Book of LecanLeabhar Mór LeacáinText535RIA MS 23 P 2ARÉ LS 23 P 2gaIrishGaeilge1400-14991417311 ff.311 fóilió11 7/9" × 8⅜"DinnseanchasProseGenealogyLaw TractPoetryMetrical TractHagiographyHistorical TractSeanchusGinealasTráchtas DlíFilíochtNaomhsheanchasTráchtas MeadarachtPrósCompiled for Ruaidri [macDomnaill] Uí Dubda, chief of Uí Fiachrach (ob. A. U. 1417), County Sligo. Owned in turn by his son Tadg Riabach Ó Dubda. It was in the possession of Henry Perse of Tristernagh, Co. Westmeath (d 1623) in 1617. In 1636 Archbishop James Ussher,( 1581-1656) loaned it to Conall Mageohegan, the Westmeath historian when Micheál Ó Cléirigh copied a poem from it. Donated to the Academy by Abbé Kearney, Superior of the Irish College, Paris in 1787. Former Academy number 42/6.ansin bhí sé i seilbh Tadg Riabach Ó Dubda, a mhac. Bhí sé i seilbh Henry Perse, Triostarnach, Co. An Iarmhí (a cailleadh sa bhliain 1623) i 1617. Thug an t-Easpag James Ussher (1581-1656) é do Conall Mageohegan i 1636 an t-am ina rinne Micheál Ó Cléirigh cóip de cheann dena dánta a bhí istigh ann. Thug an Abbé Kearney, Uachtarán an Choláiste Gaelach i bPáras é don Acadamh mar bhronntanas sa bhliain 1787. Athuimhir an Acadamh 42/6.Curtha le chéile do Ruaidri [macDomnaill] Uí Dubda, taoiseach Uí Fiachrach (ob. A. U. 1417)Tristernagh, County WestmeathLeacán, Co. ShligighLeácain, Co. SligeachTriostarnach, Co. An IarmhíVellumMeamramManuscript rebound by Roger Powell, 1968. See conservation notes in RIA Library Conservation file. Leather tooled binding by George Mullen, Dublin 1831, was removed in 1968, and is stored separately from the manuscript at SR/36/2/E (Box).Bhí an lámhscríbhinn athcheangailte ag Roger Powell i 1968. Féach ar notaí caomhnú sa chomhad RIA Library Conservation. Baineadh as an 'Leather tooled binding' (déanta ag George Mullen i 1831) sa bhliain 1968 agus tá sé i dtaisce leis féin sa bhosca SR/36/2/E (Box).Run-over Symbols--Extracolumnar--Abstract--Ornate: ff 74rb, 74va, 75rb (cf. RIA MS D i 1 (1237) f. 1rb and TCD MS 1316/3 pp 68b, 69a), 83ra, 261vb (incorporates crucifix), 262vaRun-over Symbols--Extracolumnar--Abstract--Bracket (double outline): ff 22va, 26vb, 29va, 29vb, 30rb, 82va, 86vd, 96rb, 98rc, 101va, 122rc, 144vb, 148rd, 159vb, 161va, 163vb, 163vd, 169vb, 171vb, 235ra, 237ra, 238rb, 239va, 240ra, 241ra, 247rb, 268vb, 270rb, 271ra, 276va, 277va, 277vb, 278rb, 281va, 296ra, 308rb, 308vaManicules--: ff 159ra, 159vaRun-over Symbols--Extracolumnar--Abstract--Bracket (single outline): ff 69ra, 104rd, 106rc, 107rc, 107vc, 111va, 114rc, 115rc, 123va, 165rc, 174ra, 194va, 195rb, 195vb, 211va, 212ra, 229va, 258va, 278ra, 279vaÓ Cuirnín AdamÓ Cuindlis Murchad RiabachMac Fir Bisigh Gilla ÍsuUí Dubda Ruaidri [macDomnaill]Ussher James, 1581-1656Connellan OwenÓ Dubda Tadg RiabachO'Conor Charles BelanagareAbbé Kearney Superior Irish College Paris, 1787.Abbé Kearney Uachtarán an Choláiste Gaelach Páras, 1787.RIA MS 23 P 12ARÉ LS 24 P 12The manuscript is in good condition, with the exception of some leaves stained by age and exposure, but the vellum varies considerably in quality (cf. ff. 10-30 with the ff. 31 onwards), and allows the ink to sink through in places. There are numerous repairs made before the manuscript was written. The edges have suffered at the hands of a binder, late marginal notes being cut away. The writing is generally arranged in double column, 51 lines to a page. The ruling, guided by marginal prickings, is partly by dry point, partly in brown. The book is rubricated throughout in red and yellow, see f. 202 v where there is also a large hole present in the skin of the animal which occured before death. Owen Connellan, historian made a transcript of both this manuscript and