Daniel MacCarthy Glas Collection- Descriptive List

Descriptive list of the Daniel MacCarthy (Glas) Collection

coloured cloth mount (ca. 5 x 3.5 cm), accompanying [iii], to its left, lying ca. 13.5 cm in from left edge, and up ca. 4.5 cm from r.’s lower right -hand edge.

No scribal signature, date or place of writing supplied in [i] or [ii], but the handwriting in both is that of west-Cork copyist, Seán Ó Coileáin (ca. 1754 – 1817), a native, apparently, of the area between Dunmanway and Drimoleague, possibly educated in Europe, evidently Portugal, but resident subsequently for much of his life within the Myross area, east of Skibbereen. For his other Irish- and English-language scribal ouput, see Breandán Ó Conchúir, Scríobhaithe Chorcaí 1700 – 1850 (Baile Átha Cliath: An Clóchomhar, 1982) 41 –46. An author of original material in his own right, Ó Coileáin’s verse, in both Irish and English, has been edited by Bláthnaid Uí Chatháin, Éigse Chairbre: Filíocht ó Chairbreacha I gCo. Chorcaí agus ón gCeantar máguaird 1750 – 1850 (Baile Átha Cliath: An Clóchomhar, 2006) 19 – 36, 69 – 110, while a convenient English-language summary of his life and work is given in Dictionary of Irish Biography, s.n. Ó Coileáin, Seán ‘Máistir’ (Collins, John) (https://www.dib.ie/biography/o-coileain-sean-maistir-collins-john-a6309). The text of [iii] is signed by Johannes Butler, apparently in his hand, and dated 3 August 1784, presumably in Cork, his episcopacy of which is mentioned. The signatory is John Butler (ca. 1731 – 1800), Roman Catholic Bishop of Cork during 1763 – 87, and subsequently 12th Baron Dunboyne (see Dictionary of Irish Biography, s.n., Butler, John). [iii]’s entry may not be in Butler’s own script as such, but either in another unsigned hand, or that, below it, to the right, of [ … ] Hodnett (possibly Butler’s Secreta ry, the function this signatory ascribes to himself), the latter possibly as witness. The same item is accompanied, below it, to the left, by the signature of Michl. Tim. Callaghan, P.P. of Duglas etc., perhaps also as witness. Lettering in [iv] is now faint, but this entry consists, most likely, of Butler’s seal of office. What may be signatures (some illegible), given as surnames, of representatives of various families, mentioned in [ii], appear at r.s’ lower outer edge. Extensive traces of damage to the document, especially its r. These include smudging (at upper and outer edges), staining by liquid(s), the latter particularly in mid-leaf, and erasure of entries, resulting in loss of text, especially at various points in [ii] above. An entry (ca. 3 x 10 cm) at base of [i], comprising four lines of text, is erased. V. mainly blank, apart from following annotations: a) at upper left- hand edge, ‘Collins’ (inverted, in pencil); b) mid - leaf: ‘— MS — / by Collins MYROSS’ (in pencil); c) mid-lower edge: rectangular red-coloured cloth mount (ca. 4 x 3.5 cm) of wax seal (on r.); d) lower left edge: ‘Collins’ (in pencil) . Three full-length vertical creases and six full-width horizontal creases are present (as also other pleats, of smaller dimensions), enabling the document to be folded. The item now folds into a lesser- sized, portable quadrilateral shape (ca. 21 x 14 cm), with item e), above, on its r. Text in [i] headed, in the Irish language, and in Gaelic script, An Geineallach Treibh an Dúna sonn a gContae Chorcuídhe. Gives pedigree, in alternating Irish and English languages, and Gaelic and English scripts, of Diarmuid mac Carthaigh an Dúna — Jeremiah MCarthy a Doona, ascending to Adam.

Bulk of entry comprised at the base of text’s ‘L’ configuration in Gaelic script and the Irish language only. Entries in Irish given in square brackets, normally.

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