto Mary Shaughnessy that re-
respecting
mained due of John, son of Morough O'Slattery, viz. they awarded
a dry stripper in-calf, with one in-calf heifer and one barren of the
present May
from said Loghlan roe to said Honor, she to take the
best payment that Loghlan can give in place of that barren cow

according to the times. Furthermore, Cosny

Mac Brody is guarantee
for said Honor, that if any charge be made on said Loghlan con-

cerning the land, he shall be entitled

to Mary Shaughnessy's claim

in the quarter-mire of Tuighe, viz. the three cows left to her thereout
to be enjoyed by him therein. In the year of our Lord 12 years, 4
score, 5 hundred and 1000,* and on
the first day of harvest this has

been written, by Teige O'Clery at Ennis with the consent of both

parties.

Loghlan roe O'Slatlery.

Bryan Mac Rorey, the Umpire,
Cosny Mac Brody and Coinmedha Mac Teig.
More, which Loghlan roe is entitled, out of the same land, viz.
to

a great cow which was killed for the funeral of John Mac Murogh
O'Slattery, together with all the wheat and liquor provided for same.-f-
Honor, daughter of John of the Glen, do acknowledge that I
I re-

ceived the said three cows from Loghlan roe O'Slattery.

I Honor.
* This custom of the reckon from unity,
Irish to is deserving the attention of the learned.
) The ancient Irish indulged in feasts and banquets at funerals, and this habit they are said
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XXXIII.

?(n meb ju a beaob c;ofa * n3*b<j J^/1 *"

bea/<la Jin/teaman
2t)ac Stjatjamna.;. an cJa^la
<xj tojba;l c;o^a an ^an bpea/ian, acu/- an
ma/t an jceabna aj tojba;l cjopx an ^an bpeapan cebna acu^ ; ba/t le Cabj
co;/t ;ab a/iaon bjmcu/t ya bfea/xn ; <xcu^- jtift co;l leo ^ jdc caob fjn bo
bo cum <x/t mb^e<xtnu;jre-ne &cuf <Xft molca <xn luf ^*o j<x bjru;t;b <x^ tam<x tt^
<xn

<x c<x 2t)uj^cea^cac cam Coma^iba Seana;n,

cu^- <D;a;tmajb GOejc 2t)u^cbab
;ab pep, pa m;onba, pa pu;/xeac ma/t bea^mao;^. )^- amta;b bo^ibu;jea-
ma;/i, an me;b jo^ bpua^ama;/t p;aba;n ^, ;u^ ab amta;b bo bj an pea^an pn jo b^ac
.;. t/i; ceb^amna be, aj joe ^i;y ra mO^;a;n, acur ceab/iama a; ;oc j\jf an Cayboj,

fujl bo cu;^eaba/t na punbu;^;be na pjaca ^ jac raob eto^/ia yan cotjtam. bo mo-
lama;^ne t/i; ceab^amna bon pea^an fja 30 pacab ua;b ^-o amac bo b;ot c;oya p)r
an Ja^ta J. 15 ^;U;nj; ya m"bl;abajn acuy bo pajbaba^i na cejcjte ba bo jlac ao
:

tJa/tla yan pea^an, an jonab a nbeacajb cajft;^ bo c)0f, ajuy a bp;neace an

a mao^, acuy c;o^- t/t; jceac^aman bpajba;t 30 yrajmneac
r^-a^u; jte bo ^;nbe a;^
ua;b fO amac acuy bo beanam a p;abnuj/-e y;n, bo cu;^em^ne, na moleo;^; ^eum-
:

fia;bce pn, a^ Lam ^ *n rS/1^^" r- ^ a Cta;n, an naomab la bo nj Jujl 1 593.

Qlf fj ceb^ama pajbamaojb aj an Caybo;j, an ceb^ama a^ a yo;beocaft p;aca an
Ca/-bu;j bo beb an .c. la.

TOu;^cea^tac Cam.
bomnall 2t)ajco^man.
O^jan 2t)ac (Wacjamna.
Diermoid Mac Morogh.
I, Teige Mac Brody, wrote the above order,
by the consent and appointment of the above
arbitrators. Witness my hand.

Teige Mac Brody.

to have borrowed from the Germans. Sir James Ware makes the following quotation from an old
"
book of canons taken from an ancient Every dead body has, in its own right, a
Irish Synod :

cow, and a horse, and a garment, and the furniture of his bed nor shall any of these be paid in
;

satisfaction of his debts ;

because they are, as it were, peculiar to his body." Ant. Vol. I. p. 152.

