Ancient Deeds and Writings in the Irish Language, with English 



Translations.* 



.M-«i; , . .- iOifi-ioCI Vii Lt 



)S ;«b fo j:;ac<\ b;A;inf)Aba ojj ; Cc;/! ^ C^abpo;5 .;. b* irxi/ij bo TOu/^cboib 

 CDac ro<xt5<xiT)n(X : <xcu/- )f ma/i ;^o cuj b;<\fim<x;b oj <xn ba md/i^ ;'0;n u<x;b .;. C;ia- 

 poj ^ae/i aj bja;ima;b 03, ;^<xe;t <xn <xn r^le n; ace <x c;n bo J^l^'^jl^c brajb 

 <xm*;n : acu/- fO^Ji^f) C^iapo^j <X3 b;<x;ima;b CDac Concub^ bo c;n <x ^<xe/ica bo b;aft- 

 ma;b 03 ; no aj b;<x;imajb 03 jrejn muna ;^cie;t b;<X;ima;b CO<xc Concub<x;/i ; ; <xcu^ njjx 

 lej C0at3<xmr;n CDixc 3J^1<^ Ti)<xh<xii <xn tj~<X)j\f) yo jan cojbcijl ct^j; Jie^n, <xcr <xen 

 bl;ab<x;n oimajn : <xcu;^ <xn rn]j\ ceoi^rba TOu/icbab ODcic TOat jamncL, cajnjj bj<x;im<x;b 03 

 a jcecin Ca;b3 C10e;c roac3ftmna, acu^ bo pjf n<xc <x^ coitiajll CDac Tijax^'o COac 

 3)U<x I?jab<xb <w ■cfc^^f) fjn bo ; <xcu/- <x bubaj^it Crab3 3U bfa<i;/-3elcib j-e <xn 

 pe<x;i<xn o b;a^mci;b 03 ^ <xn ba ma;i3 fjn; <xcc muna cu3ab b;<i/itioa;b 03 caj3 

 m<!i^3 o;l) 4 <xn bfea/ian ;^;n, m<>.;t bo seall bo : <xcu/- bo j\)fie<xh<X)\ cun/i<\b ;ie eel;, 

 <xcu^ <x fe fO <\n cun/i<\b .;. n<x cu;3 ma/t3 ^;n o bj<i;im<\;b 03 bo C<x;b3 ma/i 

 3eaU 4 ^f^*p<5^5 ! <y.cuf muna c;^Ae;iab C<xb3 <in pea/ioin pn bo b;ci;im<x;b 03, an 

 vjl; n; boL nbjlpab bja;imajb ca^ cean an pecifiajn a be;b m$^ je*ll- <'iJ5; *|< <3in 

 b^rea/ian ^o;n, a 3ce<xn na yeact ma;i3 yo;n. Concuba/i OQac Cur^cjn bo /^;i;b fO, 

 3U 3ceab bo b;a;im<i;b 03, <xc<Xf bo b;a;iiD<x;b ClQac Concub^, <x bucc Ca;b3 CTJejc 

 C0ac3aiT)n<x. 



•v 00 3 h Translation. — Bond or charge on Land. — No Date. 



Tliese are the debts due to Dermot oge O'Hehir -f on the lands 



* From No. I. to XVII. are not dated, but they belong to the l2th, 13th, Hth and 

 ISth centuries. The orthography, throughout the entire, is very imperfect ; in some places so 

 much so, as nearly to render the meaning obscure; but it was considered unadvisable for 

 obvious reasons, to attempt any amendment, and the original orthography has been scrupulously 

 adhered to. The Irish scholar will see that Aspiration and Eclipsis of consonants are frequently 

 " omitted in these instruments, and that no attention whatever is paid to the modern rule of 

 leacan le le<xc<xn, &c. 



f For the origin of Irish surnames, see Harris's Ware, Vol. I. p. 58. Also Camden's Re- 



