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Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1297/Preface
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A preface to Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1297, written on a flyleaf in honour of the probable patron of the manuscript, captain Brian Mág Uidhir (d. 1726). It gives his pedigree, followed by a eulogy in which he is praised for his generosity towards poets and musicians, almsgiving to the poor and for his patronage of the preservation and renewal of manuscripts, including redeeming or ransoming (fuascladh) many of them “from the foreigners and from the Gaels”.
Early Modern IrishMág Uidhir (Brian mac Conchubhair)
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