VOL. XV. M
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XXXIII.

Translation. Award. A. D. 1593.

Wliereas a dispute has arisen concerning the rent of Gabhair, be-

tween the Earl (of Thomond) and Teige Mac Mahon, to wit, the
Earl taking rent on the land, and the Bishop (of Killaloe) doing the
same ; said Teige considered that both ought not to do so ; wherefore
the parties have consented to submit the matter to the arbitration and
decision of us whose hands are hereunto subscribed, to wit, Morier-
tach cam Comorban of Seanan, Donald Mac Gorman, Bryan Mac
Mahon and Dermot Mac Morogh, and have bound themselves by
oatli to abide by our decision. We
do, (after hearing evidence,
that said land had been circumstanced thus, viz. 3 quarters paying
rent to O'Brien and quarter to the Bishop, before the arbitrators
1

had allocated their claims equally between them,) do adjudge that 3

quarters of the land shall henceforth pay rent unto the Earl to
amount of 15s. annually, that the 4 cows which he had taken on the
land are to be in payment of the past arrear of rent and the
trespass
committed against his steward, that he is henceforth peaceably to re-,
ceive the rent of said 3 quarters. In witness whereof we, the arbitra-
tors aforesaid, have set our hands to this writing, at Clone the 9th
day of July 1593. The quarter which we award to the Bishop is

that which shall be proved to have been the quarter originally

charged with his dues,
Muriertach Cam.
Donald Mac Gorman.
Bryan Mac Mahon,
Diermoid Mac Morogh.
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XXXIV.
OJC a fjof aj jac aon leajpu^ aju;- eajfbpea^ an ^jijbean ^-o, jo
ClQac br^n CDe^cOfimajn o Caca;/t TOu^cha <x
gCuneae an Claj/t anjjoll
co;ml;onba an o/tbuj jee too an Cjjeftna ono/iac Ja/Ua Cuab-
/tjnbeb eb;tam acu^-
muman acuj- a^t a Ian babba/tajb o;/tceapx e;le 4 beab^t mo ce/te <xjuy m;on<x;b f e;n $
<xn be/i;an btj jjm <x
lo^ mo mn<x .j. S;oban ) C0a5co^ima;n, <x jc<x;yten <xcuy <x bj:e^<xn <xn
buna mo;^, a^u^- ;n jac jre^an ele ba ^a;be ag boncbab fDac bja^maba ODac an
pp/imaca; j bo o; na ajan S;oban pn bo'n Ja^la fteam/ia;te ba o;^eab;b
jre/i po^-ba
ua;m fejOj om oj j^;b acu/- om fljflr^Ts <\%uf bo bej^;m, majllj p)p
;

mo ce^t acu/- mo tjbal ;re;n ^ an bc/t;an fjn Ca;/"len <xn buna-

mo;;! ami^l a bub^am^ ju^- an rjle pe^an, beana^ ^;/-, acu^ ju^" an u;le
;

yocamajl, pe^ acu^ ;tj^, acu^ r;/^e acu

;b;/t cojll acu^- pjdyj, acu/-
an r;le yocamal beanay ^;^ an bt/rjan an Ca;^-len acu^- p)f an an bjre^dn
<xnbuna-mo;^, amhr^t a bub^dm^ ; acuy jn jac pe^an ele ba jiajbe ajam, amrjl
cbena pn a bub^tm^, bon ;apla cena, ba o;j^eaba;b acuy bapjnr^, amba;l a bub^ia-
mr;^ ^oma;n uajm pe;n om n^nrjjtjb ambajl a bub;iama;t acuf
om o;5fieaba;b acu/-
:

bo benam a ba^ancay^a pn bon )a^ta, anajhajb an vjle by^ne ete, Cr^jmf) an CQat-
jama;n ;tem^a;cj coma^ca mo lajme acu/- mo y-ela 4. an fzujtyn yo aj Cujbfien
CujUe an 25 la bo Septerobe/t 1594.
Com^ca COat^amyjn 03ejco^ma;n. (L. S.)
Being present at the signing, sealing and delivery hereof
Teige Mac Brody. Dermod Mac Brody.

