THE DEAN OF LISMORE’S BOOK

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GENEALOGY OF M’GREGORS BY DOUGAL THE SERVITOR P. 161 126-127.

Fr Schenck. 50, George S^t. Edinburgh. II. LINES BY COUNTESS OF ARGYLE P. 155. 118-119

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.

EDINBURGH

EDMONSTON AND DOUGLAS 1862.