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418 pp. 315 x 200 mm. Quarter rough calf
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Formerly in the collection of Egerton Grenville Bagot Phillimore
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A volume containing miscellaneous Irish prose and poetry, including a forus focal (p. 1), the stories of the Battle of Cnucha (p. 8), the Battle of Magh Leana (p. 43), the Children of Uisneach (p. 92), the Battle of Clondarf (p. 121), the Battle of Mucramha (p. 205) and the Pursuit of Diarmuid and Grainne (p. 298), and poetry (pp. 146-204) which is almost exclusively Ossianic; the volume also includes other poetical and historical pieces, as well as conversation lessons in Irish (p. 363) and a collection of proverbs and sayings (p. 413).
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- irieng
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Irish, English
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See also NLW MSS 415D-418D, 419C
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Creator ref. no.: Phillimore MS C.4; Williams MS 616
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 414D