XXXIV.
Translation. Surrender and conveyance of Land. A. D. 1594.

Be it known unto all who shall read or hear those presents that I
Mahon Mac Dun Mac Gorman* of Caher Murogh in the county

f A
very ancient Irish family of Thomond. In an old document
now before me I find that
estates of Dromelihy and Cahir-
Melaghlin Mac Gorman died 1st May 1580, and that his
moroghs descended to his son and heir Dermot. The late respected Chevalier O'Gorman, dis-

attachment to Irish learning and was descended from- this family.

tinguished for his antiquities,

He died at Dromelihy, the ancient inheritance of his forefathers.

M 2
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of Clare, in consideration of the fulfilment of an award made be-

tween me and the honorable Lord the Earl ofThomond, and for
other lawful considerations on surrendering my right and title in and
to the one third which belongs to me in right of my wife Judith

Mac Gorman of the castle and lands of Dunmore, and all other
lands held by Donat Mac Dermot Mac Fermacaigh belonging to
said Judith in right of her husband to the aforesaid Earl, his heirs
and assigns, from me my heirs and assigns, do hereby assign my
right and title in and to said one third of the said castle of Diin ?

more before mentioned, with all the lands thereunto belonging and
every other emolument and profit both wood and moor pasture and
arable land, fish and water with the appurtenances, and in every
other land heloj by me as we have also before recited, to the said
Earl, his heirs and assigns, as aforesaid, from me my heirs and
assigns, and for warranting same to the said Earl against every
other person. I the aforesaid Mahon do set my hand and seal unto
these presents at Cuivren-colly the 25th day of
Sept. 1594.
The mark of Mahon Mac Gorman. (L. S.)
Being present at the signing,
sealing and delivery hereof.
TeigeMac Brody.
Dermod Mac Brody.

XXXV.
Teatamentum. A. D. 1603.

In Dei Nomine, Ego, Donaldus Mac Murucha, an

Amen.
Tarymun, non coactus, non impulsus, sed mera et propria ac le-
gitima voluntate, ad hsc inductus, facio ac condo meam ultimam
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voluntatem et testamentum, modo et forma subsequent!.

In prim is

rellegioac relinquo corpus meum sepeliendum in templo de Kilmo-

ry-Ibrecan. Secundo, rellegio et relinquo Domino meo, comiti
Donate O'Brien, foeudum meum seu lerram, scilicet semiquartam
existentem in villa de Cassleancalla et quecunque alia fceuda, seu
terras ubicunque sunt aut fuerunt, eidem Domino meo Donato, per
praesentes, relinquo. Tertio, rellegio et relinquo Johanni O'Griffa,
el Gradarium meum cum ephippio suo vice rerum omnium, quas

postmortem mecum consumpserit Quarto, rellegio : et relinquo

Domino Donato O'Brien alteram semiquartam vocatem Ballicassin.
In cujus rei irnponendi manum
testimonium, potestatem meam,
atque subscribendi, Donato Griffeo, per presentes, concedo. Datum
in Kilmory, secundo die mensis Maii, 1603.

Donaldus Mac Murcha en Tarymun.

Donagh O'Gripha.
Johannes O'Griffa, testis.

Thadeus * Gulliel. Mac Gillipatrick, testis.

xxxvi.
2Utie-ti.
}n ajnm an <fc<x^, acuy an
CD;c, acuy <xn Sp;/t;b
*
yo Cmr^n 3/<y -J- */* tur Qomna ye <inm bo
ja C;omn<x
bo cu;m/i)c CDaj^e CCaca;^ ajuy bo (Ojcel <f^b<xnjel, <xcu/- n<x bujlte
b;ojl<xn tx
CDa;n;j-ej;t beota; j. JCCGO, <nta ye
n<x t^; ^n<x yjn
yob ma/i p<xjbuy ye

The ancient family of Grace, whose chiefs were formerly Barons of Courtstown, co. Kil-

kenny, was descended from Raymond Le Gros (one of the principal invaders of Ireland in the time
of Hen. II.) by Basilia sister of Earl Strongbow. One of the direct descendants of this great family
SheffieldGrace Esq. of the Inner Temple, London, whose virtues would reflect honour on a nobler
race, ifa nobler could be found, has lately enriched the Biographical History of his country by
most invaluable Memoirs of his family ; an example, which, if generally followed, would prove
incalculably advantageous to the History of Ireland.
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an ceab t/t;an bun anam, <icuy an ba/ia e;vjan ba Jnjjn, acuy bo. cUijrovju .;. Seen
.7.

(Oac Uacej^, * acu^- an eriea^ tjvjan b<x mnaoj po^ca.

