agus an uile majżeasa do bjad aige, O'Ceallaiz. Ard-ṁarascal I Choncúbair, Mac Diarmada Mujże-lujrż. Taoiseac teażlajż J Chonncúbair O'Tajdz, Ronnaire J Chonncúbair O'Biri, Dóirseoir J Choncúbair, O'Fionnaċta. Ollaṁ a seanċusa agus fear comeada a dualgais, agus gaċ soċair is dual do O'Concúbar do best afge, O'Maolconaire. Mac Tuile a ljajż. Mac Aodagáin, a bresćeaṁ. Chejċre bajle fjċead dúćajd gaċa taoisig do'n oċtar taoiseać tuaste so, maille re feadmanas ó O'Concúbair. Oct m-baile agus dá fjċid ag gaċ ríożċaoiseaċ do na ċerċre rjożċaorseaċajb, mar atá O'Flannagáin, O'Maolbreanusin, Mag Oireaċtaig, agus O'Fionnaċtaiġ, maille re ar marbad d'fearainn Eaglaisi ann. Flaża fulaing ÌÍ Chonċubair, éadon, Gajleanga agus Gojsdealba1G,Clain Chuaji Chonmajcne agus Cheara, agus an da Lujzne; za d-tú agá n-áirjoṁ, ni b-fuil riż na rjożdaṁna, taojseaċ, fear tuarte, tire, ná brúżajð bó-ċéadaċ bajle, ó Easruad go Luimneaċ, na ó Uisneaċ Midé go h-Innis Bó Finne, ná ó Loċ Eirne 30 Loc Derg-deirc, naċ b-fuil d'jor agus dlige d'eirge amaċ fluaż Chonnaċt ani so, éadon, Uj-Briujn Breifne, Uj b-Fjaċraċ geillsine agus cojideaċt I Conċúbair d'fjaċajb air. Saor-tuajte Muaide, agus sil Muireadaiż mic Fheargusa; agus gidead sadsin féin dlíġid feaċt agus fluajġead, geillsine agus coindeact, do żabairt do O'Choncúbair; agus dul less ċum gaċ éigeantais agus ċum gaċ an-forlajin ina m-bjad. 1 O'Malley. He was chief of Umball, which comprised the baronies of Murresk and Burrishoole, in the west of the county of Mayo. It is stated in O'Dugan's topographical poem that there never was a good man of this family who was not a mariner Duine mait riam ní raibe D' Usb Maille aċt 'na ṁararde. 2 O'Kelly. He was chief of Ui-Maine, which comprised five baronies in the counties of Galway and Roscommon. See Tribes, &c., of Hy-Many, p. 65, note k. 3 Chief Marshal. Compare Tribes of HyMany, (ubi suprà). O' Taidhg, now Tighe. The chief of this family was usually called O'Taidhgan-Teaghlaigh, i. e., O'Teige of the Household. See Annals of the Four Masters, A. D. 1132. 5 Mac Tully, now anglicized Tully, and sometimes Flood. 6 Mac Egan. The Mac Egans of Connaught lived at Dun-Doighre, now Duniry, in the barony of Leitrim, county of Galway, and at Park near Tuam, in the parish of Kilkerrin. Another family of them settled at Ballymacegan in lower Ormond, where they kept a famous school for teaching the brehon laws, and compiled the MS. called the Leabhar Breac," the Speckled Book of the Mac Egans." 7 Dead church-lands, i. e., lands taken at an early period from the Church by the oppressive conduct of the laity; and not claimed by the Church afterwards. 8 Gaileanga, i. e., the inhabitants of the Diocese of Achonry. 9 Goisdealbhacha, now Costello. These were Anglo-Normans, and the name is not in the old copy of this tract by Torna O'Maelchonaire. 10 Clann Chuain, a people seated in the north of the barony of Ceara, in the now county of Mayo, of which O'Quin was the ancient chieftain under O'Dowda. 11 Conmaicne. There were several septs of this name in Connacht, as the Conmaicnemara in the present Connemara, the Conmaicne of Dunmore, in the barony of Dunmore, near Tuam; the Conmaicne Cuile Toladh, in the present barony of Kilmaine, in the county of Mayo. They are all of the race of Fergus, king of Ulster. 12 Ceara, now Carra, a barony in the county of Mayo. 13 Easruaidh, now Assaroe, or the Salmon and O'Malley,' O'Kelly? was chief treasurer of his precious stones, and other species of wealth. Mac Dermot of Moylurg was O'Conor's chief marshall, O'Taidhg4 was commander of his household, O'Brien his chief butler, O'Feenaghty his chief door-keeper, O'Maelconaire historian and recorder of all the tributes which were due to O'Conor, Mac Tully is his physician, and Mac Egan his brehon (judge). Twenty-four townlands constituted the lawful patrimony of each of these eight chiefs, in payment for the office they discharged for O'Conor. Forty-eight townlands constituted the patrimony of each of his four royal chiefs, namely, O'Flanagan, O'Maelbreanainn, Mac Oireachty and O'Feenaghty, together with all dead church-lands.7 The chiefs tributary to O'Conor were those of Gaileanga, Goisdealbha, Clann Chuain, 10 Conmaicne," Ceara, 12 and the two Leignes. In short, there was no king or righdamhna, a chieftain of a territory or a district, or a hundred-cattled farmer of a townland from Easruaidh 13 to Luimneach, 14 and from Uisneach, 15 in Meath, to Inis Bo-finne, 16 and from Loch Eirne17 to Loch Deirgdheirc, 18 who was not specially bound to attend with his forces at the hostings of O'Conor. 