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Manuscript definitions
A. Manuscripts
A.; Book of Armagh, transcribed circa an. 807
Ai.; Annals of Inisfallen, H. 1, 7, T.C.D.
Bb.; Book of Ballymote
Bco.; Betha Choluim-Cille by O'Donnell; from photographs sent me by the Irish Literary Society of London; 240 columns, vellum, in Bodleian Library.
Bran.; Lebar Branach, H. 1, 14, T.C.D.
Cb. or Cbb.; O'Clery's MS. copy of Betha Bharrae
Ck.; Lives of SS. Cainnech and Brenainn in Codex Kilkenniensis, Marsh's Library, Dublin
Con.; Annals of Connacht, vellum, Stowe MSS., C. iii. 1, R.I.A.
Conb.; Annals of Connacht in British Museum, 24 a b, 25.
Fa.; F. 4, 13, T.C.D., vellum; Historia Familiae Burgorum.
Fer.; copy of Book of Fermoy in R.I.A. by O'Curry and O'Longan
Fir.; MacFirbis' Book of Genealogies written in 1650-1666, O'Curry's Transcript in R.I.A.
Ha.; H. 3, 17, T.C.D.
Hb.; H. 1, 18, T.C.D.
Hc.; H. 3, 18, T.C.D.; Hc. 1, is 1st vol., Hc, 2, is 2nd vol.
Hd.; H. 2, 5 (or 6), T.C.D.
Hf.; H. 4, 21, T.C.D.
Hh.; H. 2, 12, T.C.D., last page
Hx.; H. 1, 15, T.C.D.; Miscellanea Hibernica. Paper
Hz.; H. 4, 13, T.C.D.
I.; Book of Ui Maine, Stowe, D. 2, 1; 14th century vellum in R.I.A.
Ix.; I. 6, 13, T.C.D.; O'Curry's copy of 13 vellum Deeds.
K.; H. 5, 32, T.C.D.; Keating's History of Ireland; scribe was told by me to work at O'Mulconry's copy, H. 5, 26; but he worked at O'Duigenan's copy of 1646, which is H. 5, 32.
Lb.; Leabhar Brecc; all done from MS. except 272 c to 277 b, the Vision of Mac Con-glinne and the Félire, which were done from printed editions, though not altogether.
Lbl.; Leabhar Buidhe Lecan, by Mac Firbisigh in 1391, named Buidhe Leacain in Lbl., p. 6.
Lec.; Book of Lecan, in Ormond, c. Tipperary, so called by M. Kearney in 1635; v. Kilkenny Journal of Archaeol., ii. 379.
Lg.; Leabhar Gabhála, 23, K. 32, R.I.A.
Lis.; O'Curry's copy of Book of Lismore 29, H. 5, and O'Longan's copy, 23, H. 6 in R.I.A.; the pagination of the original is preserved in both.
Ll.; Book of Leinster, T.C.D.
Lu.; Lebor na hUidre in R.I.A.
Odg.; Glossarium Topographicum Hibernicum, by O'Donovan, lent me by Count Plunkett.
O'Longan's Topography of the two Fermoys, as given in Lis. 182 a to 183 b.
P.; 23, P. 3, in R.I.A.
Sa.; D. 2, 2, Stowe MSS., R.I.A.
Sb.; D. 4, 1, Stowe MSS., R.I.A.
Sc.; D. 4, 3, Stowe MSS., R.I.A.
Sd.; D. 5, 1, Stowe MSS., R.I.A.
Sf.; C. 1, 2, Stowe MSS., R.I.A.
St. A.; Irish volume at Stonyhurst College, S.J.; date circ. 1700.
St. B.; larger Irish volume at Stonyhurst, date circ. 1700.
Stc.; Stowe MS., C. 1, 2; vellum, R.I.A.
Tor.; Caithréim Toirdelbaigh, 23, F. 13, R.I.A.
X.; H. 2, 7, T.C.D.
