The banquet of Dun na n-Gedh : and the battle of Magh Rath : an ancient historical tale now first published from a manuscript in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin / with a translation and notes by John O'Donovan.

Date:
1842
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Credit: The banquet of Dun na n-Gedh : and the battle of Magh Rath : an ancient historical tale now first published from a manuscript in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin / with a translation and notes by John O'Donovan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    “ Bearings of O’Doherty. Mightily advance the battalions of Conn, With O’Doherty to engage in battle, His battle sword with golden cross, Over the standard of this great chief : A lion and bloody eagle,— Hard it is to repress his plunder,— On a white sheet of silken satin, Terrible is the onset of his forces.” The Editor is sorry to find that the O’Dohertys do not at present bear these sym- bols in their coat of arms ; the arms of Chief Justice Doherty, as shown in stained glass on a window in the Library of the Queen’s Inns, Dublin, are entirely different. Suaicioncay Ui Shuileabcinn a 5-cac Caip^linne. tDo cím cpéan aj ceacc ’p an mai5 TTIeipje pleacca phinjin uapail, G pleaj 50 nacaip nirhe G pluaj ’na o-cpedin o-eeinnnje. “Bearings of O’Sullivan in the Battle of Caisglinn. I see mightily advancing in the plain The banner of the race of noble Finghin, His spear with a venomous adder [entwined,], His host all fiery champions.” The O’Sullivans have since added many other symbols, as two lions, a boar, buck, &c., but their neighbours, the O’Donovans, have retained the simple hand, and ancient Irish sword entwined with a serpent, without the addition of any other symbol derived from the Anglo-Norman system of heraldry. Suaicioncap Ui Locluinn bóipne. G 5-campa Ui Cocluinn 00b’ pollup a m-blác-bpac ppóill, a5 -ceann jac cpooa, le copnavh 00 láraip 5leó, Sean oaip roprac ap 5-copnam le mal 50 cdip, Ip anncoip 30pm pa copaib 00 cábla dip. 2 Y 2