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not dated. It is a statement of certain personal and other injuries in- 
flicted upon Teige, son of Sioda, or Mac Sheedy, by Fingin, son of 
Mac Con, and his family. It is a kind of bill of indictment. 
No. 18.—A deed of arbitration for certain injuries inflicted on Donnell, 
son of Rory, by the sons of Lochlainn, son of Fingin, son of Donnchadh 
[Mac Namara.| These personages appear to have lived in the neigh- 
bourhood of Cratloe (county of Clare); and the outrages which gave oc- 
casion to the arbitration were committed ‘‘in the summer in which 
Murchadh O’Brien and Donnchadh O’Brien went to England.” 
The deed was executed in 1550. Nos. 17 and 18 relate to the 
Mac Namaras mentioned in No. 1. 
No. 19.—This document, dated 1591, is a curious compact, in which 
the descendants of Melachlainn O’ Lochlainn of Ballymachane|in Burren, 
county of Clare], acknowledge themselves bound to Donnchadh O’Brien, 
by the terms of a compact made with their family by Connor, son of 
Turloch O’Brien, grandfather of the then Earl of Thomond. In this 
covenant they acknowledge themselves tenants of certain lands and 
vassals under the Earl; and he; on the other hand, concedes to them what 
would now be called tenant-right :— 
‘‘T, the Earl of Thomond, acknowledge upon my honour that I have 
promised that whenever lands or castles belonging to these people shall 
be brought to an end’ [ meaning, it is presumed, by the expiration of 
their lease or tenancy |, ‘‘ I will give them the appraisement of Boece 
[Mac Egan] and John O’Tierney and Koghan O’ Daly.” 
No. 20.—A deed of partition, dated April 3, 1675, between Aedh and 
Cosney, the sons of Gillananoemh Oge O’ Davoren, of certain lands of their 
ancestors, situate in the district of Burren, county of Clare. This docu- 
ment provides that if any part of the lands be lost to the parties, they 
are to balance the loss with each other, in the same way as in the ori- 
ginal partition. Also, that neither party has a right to put away his 
portion in pledge or perpetuity, so that the other cannot redeem it; 
also, that if any part of the lands be in pledge, whoever is first able to 
redeem it shall hold it until redeemed by the other; and if one party 
shall fail to have heirs, the other shall succeed to his portion of the pro- 
perty. Lastly, that if there be any part of Aedh’s land which he is 
unable to occupy, Cosney shall, if able, occupy it without let or hin- 
drance from Aedh. 
No. 21.—An agreement between Donnell Oge O’ Kearney and Graine, 
daughter of Mac Con [Mac Namara]. Donnell had a mortgage upon the 
lands of Graine [situate near Six-mile-bridge, county of Clare], to the 
amount of eleven uinge, with a right to two free cows; the lady 
being advanced in years, gives up her rights and her lands to Donnell, 
on the condition that he supports her, with power to her son, and to him 
only, to redeem the lands after her death; but if there be manure or 
buildings on the lands, they shall be appraised and redeemed according 
to appraisement. Here is another recognition of tenant-right. This 
document is dated 1522. 
No. 22—Is a copy of a deed, made by Mr. Curry from the original, 
