O'LooNEY — On an old Irish MS. found in Co. Clare. 221 



/s^ti]^ is\\ An c-cotAinn aju-)" a|\ An nAiriToeAnA-p "oon 

 t)Uine. — "Here follows a short treatise ■upon the devil, 

 upon the world, and upon the body, and upon their hostility 

 to the human being." A moral discourse on the temptations 

 of the world, the flesh, and the devil, and the evils to which 

 they subject the soul. Then follows a number of short reK- 

 gious poems and pieces, whose titles follow here : — 



10. A cotAn "oonnA c-po-poA CAp]AAC. — "0 miserable perverse 



obdurate body." A poem of four quatrains on the sinful 

 pursuits of human pleasure. 



11. If fAojAtcA pn A -pAOJAil. — "That is worldly, world." 



A poem of twenty-eight quatrains on the ways and tempta- 

 tions of the world. 



12. SciActuineAC limine. — " The Corselet of Mary." A poem of 



eighteen quatrains on the beauties and attributes of Mary, 

 Mother of God. 



13. e^ocAToe o h-eoju-pA cecenic. — "Eochaidhe O'Heogus cece- 



nit." A poem of forty-eight quatrains on the position of 

 the Roman Catholic Church, in regard of the important 

 questions under consideration, at the time referred to, circa 

 1630. The author of this poem was a writer of great merit, 

 and Ollamh to the Maguii'es of Fermanagh from 1593 to 

 1630. 



14. A Fkagment. — Thirteen quatrains of a poem on the Blessed 



Trixdty. The title and first line are missing. 



15. A Feagment. — Ten quatrains on the tonnents of hell. Title 



and first line are obscure. 



16. A Fkagmejstt. — A prose tract on the snares and temptations of 



the world, the flesh, and the devil. The title and a few 

 lines are partly missing and obscure. 



17- Amu ceA"OACCAC ctAnn A'OAim. — "Though sad to-day the 

 children of Adam." A fi'agment of a poem — thirty-five 

 lines — on the attributes of the Mother of God, by the cele- 

 brated Tadg Mac Daire Mac Brody, who flourished a. d. 1 600- 

 1650. This poem is not mentioned by O'Reilly, and I do not 

 know of any other copy of it. 



