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Fol. 102, a. The coming of St. Finian from abroad into 

 Ireland with the Gospel. 



Fol. lOi. The History of Oriell, with the genealogies of 

 many Irish families. 



Fol. 109, a. A poem on the sons of Conor Mac Nessa, 

 king of Ulster in the first century ; by Mongan, a celebrated 

 poet. 



Fol. 10.9, b. Pedigrees of the families of Fermoy, County 

 Cork. 



Fol. Ill, a. Pedigree of O'Dunlevey. 



Fol. 112. Lists of Roman emperors, kings of Egypt, 

 Assyria, and Israel; bishops of Rome, Armagh, &c. 



In the margin of fol. 1 17, i, there is written in faint red ink, 

 pale, caipil : by which we may infer that the tract there tran- 

 scribed was preserved also in the Psalter of Cashel. This is 

 apparently the only reason for supposing that the present 

 MS. contains extracts from the Psalter of Cashel. 



Fol. 118. The actions and deeds of Finn M'Cumhaill. 



Fol. 122. A very important tract, which appears from 

 the handwriting to be much more ancient than any other 

 part of the volume, containing the derivation of the names, 

 local traditions, and other remarkable circumstances of the 

 hills, mountains, rivers, caves, rocks, earns, and monumental 

 remains in Ireland : more especially such as relate to the 

 deeds of Finn Mac Cumhaill and his heroes. 



There is an imperfect copy of this tract in the Book of 

 Lismore, in the possession of His Grace the Duke of Devon- 

 shire, of which a copy was lately made for the Academy by 

 3Ir. Curry. 



Fol. 127, a. A Finian tale, entitled, " The Elopement of 

 the Daughter of the King of Munster with Oisin." 



The remainder of the volume is occupied with a sei-ies of 

 these tales, which are of great interest and importance. 

 Many modern copies of them on paper are preserved, espe- 

 cially in the valuable collection of Messrs. Hodges and Smith, 



