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valuable light on the ancient topography of Minister; 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. 1 1 is the following memoran- 

 dum, in the same handwriting as the rest of the M S. : 



"On naycnibao O'pmnlaec o CaxayaiD 

 bo Saiob mgen Caiog ui TTlaille." 



"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. 



Raivl. 488. — The Annals of Tighernach. This is the 

 MS. from which these Annals were partly printed by Dr. 

 O' Conor. 



' Bawl 489. —The Annals of Ulster. This is the MS. 

 from which Dr. O'Conor printed the first part of these Annals. 



JRawl. 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 ] 123, mention a Tadhg Ua Maille who 

 was "drowned with his ship" at the Arran Islands, in that year. 



