Manuscripts
f. 73ra.1–
[Noí meic déc Ailill Auloim]
Incipit: ‘Cain cuic maccu Crimthaind sreim’Explicit: ‘Noi meic déc Ailill Auloim[.] Saltair Caisil cc.’
Acephalous genealogical poem on the Munstermen. The opening line lost from the beginning is repeated at the end.
f. 73va.16–
[Clann Ailella Oluim uill]
Incipit: ‘Clann Ailella Oluim uill’Explicit: ‘clann Ailella Aulum. cland’
Poem (8 qq).
f. 73vb.5–
[Apair ri síl nEógain Móir]
(section)Heading/rubric: ‘Senchan Torpeist cecinit so sis’Incipit: ‘Abbair fri sil nEogain Moir’
Poem (17 qq in total). The page contains the first 11 qq, while the final 6 qq are found on f. 75 (below).
f. 74ra.1
[Coica traiged tolaib tlacht]
Incipit: ‘Coica traiged tolaib tlacht’
Quatrain concerning Tadg mac Céin.
f. 74ra.4–
[Cethri meic i nAiliuch]
Incipit: ‘Cethri meic i nAiliuch’
Poem (5 st.).
f. 74ra.19–
[Patricius an seinen ausgefallenen Zahn]
Incipit: ‘A fhir há / focus mennatan i mbá’
Poem (5 qq).
f. 74rb.1–
Poem (29 qq, incomplete), with glosses between the lines and in the margins. The text breaks off at the end of the column.
f. 75ra.1–
[Apair ri síl nEógain Móir]
(section)
Final 6 qq, continued from f. 73vb.
f. 75ra.17–
Heading/rubric: ‘Hibernia insola inter duos filios principales Militis’
Genealogical tract, edited by Kuno Meyer, ‘The Laud genealogies and tribal histories’, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 8 (1912): 291–302. A historical framework is established in the beginning of the tract: (a) an introductory paragraph in Latin (beg. Hibernia insola inter duos filios principales Militis); (b) a genealogical exposition of the early kings and chiefs of Ireland which following the scheme adopted in Lebor gabála, generally focuses on the line of descent from Érimón, through his son Íriel and grandson Ethriel, down to Cobthach and further down to the sons of Níall; (c) The focus then shifts towards Éogan mac Néill (a quo Cenél nÉogain), whose many sons are listed, notably Muiredach, Eochu, Bindech and Fergus. From here, a good part of the tract is concerned with the Cenél nÉogain, followed by sections on the Cenél Conaill, Fothairt and Síl nÁeda Sláne. For corresponding sections in LL and Raw. B 502, see O'Brien, CGH.
Heading/rubric: ‘() ... Incipit miniugad senchasa cenel Echdach ... Incipit croeb coibniusa Fer Maige Itha ... Croeb Cenel Binnig inso ... Croeb coibniusa cenel Tigernaig inso ... () ... Cenel Coelbad co rice so. Cenel immorro Aeda asso sis ... Croeb coibniusa na Bretcha ... Croebh conusa cene Feradaig in so’Incipit: ‘Muredach, cúic maic leis’
incl. Trí mic Fergaile na n-arg Cethri maic la Muredach Deich maic Eogain húas cach claind Secht maic Eogain 'sin Brettaig Éogan mac Néill art mór monaid
(a) ff. 75vb.5-76rb.5 (without heading), beg. Muredach, cuic maic leis: a long section on the descendants of Muiredach mac Éogain; (b) f. 76rb.6ff: headed Incipit miniugad senchasa cenel Echdach, brief section on Eochu mac Éogain and his descendants; (c) f. 76rb.26ff: headed Incipit croeb coibniusa Fer Maige Itha, on Conchobar mac Fergaile meic Máele Dúin, a descendant of Muiredach; opens with quatrain beg. Trí mic Fergaile na n-arg; (d) f. 76va.21ff, headed Croeb Cenel Binnig inso, on descendants of Bindech mac Éogain; (e) f. 77ra.9ff, headed Croeb coibniusa cenel Tigernaig inso, on descendants of Tigernach son of Muiredach mac Éogain; opens with quatrain beg. Cethri maic la Muredach; (f) f. 77rb.6, without heading, opening with a st. beg. Deich maic Eogain húas cach claind: on descendants of Fergus mac Éogain; (g) f. 77v.27ff: Cenel Coelbad co rice so. Cenel immorro Aeda asso sis, on descendants of Áed son of Fergus mac Éogain; (h) f. 77vb.8ff: headed Croeb coibniusa na Bretcha, on the descendants of Éogan’s seven other sons; opens with quatrain beg. Secht maic Eogain 'sin Brettaig:; (i) ff. 77vb.33-78rb.12, headed Croebh co[ib]nusa cen[iuil] Feradaig in so, on descendants of Feradach son of Muiredach mac Éogain; opens with quatrain beg. Eogan mac Néill, art mór monaid.
f. 78rb.13–
No text identified. It may await identification in a dedicated catalogue entry, the entry may exist but no link has yet been made, or it was not felt to be sufficiently relevant.Incipit: ‘Secht maic Conaill Gulpain’
Section on the descendants of Conall Gulban, without heading but beginning with an enlarged initial. Ed. Meyer: 300–301.
f. 78va.13–
[Genealogical tract on the Fothairt]
Heading/rubric: ‘De peritia Fhothart so sís ... Do genelach Brigte’Incipit: ‘Eochaid Find Fúathnairt’
Incl. Do genelach Brigte (f. 78va.28ff).
f. 78vb.17
Heading/rubric: ‘Do genelogia sil Aeda Slane’Incipit: ‘Secht maic Áeda Sláne’
Genealogical section on the descendants of Áed Sláine, who are of the southern Uí Néill through Conall (Cremthainne) mac Néill. Incl. quatrain beg. Secht maic Áeda Sláine sláin.
Second section (ff. 73–122)