48T 



The testimonials, in the Latin language, of Thomas Flem- 

 ing, Archbishop of Dublin and "Primate of Ireland," dated 

 from Kildare, February 1, 1636, and from Father Roche of 

 Kildare, dated from his convent, 8th January, 1637,* next fol- 

 low, and then the Martyrology, first arranged according to 

 the calendar, and then alphabetically- This MS. is in the 

 Irish language, and can be read without any difficulty : it 

 contains about 250 pages. 



Vol. XV. (5057, 5058, 5059). This is a thin quarto, rudely 

 stitched together, and in bad condition. It contains, first, a 

 fragment of a catalogue of saints, then some poems by 

 " Eogan mac an Bhaird," and by " Moel Patric," &c. &c., 

 and ends with a fragment in prose, commencing " Gloriosus 

 Episcopus Carthagus qui vulgo vocatur mochuDa." The con- 

 tents are all in the Irish language, and I was unable to disco- 

 ver the name of the scribe or date of the compilation ; how- 

 ever, I believe it belonged to the Louvain collection, and is 

 justly attributed in the catalogue to the seventeenth cen- 

 tury. 



Vol. XVI. (5095, 5096) is a small, quarto volume, bound 

 in vellum, in the Irish character and language; and is another 

 copyt of the " Martyrologium Dungalense" of Michael O'Clery. 

 It contains a preface by the author, in which he states that the 

 work was finished at Donegal, 19th April, 1630, and then a 

 short paragraph, signed Flan Mac Aodhagan as above. 



Upon the following page this paragraph again occurs, signed 

 " Connep nV6|raDg," Then follow the approbations, in Latin, 



* Flann Mac Aodhagan, whose autograph is here given, was a famous 

 antiquary, from the village of Bally Mac Aodhagan, in the county of Tippo- 

 rary. It may be remarked that the individuals whose names are here given 

 are the same who have given approbation to the Annals of the Four Masters ; 

 as may be seen in the autograph copy belonging to Trinity College Library. 

 Rerum Hib. Scriptores, vol. iii. p. xv. The same observation applies to the 

 other copy of this Martyrology. See vol. .\vi. in this Catalogue. 



+ See vol. -xiv. No. 4639. 



