Collectanea De Rebus Hibernicis IV

Archive Unit
  • This material is held at
  • 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 tothe 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.