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jxjn <ijujr ^ mo y-ljocc jm bja;; <in letoceftC;iam<x f)i) bo bjon ajo^ bo feaj-^n bo 

 (Dcic n A CO*;ta <xju;r ftfty-ljocc jn<x b;*;^, 50 jireAb <x fuay^alcA : oicuy- abmrjm nue' 

 ftjrujl o.j\ nea;ic <x j:uA/-cl(Xb <icc um peal CD;cb;l, bo joBajj en lao;: «cu^ m«;t 

 bea^bftb <i;ft <in n jeall ;^;n bo jlaccib, aju^r <x;;t <xn b]:ea;ian bo ta.Mjjw aa;m a 

 njeall }\]f, ixt&jmf), Concub<x/i 0'0;t;a;n, txj co/i mo l<i;me <x;/i an benc;u;;t fO. 

 iXcuf jf yjab pjabftjn <xn cona;ic* yo .;. Uajtne O Locblr;f), .j. O'Locblt^n djo;- 

 ConcuBa^t CDac gjlla TJ;<xi)<x, <xju^ )?uajbri; 2t)dc boncb*b <X5U;r S;oba 2Qac HuAjb/t; 

 «cu;^ ;jr; AO;;r Ci\)p: An CAn ^0 mjle bljAbAjn, cu;^ ceAb, bA bljAbAjn tn) pjcjb, 



CONOR THOMOND. 



XXVII. 



Translation. — Mortgage of Land, — A. D, 1562. 



Be it known unto all who shall hear this writing that I, Conor 

 O'Brien, Earl of Thomond, have given the \ quarter of Gortfinh 

 in Tuamfinnlogh unto John Mac Namara in mortgage for 12 in- 

 calf cows, and I, the said Conor O'Brien, do declare that I and ray 

 descendants are bound to secure and maintain the said ^ quarter 

 unto Mac Namara and his descendants, until the term of its re- 

 demption, and I acknowledge that same is not redeemable, except 

 at Michaelmas by one day's impounding. * And in acknowledge- 

 ment of my receiving the said consideration, and giving said land 

 for same, I, Conor O'Brien, do set my hand unto tins indenture. 

 The witnesses are Anthony O'Loghlin, that is, the O'Loghlin, 

 Conor Mac Gilla Riaba, Borey Mac Donogh, and Sheeda Mac 

 Rorey. — In the year of our Lord, 1562. 



CONOR THOMOND. 



• See No. V, — Many points of doubt and difficulty in our history and antiquities would he. ex- 

 plained by the publication of the Bfehon Institutes. If the translations of the principal Arinale 

 of the country by the learned Doctor ©'Conor of Stowe, How at press, were followed by ll>e 

 Laws, much would be done towards rendering our national history complete. 