JCetfl, <x ta fe aj jrajtiajl jrjejb fjjUjnj eaeanac ajj QOaotyuan ClOa gfvjabajb.

acuy cujj /-SjUjrie a;s bj<x;tmajb 03<x ^^jabrjb, cujj rsjlljne <xj5 Sean 05
<icu^-

^3T *J3 r na PJ a J^ nJn ^ kj bo l<xtu;^ <w C;omcint;<x fjn, ma/t ata, A SAJ<X^C
umacbft pejn .;- CDaol^uana CDa Zw&b&j'o oc^u-f Seojn COoic Uatej^t, acu^- Conla
0'Col*;n <xcu/-
boncuan 0'Cu;l<x;n. <tnno bn; 1606.
JCCOO (xjj /"O na ^ecjto^tj b* jrag ^-e o^-cjona <x matu/- .j. S<xon 00<xc U<xee;;t 3 <vcu^-
ft Bean p'oyba fejn bo ^ej^ na bjrjajan cua^", an
xx. la bo m; becembe/t, anno 1606.

Cbm^n 3^*7re ^ bajleUaltefi a jCunbe Ceba^ta^c anb;op Le;jhl;n, 1606.

XXXVI.
Translation. Will and Testament. A. D. 1606.

>ji In the name of God, Amen.

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.

This of Edmund Grace thus begins, viz. First, he bequeaths

will
his soul unto God, and to the
protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
and Michael the Archangel, and to all the saints in the kingdom
to
of Heaven and his body to be interred in the Abbey of Booley.
;

Item, He leaves his worldly substance in three portions, and these

three portions he bequeaths thus, viz. The first for his soul, the se-
cond to his daughter and son-in-law John Mac Walter,* and the
third to his wife.

Item, he bequeaths 20 English shillings to Mulrony Mac Griflfa,

5 shillings to Dermot Mac Griffa, and 5 shillings unto John iu-

This John Mac Walter Walsh was one of the " heirs of the Walsh Mountains" in the

bounty of Kilkenny, and an excellent Irish Poet. Many beautiful poems df his composition,
in the Irish of the elegiac and descriptive kind, are
language, principally still extant ; several
of them in the possession of the writer hereof, replete with all the charms of poetry.
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nior. These are the witnesses present making of that will,

at the
viz. the priest of his own testament, i. e. Mulroney Mac Griffa,

John Mac Walter, Conly O'CoIlins and Duncan O'Collins. A. D.

1606.
Item, these are the executors whom he appointed over his worldly
substance, viz. John Mac Walter and
(the testator's) wife, ac-
his

cording to the above witnesses, the 20th day of December, 1606.

EDMUND GRACE.
(Indorsement.)
The will of Edmund Grace of Walterstown in the Co. of Carlow,
diocese of Leighlin, 1 606. Probat'. Tho. Cane. Leighlin.

XXXVII.
ifntrjne <f Ijny;.
<H ra;my; boronall O'bala acuy Co/tmac O'i)u^n abmalac ju/t jlacamajp ceb/te
pujne b^jeab co/tonsa Sacyan, ju/t ab e mejb roeabr^beay an eunya be .;. cu;j
yjjlljnje, acuy p;ce yjjtljnj cum an pf^ne be, ma/t jell aj/< lejtceb/iama nvj/t 3u;/te-
na-j;tejye pa ma/i jabay ye <xcuy fjn bo be;t uajne <xj
;b;/t ce<xn <icuy cijt e;le,

cuy <x; <x

o;j^; j<x;K, o
uajne <xcuy na^ nO;jft; j;b, <xcuy bp;<xcba;b o^ir;n *n
pa ma^ a jabay, bo ygfam acuy bo coynam anaj?)a;b jac en bujne, no jo
bpaja ye ce;c^e pr^nt b^jeab jlan pa ma/t a ca yj^jobca cuay <xcuy aeamaO;bn; :

abmalac jo tujam^ yglb an lebceb/tama m;^ y;n acuy an ajc; jce aeon jac en ea/tba
ba mbeanan le;y, pa calam acuy oy c;oii talaman, b<tne^ne iftjiiy;, no 30 bpaja ye
a cujb pejn. Curiftab e;te a tamao;bn; bo benam le b<fnt^ne, acuy e;yjn tjne, a jaba;t
an pe^rjnyjn uajbe acuy bpjacbajb oprfi ba p'jce na jajlljme bo c^u;cneact c^ua;b
jla;n bo tab^e btCfiti^ne, no bo; j^ij jjb no ba co^ne an ya bljajrjn, acuy mu^ yjn jac
e;n bl;ajr^n no 50 bpaja ye a cr^b ^j;b an ya me;b na cuj ye ua;be e acuy aeama- ;

