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AUTHENTICITY OF OSSIAN's POEMS. 443
Translatìon.
Charles Mac Muirunigh sung.
The renoun of the Gael is lowered, &c.
Mr. Astle has, in a note on this specimen, re-
marked, tliat the family of Mac Muirichs were bards
to the famiiy of Cianronald for centuries back.
Whether one of them was the author of this song is
difficult to say.
The seventh specimen is taken from a MS. con-
taining some memoranda relative to the afFairs of
Ireland and Scotland, wrìtten in the fifteenth ceu-
tury.
The eighth specimen is taken from a MS. con-
taining annals of Ireland and Scotland. The reading
is :
Anno Mundi Do ghabh Nuadhad fionn faìl Mac
3304. Geallicliosa, de shiol Eiremhoin
Righe Eirenn 60 bliaghuin no fiche bliaguin gur
thuit le Breisrig Mac Art.
Translation.
In the year of Nuadhad fionn fail the son of
the world 3304. Gealchosa of the race of Here-
mon, enjoyed the kingdom of Ireland 60 years, or
twenty years ; he fell by Breisri the son of Arthur.
The twelfth specimen (Plate XXII.) is taken
from a MS. in Mr. Astle's library, containing two
treatises, the one on astronomy, the other on medicine,
Translatìon.
Charles Mac Muirunigh sung.
The renoun of the Gael is lowered, &c.
Mr. Astle has, in a note on this specimen, re-
marked, tliat the family of Mac Muirichs were bards
to the famiiy of Cianronald for centuries back.
Whether one of them was the author of this song is
difficult to say.
The seventh specimen is taken from a MS. con-
taining some memoranda relative to the afFairs of
Ireland and Scotland, wrìtten in the fifteenth ceu-
tury.
The eighth specimen is taken from a MS. con-
taining annals of Ireland and Scotland. The reading
is :
Anno Mundi Do ghabh Nuadhad fionn faìl Mac
3304. Geallicliosa, de shiol Eiremhoin
Righe Eirenn 60 bliaghuin no fiche bliaguin gur
thuit le Breisrig Mac Art.
Translation.
In the year of Nuadhad fionn fail the son of
the world 3304. Gealchosa of the race of Here-
mon, enjoyed the kingdom of Ireland 60 years, or
twenty years ; he fell by Breisri the son of Arthur.
The twelfth specimen (Plate XXII.) is taken
from a MS. in Mr. Astle's library, containing two
treatises, the one on astronomy, the other on medicine,
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| Early Gaelic Book Collections > J. F. Campbell Collection > Poems of Ossian > Volume 3 > (455) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/81287212 |
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| Description | Vol. III. |
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| Shelfmark | Cam.1.b.5 |
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| Description | " ... in the original Gaelic, with a literal translation into Latin by Robert MacFarlan ; together with A dissertation on the authenticity of the poems, by Sir John Sinclair ; and a translation from the Italian of the Abbé Cesarotti's dissertation on the controversy respecting the authenticity of Ossian, with notes and a supplemental essay, by John McArthur". Parallel Gaelic text and Latin translation on facing pages. |
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| Shelfmark | Cam.1.b.13-14 |
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| Description | Volumes from a collection of 610 books rich in Highland folklore, Ossianic literature and other Celtic subjects. Many of the books annotated by John Francis Campbell of Islay, who assembled the collection. |
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| Description | Selected items from five 'Special and Named Printed Collections'. Includes books in Gaelic and other Celtic languages, works about the Gaels, their languages, literature, culture and history. |
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