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Briefe relation of Ireland, and the diversity of Irish in the same [and] Priests in Ireland and Gentlemen gone abroad

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James Hardiman

Electronic edition compiled by Beatrix Färber and Benjamin Hazard

Introduction and bibliography by Benjamin Hazard

2. Second draft, corrected.

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This text has two parts. The first, Briefe relation of Ireland, and the diversity of Irish in the same was originally written in Spanish by Philip O'Sullivan Beare in the early seventeenth century. The second part, Parish Priests in Ireland and Gentlemen gone abroad, is an independent source addressed to the English authorities. Both sources identify key religious and political figures for the period, preserved in a manuscript which belonged to the Anglican archbishop of Armagh, James Ussher (1581–1656).

Sources

    Manuscript sources
  1. Madrid, Real Academia de Historia, Ms. N II, ff 163–6: 'Breve relacion de Irlanda y de las diferencias de irlandeses', c.1618.
  2. Dublin, Trinity College Library, Ms. E.iii.8 (Collectanea Historica, 580), ff. 22, 49–52: 'Briefe relation of Irland and diversity of Irish in the same c.1618' [and] 'Priests of Ireland and Gentlemen gone abroad', Copia vera, c.1625; see T. K. Abbott and E. J. Gwynn (eds), Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in Trinity College Library (Dublin 1921), Ms. 580.
  3. Dublin, Trinity College Library, Ms. E.iii.15, ff. 6, 11b: 'The names of sundrie priests and friars within some dioceses and counties of Ireland, that you may see what number of priests were come over, and whether it were not time to look to their seducing of the subjects', AD 1624 [and] 'A note of the names of the Priests, Commissaries, Friars, and Jesuits, together with their relievers, and maintainors in the City of Kilkenny', AD 1613.
  4. Dublin, University College, UCD-OFM, Ms. D.01, vol. 1, 15–26: 'Briefe relation of Ireland and diversity of Irish in the same, c. 1618.
  5. Maynooth, Russell Library, Salamanca Archive, Ms. S.52.7/40: 'Breve Relation de Irlanda y de los tres differentias de Irlandeses que ay en ella' [This manuscript reference was kindly brought to our attention by Dr Ian Campbell, UCD.]
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    The edition used in the digital edition
  1. W. J. Battersby, A briefe relation of Ireland and the diversity of Irish in the same [and] Priests of Ireland and Gentlemen gone abroad in The Complete Catholic Directory, Almanack and Registry for the Year of our Lord 1841. , Dublin, (1841) volume 1 page 362–373

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Created: First part by Philip O'Sullivan Beare; second part by an English government agent. Date range: first part 1618–1619; second part c.1613–24.

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Language: [EN] The text is in seventeenth-century English.
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