TextRIA MS 23 M 70ARÉ LS 23 M 70gaIrishGaeilge1600-16991500-1599163199 ff.99 fóilió29.5cm × 19cmHistory of IrelandStair na hÉireannCompiled in 1631 for Brian Maguire (Brian Ruadh Meguidhir) by Michél Ó Cléirigh. Owned by Kuno Meyer, Celtic Scholar (1858-1919).Purchased by the Academy from his grand-niece Barbara Meyer for £700 in 1987.Tiomsaithe i 1631 do Bhrian Ruadh Meguidhir (Brian Maguire) ag Michél Ó Cléirigh. Bhíodh sé i seilbh Kuno Meyer, an scoláire cheiltigh (1858-1919).Dhíol Barbara Meyer, a gharneacht é don Acadamh ar £700 i 1987.Lisgoole, County FermanaghLios Gabhail, Co. Fear ManachPaperPáipéarÓ Duibhgeannain CúcoigrícheÓ Cléirigh Cu ChoigcrícheÓ Maolchonaire FearfeasaÓ Cléirigh MícheálÓ Luinín Giolla PatraicMeyer BarbaraMeguidhir Brian RuadhMeyer Kuno, 1858-1919Royal Irish Academy, 1987Acadamh Ríoga na h Éireann, 1987No catalogue entry. 99 ff (imperfect) with 4 pieces on sheet and 1 extra folio. The manuscript is a copy of the Leabhar Gabhála ('The Book of Invasions'). The dedication to Brian Maguire, the address to the reader and the end is missing. Kuno Meyer's page-by -page notes on this manuscript and the original invoice for his purchase of the manuscript are in an envelope at SR Bay 36/1/C. Believed to be an autograph, or one of the autographs, of Míchél Ó Cleirigh the water-mark of the Paper is similar to water-marks of the earlier 17th century. A later transcript of this version of the text is in RIA MS D iii 3.Níl an lámhscríbhinn seo sa Chatalóg. 99 fóilió (neamhfhoirfe), 4 phíosa ar bhileog; aon fóilió sa bhreis. Tá an tíolacadh do Brian Meguidhir, an cur chuige don léitheoir agus an chríoch caillte.Tá nótaí Kuno Meyer, leathanach i ndiaidh leathanach ar an lámhscríbhinn seo agus bunsonrasc a cheannach i gclúdach i SR Bay 36/1/C. Tá athchóip den leagan seo den téacs i RIA MS D iii 3.Copyright Royal Irish AcademyCopyright image source Irish Script on Screen, School of Celtic Studies, DIAS.Cóipcheart ag Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireannIomhá Foinse ag Meamram Páipéar Ríomhaire, Scoil an Léinn Cheiltigh, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath.RIA MS 23 M 70 is a Gaelic manuscript from the 17th century of Leabhar Gabhála ('The Book of Invasions') compiled for Brian Ruadh Meguidhir (1689-1633), Lord of Enniskillen by Míchél Ó Cléirigh, Fearfeasa Ó Maolchonaire, Cúcoigríche Ó Cléirigh, Cúcoigríche Ó Duibhgeannain (the 'Four Masters') and Giolla Patraic Ó Luinín (Meguidhir's own chief chronicler) at the convent at Lisgoole County Fermanagh in 1631. It is written on paper and and it's extant parts represent approximately two thirds of the work, to judge by the extent of another manuscript in the Academy i.e. RIA MS 23 K 32 believed to be written by Cúchoigcríche Ó Cléirigh. Leabhar Gabhála is a 'synthetic history' a text which purports to trace the history of Ireland back to Noah, the Milesians, the Tuath Dé Danainn, the Fir Bolg, Nemed, Parthalon and Cessair,and it begins with the creation of the world.Is lámhscríbhinn Gaelach é RIA MS 23 M 70 ón 17u haois. Scríofa ar pháipéar do Brian Ruadh Meguidhir (1689-1633), Tiarna Inis Ceithleann ag Míchél Ó Cléirigh, Fearfeasa Ó Maolchonaire, Cúcoigríche Ó Cléirigh, Cúcoigríche Ó Duibhgeannain and Giolla Patraic Ó Luinín i gcoinbhint Lios Gabhail Contae Fhear Manach sa bhliain 1631. Tá stair na hÉireann chomh fada siar le Noai, clann Mhíle, an Tuath Dé Danainn, na Fir Bolg, Nemed, Parthalon agus Cessair, thosaigh sé le cruthú an domhain.Baumgarten (Rolf): Kuno Meyer’s Irish manuscript in Newsletter of the School of Celtic Studies 1 (Nov., 1987), pp. 23–25. On the discovery of MS RIA 23 M 70, previously owned by Kuno Meyer, containing the 1631 recension of Leabhar gabhála by Mícheál Ó Cléirigh, probably an autograph. Breatnach (Pádraig A.) : On the Ó Cléirigh recension of Leabhar gabhála. In Éigse 37 (2010), pp. 1–57. I. IntroductionII. Lines of transmissionIV. Alignment of MVII. Joint recension recast (K): motive and methodIX. Summary conclusions. Bibliography & abbreviations. Separately published Dublin: National University of Ireland, 2010 [same pagination + 2 plts].V. Diction in K, M contrastedIII. Content in K and D contrasted (main text)VI. Joint consolidated recension (M)VIII. Cú Coigcríche Ó Cléirigh’s authorship of KII. Línte iomparIX. Conclúidí achoimre. Leabharliosta agus giorruithe. Foilsithe ar leith Baile Átha Cliath: Ollscoil na hÉireann, 2010 [uimhriú céanna + 2 pláta].III. Líon K agus D i gcontrárthach lena gcéile (an phríomhtéacs)Baumgarten Rolf: Kuno Meyer’s Irish manuscript. I Newsletter of the School of Celtic Studies 1 (Samhain., 1987), lgh. 23–25. Ar aimsiú RIA MS 23 M 70 a bhíodh i seilbh Kuno Meyer roimhe sin, a choinnigh an atheagar 1631 den Leabhar gabhála le Mícheál Ó Cléirigh, b'fhéidir le síniú. Breatnach Pádraig A. : Ar atheagar Ó Cléirigh den Leabhar gabhála.I Éigse 37 (2010), pp. 1–57. I. TúsV. Urlabhrar i K, M i gcontrárthach lena gcéileVIII. Údar leabhair Cú Coigcríche Ó Cléirigh ar KVI. Atheagar comhaontú (M)IV. Ailíniú MVII. Atheagar comhaontú athriarithe (K): tucaid agus modhDublin, IrelandBaile Átha Cliath, ÉireRoyal Irish AcademyAcadamh Ríoga na hÉireann