Z.; H. 2, 17, T.C.D., assigned to 12th. century
Ac.; Annals of Clonmacnois, ed. by D. Murphy, S.J.
Acd.; Archives of the Corporation of Dublin, circ. 1172, see Gn.
Acl.; Archiv. für Celtische Lexicographie (Stokes and Meyer)
Ad.; Adamnan's Vita S. Columbae, ed. Reeves
Adr.; Dr. Reeves' Notes to Adamnan's Vita S. Columbae
Ah.; Register of All Hallows (1425-1460), ed. Butler; also, I fear, my Glossarium to the Bk. of Armagh
Al.; Ancient Laws of Ireland, 6 vols.; also Ls. and Laws
Ar.; Life of Aedh Ruadh Ua Domnaill
Arc.; Archiv für Keltische Lexicographie, by Stokes and Meyer
Asax.; Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, 9th to 16th cent., ed. 1861
At.; Atlantis, 5 vols
Au.; Annals of Ulster, 4 vols
B.; Acta Sanctorum of the Bollandists, 63 vols
Baeda.; Baeda's Historia, Moberly's edition
Bc.; Beatha Chiaráin, ed. by Mulcahy
Bd.; Bodleian Dindsenchas, ed. by Stokes in Folklore, vol. iii
Bdc.; Bruiden Dá Chocae in Rc. xxi
Bdd.; Bruiden Da Derga, by Stokes, in Revue Celtique, vol. xx. et sq.
Bk.; Book of Kells, Charters of 12th century, published in vol. i. of Miscellany of Irish Archaeol. Society
C.; Colgan's Acta Sanctorum Hiberniae, 3 vols.
Ca.; Cóir Anmann, by Stokes, in Irische Texte iii., 2nd Heft
Cam.; al. Cev., q.v.
Ccc.; Cathréim Cellacháin Caisil, by Bugge
Ce.; Circuit of Ireland, by Muirchertach, Hogan's edition
Cev.; Cambrensis Eversus, by Lynch
Cf.; Cath Finntrágha, ed. by Kuno Meyer
Cgg. and Cg.; Cogadh Gaedhel re Gallaibh, ed. Todd
Ch.; Chronicon Scotorum, ed. Hennessy
Chi.; Index of Chronicon Scotorum
Ci.; Index of Annals of Loch Cé
Cor.; Cormac's Glossary
Cps.; The Chronicles of the Picts and Scots
Cr.; Crede Mihi, written circ. 1270, ed. Gilbert
Cri.; Index of Chronicon Scotorum
Crt.; Leabhar na gCeart
Cs.; Codex Salmanticensis of Lives of Irish Saints, Latin, ed. by the Bollandists; the forms of Irish proper names are very old and pure; copied in 14th century.
Ct.; Colgan's Trias Thaumaturga
Cv.; Primate Colton's Visitation, an. 1397, ed. Reeves
D.; Book of Deer, the Gaelic Grants in it were written in 11th and 12th centuries; ed. Spalding Club in 1869
Dav.; O'Davoren's Glossary
Dc.; History of Down and Connor, by O'Laverty
Dg. or D. and G.; Tóruigheacht Diarmada agus Gráinne, ed. S. Hayes O'Grady
Dih.; Deaths of Some Irish Heroes, ed. by Stokes in Rc., iii., 303, seq.
Dl.; the Book of the Dean of Lismore, ed. 1862
Ed.; Edinburgh Dinnsenchas, ed. Stokes in Folklore iv., 471
Ériu; E. means Ériu, vol. i.?
F.; Félire Oingusso
Fen.; Bok of Fenagh
Fep.; MacFirbis' tract ?De quibusdam Episcopis? in Rawl. 480, ed. by D. H. Kelly and Hennessy, in Proceedings of R.I.A.
Fg.; Félire of Gorman, ed. by Stokes
Fia.; Fragments of Irish Annals by MacFirbis, ed. O'Donovan; also Frags?
