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Beaton (John) ... of Kilninian (fl. second half of the 17th century)

Rev. John Beaton, episcopalian minister of Kilninian, Mull; second son of John Beaton (1594-1657); physician and head of medical family

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1363 16 (pp. 213-244) (H 4. 22, 1363) [c. 1700]

Betham (William) (1779–1853)

(Sir) William Betham, English antiquary and collector of manuscripts; member of the Royal Irish Academy

Dublin, National Library of Ireland, MS G 88 [s. xix]

Later, secondary hand: Dublin, National Library of Ireland, MS G 87 [c.1823]

Boinbhiol (Seamus)

London, British Library, MS Egerton 150 [1773-1774]

Brownlow (Arthur) (1645–1712)

Anglo-Irish landowner at Lurgan (Co. Armagh) whose collection of Irish manuscripts attracted the attention of Edward Lhuyd in 1699.

Later, secondary hand: Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 24 P 33 (1076) = Leabhar Chlainne Aodha Buidhe [c. 1680 and ff.]

Bryson (Samuel) (1778–1853)

Irish scribe from Belfast

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 L 22 (106) [s. xix]

Carte (Thomas) (1686–1754)

English clergyman (C of E) and historian.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Carte 267 [s. xviii]

Chambers (James)

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1423 (H 6. 21, 1423) [s. xviii^ex]

Cherry (Francis) ... English non-juror (1665–23 September 1713)

English non-juror (i.e. clergyman who did not acknowledge William III and Mary II); philanthropist, and patron of Thomas Hearne.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Cherry 14 [1695 x 1697]

Connellan (Owen) (c.1797–1871)

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1405 (H 6. 1. 2, 1405) [s. xix]

Connellan (Thaddeus) (c.1780–1854)

Irish-language scholar and scribe.

Edwards (Jonathan) ... d. 1712 (1629–1712)

Welsh cleric and theologian; principal of Jesus College (1686-1712).

Oxford, Jesus College, MS 112 [1690s]

Griffith (William)

London, Lambeth Palace Library, MS 806 vol. 2 [s. xvii/xviiiⁱⁿ]

Gwavas (William) (1676–1741/2)

British barrister, Cornish-language scholar and collector.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Cornish e. 1

Iolo Morganwg (1747–1826)

Edward Williams, better known by the bardic name he chose for himself, Iolo Morganwg, was a Welsh poet and antiquarian as well as a literary forger.

Later, secondary hand: Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, MS 13075B [s. xvi^4/4] • Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, MS 13081B [s. xvii¹]

Jones (Owen) ... Owain Myfyr (1741–1814)

Welsh skinner and antiquary

London, British Library, MS Additional 15034 [1769-1804] • London, British Library, MS Additional 15035 [1804] • London, British Library, MS Additional 15056 [s. xixⁱⁿ] • London, British Library, MS Additional 15061 [s. xviii] • London, British Library, MS Additional 15062 [s. xviii] • London, British Library, MS Additional 15063 [s. xviii]

Le Pelletier (Louis) (1663–1733)

Rennes, Bibliothèque de Rennes Métropole, MS 1007 [1716]

Lhuyd (Edward) (d. 1709)

Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, Llanstephan MS 84B [s. xviiiⁱⁿ] • Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1368 (H 4. 27, 1368) [c.1700] • Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1369 (H 4. 28, 1369) [c.1706] • Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1380 (H 5. 8, 1380) [1703] • London, British Library, MS Additional 15053 [1660-1709] • London, British Library, MS Additional 15065 [s. xvii^ex] • London, British Library, MS Additional 15066 [s. xvii] • London, British Library, MS Additional 15067 [s. xvii] • London, British Library, MS Additional 15068 [s. xvii] • London, British Library, MS Additional 15069 [s. xvii] • London, British Library, MS Additional 15070 [s. xvii] • London, British Library, MS Additional 15071 [s. xvii/xviiiⁱⁿ] • London, British Library, MS Additional 15072 [1643-1701] • London, British Library, MS Additional 15073 [s. xvii] • London, British Library, MS Additional 15074 [s. xvii/xviiiⁱⁿ] • London, British Library, MS Additional 15075 [s. xvii] • London, British Library, MS Additional 15076 [s. xvii] • London, British Library, MS Additional 15077 [s. xvii] • Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Carte 269 [c.1700]

Later, secondary hand: Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1316 (H 2. 15a, 1316) [s. xiv]

Lúid (Seán) (1741–c.1786)

Irish schoolmaster from Limerick; author of Short tour, or an impartial and accurate description of the County of Clare (1780).