o;bn; an bomnatt y;n acuy an Co/tmacyjn, ba^t ceanjal pejn, acuy a/t nbutba acuy ^
n^ne;y acuy $ no; j^; je lejy jac e;n cgnjal ba pr^l euay an y;n, bo cojntjonab btfntrjne
acuy ba o;^^;jjb acuy comay a; ifntrjne ^ njeatl te ce;te bo jtacab, no jett br^ne
;

ajr^n, no $ pea^yana ba mab c^ua;b bo, acuy fte p;^;iie bo beanam bo na cona/tca;b yo
bo cu;/team^ yela ;ac bu;ne ajr^n ^ a yj^jbjon yo, acuy pa bea^ia bon yj^bneo;^ <{
bo yj^obab acoy an eaonmab la bej bo mj j;un, acuy a; yo ao;y an C; j-
:

an canyo, CD;le acuy ye .c. acuy occ ml>t;a jna.

bomnall -7 O'bala.
Co/imac -7 O'l~)upr,tt.
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lae^ne, na pea/tj-jn bo /<jneab an fzwfyon fO, acuf eujab$ yealb b&

ifcuj- ba/< j-o,
no. crjn jeallrjb <x ta
iamr;b jrc;nbrfnt^ne <ft;y-e, acuj- tuj <f ntr;ne bojfy-;n a^f j $
tuaj- tana, acu^-
bo fj/vjobab an tpjfttjn a ea cuay an pn fiojm lajm act//- ^o;m y-ela.
O'Clej^jj, an 4 ?*^^ FJ*
(10;p, C10u;^cg^cac r"

Sean ^ O'bala teftjf.

), <fob (Cu;/tcg^cac
O'bata ^j^bneoj^ acu^-

XXXVII.

Mortgage of Land. A. D. 1608.

From Anthony Lynch.

We Donald O'Daly and Cormac O'Houroune do acknowledge to

have received four pounds crown stamped money of England, every
5 shillings weighing an ounce, and 20 shillings makeing a pound
sterling, in consideration of the quartermire of Gortnagreisi with
itsappurtenances ; to have and to hold same unto the said Anthony
and his heirs, from us and our heirs, and we are bound to uphold
and maintain said land with its appurtenances unto him against
all persons until he shall receive from us 4 pounds sterling money, as
is above written : and we acknowledge that we have given the pos-
session of said half quartermire and
appurtenances and profits
all its

issuing therefrom, over and under ground, unto said Anthony Lynch
until he shall be repaid. We
further covenant with said Anthony
and he with us, that on our receiving the said land from him, we
are bound to give yearly unto him his heirs or attorney two pecks
of Gall way measure of hard clean wheat, and so to do every

year until he shall be repaid the money aforesaid which he advanced

us. And we the aforesaid Donald and Cormac do bind ourselves,
our property, our cattle and our heirs for the performance of all the
above covenants unto said Anthony and his heirs. And said
Anthony shall have it in his power to levy from us jointly or severally,
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or even to arrest our persons, if under the necessity of so doing, and

in testimony of these covenants we have set our seals respectively to
and caused the Scriviner to write our names,
this writing ,
1

this 1 1th

day of June in the year of our Lord 1608.

his

Donald A
O'Daly,
mark.
his

O'Houroune, Connack A
mark.
In presence of us the undersigned this writing has been made,
and they (the parties) have given possession by their own hands
unto said Anthony Lynch, and he has restored it unto them again on
the conditions above recited and the marks above were written be-
;

fore their hands and seals.

I Muirceartagh O'Clery, the priest, witness of the above contract.

John + O'Daly, witness.
I Hugh Muircearteagh O'Daly, scriviner, and witness.

