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N) B;ie;c leo, acu;^ 7 o-jx co^, <xcu/" <x p<ijb<x;l mApb ^ <\n c/'l; je, ttca;' to* <inm .x. 

 too ca;;ie <\cajr too ^Ckbaj/i toAnmiqn <xmu;j toon ftjfjc too jeftUato bojb, <xcuf cot* 

 mn*, *cu;^ le;ne, <xcuf b;ie;to c;n, *cu^ t/t; br^ii, baj/tjeato. 



X. 



Translation. — Forfeiture of lands, Sfc. — No date. 



This is the first cause of Morogh O'Brien's possession of the lands 

 of Ballybeghan, viz. The son of the Madra dun* stole a cow from 

 Fergus Mac Conor Mac Maelseachlan, arid brought her to Bally- 

 beghan unto Lewis, and for this act he forfeited that Townland, in 

 satisfaction for that cow, and also fourteen cows mulct were imposed 

 upon him, and through these said possession accrued. These are 

 the persons unto whom he (Lewis) gave these cows, viz. 20s. unto 

 Teige Mac Phelim O'Connor, a mark unto Teige oge Mac Teige 

 O'Connor, a mark unto Teige oge Mac Teige O'Daly, and ^ a mark 

 unto Mora O'Donnellan. Seven cowes were to be taken from said 

 Lewis in payment of that ^ mark, and it was due only a year, and 

 he was even to pay that ^ mark at the expiration of a year unto 

 Mora. The witnesses that these 7 cows were paid in satisfaction 

 of that -^ mark are the children of Eugene O'Conry and John 

 Mac Casey, and the Dowde family. The last will and testament 

 of Lewis O'Loghlan at his death, concerning Ballybeghan was 

 that Ballybeghan was not subject to any debts, not so much 

 as one penny, at the time of his death. The witnesses to said 



• Madra dun, lit. the Brown Dog. The feat of the son is the best commentary on the title of 

 the Father, who may be supposed to have lived like the Scotch hero Donald Bean Lean, secure 

 in his fastnesses against the punishment due to his depredations. The Irish were profusely li. 

 beral of Nicknames. Every defect of body or mind, moral or physical, supplied these derisive 

 Appellations. — See Ware Antiq. Vol. I. p. 58. 