London, British Library, MS Egerton 150 [1773-1774]

Lynch (Patrick) ... d. 1838 (c.1756–1838)

Irish scholar born in Co. Down as the son of a schoolteacher (Terence Lynch); taught Irish at Belfast Academy and published in the Irish-language magazine Bolg an tSoláir. Some of his contributions to scholarship on the Irish language went uncredited.

London, British Library, MS Additional 18747 [c. 1800]

Lynch (William)

London, British Library, MS Egerton 106 [1715]

Mac an Alladh (Labhrás)

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 K 24 (59) [1765]

Mac an tSaoir (Énrí) (fl. 1780s)

Irish scribe.

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 D 22 (33) [s. xviii] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS F v 2 (35) [s. xviii] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS F v 3 (34) [s. xviii] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS F v 5 (36) [s. xviii] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS G vi 1 (37) [s. xviii]

Mac Aodha (Cú Chonnacht)

Waterford, Saint John's College, MS 17 [1739]

Mac Bionaid (Art) (1793–1879)

Irish scholar, scribe and poet.

Mac Carraic (Héinrí) (fl. 18th century)

Irish scribe from the town of Sligo.

Maynooth, Russell Library, MS B 8 [1700–1708]

Mac Cruitín (Aindrias) (c.1650–1738)

Irish poet

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 3 A 11 (837) [s. xviii] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 E 10 (952) [s. xviii¹] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 G 9 (784) [1708] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 O 10 (143) [s. xviii] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS E iv 3 (11) = Leabhar Uí Lochlainn (Book of Ó Lochlainn or the O’Loughlins) [1727] • Mount Melleray Abbey, MS 1 [s. xviii]

Mac Donnchadha (Domhnall) ... scribe fl. 1700-1702

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 K 7 (658) [s. xviii¹]

Mac Gabhráin (Seán) (fl. early 18th c.)

Irish scribe.

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1297 (H 2. 6, 1297) = Leabhar Bhriain Mhe Guidhir [c. 1716] • Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS Borg. irl. 1 [1718]

Mac Gearailt (Piaras) (1702—c.1792)

Poet from Co. Cork

Maynooth, Russell Library, MS M 58 [1769]

Mac Giolla Comhaill (Domnall)

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1354 (H 4. 13, 1354) [s. xviiiⁱⁿ]

Mac Mathghamhna (Aindrias) (fl. second half of the 18th century)

Aindrias Mac Mathghamhna, Irish scribe

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 M 16 (308) [s. xviii] • London, British Library, MS Egerton 150 [1773-1774]

Mac Muirghiosa (Tomaltach)

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 K 44 (58) [1721-1722]

Mac Solaidh (Seón) (fl. early 18th century)

Irish scribe, of Stackallan (Co. Meath)

Dublin, National Library of Ireland, MS G 124 [s. xviii¹] • Dublin, National Library of Ireland, MS G 125 [s. xviii¹] • Dublin, National Library of Ireland, MS G 126 [s. xviii¹] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 A 40 (150) [1713] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 E 26 (756) [s. xviiiⁱⁿ] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 24 A 2 (757) [s. xviii^1/4] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 24 C 55 (1185) [s. xviii-xix] • London, British Library, MS Egerton 106 [1715]

MacLachlan (Ewen) (1773–1822)

Gaelic scholar and poet; librarian at the University and King's College, Aberdeen (1800-1818); head of the Grammar School (1819-1822); was involved in the compilation of John Macleod’s Gaelic-English dictionary.

Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland, Adv. MS 72.3.4 = McLachlan’s ‘Celtic Analysis’ [1812/1813] • Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland, Adv. MS 72.3.5 = Leabhar Caol (‘Narrow book’) [1812]

Mág Uidhir (Séamus)

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 O 57 (1366) [s. xviiiⁱⁿ] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS C vi 1 (936) = Leabhar Chnoc Ninne [1718]

Mág Uidhir (Seán)

Dublin, National Library of Ireland, MS G 167 [c.1727]

Maurice (Hugh) ... 1775-1825 (1775–1825)

Welsh skinner and scribe.

