Manuscripts

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D iv 2

Irish
s. xv
Irish manuscripts
vellum + paper

Identifiers

Location

Ireland Dublin, Royal Irish Academy

Collection: Stowe and Ashburnham collection

Shelfmark

D iv 2

Classification

Cat. no. 992

Provenance and related aspects

Language

Irish

Date

s. xv

15th century.

Origin, provenance

A note by Sair Seon Mailéadanan says the manuscript was written at Cell Cormaic, now Kilcormac, Co. Offaly (i mainistir Chilli Cormaic, f. 54vb).

Hands, scribes

Ó hAchoideirn (Eóghan)Ó hAchoideirn (Eóghan)

Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.

See more Anonymous [scribe in RIA D iv 2]Anonymous ... scribe in RIA D iv 2

Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.

See more Mac Aodhagáin (Seán)

Mac Aodhagáin (Seán)

(fl. 15th century)

Irish scribe responsible for the literary miscellany in RIA D iv 2, ff. 74-89r.

The three main hands identified in the catalogue description are as follows:

Eóghan Ó hAchoideirn (hEachthigheirn). Most of the vernacular tales concerning classical traditions, such as Togail Troí, are in his hand.
an anonymous hand responsible for the copies of Lorgaireacht an tSoidigh Naomhtha and In cath catharda
Seán Mac Aodhagáin (Seáan Mac Aedacain), whose main contribution is the literary miscellany on ff. 74r-89r. Ó Concheanainn identifies him with Seán mac Conchobair (d. 1487), ollamh to Clann Riocaird.⁽¹⁾^{n. 1} Tomás Ó Concheanainn, ‘A Connacht medieval literary heritage’, Cambridge Medieval Celtic Studies 16 (1988).

Codicological information

Material

vellum + paper

Table of contents

Legend

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Irish manuscripts

Sources

Notes

^1.

Tomás Ó Concheanainn, ‘A Connacht medieval literary heritage’, Cambridge Medieval Celtic Studies 16 (1988).

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>.

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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. 6, 3297–3307 [id. 1223.]

Ó Concheanainn, Tomás, “A Connacht medieval literary heritage: texts derived from Cín Dromma Snechtai through Leabhar na hUidhre”, Cambridge Medieval Celtic Studies 16 (Winter, 1988): 1–40.