the Book of Ballymote, RIA MS 23 P12.Tá cuma maith ar an lámhscríbhinn, ach amháin ar roinnt dena duilleog atá teilgthe leis an aois agus leis an amnochtadh. Faraor, tá malartú ag an Meamram (féach ar ff. 10-30 i gcomparáid le ff. 31 ar lean) agus tá sé ag sú an dúch in áiteanna. Tá an iomarca deisithe a rinnedh sular scríobadh an lamhscríbhinn. Tá na himill gearrtha ag an ceangailtóir agus de bharr sin tá nótaí (níos déanaí) imithe. Tá an lámhscríbhneoireacht déanta i gcolúin dubhailte le 51 líne ar an leathanach. Tá cuid dena línte (ag leanúint na poill déanta ar an imeall) déanta i dturbhior agus cuid eile i ndúch donn. Tá an leabhar rubricated tríd siar le dearg agus buí, féach ar f 202 v áit ina bhfuil poill mór ann freisin a bhí ann sular maraíodh an t-ainmhí. Rinne Owen Connellan, an staraí, cóip den lámhscríbhinn seo agus den Leabhar Bhaile an Mhóta, RIA MS 23 P 12 .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 P 2 is a Gaelic manuscript known as the Leabhar Mór Leacáin 'The Great Book of Lecan'. According to O'Curry (Acad. Cat., p. 879) the manuscript has always been known as Leabhar Mór Leacáin, because of its having been compiled at Lecan, in the County of Sligo, the residence of Gilla Ísu Mór Mac Fir Bisig, chief of his name and hereditary poet and historian to Ó Dubda, chief of Tír Fiachrach (Tireragh) and Tír Amhalgaidh (Tirawley). Gilla Ísu was helped by two students of his own, Adam Ó Cuirnín and Murchad Riabach Ó Cuindlis. According to scribal notes Mac Fir Bisig began his task of compiling the Book of Lecan before the death of Ruaidri [mac Domnaill] Uí Dubda, chief of Uí Fiachrach (ob. A.U. 1417), continuing his work in the autumn and winter of the same year, and possibly completing his transcription and the colouring of the whole by August, 1418. The contents of the manuscript include variant versions of the Lebar Gabála 'The Book of Invasion, transcripts of the Naomsheanchas, Historia Britonum of Nennius, Uraicept na nÉces, Cóir Anmann, Book of Rights, Bansheanchas, Dindsheanchas, and genealogical and hagiographical material. It has a strong resemblance in content to the Book of Ballymote, and it can be proved that at one point at least the Lecan and Ballymote scribes copied directly from the same original (cf. Lec, ff. 211-212 with BB f. 193).Is lámhscríbhinn Gaelach é RIA MS 23 P 2 a tugadh Leabhar Mór Leacáin 'The Great Book of Lecan' air. Dar leis O'Curry (Acad. Cat., lth. 879) bhí aithne ar an lámhscríbhinn mar Leabhar Mór Leacain toisc go raibh sé tiomsaithe i Leacán, Co. Sligeach i dtigh Gilla Ísu Mór Mac Fir Bisig, taoiseach an chlann sin agus file dúchasach do Ó Dubda, taoiseach Thír Fiachrach agus Thír Amhalgaidh. Bhí Adam Ó Cuirnín agus Murchad Riabach Ó Cuindlis, mic leinn Mhic Fir Bisig ag cabhair leis. Dar le nótaí ar an lámhscríbhinn thosaigh sé ag obair roimh bhás Ruaidri [mac Domnaill] Uí Dubda, taoiseach Uí Fiachrach (ob. A.U. 1417), lean sé ag obair san fhómhair agus sa geimhreadh an bhliain chéanna agus bhí sé críochnaithe leis an scríbhneoireacht agus an dathadóireacht i mí Lúnasa 1418. Tá leaganacha ilcheanálacha den Lebar Gabála 'The Book of Invasions', cóipeanna den Naomsheanchas, Historia Britonum of Nennius, Uraicept na nÉces, Cóir Anmann, Leabhar na gCeart 'Book of Rights', Bansheanchas, Dindsheanchas, agus tráchtais ginealaigh agus naomhsheanchas iniata.Tá cosúlacht mhór idir an méad atá ann agus an méad atá sa Leabhar Bhaile an Mhóta agus tá sé cinnte, ar pointe amháin ar a laghad gur rinne na scríobhaithe Leacáin agus Bhaile an Mhóta cóip go díreach ó lamhscríbhinn bunaidh (féach ar Lec, ff. 211-212 i comparáid le BB f. 193).Dublin, IrelandBaile Átha Cliath, ÉireRoyal Irish AcademyAcadamh Ríoga na hÉireann