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odour of sanctity. Eighteen of those holy men are traced to your 

 great ancestor Teig, the son of Kian, and grandson of the celebrated 

 Olioll-Olam, who died King of Munster, A. D. 260. The posterity 

 of that Teig have had great establishments in every part of Ireland, 

 viz. : — The race of Cormac Galeny, in Leyney of Conaght, from whom 

 you are descended, as well as the O'Haras of the same Leyny, and the 

 O'Haras of the Rout ; the O'Carrolls also of Ely, and the O'Conors of 

 Kianachta Glengevin, in Ulster. In proof of your noble extraction 

 here follows your genealogy. 



" Ferall O'Gara thou art the son of Teig, &;c. &c. 



" On the 22d January, 1632, this work was undertaken in the 

 convent of Dunagall, and was finished in the same convent on the 

 10th of August, 1636. 



I am thine most affectionately, 



.Htiii maiu « Brother Michael O'Clery." 



Immediately following this dedication we are presented with the 

 original certificate or testimonmm of the superiors of the Franciscan 

 convent of Dunagall, in which the Annals were compiled, signed with 

 their autograph signatures, as on the said 10th of August, 1636. 

 This too, is written on parchment, and has also affixed to it the sig- 

 nature of O'Donell, Prince of Tirconnell ; and while I feel it necessary 

 to my purpose to transcribe this testimonium, (which I also give in the 

 translation of Mr. O'Conor,) I beg that those interested in the ques- 

 tion will observe how considerably it differs in its wording from that 

 prefixed to the Stowe MS., and how far more copious it is in its in- 

 formation relative to the sources from which the work was compiled. 



" The Fathers of the Franciscan Order, subscribers hereunto, do 

 certify that Ferall O'Gara was the nobleman who prevailed on Bro- 

 ther Michael O'Clery to bring together the antiquaries and chronolo- 