XXXVIII.
<xon
o
, 30 bpujljmpj (Doncba TOac Loclajn fiu<x;b r; (Dala pjobnabeajta. <x
Oceanian)* a mbafuineace Oo;/tne a ccontae an Cla;/i, brjne u<x^-<xl, <xbmd.lac <xn

ju/t jtac me fs b^jeatt jtan co^one* na Saj^oin comjtan,

pujne
com/tucbami^l <xcuy map
<xca <xn ca^tjeb pn <x fcj j <x
Saj^n a no;;-, jra n<xm <x

btucco.fi <xm<xc e, p<x ma^t <x c*;b ce;Cfte buii^a

an px p'unc, <xjuy cujj ^3;tl;nje <xry-<x
ba pjns;n beg n* S<xj^<xn <xn ^-a ^;ll;nj o <Tnto;ne 03<xc
co/tonto. Sg-
CDejc <fmb^6j/- <Tt;iip o ^jlljm ce<xnu; je, acu^- dc<x;mp ftn boncba y;n, <x^
yon <xn ^3Jb y;n, a cab^e lebcgbftama m;^ pe^<x;n .;. an ba/ta cu;b bej bo ceac-
jtariiajn ba;le b<x/i <xb a;nm tgbcebfiuma m)j\ "&WC
n<x

j^jn, e;bj^ ajc acuy jdft^<x;be, acuy <x;cjujab, ejb;^

a majtte ^ejyjn rjle yocfxx^ <xcuy amuncu/i acuy renmencj ba mbeanan
VOL, XV. N
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be pao; ealam Acuy oy cjofi

bpe;taiiy;n,acuy buy cojft bo bo beje ceanjAjlce
ralaman, uajm pejn om o^jjjb, om yejcebu;/i;bjb acuy om nn^ujft; j;b urn b;<xjft,
bon <fneo;ne fiemfiajbte yjn, ba o; jjt; jjb, ba ye;cebu;ftjb acuy ba bpnjn; j)b ana
b;aj3 50 yjo/iftu;be acuy 30 bftacb, amajl acuy ma^t <v ta ye a3am pejn
7<u;be ma/t crjtt pana om b/t<x;e/iec<xjb ; acuy py, pa nxx/i <xt<x;b ce;t/i
bal<x o Cuabmuman 50 ce<xn
acuy 50 c^;o
JTjobn<xbe<Xfi<x <xj mrjne;^
J<x/tla

btjabna acuy cec on mbeallcojne <xy 5<x;/ie ceb la bo m;

bon bcica 7-0,
<xn

1590, acuy an pe/tan y;n bo conjmajl o ifybcjjeaftnabajb an peftojn a/t a

noca ara bo co;^ acuy bo jnacajab bt; je ^. acuy a ta;myj, an (Doncba cebna
bom ceanjat pejn aii yo, a cgnjal mo; j/vj je mo ye;cjb;u;ft)be acuy mo by;njna;be
le;y;n lebcgb;tu;ma;n m;/t cebna 3"j^t-n<i-bfi;ye, amajtle ^e;y;n r^te n;
ba mbeanan
te;y, acuy buy co;/t bo bo beb ceanja;lce be, bo yeayam, bo ba/iancay, bo cocbu j-
ab acuy bo coyajnc bon <Tnco;ne y;n, ba o;j;t;b;b, acuy ba foyejceb;/iu;b, acuy
ba y;njnj j;b 30 b/tacfo, anabaj j jac r^le br^ne 30 cean, ajuy 30 c^jocnujab na
bftjmyjfte a ta 3an caebam bon tea^ma bl;abna, acuy ceb y;n a bub/iam^ tbuay
.j. bl;abajn teayba bo ceji^e f)tc)t, o bealtto;ne yo cu3a;n
ay 3^6 bo bata na
yc/tjbjne yo jre;n, ama;t acuy ma;t bo bena )a^la Cuabmuman yeaya;n ce;c^e
ye;y;b p;nebea^a bo mvjntjft bala, bo ^ej^ a 3cona/ica lejyjn Ja^ila. Cu;tte .;.
D;ob a p;oy a3 3ac aon bYjne 30 btucaya an boncba ^em/tajbce yjn, ;iem lajm
jrejn, yealb y;cojtce, l;b^e an yeaya;n an ya tebceb/tama;n m;^ cebna y;n 3"^ c
na b^;ye an 3ac r;te n; ba mbeanan le;y bon tfnco;ne /lem^ajbte y;n, OOac Sema;y

mejc <fmb^5;y <ft;ny; bo ^ej^ epeacta, acuy po^ma na y3^;bjne yo anuay acuy ;

