Collectanea De Rebus Hibernicis IV

This material is held atUniversity of Manchester Library

  • Reference
    • GB 133 Eng MS 499
  • Alternative Id.
      GB 133 Irish MS 55
  • Dates of Creation
    • n.d. [mid 19th Century]
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 177 x 113 mm. 1 volume (40 folios); Binding: half-bound in morocco, patterned paper-covered boards.

Scope and Content

Transcriptions by Kelly of the manuscripts in the Royal Irish Academy. The volume comprises:

  • (folio 3) The Genealogical proof of the Royal Milesian Race of Ireland (O'Gorman MSS);
  • (folio 15) The Fianaibh-Eirin (O'Gorman MSS);
  • (folio 22) Pedigrees of O'Conor Don and of Brigadier Thomas O'Conor (Manuscript of O'Conor of Mount Druid. The O'Conor family were related to the Kelly family);
  • (folio 34) The Prophecy of Saint Malachy, Archbishop of Armagh, 1134 (O'Morghair MS);
  • (folio 38) The Origin of the Irish name of the Barony of Kiltartan (from Raymond Collection).

Location of Originals

See the O'Gorman Papers and Anthony Raymond's Collections and translations from Keating [Foras Feasa ar Éirinn] in the library of the Royal Irish Academy: see http://www.ria.ie/library+catalogue/catalogue.html. The original manuscripts transcribed on folios 22 and 34 have not been identified.