Corpus of Electronic Texts Edition: T105010

The Genealogies, Tribes, and Customs of Hy-Fiachrach, commonly called O'Dowda's Country

Author: Duald Mac Firbis

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John O'Donovan

Electronic edition compiled by Beatrix Färber

Proof corrections by Janet Crawford, Beatrix Färber

1. First draft.

Extent of text: 163150 words

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(2014)

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Text ID Number: T105010

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    Internet resources
  1. The printed text on which this edition is based is available at http://www. archive.org.
    Edition
  1. See under 'The edition used in the digital edition'.
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    Literature: John O'Donovan and the Ordnance Survey
  1. H. Richardson (ed.), Ordnance survey memoirs for the parishes of Desertmartin and Kilcronaghan 1836–1837 (Magherafelt 1986).
  2. Michael Herity (ed.), Ordnance Survey letters: letters containing information relative to antiquities collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey [by John O'Donovan, Eugene Curry, Thomas O'Connor, Patrick O'Keeffe and others], with an Introduction and prefatory matter (Dublin 2001-).
  3. Gillian M. Doherty, The Irish Ordnance Survey: History, Culture and Memory. Dublin 2004.
    The edition used in the digital edition
  1. The Genealogies, Tribes and Customs of Hy Fiachrach, commonly called O'Dowda's Country. Now first published from the Book of Lecan, in the Library from the Royal Irish Aademy, and from the genealogical manuscripts of Duald Mac Firbis, in the library of Lord Roden; with a translation and notes, and a map of Hy-Fiachrach. John O'Donovan (ed), First edition [524 pages] Irish Archaeological SocietyDublin (1844)

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The electronic edition represents the Introductory Remarks (pp v–xii); and main body, i. e. odd pages 3–339; plus odd and even pages 343–473, and 476 of the Appendix, of the translation, including extensive textual notes, which are tagged note type="auth" n="" and included in the wordcount above. While O'Donovan used letters of the alphabet for the footnotes, these have been numbered subsequently in the CELT edition. Care was taken to modify any cross-references given by O'Donovan accordingly. However, should you notice any errors in footnote numbers, please contact Beatrix Färber. O'Donovan's references to literature have been made consistent where necessary. In Latin passages, all diacritics used in the printed edition are omitted. U,u standing for V,v and vice versa is normalized to enhance word searches. Occasional instances of -ij have likewise been normalized to -ii. Where O'Donovan cites passages that are available in editions on CELT, these have been used, or linked to. For one or two corrections of the translation supported by the Irish version, corr sic resp="orig" has been used. Where, in the Appendix, O'Donovan supplies passages of Irish text with facing English or Latin translation, these passages could not be presented in columns, as it was done in the printed edition. However, the tag mls unit="column" n="" illustrates in which column the texts originally appear. Some of the paragraphs in these passages are quite long. Therefore they have occasionally been broken up into smaller segments purely to facilitate comparison. Some of the longer text extracts supplied in the Appendix may be found in separate files online at CELT (which see). A map included in the printed edition is at various points mentioned by O'Donovan. This map was not available and we invite anybody who can furnish a good exemplar to contact us.

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Created: Date range: c.1645–c.1666 [Irish text, based on older material]. (1844 [translation])

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Language: [EN] Introduction, translation and footnotes are in English.
Language: [GA] Some words are in (Middle ) Irish.
Language: [LA] Some words in the notes are in Latin.
Language: [FR] Some words in the notes are in French.
Language: [GR] A few words in the Introduction and notes are in Greek.

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