The Book of Hy Many: genealogical and historical tracts on the Uí Maine, and other families and on Irish saints; devotional poems, in Irish, by Gofraidh Ó Cléirigh, and others; Leabhar na gCeart; the metrical Dindshenchas; etc. Scribes: Adam Cusin and Faelan Mac a'Gabann na Scél, late 14th c. Some initial letters are illuminated.

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