Leabhar Ua Maine
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| Leabhar Ua Maine | |
|---|---|
Uí Maine | |
| Language(s) | Middle Irish |
| Scribe(s) | Ádhamh Cúisín, Faolán Mac an Ghabhann na Scéal |
| Patron | Muircheartach mac Pilib Ó Ceallaigh |
| Material | Vellum |
| Size | 44cm x 27cm |
| Format | Folio |
| Script | Irish minuscule |
Leabhar Ua Maine (also Leabhar Uí Dubhagáin, Book of Uí Maine, Book of Hy-Many and RIA MS D ii 1) is an Irish genealogical compilation, created c. 1392–94.[1]
History
Previously known as Leabhar Uí Dubhagáin, after Seán Mór Ó Dubhagáin (died 1372) of the prominent family of historians and musicians in East Galway, it was later also known as the Book of the O'Kelly's, written at the behest of Muircertach Ó Ceallaigh (d. 1407), Bishop of Clonfert (1378–93) and then Archbishop of Tuam (1393–1407).
The book was written by ten scribes in Uí Mháine not before 1392 and sometime after 1394. There were ten scribes, eight of whom are anonymous. The principal scribe and overall compiler of the manuscript was Ádhamh Cúisín (fl. c.1400); the only other scribe known by name is Faolán Mac an Ghabhann na Scéal (d. 1423).
It is a massive, oversized
Contents
The manuscript is a massive, oversized
The largest single section is devoted to the origins and genealogies of the Ó Ceallaigh dynasty of Uí Maine, its contents updated to the time of compilation.
Works found in this work are quatrains paying tribute to the long reign and continuing prosperity of the Uí Dhiarmada (i.e., the descendants of Diarmuid Mac an Bháird), praising the Mac an Bhairds in their capacity as Chiefs of Cinél Rechta Soghain of east-central County Galway.
Lost material
Some forty folios have become detached and lost. One fragment is preserved as folios 17–19 of London, British Library, MS Egerton 90.
A catalogue was made of the manuscript's contents in the seventeenth century, while it was in the possession of
See also
- An Leabhar Muimhneach
- Irish genealogy
- Leabhar Adhamh Ó Cianáin
- Leabhar Cloinne Maoil Ruanaidh
- Leabhar na nGenealach
- Ó Cléirigh Book of Genealogies
- Rawlinson B 502
References
- ISBN 9780192800800.
- The topographical poems of John O’Duhbhangain and Giolla na Naomh O’Huidrin, ed. with trans, notes, and introductory dissertations by John O'Donovan, [Irish Archaeological and Celtic Society, Dublin, 1862
- The Book of Uí Maine, with introduction and indexes by R.A.S. Macalister, collotype facsimile Dublin, 1941
- Catalogue of Irish manuscripts in the Royal Irish Academy, Dublin, 1943, Fasc. 26: 3314–35.
- The Book of Uí Mhaine, R.A. Breatnach, in Great books of Ireland, Thomas Davis Lectures, Dublin, 1967
- The Celebrated Antiquary, Nollaig Ó Muraíle, Maynooth, 1996
- The Great Book of Irish Genealogies, Dubhaltach MacFhirbhisigh (ed. Nollaig Ó Muraíle), De Burca, Dublin, 2003-2004]
- The Ó Cellaigh Rulers of Uí Maine - A Genealogical Fragment, c.1400, (Part 1), Nollaig Ó Muraíle, Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society, pp. 32–77, volume 60, 2008
- Compilations of lore and legend: Leabhar na hUidhre and the Books of Uí Mhaine, Ballymote, Lecan and Fermoy, John Carey, in Bernadette Cunningham and Siobhán Fitzpatrick (eds), Treasures … Dublin, 2009, pp. 17–31.
- The Book of Uí Maine, formerly the Book of Ó Dubhagáin: Scripts and Structure, William O'Sullivan, Éigse, pp. 151–66, volume 23, 1989.
- Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in the British Museum, Volume 2, Robin Flower, London, 1926.
External links
- https://www.ria.ie/news/library/book-ui-mhaine-international-conference
- https://soundcloud.com/the-royal-irish-academy/elizabeth-boyle-maynooth?in=the-royal-irish-academy/sets/book-of-ui-mhaine-conference
- https://celt.ucc.ie/published/G105007/index.html
- https://www.isos.dias.ie/RIA/RIA_MS_D_ii_1.html
- https://www.ria.ie/library/catalogues/special-collections/medieval-and-early-modern-manuscripts/book-ui-mhaine-book-hy