ma/t bea/ibab, acuy ma/t po^Uyjujab ^ 3ac n; be yjn, bo cbuj^ieaya boncba O'bala
mo lam a3uy mo yela ^ an y3/tjb;n yo, an 18 la bo mj be;yembe^, a
bpjobnabgpa,
tfrio bom;n; 1612,
acuy an ya naomab bl;abajn bo ^ojact a^ bD^jOriya 3riayamr;l
Semay, bo j^tayajb be; 17^3 Sa3yan, na p/tajnce, acuy na bC^efi, acuy an ya
cu;3eab bl;ab<x;n acuy ba p;c;c bo ^p^ace na btflban, 7c.
boncba O'bala.
yo na p;aba;m bo bjb lac^, an u^ a u/3ab an y3^;b)n yo <xyc;3 a meam/taro,
tf

ojn bo cuj^teaya an boncba O'bala yo ayb;3b, lam a3uy yela ^ an ys/ijbjii yo.
S;ne an rnrjnc;^ a3 a bpu;l;t a nanmana acuy coma/tta a lama aii yo y;oy.

Hugh O'Finne.
Nehemias O'Davoren.
yo na pjaba;n bo b;b la;t;^, an r<{ bo cusaya an boncba O'bala, yo aybj3,
yealb y;tojlte Ijb^e an yeya;n ftem lam pe;n an ya bpe^an yo ayb;3, acuy n
e n; ba mbeanan le;y, ba bon
acuy bpu;l cean3a;lce be, <fnbto;ne
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fO o.fc) j,
bo /ie;;i ejreact* acuf po^ma na fj/rjb;ne 7-0 a^b; j. Sjne an mrjnrj/t
<x
bjruljb
o. nanaroana actty coma^ta a. lam an yo f)Of.
bomnall mac
<fob O'baboj/tn. i Nehemias O'Davoren.
Hugh O'Finne. i Locla;n O'bala.

XXXVIII.

Translation. Assignment of Land. A. D. 1612.

Be it known unto all who shall hear, read, or understand this

writing, that I,Donogh Mac Loughlin roe O'Daly, of Finvarra in

the parish of Octamama (Oughtmanagh) and barony of Burren, in
the county of Clare, gent, do acknowlege that I have received Q of
pure crown stamped money of England, as pure, as refined and as
valuable as that coin now is in England, and as it was when
first itwas made current, consisting of four ounces to every pound
sterling, and 5 shillings to every ounce, and 12 crown stamped pence
of England in each shilling, from Anthony Mac (Fitz_) James Mac

(Fitz) Ambrose A'Linsi (Lynch) of Gallway, merchant. And I the

said Donogh, in consideration of said sum of money, do give the
half quarter-mire of land, viz. the one-twelfth part of a quarter
of a townland, called the half quarter-mire of Gortnadrise, of the
townland of Finvarra itself, with its scite, garden and dwelling,
pasture and arable land and water, with other profits, royalties,
all

and tenements, appertaining unto said land, over and under ground,
from me, my heirs, executors and assigns after me, unto said An-
thony, his heirs, executors and assigns, after him, for ever, as fully
as I possess it myself for ever, as my dividend from my relatives ;
and 4 sessioghs of Finvarra are held by the Daly family from
as the
the Earl of Thomond, until the end and expiration of one hundred
and one years from the May next after the first day of May, 1590,
N 2
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same to be held from tlie chief Lords of the soil, for the service due
and accustomed in law. Now I the said Donogh do bind my-
self, my executors and assigns the said half quarter-mire of
heirs,

Gortnadrise, with its appurtenances and all other things which ap-
pertain to same, to uphold, warrant, maintain,
and protect unto said
Anthony, his heirs executors and assigns, henceforth, against every
person, until the endand expiration of the said term of 101 years
as yet unexpired. viz. a year wanting of 80 years from May

day next after the date of this writing, in like manner as the said
Earl of Thomond shall maintain the said 4 sessioghs of Finvarra
unto the Daly family, according to their covenant with the said Earl.
Further, be it known unto all men, that I the aforesaid Donogh,
with my own hand, have given the quiet and peaceable possession,
livery and seisin of the said half-quarter-mire of Gortnadrise, with

every thing thereto appertaining, unto the said Anthony Mac James
Mac Ambrose Lynch, according to the intent and meaning of the
In testimony whereof, 1, the said Donogh
foregoing writing.
O'Daly, have set my hand and seal to this writing the 18th day
of the month of December, at Finvarra, Anno Domini 1612, and
9th year of the reign of our gracious prince James, by the
in the

Grace of God, King of England, France and Ireland, and in the

45th year of his reign of Scotland.

