Excerpt from The History of Ireland, Vol. 4: Containing the Genealogies and Synchronisms, With an Index Which Includes the Elucidation of Place Names and Annotations to Text of Vols. I. II. IIIVery few early or reliable mss. Of Keating's History give the genealogical and synchronistic sections in a com plete and satisfactory manner. In some cases the mss. Are torn or otherwise defective in these sections. Good mss., otherwise reliable, have curious scribal interpo lations in the body of the genealogies. Thus ms. M3 (king's Inns) is an excellent ms. For the body of the history but rather unsatisfactory in the genealogies and synchronisms as I discovered after I had copied the entire section. O'naughton's copy is also largely interpolated in the genealogies. After a careful examination of the principal mss. Used in the preparation of the text of the History I adopted the version of the genealogies and synchronisms given in MI (h 5 26 regarding it as the most complete and satisfactory copy of these sec tions that has come down to us. Of course the archaisms of this ms. Are scarcely noticeable in the genealogical section.I have supplied variations from M2 (h 5 32 PI (a I4, Franciscan Library, Merchants' Quay), F2 (a 15, same Library).About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. - from Amzon