9 8 The free states of Connaught are the following, namely, the Ui Briuin of Breifne, 19 the Ui Fiachrach Muaidh,20 and the race of Muireadhach, son of Fergus ;21 and even of these notwithstanding their freedom, two are bound to attend with their forces at the hostings of O'Conor, and to assist him in all his difficulties and troubles. Leap,a celebrated cataract on the river Erne at Ballyshannon, in the county of Donegal. 14 Luimneach. This was the old name of the lower Shannon. The city of Limerick was called Cathair Luimnigh, i. e., the city of the river Luimneach. 15 Visneach, a hill in the county of Westmeath, about four miles east of Ballymore Loughseudy. 16 Inis Bo-finne, i. e., the island of the white cow, now Bophinis land, lying off the coast of Murresk, in the county of Mayo. 17 Loch Eirne, now Lough Erne, in Fermanagh. 18 Loch Deirgdheirc, now Lough Derg, an expansion of the Shannon, between Portumna and Killaloe. 19 Ui-Briuin of Breifne, i. e., O'Rourkes, O'Reillys, and their co-relatives. 20 Ui-Fiachrach Muaidhe, the O'Dowdas of Tireragh. 21 Sil-Muireadhaigh, i. e., the O'Conors themselves and the remainder of their corelatives. PROCEEDINGS OF THE KILKENNY ARCHEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 1853. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, Held in the Tholsel Rooms, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7th, 1853, The following Members were elected:-Edward H. Paget, Esq., St. John's College, Oxford: proposed by the Marquis of Ormonde. John Potter, Esq., Kilkenny, Albert Way, Esq., F.S.A., Wonham Manor, Reigate, Surrey, Joseph Wilson, Esq., Lurgan, and Henry Meara, Esq., Parthenon Club, Regent-street, London: proposed by the Rev. James Graves. Patrick R. Welch, Esq., Newtown Welch, County of Kilkenny, and Yaxley Hall, Eye, Suffolk: proposed by Mr. Joseph Burke. Major Richard Dunne, Brittas, Queen's County: proposed by Mr. T. L. Cooke. William Atkins, Esq., Architect, Cork: proposed by Mr. John Windele. John Hartford, Esq., Solicitor, Kilkenny: proposed by Mr. J. G. A. Prim. The Rev. W. Wright, D.D., Medmenham, Great Marlow, Bucks: proposed by Mr. J. O'Daly. The Honorary Secretary then read the following Annual Report for 1852: "In rendering up an account of their trust for the year which has just expired, your Committee feel that they may be justly accused of a repetition of former reports in the observations now to be laid before the Society; however, if at any time these qualities are not tiresome it is when continued prosperity is the cause of want of variety. The marked success which has attended the progress of the Kilkenny Archæological Society during the last twelve months will be sufficiently apparent when it is known that ONE HUNDRED AND ELEVEN new members, amongst whom are many names of which the Society may well feel proud, have been added to its ranks since the last annual meeting; several of whom, being anxious to possess perfect copies of the Society's Transactions, have commenced their subscriptions from the year 1849, insomuch that the impression of that year's Transactions is now out of print; and as many of the members have expressed a wish for its republication, it will be put to press as soon as a sufficient sum, at 5s. each, has been subscribed by those requiring it. During the same period but ten names have been removed from the Society's books from death and other causes; thus leaving a clear gain of one hundred and one accessions. With this addition, and allowing for deaths and other casualities, the bona fide list