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and decrepid as he was scarce able to repair unto us." — Davies, Letter to 

 Salisbury (1606), in Vallancey's Collectanea, i, 159 (1770).' Here we have 

 '0 .Brm^mm, brehon of Maguire, and one of the "erenaghs" of DerryvuUan 

 {Doire MJiaoldin)- on the Erne, close to Cleenish Island. In the Fiants Eliz. 

 the only person of this surname mentioned, at least in Cavan, is " James 

 Brissleayn, of Doeyry uulan [i.e. DerryvuUan], husbandman," pardoned in 

 1591 [no. 5602] ; this may be the same man. 



59. Of the family of Huiginn the following " rymers " were pardoned 

 19 Apl.,1603 : William, Twoholl, Cormuck, Gillenewf, and Teige oge M'Teige 

 Daile [ 'I'adhg 'Oy mac Taidhg D/iaill], all of " Dwacharny," Co. Sligo ; and 

 also " ISTeeile M'Gillifi'e [mac Giolla-iosa, or mac GioUa-na-naomh] O'Higgen 

 rymer," of " Skardane," I.e. Scardan, near Sligo town. — Cal. Patent EoUs, 

 Jas. I., p. 24a. Some of these, or namesakes of theirs, are also mentioned 

 in Fiants Eliz., e.g. " Gillernewe Higen," Co. Sligo, 1584 [no. 4290] ; 

 " William Higgen," together with Brian OH. and Gille Cullam OH., all 

 of " Moy taugh,"' Co. Sligo, 1 587 [no. 5026]. Namesakes of Cormac '0 Huiginn- 

 mentioned above, are " Cormock Higgin," of Co. Mayo, 1587 [no. 5058], 

 and "Cormock Higgen," of " Magherie Quirk" [llachaire Chuirc{n€)\ 

 Co. Westmeath, 1601 [no. 6506]. Tlie latter may well be the Cormac 

 'O Huiginn who addressed a poem (H. 4. 15, p. 101) to Theobald Dillon, of 

 Killinure, in Machaire Chuirc, close to Lough Eee. On the other hand, we 

 also have poems by one or more Cormac '0 Huiginns of Co. Sligo ; see 

 O'C. Don's MS. and O'Gr. Cat. 447.' 



60. Although the '0 Cianain family were associated mainly with 

 Fermanagh (Maguire's country), it is perhaps worthy of note that no person 

 of this surname appears among the Fiants relating to Fermanagh. On the 

 other hand, seven persons of the name residing in Co. Armagh are pardoned 

 in Fiant 6735, dated 6 Dec, 1602, including " Coconnaght Kinan," priest, 

 and " Teige Kinane," gentleman. The latter may be the Tudhg '0 Cianain 

 who has left us the history of the Flight of the Earls, and to whom there are 

 some references in the State Papers. 



Like that of the other fugitives, the property of Tadhg '0 Cianain was 

 forfeited owing to his flight. It is given as consisting of 15 cows, 8 calves, 

 1 garron, 1 hackney, and 25 swine, the whole being valued at £22 6s 2d. 



' In later editions of the Letter the brehon's name is corrupted to "O'Bristan." 



" Cf. AU. iii, 394. 



^ Perliaps for Moylough, in the par. of Achonry. 



* Among other 'O Huiginn poets of the hvte sixteenth century were Irial, Ruaidhn', 

 and Sean, and names corresponding to each of these are also found in the Fiants. But a 

 discussion of the possibility of identifying the latter with the poets will best be left to 

 Miss B. Knott, who has, I understand, made a special study of the O Huiginn family. 



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