London, British Library, MS Additional 15036 [before 1814] • London, British Library, MS Additional 15042 [1801] • London, British Library, MS Additional 15060 [1793 x 1825] • London, British Library, MS Additional 15062 [s. xviii] • London, British Library, MS Additional 15063 [s. xviii]

Morris (Lewis) ... d. 1765 (1701–1765)

Welsh scholar and land surveyor. He and his brother Richard founded the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion.

London, British Library, MSS Additional 14907 [s. xviii] • London, British Library, MS Additional 14949 [1750s] • London, British Library, MS Additional 15055 [before 1765]

Muiris Ua Gearailt (Tomás)

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 24 P 17 part 1 (1070) [s. xviii²]

Ó Broin (Mícheál)

Cambridge, Harvard University, Houghton Library, MS Ir 6 [c. 1726-1728]

Ó Broin (Séamus)

London, British Library, MS Egerton 158 [s. xviii]

Ó Cainín (Pádraig)

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1342 (H 3. 21, 1341) [1748]

Ó Caoimh (Eoghan) (1656–1726)

Munster poet and scribe.

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 M 25 (15) [s. xvii/xviii] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 M 26 (16) [s. xvii/xviii] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 M 27 (17) [s. xvii/xviii] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 M 28 (18) [s. xvii/xviii] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 M 29 (19) [s. xvii/xviii] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 M 30 (20) [s. xvii/xviii] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 M 31 (21) [s. xvii/xviii] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 M 32 (22) [s. xvii/xviii] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 M 33 (23) [s. xvii/xviii] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 M 34 (24) [s. xvii/xviii]

Ó Catháin (Seán) ... scribe (fl. 1720s)

Irish scribe responsible for BL MS Egerton 184 and RIA MS 23 G 4.

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 G 4 (679) [s. xviii¹]

Ó Cinnéide (Seán)

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 I 25 (412) [s. xviii] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 L 27 (556) [s. xviii]

Ó Cléirigh (Seán) ... d. 1846 (1778–1846)

Seán (or John) Ó Cleirigh, Irish scribe who could probably claim descent from certain illustrious scholars of the Uí Chléirigh, even if his own testimony seems fuzzy and inconsistent. He appears to have had, perhaps inherited, an unknown number of Irish manuscripts written by or associated with Cú Choigcríche Ó Cléirigh, five of which he brought to Dublin in 1817.

Dublin, National Library of Ireland, MS G 87 [c.1823] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 M 5 (66) [c.1838] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 4 (975) [1823]

Ó Conaill (Peadar) ... d. 1826 (1755–1826)

Irish lexicographer

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 L 21 (979) [s. xviii] • London, British Library, MS Egerton 83 [s. xviii-xix]

Later, secondary hand: Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 K 44 (58) [1721-1722]

Ó Conaire (Seán) ... ob. 1773 (c.1739–1773)

Irish priest and scholar

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1281 1 (Dublin Annals of Inisfallen) (H 1. 7, 1281) [1765]

Ó Conchubhair (Muiris) ... fl. 18th century

London, British Library, MS Egerton 112 = Abhalshóird gacha mílseáin [1780-82]

Ó Conchubhair (Risteard) (1561–1625)

Irish scribe and physician from a medical family in Ossory.

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 3 C 19 (439) [s. xvi + s. xviii]

Ó Conuill (Donnchadh)

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1411 (H 6. 7, 1411) [1737]

Ó Conuill (Seághan) (fl. 18th/19th century)

Seághan Ó Conuill / John O'Connell, Irish scribe

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 M 47 (973) [1776]

Ó Crobhminn (Domhnall)

Paris, Bibliothèque Mazarine, MS 4470 [s. xviii]

Ó Cróinín (Tadhg)

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 N 30 (485) = Seanchaidhe Muimhneach [1739]

Ó Cruadhlaoich (Conchubhar Óg)

Dublin, National Library of Ireland, MS G 18 [1721–1722]

Ó Dálaigh (Aodh) (fl. mid–18th century)

Irish scribe and poet

Dublin, National Library of Ireland, MS G 24 [s. xviii] • Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1280 (H 1. 6, 1280) [1758] • Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1284 (H 1. 10, 1284) [1747] • Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1285 (H 1. 11, 1285) [1752] • Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1286 (H 1. 12, 1286) [s. xviii] • Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1286 pt 1 (H 1. 12, 1286) [1742] • Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1286 pt 2 (H 1. 12, 1286) [c.1746] • Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1287 (H 1. 13, 1287) [1746] • Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1288 (H 1. 14, 1288) [c. 1750] • Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1291 (H 1. 17, 1291) [1755] • Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1346 (H 4. 4, 1346) [s. xviii¹] • Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1358 (H 4. 17, 1358) [c.1745] • Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1360 (H 4. 19, 1360) [c.1742] • Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1377 (H 5. 5, 1377) [s. xviii] • Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1381 pp. 62-63 (H 5. 9, 1381) [s. xviii] • Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1384 (H 5. 12, 1384) [1749] • Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1390 (H 5. 18, 1390) [1736]

