The Flight of the EarlsTextMS A 21LS A 21gaIrishGaeilge1600-169916095 ff. +136 pp. + 2 ff.5 fóilió + 136 lgh. + 2 fóilió8.9" x 6.3"ProsePróscf. PRIA 36 C 6 (1922) 117-18The latest date found in the MS is 14 September 1609 (p. 96 i) and the author may have died about this time. The following reference shows that he was dead by 1615: 'Examination of Lodder M'Donnell the 29th of May. He says he saw Couconnagh O'Kernan, a rhymer or chronicler . . . and that he thinks he was brother to Teige Oge O'Kennan that went with Tyrone and died at Roome . . .' (Cal. state papers Ire. 1615-25, 63BM Cat. i, 385 n. 2). The text has been edited from this MS with translation etc. by P. Walsh, Archiv. Hib. 2-4 (1913-15) app., and separately, The Flight of the Earls (Maynooth and Dublin 1916)Is é an 14ú Mean Fómhair 1609 (lth. 96 i) an dáta is déanaí sa LS. agus is dócha go bhfuair an scríobhaí bás thart ar an am seo. Léiríonn an tagairt a leanas go raibh se marbh roimh 1615: 'Examination of Lodder M'Donnell the 29th of May. He says he saw Couconnagh O'Kernan, a rhymer or chronicler . . . and that he thinks he was brother to Teige Oge O'Kennan that went with Tyrone and died at Roome . . .' (Cal. state papers Ire. 1615-25, 63BM Cat. i, 385 n. 2). Tá an téacs eagraithe ón LS seo le haistriúchán srl., ag P. Walsh, Archiv. Hib. 2-4 (1913-15) app., agus ar leith, The Flight of the Earls (Maynooth and Dublin 1916)DublinItalyBaile Átha CliathAn IodáilPaperPáipéarBound in boards and vellum with '19', 'The Flight of the O Neils' in ink and press-marks A 29 and I 8 labelled on front cover.Ceangailte i gláraigh agus meamram le '19','The Flight of the O Neils' scríobhta le dúch agus lipéid A 29 agus I 8 ar an glúdach tosaigh.Ó Cianáin, TadhgO Neill, Aodh, Baron of Dungannon, Co. Tyrone [barún Dungenainn]O Neill, Aodh, Barún Dungenainn, Co. Tír EoghainF.i. [List of Popes.] Beg. 61. Vigilius primus anno—DXXX(. . .). Ends 237 Paulus papa quintus anno MDCVI. On f. vi r begins a list, 'Nomina Pontificum omnium a nativitate Christi'. Beg. 1 Sanctus Petrus anno—33. Ends (f. vii r i) [77]. Eugenius primus anno ( ), so that there is an overlap of 17 names between the two lists. F.iii. verso 'Nomina Imperatorum Romanorum'. Beg. 1. C. Julius Cesar ex fundatione Romana anno 706. Ends (f. v verso m) 138. Rudolphus secundus anno domini 1576 sub Gregorio XIII anno 4. Rest of page blank.P.[1]. [The Flight of the Earls.] Beg. A nainm Dhé. Ag so pairt do sceloib et dimthechtoib Í Neill on uair for fhagoip se Eire. Space left for ornamental capital A at beginning. Breaks off (p. 135 i) with events of the end of November 1608, apparently unfinished.F.i. [Liosta de Phapaí] Tos. 61. Vigilius primus anno—DXXX(. . .). Críoch 237 Paulus papa quintus anno MDCVI. Ar f. vi r tá liosta ag tosú, 'Nomina Pontificum omnium a nativitate Christi'. Tos. 1 Sanctus Petrus anno—33. Críoch (f. vii r i) [77]. Eugenius primus anno ( ), tá scair de 17 n- ainm ag an chéad liosta ar an dara liosta. F.iii. verso 'Nomina Imperatorum Romanorum'. Tos. 1. C. Julius Cesar ex fundatione Romana anno 706. Críoch (f. v verso m) 138. Rudolphus secundus anno domini 1576 sub Gregorio XIII anno 4. Tá an chuid eile den leathanach bán. Lth. [1]: [The Flight of the Earls.] Tos. 'A nainm Dhé. Ag so pairt do sceloib et dimthechtoib Í Neill on uair for fhagoip se Eire'. Tá spás fágtha do thúslitir órnaideach A ag an tosaigh. Briseadh (p. 135 i) le himeachtaí ag deireadh Mí na Samhna 1608, de reir dealraimh gan críoch.Copyright image source Irish Script on Screen, School of Celtic Studies, DIAS.Copyright University College DublinCóipcheart ag Coláiste Ollscoile, Baile Átha CliathIomhá Foinse ag Meamram Páipéar Ríomhaire, Scoil an Léinn Cheiltigh, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath.UCD MS A 21 is a Gaelic manuscript from the 17th century. Written in Gaelic on paper by Tadhg Ó Cianáin in Rome in 1609 for Aodh O Neill Baron Dungannon. It contains a copy of 'The Flight of the Earls' together with two lists of Popes. It was more than likely brought to St. Isidore's College, Rome where it was added to the Franciscan collection after 1792; the Franciscan Friary, Merchant's Quay, Dublin from 1872; the Franciscan Library, Dún Mhuire, Killiney, Co. Dublin from 1946 and, in November 2000 University College Dublin.Is lámhscríbhinn Gaelach í COBAC LS A 21, ón 17ú haois. Scríofa i nGaeilge ar pháipéar ag Tadhg Ó Cianáin sa Róimh sa bhliain 1609 d'Aodh O Neill Barún Dún Geanainn, Co. Thír Eoghain. Tá cóip de 'The Flight of the Earls' mar aon le dhá liostaí pápaí iniata. De réir dealraimh tugadh í go dtí Coláiste Naomh Isidore, An Róimh agus curtha í leis an gCnuasach í tar éis 1792; go Mainistir na bProinsiasach, Cé na gCeannaithe, Baile Átha Cliath sa bhliain 1872; go Leabharlann na bProinsiasach, Dún Mhuire, Cill Iníon Léinín, Co. Bhaile Átha Cliath sa bhliain 1946 agus faoi dheireadh go Coláiste Ollscoile, Baile Átha Cliath i Samhain 2000.Ó Macháin (Pádraig): Observations on the manuscript of Tadhg Ó Cianáin in Tadhg Ó Cianáin (2011), lgh. 171–205. Franciscan A 21.Ó Macháin (Pádraig): Observations on the manuscript of Tadhg Ó Cianáin in Tadhg Ó Cianáin (2011), pp. 171–205. Franciscan A 21.Dublin, IrelandBaile Átha Cliath, ÉireUniversity College DublinAn Coláiste Ollscoile, Baile Átha Cliath