Fenian Tales I

Reference
- GB 133 Eng MS 479
Alternative Id.
Dates of Creation
- n.d. [c 1851]
Name of Creator
- Name of transcribers: Denis Henry Kelly and Michael McDermott
Language of Material
- English
Physical Description
- 231 x 155 mm. 1 volume (220 folios); Binding: half-bound in vellum, buckram-covered boards.

Scope and Content

The manuscript contains:

(folio 10) The Lay of Gabhra of Bemon;
(folio 16) The Lay of Great Leyney;
(folio 19) The Struggle of Ceis Corran;
(folio 26) The Lay of the Black Hound;
(folio 33) The Exploits of Fionn in the Danes Country;
(folio 44) The Adventures of Turlough McStarn, etc.;
(folio 100) The Adventures of the Three Sons of Turlough;
(folio 163) The Lay of Dearg McDriotchoil;
(folio 170b) The Lay of Tale McTreoin;
(folio 173) The Lay of the Children of Lir;
(folio 195) The Lay of the Children of Tuireim.

On folio 2 is written the title: A Collection of Fenian Tales. Literally translated from the Original Irish MSS. by Michael McDermott and D.H. Kelly, Esq. A.D. 1851, Volume I. At the end of the last tale is the note: 'written by me on the ninth day of Oct. 1807. James Brown' [referring to the tale rather than the manuscript].

Location of Originals

The Fenian Tales (Manuscripts 479-487) have been copied and translated from manuscripts in the Royal Irish Academy and in the McMahon Collection at Castle Kelly [unidentified].