Betham (William)
- 1779–1853
- authors, scholars
(Sir) William Betham, English antiquary and collector of manuscripts; member of the Royal Irish Academy
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Fitzpatrick, Siobhán, “Seosamh Ó Longáin and the Royal Irish Academy”, in: Pádraig Ó Macháin, and Sorcha Nic Lochlainn (eds), Leabhar na Longánach: the Ó Longáin family and their manuscripts, Cork: Clo Torna, 2018. 117–138.
Sharpe, Richard, “Appendix 2: Manuscripts of the Betham collection as appearing in the 1847 valuation-list”, in: Pádraig Ó Macháin, and Sorcha Nic Lochlainn (eds), Leabhar na Longánach: the Ó Longáin family and their manuscripts, Cork: Clo Torna, 2018. 347–358.
Sharpe, Richard, “The manuscripts of Micheál Óg Ó Longáin that were sold to Sir William Betham”, in: Pádraig Ó Macháin, and Sorcha Nic Lochlainn (eds), Leabhar na Longánach: the Ó Longáin family and their manuscripts, Cork: Clo Torna, 2018. 259–332.
McGuire, James [ed.], and James Quinn [ed.], Dictionary of Irish biography, online ed., Online: Royal Irish Academy, Cambridge University Press, 2009–present. URL: <https://www.dib.ie>.
Ní Úrdail, Meidhbhín, The scribe in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Ireland: motivations and milieu, Studien und Texte zur Keltologie, 3, Münster: Nodus Publikationen, 2000.
Preliminaries; 1. Introduction; 2. The Ó Longáin scribal family; 3. Material contained in the Ó Longáin manuscripts; 4. Script and print: interactions and reciprocal influences; 5. Conclusion; Appendix: manuscript reproductions; Bibliography and indexes.
Phair, P. B., “Betham and the older Irish manuscripts”, Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 92:1 (1962): 75–78.
OʼCurry, Eugene, Seosamh Ó Longáin, and John O'Beirne Crowe, “[Unpublished catalogue of the Betham collection of manuscripts in the Royal Irish Academy]”, 5 vols, unpublished, 1851?. Manuscript.
Vols 1-2 (RIA MS 67 E 15-16) by Eugene O’Curry -- vols 3–4 (RIA MS 67 E 17-18) by Seosamh Ó Longáin -- vol. 5 (RIA MS 67 E 19) by J. O’Beirne Crowe. The date of writing is currently unverified.
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scribes:Ó Cléirigh (Seán) ... d. 1846
Betham, William, Irish antiquarian researches, 2 vols, Dublin: William Curry, Jun. & Co., 1826–1827.
Betham, William, Irish antiquarian researches, 2 vols, vol. 2, Dublin: William Curry, Jun. & Co., 1827.
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Betham, William, Irish antiquarian researches, 2 vols, vol. 1, Dublin: William Curry, Jun. & Co., 1826.