Donogh O'Daly.
These are the witnesses present when this writing was given,
upon parchment; for I, the within-named Donogh O'Daly have
setupon this writing my hand and seal. We the persons whose
names and hand-writings are hereto subscribed.
Hugh O'Davoren.
Hugh O'Finne.
Nehemias O'Davoren.
 These are the witnesses who were present
when I, with my own
and livery ol
hands,delivered the quiet and peaceable possession
unto the
with all its appurtenances
the within mentioned land,
to the true intent and meaning
within-named Anthony, according
of the within writing.

whose names and hands are hereto

set
We :

O'Davoren, } Nehemias O'Davoren,

Hugh
HughO'Finne. $ Loughlin O'Daly.
Donald Mac Gernasdir.

XXXIX.

<ft ro ta W na t>en<xm
*fi n
> cu r ^ na .

ba oz^aba ^f
no an

ny +
mark.
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JS
lam<x
;b ro
Fj^n
<xja^ yela Ono^jn
bo bj bo
bo
(Dae Sujbne,
tat^
cu/i.
, wbaptor ro bo rj^obab, w ba l* a/ c

j:;ne.
Sean O'Coana,
j:;ne.
Donnell Conry.
Morish
O'Mullconry.

XXXIX.
Translation. Assignment of Land. A. D. 1619.*

These presents have been made and

written on the 15th
June 619 and make it day of
known, that I, Honor, daughter of Daniel
son of John
O'Mnldowney of Ballyhybroackaran, by these
presents do
resign my right and title in the half of quarter Ballyhybriackara,
from myself,
my heirs and assigns, unto
the Earl Donat O'Brien
Thomond, president of the two provinces of
Munster, and to his
heirs and
assigns for ever, without laying
any claim or preferring
any suit to said land for ever. And I
acknowledge to have received
satis from
actory payment said Donat
O'Brien, as consideration for
land, and I hereby
give my own place, my release and as-
I

of said land unto said Donat

sjgnment O'Brien, his heirs and as-
signs for ever, from
myself, my assigns and executors ; and also I
e atoresaid
Honor, do acknowledge myself bound to go to everv
Place which the Earl shall require of me to go, to secure him in the
il
possession of said land, to
appear before the law, or t> to
ther place which the
Earl or his heirs shall
require of me
And I
acknowledge, thro' virtue of the bonds which by
& at
every time that the Earl or his heirs, or his
attorney
* From
this period
few, if any> legal instruments were written
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shall require of me to appear tohave these presents put into legal

form, as the Earl's lawyer shall order, from time to time that I shall
so appear. In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal

the day of the month above written.

her
Honor + O'Donnell,
mark.
The witnesses present at the writing of this assignment, and of
Honor's setting her hand and seal hereunto are
Daniel Mac Sweeny, witness.
John Coony, witness.

Donnell Conry.
Morish O'Mulconry.

of Irish Deeds, I may, to the more ancient of them,

this collection
Having now concluded
of Saxon instruments of a similar nature, by the celebrated English
apply the description given
" The Saxons, in their deeds, observed no set forme, but used
Antiquary, Sir Henry Spellman
the thing intended with all brevity, yet not wanting the
honest and perspicuous words to express
essential partsof a deed as the names of the donor and donee, the consideration, the certainty
;

the estate, the reservation, if any were, and the names of

of the thing given, the limitation of
were many, some for the one part and some
for the other. As for
the witnesses, which always
was not usual
it amongstthem. Seals they used not at all, other than (the common seal
dating,
which they, and all nations following the Greek and Roman
of Christianity) the sign of the Cross,
Church, accompted the most solemn
and inviolable manner of confirming." The Irish deeds of
of those commonly in use in the time of
more recent dates generally come within the description
" I observe in the deeds of
Hen. III. of and afterwards, as given by the same Author
England
that time a very absolute and methodicall composition, which therefore hath ever since been re-
the parts here following :
ceived, and conteyneth in a manner to this day consisting upon
;

2. The Parties. 3. The Consideration. 4. The Words of Grant or Donation.

1. The Direction.
The Habendum or Estate granted.
6. The thing granted. 6. The Estate of the Granter. 7.
10. The Tenure. 11. The War-
8. The Use whereto. 9. The Reservation, if any were.
13. The Date. 14. The Witnesses." SPELLMAN
ranty. 12. The Sealing and Delivery.
and Charters." Vide his English Works, folio, London, 1723. p. 234.235.
of Ancient Deeds
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