Fl.; Fleming's Collectanea Sacra.
Fm.; The Annals of Ireland, by the Four Masters, 6 vols.
Fy.; Tribes of Ui Fiachrach, ed. O'Donovan
Gb.; Gerald Barry's Topographia et Expugnatio Hiberniae, ed. Dimmok
Gc.; Genelach Corca Laigde, ed. O'Donovan in Miscellany of Celtic Society in 1849
Gm.; Glenn Massain MS., ed. by Stokes
Gn.; Gilbert's Facsimiles of Irish National MSS. from 1170 to 1270
Gr.; Grace's Annals of Ireland, ed. Butler
H.; Hardiman's edition of Irish Legal Documents, published in 1826
Hy.; Hardiman's Irish Minstrelsy
Hk.; Halliday's ed. of Keating
Hmd.; Historical and Municipal Documents of Ireland, ed. John Gilbert
Hyf.; al. Fy., q.v.
Ib.; Imram Brain, ed. K. Meyer
Igb.; Irish version of Gerald Barry, ed. by Stokes
Im.; Tribes and Customs of Hy Maine, ed. O'Donovan
It.; Irische Texte, ed. by Windisch, and by him and Stokes, 4 series
Jo.; Place-names of Scotland, by J. B. Johnston
Kc.; King's Council in Ireland, an. 1392
Kj.; Kilkenny Journal of Archaeology, vols. i., ii., iii., iv.
Km.; Kilcormic Missal of year 1457; Irish entries in it, ed. by Rev. Dr. Lawlor
Kp.; Keating's Poems, ed. by MacErlean
Lan.; Lanigan's Eccl. Hist. of Ireland
Lc.; Annals of Loch Cé, ed. Hennessy
Lct.; Leabhar na gCeart; al. Crt.
Lh.; Liber Hymnorum, ed. by Drs. Atkinson and Bernard
Lisl.; Lives of the SS., from the Bk. of Lismore, by Stokes
Ls.; Ancient Laws of Ireland, 6 vols.
Mc.; Manners and Customs, by O'Curry
Md.; Martyrology of Donegal, ed. O'Donovan
Mi.; Index to the Four Masters
Mis.; Miscellany of the Irish Archaeological and Celtic Society, ed. by O'Donovan in 1846, vol. i.
ML.; Cath Muige Léna, ed. by O'Curry
Mm.; O'Curry's Manuscript Materials
Mr.; Battle Mag Rath, ed. by O'Donovan
Mt.; Martyrology of Tallaght, ed. Kelly
N. and Nen.; the Irish Nennius
Obr.; O'Brien's Irish Dictionary
Ods.; O'Donovan's Supplement to O'Reilly's Irish Dictionary.
Of.; O'Flaherty's Ogygia.
Oig.; Old Irish Glossary.
Om.; O'Mulconry's Glossary, ed. by Stokes.
O'S.; O'Sullevan Beare's Historiae Catholicae Iberniae Compendium, Lisbon, 1621
Os.; six volumes of the publications of the Ossianic Society
Pc.; Pictish Chronicle, written in the 10th century, ed. by Skene, in Chronicles of the Picts and Scots.
Pd.; Poems of the Dinnsenchas in Gwynn's Todd Lectures, vols. vii., viii.
Petrie; Petrie's Round Towers
Pgi.; Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland
Pi.; Petrie's Inscriptions in the Irish Language, ed. by Miss Stokes
Proc.; Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, vol. vii.
R.; Gaelic Topography of Scotland, by J. A. Robertson
Ra.; Reeves' Antiquities of Down, Connor and Dromore
Rc.; Revue Celtique, 21 vols.
Re.; Reeves' Tract on the Culdees
Rr.; Battle of Ros na Ríg, ed. by Hogan
Rst.; Register of St. Thomas' Abbey, Dublin, compiled in 1290 from earlier Documents, ed. by Gilbert
Ry.; Rahilly's Poems, ed. by Dineen
Sas.; Stokes' Acallamh na Senórach, in Irische Texte, 4th Serie, 1st Heft.
