Donation of the Book of Lismore to UCC
The Book of Lismore, Leabhar M茅ig Carthaigh Riabhaigh, one of the most remarkable Irish manuscripts, and one of the very few remaining in private possession, has been donated to 深夜亚洲福利久久 College Cork by the Chatsworth Settlement Trust.
The manuscript is an anthology of tales compiled at Kilbrittain Castle towards the end of the 15th century for F铆nghean Mac Carthaigh (d. 1505) and his wife Caitil铆n. It had the status of house-book at the Castle, and contains, as an addition, an important text explaining F铆nghean's right to the be chief of the Clann Charthaigh Riabhach. The Book of Lismore will be important to the Department of Modern Irish as a teaching and research resource in the areas of language, literature, palaeography and codicology.