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valuable light on the ancient topography of Munster, espe- 
cially of the counties of Limerick and Kerry. 
There is also in this MS. a good copy of the Dialogue 
already alluded to as preserved in the Book of Lismore, be- 
tween Patrick, Oisin, and Cailte. 
Then follows a Brehon Law Tract. 
On the lower margin of fol. 11 is the following memoran- 
dum, in the same handwriting as the rest of the MS. : 
“(Up napembad 0’ Pinnlaeé 0 Catapad 
oo Saidb sen Tass wi Martle.” 
«‘ Written by Finnlaech O Cathasaidh [Finlay O’Casey ], 
for Saidhbh [Sabia], daughter of Taidhg Ua Maille [Teague 
O’Malley].” 
Dr. Todd was unable to say with certainty whether the 
existing pedigrees of the O’Malley families were sufficiently 
perfect to enable us to tell the period at which this lady lived.* 
But the memorandum is interesting, as proving that our an- 
cient Irish ladies were patrons of literature and learning, and 
employed scribes to write books of this kind for them. 
Rawl. 488.—The Annals of Tighernach. This is the 
MS. from which these Annals were partly printed by Dr. 
O’ Conor. 
Rawil. 489.—The Annals of Ulster. This is the MS. 
from which Dr. O’Conor printed the first part of these Annals. 
Rawl. 502.—This is a most important volume. It is on 
vellum and in fine preservation. 
It begins by a chronology of the ancient Eastern empires ; 
then follows a tract beginning with an account of the six ages 
of the world, probably the same which has been copied into 
the Speckled Book and other collections. 
At fol. 19 commences a beautiful and very ancient copy 
* The Four Masters, at the year 1123, mention a Tadhg Ua Maille who 
was “drowned with his ship” at the Arran Islands, in that year, 