Sil.; Silva Gadelica, by Standish Hayes O'Grady, 2 vols.
Sir.; Sirinus, his additions to Ward's Life of St. Romualdus
Sk.; Skene's History of the Celtic Church
Sp.; Calendar of State Papers, Ireland
Sr. and Snr.; Saltair na Rann, ed. Stokes
Ss.; Skene's Celtic Scotland
Stewart; Stewart's Comhchruinniughadh nam Bárd Gaidhealach
Sw.; Sweetman's Calendar of Irish State Papers of years 1171-1250
Tax.; Taxation of Irish Dioceses and Parishes in years 1302-1306 in the Sweetman & Handcock: Calendar of Documents, Ireland
Teh.; Tochmarc Emire of Harleian, 5280. in Zeitschrift z. Kelt. Philologie, vol. iii.
Ter.; Tochmarc Emire of Rawl, ed. K. Meyer
Ti.; Tribes of Ireland, by O'Daly
Tbe; Uath Beinne Etair
Tig.; Annals of Tigernach, ed. Stokes, in Revue Celtique
Tl.; Tripartite Life of St. Patrick, ed. Stokes
Tm.; Tochmarc Monéra, al. Moméra, ed. O'Curry, in Cath Muighe Léna
Tp.; Topographical Poems of O'Dugan and O'Heerin, ed. O'Donovan
Tph.; Thesaurus Palaeo-hibernicus
Tr.; Theiner's Vetera Monumenta Hibernorum et Scotorum
Triumph.; Triumphalia Sanctae Crucis, ed. D. Murphy, S.J.
Tract.; Tracts relating to Ireland, vol. ii., ed. 1842
Ube Ui.; Index of Annals of Ulster
Uj.; Ulster Journal of Archaeology, vol. vi.
Up.; Ussher's Primordia, ed. 1639
War.; Ward's Life of St. Romualdus
Wc.; O'Flaherty's West Connacht, ed. Hardiman in 1846
Zkp., Zcp., Zeitschrift z. Kelt. Philologie 4 vols.
a. accusative
al. alias
ap. accusative plural
as. accusative case singular
b. barony
belg.; belonged, &c.
betw.; between
c.; county of
ch; church
d.; diocese of, also dative, the context always shows whic.
dau.; daughter
defd.; defeated
desc.; descendant, descendants of
dp.; dative plural
dry.; deanery of
s.; dative singular
E.; east, eastern
ep., eps.; escop, episcopus
ext.; extends, extended from
f. or fo.; folio
fd.; founded
fr.; from
g.; genitive case
i.; idón, id est.
L.; loch, lake
l.; land or property, territory of
Lein.; Leinster
m.; mile or miles
mony.; monastery
mt.; mountain
Mun.; Munster
N.; north, northern
NE.; north-east
NW., north-west
nr; near, or not far from, in the district of
p.; parish of
r.; river
Ro.; reference omitted by a scribe
S.; south, southern
SE., south-east
SW., south-west
t.; town
terr.; territory
tig.; tigerna, lord
tl.; townland
trib.; a tributary of
v.; vide
vil.; a village
W.; west, western
N.B.? The abbreviations of names of counties present no difficulties:
c. Don., Dub., Ferm., Leit., Limk., Long., Mon., Rosc., Tipp., Tyr., Wat., Westm., Wex., Wick.=c. Donegal, Dublin, Fermanagh, Monaghan, Tipperary, &c.; and so
Con., Lein., Mun., Ulst., are the Provinces.
NOTE.?Abbreviations not mentioned above are?Cmt. for Cath Maige Tuired; Omt. for Ordnance Survey of the Parish of Templemore; Tbf. for Táin Bó Fraich (Procs. R.I.A.I., 167; Tbr. for Táin Bó Regomon of Irische Texte; Uis. for some version of the Children of Uisnech.