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Shronell, two or three miles west of the town of Tipperary. The same, or 

 another, " Oharney Hiifernan," of '■ Ballenloghan " (probably Ballinlough, 

 east of Tipperary town , was pardoned in 1587 [no. 5006]. 



The Shronell district was the principal seat of the '0 Hifearnain 

 family. In Shronell^ itself the following members are pardoned in other 

 Fiants (I omit the surname, which is variously spelled Hiffernan, Hirnan, 

 etc.) : John, " gentleman," 1577 [no. 3043] ; Murrihirtagh m'^Eery and Ee 

 m'^Mwrihirtig, '• kerns," 1577 [no. 3097] ; Eorie, " yeoman," 1584 

 [no. 4526] ; Teig, "yeoman," 1585 [no. 4743]; John Eglany [Sedn om 

 GMmnna ?], Donogh m'Shane, Eneas fitz John. Mulmorye m'=Gillenyneafe, 

 and Ferragher m'=Gillenyneafe, 1601 [no. 6490]. See further §§ 15, 16. 



The '0 Hifearnains appear to have been attached to the Earl of Desmond's 

 family. See, for Conchubhar Euadh '0 Hifearnain, § 18, infra., and, for 

 Mathghamhain '0 Hifearuaiu, the poem C'eist da do cheinneochadh dan 

 (cf. § 15). So, according to depositions made by him in 1591, Muireheartach 

 Liath '0 Hifearnain acted as messenger between the Earl of Desmond and 

 Miler Magrath (Cal. S. P., 1588-92, pp. 419, 429) ; and " Moriertaghe Eowe 

 O'Hiffernan, servant and guide to the traitor John of Desmond in his 

 rebellion," was slain in 1580 {ih., p. 286). 



11. Grant to Thomas Earl of Ormond of lands, etc., iu various counties, 

 and also of " five knights' fees of lands in Tollaleishe, Killagholiaghau, and 

 other towns, which John FitzMorice dwelling in the manor of Claneleis, near 

 the country of Conallaughe, and a certain ( > Daley the rymer lately 

 held, with the tithes of the same, Co. Cork,' '10 Dec, 1578 [no. 3513]. The 

 places mentioned are : Tullylease (Tulach Liis), in the north of DuhaEow, 

 close to the border of Co. Limerick ; Killagholehane, the parish in which the 

 village of Broadford, in the south-west of Co. Limerick, is situated ; and Clean- 

 glass {Claonghlais), adjacent to the last and in the same county. The land 

 referred to was e%idently in the Geraldine country, and the Daley one of 

 the Earl of Desmond's poets.- See further § 50, infra. 



12. "Meylmorry m'TwohiU M'=[K]eogh, rymor," 27 Aug., 1582 [no. 4008].' 

 Maolmuire {mac Tuathail) Mac Eochadha. The same name is given as 

 " Mulmurry m'=Toell M'=Geighoe " of " Cullitory " (perhaps Coolatore, near 



' Here also in the eighteenth century lived the poet UUliam Dall 'O Hifearnain (or 

 '0 Hearnain). 



- McKenna in his edition of the poems of Aonghus Fionn (p. vii) quotes thisFiant, 

 and concludes, very rashly, that ' ' the reference here is probably to Aonghus, and we may 

 gather from it that he was bom as far back as 1548." 



' Place uncertain. There are only three personal names in this Fiant ; the first 

 belongs to Co. Kildare, the second is that of the ' ' rymor," the third belongs to 

 Co. Carldw. 