Ó Dóaláin (Toirdhealbhach)

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS C vi 1 (936) = Leabhar Chnoc Ninne [1718]

Ó Dreada (Seán) (c.1770–1840)

Irish scribe and sculptor based in Cork.

Ó Duinn (Domhnall) ... fl. 1714 (fl. 1704)

Irish scribe

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 N 27 (966) [1714]

Ó Fearghail (Brian) (1715–c.1788)

Irish scribe and agricultural worker.

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 E 7 (56) [s. xviii] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 O 35 (55) [s. xviii]

Ó Fehín (Peadar)

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1418 (H 6. 14, 1418) [s. xviii]

Ó Fhearghail (Séamus)

Dublin, National Library of Ireland, MS G 15 [s. xviii]

Ó Floinn (Donnchadh) ... d. 1830 (d. 1830)

Donnchadh (Bán) Ó Floinn, Irish scribe, scholar and publisher from Cork.

Dublin, National Library of Ireland, MS G 296 [1763]

Ó Gormáin (Muiris) (d. c.1794)

Irish scribe and schoolmaster who lived in Dublin

Dublin, National Library of Ireland, MS G 145 [1766] • Dublin, National Library of Ireland, MS G 147 [1766] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MSS 23 F 7–8 (986, 987) [1783] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS C i 3 D (750) [s. xviii] • Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1278 (H 1. 1,2, 1278) [1764] • Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1279 (H 1. 3-5, 1279) [s. xviii] • Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1294 (H 2. 1-3, 1294) [s. xviii] • Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1328 (H 3. 9, 1328) [s. xviii] • Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1329 (H 3. 10, 1329) [s. xviii] • Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1345 (H 4. 1-3, 1345) [s. xviii^3/4] • Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1348 (1348, H 4. 6-7) = Clerii reges et sancti Hiberniae [c.1770] • Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1348 vol. 2 (H 4. 7) [c.1770] • Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1389 (H 5. 17, 1389) [s. xviii]

Later, secondary hand: Dublin, National Library of Ireland, MS G 11 [s. xv²]

Ó hAnluain (Vailintín) (fl. 18th century)

Irish scribe associated with the Ó Neachtain circle in Dublin.

Dublin, National Library of Ireland, MS G 138 [c.1727]

Ó hArragáin (Mícheál)

Cambridge, Harvard University, Houghton Library, MS Ir 10 [c. 1800]

Ó Longáin (Mícheál mac Peadair) (c.1693–c.1770)

scribe from Limerick

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 N 12 (488) [c.1763] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 N 13 (249) [s. xviii] • Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1281 2 (H 1. 7, 1281) [1762]

Ó Longáin (Mícheál Óg) (1766–1837)

Irish scribe; son of Mícheál mac Peadair Ó Longáin

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 3 B 10 (260) [1820] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 C 33 (727) [s. xix] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 E 16 (491) [1797-1808] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 G 24 (257) [s. xviii/xix] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 G 25 (258) [c.1809 × 1813] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 M 7 (287) [1818 × 1819] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 M 38 (470) [1794] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 N 20 (465) [1794-95] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS F vi 1 (252) [s. xix] • Maynooth, Russell Library, MS M 2 [1818] • Maynooth, Russell Library, MS M 6 [1818] • Maynooth, Russell Library, MS M 15 [1817] • Maynooth, Russell Library, MS M 16 [1817] • Maynooth, Russell Library, MS M 17 [1817]

Ó Longáin (Mícheál)

Dublin, National Library of Ireland, MS G 16 [s. xviii] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 G 20 (211) [s. xviii]

Ó Longáin family (s. xviii–xix)

An Irish family of scribes who together produced hundreds of Irish-language manuscripts in the 18th and 19th centuries.

London, British Library, MS Egerton 142 [1821]

Ó Maolchaoine (Diarmaid)

London, British Library, MS Egerton 150 [1773-1774]

Ó Maolmhuaidh (Aodh) (fl. 18th c.)

