94 Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. 



Mag Craith/ the author ot lomdha cagnach ag ' Eirinn (cf. O'Gr. Cat. 380), 

 tliough this is also attributed to Aonghus Fionn and others. 



20. " Moileu Muleonnerie, cronickler," 5 May, 1601 [no. 6504]. MaoiUn 

 '0 Maoilchonaire, in Co. Limerick. - 



21. "Donogh Fylau, of same [viz. Donowre], rimer," 7 May, 1601 

 [no. 6507]. Donnchadh '0 Ficddin, of Donore [^Dun Uabhair], in 

 MacEochagain's country, in the present Co. "Westmeath. A poem of his, 

 written on the occasion of a visit to the O'Byrnes of Ballinacor, Co. Wicklow, 

 has survived (O'Gr. Cat. 506). 



22. "Patrick M-^Kigan, of Currabeg, brehowne," 12 June, 1602 [no. 6658]. 

 Pddraig Mac AodJiagdin, of Carrickbeg,' a little to the south of Eallymahon, 

 Co. Longford. Some years previously this " Patrick M°Eagan, gentleman," 

 had been made by Elizabeth's government " seneschal of Correbeg alias 

 Ballem'^keagan, in the co. Longford," with licence to " prosecute and punish 

 by all means malefactors, rebels, vagabonds, rymors, Irish harpers, idle men 

 and women, and other unprofitable members," — Fiant 5528, dated 12 Feb.^ 

 1591. The Mac Aodhagains of Carrickbeg were evidently brehons to 

 '0 Fearghail Buidhe,* who was ruler of that part of Longford. '0 Fearghail 

 Buidhe liiuiself lived close at hand, at " the Pallice " [no. 5091], i.e., the 

 present townlands of Pallas Beg and Pallas More, a couple of miles to the 

 east of Eallymahon. 



II. 



In the case of a large majority of the persons pardoned in the Fiants of 

 Elizabeth, no indication is given as to the callings pursued by the various 

 individuals. Hence we may expect to find the names of many " rimers," 

 "chroniclers," and "brehons" appearing on these lists without their being 

 so described. Moreover, as these particular professions were well known 

 *to be obnoxious to the English of the day, it is only natural that poets and 

 others when seeking pardons should have preferred to have themselves 

 described in innocuous terms like "gentleman" or "yeoman." In the 

 present section mj main object has been to quote such names as may with 



^ Who may well be a diiferent person from Flaim mac Eogliain Mheig Craith, the 

 panegyrist of the anti-Irish Earl of Ormondand of (probably) Queen Elizabeth. 



-The name preceding this belongs to "the Corrie," the name following to 

 Carrigogunnoll. 



•* The identity is established by comparing Fiants 5063 and 5091, in which the same 

 place is called " Carrigbegge " and " Corrybegge." Possibly the original name in Irisli 

 was Coirthe Beag, changed later to Carraig Bheag. 



* The 'O Fearghails had long been loyal to Elizabeth's government, so there is nothing 

 surprising in one of their brehons being made seneschal. 



