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of same, rimor," ,1 June, 1585 [no. 4678]. lollann 'O Ifaoilchonmre,'^ of 

 Cloonahee, near Elpliin, Co. Koscommon ; Giollarnaomh (i.e. GioUa-na-naomh) 

 caocli ['(9 Maoilchonaire], Fearfeasa '0 21., and PdicUn 'Og '0 J/.- " Clon- 

 pluckaue" (Cluain Plocdin,^ FM. iv. 1238) was in Koscommon, but its exact 

 situation has yet to be discovered. In 1583 were pardoned " Brian 

 Mulconre, of Glonplocan, Moj'Uon m^Shane M'^Padin, of same " [no. 4240] ; 

 the latter evidentl)' stands for Maoilin '0 Maoilchonaire, son of Sean and 

 grandson of Pdidin (probably the Paidin who died in 1506). Other members 

 of this family were pardoned in 1590, viz. " Ollishe m'^O [szc] Molconnere, of 

 Gortesloghe, Melaughleu, Flarin, Turne, and Feel Molconnere, of same, 

 Farfasse Molconnere of Ballekillecomin " [no. 5439], i.e. Eolas (?), 

 Maoileachlccinii, Flaithri, Tonia,^ Fitheal, and Fearfeasa ; the two place-names 

 are not easy to identify,* but may be taken as belonging either to Leitrim or 

 to the adjoining portion of Roscommon. 



18. " Theobald fitzJohn Bourke, of Derryclowny, Moriertagh mac Rory 

 Hiffernain, of same, rimor, Mulmory Hiffernaine, of same, stockagh 

 \_stdcach~\, Ferreghar Hiffernaine, of same, stockagh," 8 July, 1585 

 [no. 4733 J. Muircheartack {mac Buaidhri] '0 Hifearndin, of Derrycloney, 

 near the town of Tipperary, about mid-way between Caber and Golden. 



In the same Fiant a pardon is granted to " Conoghor Hiffernaue, 

 rymor," i.e. Conchuhhar '0 Hifearndin. This was the '■ Cono Eoe \_Rv.adh'] 

 Oharnan, being an Irish Poet," whom James fitzMaurice in 1572 sent to Emly, 

 Co. Tipperary, to Perrott, Elizabeth's President of Munster, as the bearer of 

 " a cunning and subtle excuse " for declining to meet the President in 

 single combat. — " The History of Sir John Perrott," London, 1728, p. 62. 

 " Knoghor Hifiernan, of Laten " {i.e. Lattin, west of Tipperary town), 

 pardoned in 1601 [no. 6564], may be the same man. 



19. " Flan m^Eneas oge M'^Craghe, of Garrestown, rymor," in 1586 

 apparently [no. 4935]. Flann {mac Aonghusa dig) Mdg Oraitk, of Garrison, 

 near Pallas Grean, Go. Limerick.^ Possibly to' be identified with Flann 



' Jlentioned in a marginal note in Egei'ton 88 (O'Gr. Cat. 129z). He is probably the 

 lollandvfYLO wrote, ca. 1572, part of the so-called YBL (col. 43, foot). 



2 Writer of a marginal note in H. 3. 18, p. 83 (Abbott-Gwynn Gat. 359). 



^Tuileagna '0 Maolchonaire, O.S.F., refers, ca. 1640, to a MS. entitled Leabhar 

 Chluana Plocdin — Gen. Reg. et Sauct. Hib., ed. Walsh, p. 133. 



^Perhaps the Tornaeoi YBL, col. 44, foot. 



° " Gortesloghe " may represent Gortnasillagh, which is the name of places in 

 Leitrim, Roscommon, and elsewhere. "Ballekillecomin" may be Ballycummin 

 {Buile an Choimine), on Lough Boderg, where 23 N 10 was written about 1578, in the 

 house of Sean 'O Maoilchonaire (cf. 'Eriu, i, 38). 



* With " Garrestown" cf. Ir. garasti'/n = '• garrison." " Donell M'Crath. of Garreston, 

 yeoman," was pardoned in 1587 [no. 5006]. 