Irish scribe.

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 M 23 (340) [1718–1731?] • Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1300 (H 2. 9-10, 1300) [1734-1735]

Ó Mathúna (Domhnall) ... scribe fl. 1745

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 K 7 (658) [s. xviii¹]

Ó Muirche (Diarmuid)

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1417 (H 6. 13, 1417) [c.1782]

Ó Muláin (Seán) (s. xviii²–xix¹)

Irish teacher and scribe based in the city and county of Cork.

Maynooth, Russell Library, MS M 9 [c.1818] • Maynooth, Russell Library, MS M 11 [1817] • Maynooth, Russell Library, MS M 14 [c.1820]

Ó Murchadha (Seán) ... na Ráithíneach

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 L 17 (3) • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 24 L 11 (124) [1757–1758]

Ó Neachtain (Tadhg) (c.1670–c. 1752)

Irish scribe and scholar, son of Seán Ó Neachtain.

Dublin, King's Inns, MS 20 [c. 1720] • Dublin, National Library of Ireland, MS G 24 [s. xviii] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 G 8 (785) [s. xviii] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 24 P 41 (1404) [s. xviii¹] • Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1289 (H 1. 15, 1289) = The Psalter of Tara [1745] • Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1290 (H 1. 16, 1290) [c. 1740] • Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1361 (H 4. 20, 1361) [1725-1729]

Ó Nuabha (Muiris) (fl. early 18th century)

Irish scribe

Abbotsford House Library, MS E 2 [s. xviii¹] • Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1419 (H 6. 15, 1419) [1714-1715]

Ó Pronntaigh (Pádraig) (d. c.1760)

Ulster poet and scribe, who in one of his manuscripts gives his name as Pádraig Ua Pronntaigh mhic Néill mhic Seadhain, ó Loch Eírne.

Ó Rodaighe (Tadhg) (c. 1645–1706)

Irish antiquarian

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1318 9 (H 2. 16, 1318) = Letter in the Yellow Book of Lecan [1700]

Later, secondary hand: Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 24 P 33 (1076) = Leabhar Chlainne Aodha Buidhe [c. 1680 and ff.]

Ó Súilleabháin (Amhlaoibh) (1783–1838)

Irish businessman, storyteller and schoolteacher, known for writing a diary, largely in Irish, between 1827 and 1835.

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 K 50 (49) [s. xix] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 L 20 (50) [s. xix]

Ó Teimhinn (Domhnall) (s. xviiiⁱⁿ)

Domhnall Ó Teimhinn (or perhaps Teinn), Irish scribe

Ó Thárann (Labras)

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1412 (H 6. 8, 1412) [s. xviii]

O'Brien (Henry)

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1415 (H 6. 11, 1415) [s. xviii]

O'Connor (Dermod) (?–1732)

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1296 (H 2. 5, 1296) [s. xviii]

O'Connor (Maurice) ... fl. c. 1700

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1332 (H 3. 13, 1332) [c. 1700]

O'Conor (Charles) ... of Ballinagare (1710–1791)

Charles O'Conor, of Belanagare (Co. Roscommon), Irish scholar

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS C i 1 (935) [s. xviii]

Later, secondary hand: Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 24 P 33 (1076) = Leabhar Chlainne Aodha Buidhe [c. 1680 and ff.]

O'Curry (Eugene) (b. 1794–d. 1862)

Irish scholar

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 3 C 12 (625) [s. xix] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 3 C 16 (822) [s. xix] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 3 C 17 (823) [s. xix] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 H 5 (477) [1839] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS RR 67 (1298) [1843] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS RR 67 (1299) [1843] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS RR 67 (1300) [1843] • Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1338 (H 2. 15c, 1338) [1812] • Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1424 (L 5. 1-17, 1424) [s. xix] • Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1426 (L 5. 19, 1426) [s. xix] • Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1427 (N 1. 2-2a, 1427) [s. xix] • Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1428 (L 5. 20, 1428) [s. xix] • Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1430 (I 6. 13, 1430) [s. xix] • Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1700 (N 1. 2a, 1700) [s. xix] • Dublin, University College Library, MS LA38 74 = Copy of a catalogue in the British Museum by Eugene O'Curry [s. xix]

O'Flaherty (Roderic) (1627/30–1716/18)

Roderic(k) O'Flaherty / Ruaidhrí (Óg) Ó Flaithbheartaigh, Irish nobleman, historian and collector of manuscripts; author of Ogygia seu rerum Hibernicarum chronologia (1685).

