Manuscripts

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 26 Book of Fenagh (Leabhar Fidnacha)

Irish
1516
Irish manuscripts
vellum

General

Identifiers

Location

Ireland Dublin, Royal Irish Academy

Shelfmark

23 P 26

Classification

Cat. no. 479

Title

Book of Fenagh (Leabhar Fidnacha)

Provenance and related aspects

Language

Irish

Date

1516

1516.

Hands, scribes

Muirgheas mac Pháidín Ó Maoil ChonaireÓ Maoil Chonaire (Muirgheas mac Pháidín)
(d. 1543)
Muirgheas mac Pháidín Uí Maoil Chonaire, of Cluain Plocáin, scribe and compiler of the Book of Fenagh (RIA MS 23 P 26).
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Muirghes Ó Máel Chonaire

Codicological information

Material

vellum

Dimensions

30 cm × 23 cm

Palaeographical information

Layout

41 folios

Irish manuscripts

Sources

Primary sources This section typically includes references to diplomatic editions, facsimiles and photographic reproductions, notably digital image archives, of at least a major portion of the manuscript. For editions of individual texts, see their separate entries.

[dig. img.] “Royal Irish Academy”, Anne-Marie OʼBrien, and Pádraig Ó Macháin, Irish Script on Screen (ISOS) – Meamrám Páipéar Ríomhaire, Online: School of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1999–present. URL: <https://www.isos.dias.ie/collection/ria.html>.

direct link

[ed.] Hennessy, W. M. [ed.], and D. H. Kelly [tr.], The Book of Fenagh in Irish and English, Dublin: Alexander Thom, 1875.

Internet Archive: <link>

Secondary sources (select)

Mulchrone, Kathleen, Thomas F. OʼRahilly, Elizabeth Fitzpatrick, and A. I. Pearson, Catalogue of Irish manuscripts in the Royal Irish Academy, 8 vols, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, 1926–1970.

8 volumes: Vol. 1, pp. 1–654 (fasc. 1-5) -- Vol. 2, pp. 655–1294 (fasc. 6-10) -- Vol. 3, pp. 1295–1938 (fasc. 11-15) -- Vol. 4, pp. 1939–2578 (fasc. 16-20) -- Vol. 5, pp. 2579–3220 (fasc. 21-25) -- Vol. 6, pp. 3221–3500 (fasc. 26-27) -- Vol. 7 (index 1) -- Vol. 8 (index 2).

Vol. 2, fasc. 10: 1284–1286 [id. 479.]

Macalister, R. A. S. [ed.], The Book of Fenagh: a supplementary volume, Dublin: Stationery Office, 1939.

Irishmanuscripts.ie: <link>