88 Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. 



3. " Oiiin oge M'=Crossan,' of Ballyni''crossan, rymor," 10 June, 1550 

 [Fiants Eliz., no. 508]. Eoglutn (or Eoinl) 'Og Mac cm Chrosdin, of Bally- 

 macrossan, near Geashill, in King's Co. 



4. " Shane m'^Doghe M^Keogho, late of Ballenescorney, co. Dublin, 

 rhymor," 25 Jan., 1570 [no. 1478]. Sean (mac Doomchadha ?) Mac Eochadha, 

 of Ballinaseorney, near Brittas. 



5. "William m'^Cragh Hefernan, bard of Eosonyany," 2 Jan., 1572 

 [no. 1971]. Uilliam Mac-raitli- '0 Hifearndin, of Eossaneny,^ at Windgap, 

 Co. Kilkenny. For a son of his see next paragraph. 



6. " Hennese M'Cragh, son of William M'Cragh OTernan, bard," 12 Jan., 

 1572 [no. 2063]. Aonghus Mac-raith (son of Uilliam Mac-raith) '0 Hifear- 

 ndin. (The only place-name mentioned in this Fiant is Tullaghbroge, i.e. the 

 parish of Tullaghanbrogue, in Co. Kilkenny.) 



7. " Talleighney Mulconery, of Cowlegad, rymor," 12 Jan., 1572 

 [no. 2042]. Tuileagna'O Maoilclionaire. Although other place-names in this 

 Fiant would point to Co. Kilkenny, it is just possible that " Cowlegad " may 

 be the present tl. of Coolegad, in the par. of Delgany, Co. Wicklovv.* But 

 more probably the present poet is to be identified with " Tullegne mc Torne 

 Mulconere," of Co. Kilkenny, who was pardoned 17 March, 1584 

 [no. 4341].'' This is probably the Tuileagna (son of Torna) '0 Maoilchonaire, 

 who wrote a poem (23 L 17, fo. 152a) in praise of Sir Nicholas Walshe, who 

 was prominent as a judge in Ireland under Elizabeth's government. 

 Tuileagna (or Tuilgne) '0 Maoilchonaire, who in 1603 wrote a genealogical 

 poem on the Leinster families (23 D 5, p. 161), and to whom also is ascribed 

 a poem on the castle of Glashare, Co. Kilkenny (O'Curry in Ac. Cat. 407), 



' Of this family was Sir Patrick Ci'osbie, employed by Elizabeth's govei-nment, 

 who was "the son of Mac-an-crossan, O'More's Bard, or Ehymer, and the ancestor of 

 the Glandore family and of Crosby of Ardfert, in Kerry."— O'Donovan, "Tribes of 

 Ireland," p. 2.5. 



- Here and in § 6 the use of Mac-raith as a second foi-ename in this family is to be 

 noted. So " Donogh m'^Crahe Hiffernain, of Tipper, husbandman," in Fiant 6564. 

 The O'Heffernans also used Macraith by itself as a forename : see ^ 10, infra. In the 

 Tipperary Hearth-Money Records for 1665-7 I have noted three men called Magrah 

 O'Hiffornane (pp. IIC, 65, 121). 



^ The only other occurrence of this place-name in the Fiants is in no. 2065 (12 Jan. 

 1572), in which "John il'Evard, of Rosoniani," is pardoned. Here "M'Evard" possibly 

 means no more than " the bard's son." 



* In Fiant 6577, which deals with O'Byrne's country, there are five men of this 

 surname ('O Maoilchonaire) pardoned. 



* A namesake is mentioned in Fiant 4916 (14th Aug., 1586) : " Tulligne OMolconere, 

 of Castleton [i.e. Castletown, Queen's Co], and Derraod O Molconere, of same, 

 husbandmen." Another is " Tullius O Mulconry, of Gort in waga," Co. Galway, 1591 

 [no. 5617]. 