Armagh, Robinson Library, MS A [1660] • Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1392 8 (1392, H 5. 20) [1704]

O'Flanagan (Theophilus) (c.1760–1814)

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 24 D 10 (1040) [s. xviii]

O'Reilly (Edward) (d. 1830)

Irish scholar and compiler of an Irish-English dictionary (1817)

Dublin, National Library of Ireland, MS G 45 [s. xix] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 C 6 (977) [s. xix¹] • Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1395 (H 5. 23, 1395) [s. xix] • London, British Library, MS Egerton 106 [1715] • London, British Library, MS Egerton 152

Parry (David) ... d. 1714 (1682?–1714)

Welsh scholar from Cardigan, who assisted Edward Lhuyd on his travels in Wales, Scotland, Ireland and Brittany, and became keeper of the Ashmolean in Oxford.

Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, Llanstephan MS 137 [s. xvii^2/4] • Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, Llanstephan MS 148 [s. xvii^ex] • Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1369 (H 4. 28, 1369) [c.1706]

Pryce (William) (d. 1790)

A medical practitioner based in Redruth, Cornwall, who was also an author on mining and mineralogy, an antiquary and an advocate of the Cornish language.

London, British Library, MS Additional 43409 [s. xviii²]

Pughe (William Owen) (d. 1835)

Welsh scholar, antiquarian, author, lexicographer; author of a Welsh and English Dictionary (1803)

Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, MS 13240B [1783] • London, British Library, MS Additional 14956 [1806]

Ríghis (Stiabhna) (s. xvii^ex–xviii¹)

Stiabhna Ríghis/Rís or Stephen Rice, a Munster scribe who became active in Dublin and befriended Tadhg Ó Neachtáin.

Dublin, National Library of Ireland, MS G 137 [c.1730] • Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1325 (H 3. 6, 1325) [1714] • Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1344 (H 3. 23, 1344) [1718] • Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1356 (H 4. 15, 1356) [1727-28] • Manchester, John Rylands University Library, MS Irish 123 [1717]

Ruillis (Pól)

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 24 C 53 (1183) [1726]

Sandford (Patrick)

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1353 (H 4. 12, 1353) [s. xviii]

Scurry (James) (1790?–1828)

Irish: Séamus Ó Scoireadh, farmer, scholar and translator from Kilkenny.

London, British Library, MS Egerton 119 [1820] • London, British Library, MS Egerton 121 [1824] • London, British Library, MS Egerton 163 [1824]

Smith (Donald) ... 1756-1805 (1756–1805)

Scottish army surgeon, and Gaelic scholar, scribe and owner of manuscripts; was the younger brother of Rev. John Smith, who wrote and translated in Scottish Gaelic. Ronald Black (below, p. 11): “a native of Glenorchy and graduate of St Andrews, had been a surgeon in Crieff, with the Black Watch in America, and with the Breadalbane Fencibles at Enniskillen in Ireland. Now holding a staff appointment in Edinburgh, he had built up a big personal collection of old manuscripts, gleaned mainly in Ireland. He had written a ‘Disquisition on the Ancient Celts’ and an ‘Ancient History of the Scots’, neither of which was published”.

Tenison (Thomas) (1636–1715)

English clergyman, archbishop of Canterbury (1694–1715).

London, Lambeth Palace Library, MS 806 vol. 2 [s. xvii/xviiiⁱⁿ]

Tipper (Richard) (d. 1730)

Irish scholar, scribe and antiquarian from Mitchelstown (Co. Dublin).

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 D 9 (148) [1714] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 E 26 (756) [s. xviiiⁱⁿ] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 L 33 (112) [s. xviii] • Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1295 (H 2. 4, 1295) [1728] • London, British Library, MS Egerton 106 [1715] • London, British Library, MS Egerton 190 [1709]

Usticke (Henry)

Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Cornish c. 1 [s. xviii²]

Vallancey (Charles) (d. 1812)

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1402 (H 5. 31, 1402) [s. xix]

Vaughan (Griffith) ... of Dolmelynllyn (1628–1700)

fourth son of the antiquary Robert Vaughan.

London, British Library, MS Additional 12230 [c.1689]

Williams (Moses) (1685–1742)

Welsh scholar, antiquarian and clergyman.

Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, Llanstephan MS 104 [s. xviii]