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GLEANINGS FROM IRISH MANUSCRIPTS
Gray inghean do marcas Dorsitur a mathair) mac Ceroid an
deichmeadh iaria agus iustis na hEreann {Allsun inghean mic Ser
Edvard lusdas a mathair). Silken Thomas, sometimes referred
to as the tenth Earl, had no children.
37. Thomas, tenth or Black Earl of Ormond, was in power
during the whole of Elizabeth's reign, and died November 22,
1 614. He was a cousin of the Queen through the Boleyn family.
38. Ulick, third Earl of Clanrickard, succeeded in 1582,
and died on May 20, 1601.
39. Aodh O Neill was created Earl of Tyrone in 1587. On
the death of Toirrdhealbhach Luineach in i 595 he had himself
proclaimed O Neill after the ancient Irish fashion. After his
death in Rome in 161 6, his son John bore the title till his death
in 1641.
40. Donnchadh O Briain, fourth Earl of Thomond, suc-
ceeded in 1580 (according to the Four Masters), and died
September 5, 1624. See a short account of him in Archdall's
Lodgey ii, 35 ; or Webb, Compendium of Irish Biography, 366.
41. The medieval Studium was a Higher School or
University.
42. The meaning of this is that some such prayer as the
following was prefixed to Richard O'Connor's work : DeuSy
mei est incipere. Tui est finire. O God, mine it is to begin :
Thine to complete. See a heading of this kind at the com-
mencement of the Annals of Ulster.
43. Cul-choill. Cullahill Castle, in the parish of Aghmacart,
^ n the barony of Clarmallagh, in Queen's County. Of the
ancient castles of Cullahill and Grantstown (to be mentioned
ater) there are splendid drawings in Lord Castletown's A
King and his Favourite, pages i and 25.
44. Numerous particulars of Tadhg O Neachtain and his
father Sean may be gleaned from notices in Robin Flower's
Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in the British Museum. Cartron-
peragh was the original home of the family. Both father and son
spent many of their years in Dublin or the neighbourhood.
45. This name is added in the margin, where the letters
italicised have been cut away. Compare the pedigree in the
first extract above.
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