Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 N 10, formerly Betham 145, is a

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MS 23 N 10 is a late sixteenth-century Irish manuscript currently housed in the Library of the

Royal Irish Academy The Royal Irish Academy (RIA; ga, Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann), based in Dublin, is an academic body that promotes study in the sciences, humanities and social sciences. It is Ireland's premier List of Irish learned societies, learned socie ...

, Dublin. It was formerly in the possession of Sir

William Betham William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Engl ...

(1779–1853). The manuscript is highly valuable for its compilation of medieval Irish literature, copied in 1575 at Ballycumin,

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. The responsible scribes were Aodh, Dubhthach, and Torna, three scholars of the

Ó Maolconaire Ó Maolchonaire, more properly Ó Maol Chonaire, sometimes Ó Mhaoilchonaire, Ó Maolconaire, etc., was the surname of a family of professional poets and historians in medieval Ireland. Traditionally it would have been spelled without the 'h', but ...

(anglicised: O'Mulconry), a learned family also known for compiling Egerton 1782 (

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) in 1517.R. I. Best, ''MS. 23 N 10'', pp. vi-viii; ''The Oxford companion to Irish literature''. 445-6

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"Manuscript Source Index 23 N 10 - Royal Irish Academy"
''Bibliography of Irish Linguistics and Literature''. School of Celtic Studies,

Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies The Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS) ( ga, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath) is a statutory independent research institute in Ireland. It was established in 1940 on the initiative of the Taoiseach, Éamon de Valera, in Dub ...

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"CODECS Manuscript Catalogue 23 N 10 (967) Royal Irish Academy, Dublin"
''Collaborative Online Database and e-Resources for Celtic Studies''. A. G. van Hamel Foundation for Celtic Studies: Netherlands. *CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts
Encoded manuscript G301033
in sga, The Dindshenchas of Emain Macha
Encoded manuscript G100044
in mga, Abenteuer Königs Aed Oirdnide
Encoded manuscript G301032
in sga, Verba Scáthaige Irish manuscripts Early Irish literature Royal Irish Academy Library Medieval literature

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