THE

DEAN OF LISMORE'S BOOK

A SELECTION OF

ANCIENT GAELIC POETRY

FROM A MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION MADE BY SIR JAMES M'GREGOR,
DEAN OF LISMORE, IN THE BEGINNING OF THE

SIXTEENTH CENTURY.

EDITED WITH A TRANSLATION AND NOTES

BY THE REV. THOMAS M'LAUCHLAN

AND

AN INTRODUCTION AND ADDITIONAL NOTES

BY WILLIAM F. SKENE Esq.

UNIVERSITY OF
MINNESOTA

LIBRARY

EDINBURGH

EDMONSTON AND DOUGLAS

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CONTENTS.

FACSIMILES-(I.) GENEALOGY OF M'GREGOR, BY DOUGAL THE Servitor.

(II.) LINES BY COUNTERS OF ARGYLE,

INTRODUCTION, BY WILLIAM F. SKENE, Esq.,

Frontispiece

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TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THE DEAN OF LISMORE'S MS.,

FACSIMILES (I.) AUTOGRAPH OF DEAN M'GREGOR.

(II.) PART OF OSSIAN'S ODE TO FINN,

ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF POEMS SELECTED FROM IT,

WITH NOTES, BY THE REV. THOS. M'LAUCHLAN,

ORIGINAL TEXT, WITH TRANSLATION INTO MODERN

SCOTCH GAELIC, BY THE REV. THOS. M'LAUCHLAN,

NOTE BY TRANSLATOR,

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ADDITIONAL NOTES, BY WILLIAM F. SKENE, Esq.,

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