of the Society's members extends to the large number of THREE HUndred and fiftY-ONE names-your Committee cannot pass from this gratifying topic without recording their deep sense of the zeal which has actuated very many of the members-a zeal to which the present prosperity of the Society is mainly owing, and if they only name Richard Hitchcock, Esq., of Trinity College, Dublin, the Very Rev. the Dean of Waterford, Joseph Burke. Esq., Barristerat-Law, John Windele, Esq., Cork, M. O'Donnell, Esq, Barrister-at-Law, the Rev. Philip Moore, R.C.C., Joseph Greene, Esq., jun., and T. L. Cooke, Esq., Parsonstown, it is not that others have not had the interests of the Society at heart, but that the occasion does not admit of that extension of the list which might easily be made. "But much as has been done, there is yet room for further exertion. Less than five hundred paying members will not enable the Society fully to carry out the objects originally proposed, and until that limit at least is attained, its friends should not remit their exertions. To all who are disposed to follow the good example set by the gentlemen already named, and who desire to make more widely known the doings and objects of the Society, the Secretaries will be found ready to supply circulars, and all other necessary information. "The number and importance of the papers contributed to the several meetings may also be pointed to as an evidence of the Society's progress; amongst the contributors to the Transactions of the past year many new names will also be found enrolled. "The mass of ancient deeds, charters, and other unpublished MSS. communicated (amongst which are very many important documents supplied by our valued fellowmembers, Patrick Watters, Esq., and James F. Ferguson, Esq., by the former from the Corporation Archives of Kilkenny, and by the latter from the Irish Exchequer Records) far exceed the means available towards their publication. An addition to the original rules of the Society, calculated to meet this emergency, will be proposed for the consideration of the members. "The delay in the issue of the Transactions for 1851 is a source of much regret to your Committee; but the members may be assured that it has arisen solely from a desire to present them with the work in such a form as will prove creditable to the Society; and in a few weeks it is hoped that the part for 1851 will be issued, with an index and title page, completing the First Volume of the Society's Transactions. "Your Committee have again to claim your thanks for the Mayor and Corporation of Kilkenny, and the members of the Local Press, whose kind co-operation has been continued to the Society. "Many valuable additions have been made to your Museum and Library during the past year; the former, indeed, has quite outgrown the accommodation assigned for its keeping by the kindness of the Corporation. Amongst the accessions to its stores, your Committee must not fail to record the valuable donation of antiquities discovered in the cuttings of the Limerick and Waterford Railway at Tibroughny, in the Barony of Iverk, and county of Kilkenny for which the Society is indebted to John H. Leech, Esq., of Carrick-on-Suir, and – Edwards, Esq., Contractor's Engineer of the works. "In conclusion, your Committee are happy to be able to inform you that the Special Fund for the reparation of the venerable Abbey of Jerpoint progresses most favourably; and, from the wide-spread interest displayed, they have little doubt that the requisite sum will ere long be completed, and that before this time next year all repairs necessary to arrest the progress of decay, and preserve to future generations that exquisite specimen of the architectural skill of former ages, shall have been thoroughly effected." The Rev. James Graves, Acting Treasurer, then brought up the Accounts of the Society for the past year, as under: Charge. 1852. JAN. 1.-To balance from last year's account 257 subscriptions for the year 1852, at 5s. each 24 do. £ s. d. 32 15 5 6450 600 7 10 0 15 10 0 2.10 0 £128 10 51 |