Chapter I: Front Matter

Transcriber's Notes:
Underscores "_" before and after a word or phrase indicate ITALICS.
Equals signs "=" before and after a word or phrase indicate BOLD
Small capitals have been converted to SOLID capitals.
Illustrations have been moved so they do not break up paragraphs.
Obvious spelling mistakes have been corrected.
Old or deprecated spellings have been preserved.
For the poems in Gaelic, the original book put all the poems in
ancient Gaelic on even numbered pages, and the translation to
modern Gaelic on odd numbered pages. In this e-book, the ancient
version is given first in its entirety, followed by the modern
version.
In the INTRODUCTION, there is a reference to a GENEAOLOGY OF THE
MACGREGORS on page 144 which has been changed to the correct
page 161.

THE DEAN OF LISMORE’S BOOK

EDINBURGH: PRINTED BY THOMAS CONSTABLE,

FOR
EDMONSTON AND DOUGLAS.

LONDON . . . . . . . . HAMILTON, ADAMS, AND CO.

CAMBRIDGE . . . . . . . MACMILLAN AND CO.

DUBLIN . . . . . . . . W. ROBERTSON.

GLASGOW . . . . . . . . JAMES MACLEHOSE.

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.

CONTENTS.

FACSIMILES--(I.) GENEALOGY OF M’GREGOR, BY DOUGAL THE SERVITOR.
(II.) LINES BY COUNTESS OF ARGYLE, _Frontispiece_

INTRODUCTION, BY WILLIAM F. SKENE, ESQ. PAGE i

TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THE DEAN OF LISMORE’S MS., xci

FACSIMILES--(I.) AUTOGRAPH OF DEAN M’GREGOR.
(II.) PART OF OSSIAN’S ODE TO FINN, xcvi

ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF POEMS SELECTED FROM IT,
WITH NOTES, BY THE REV. THOS. M’LAUCHLAN, 1-161

ORIGINAL TEXT, WITH TRANSLATION INTO MODERN
SCOTCH GAELIC, BY THE REV. THOS. M’LAUCHLAN, 2, 3

NOTE BY TRANSLATOR, 129

ADDITIONAL NOTES, BY WILLIAM F. SKENE, ESQ., 137

INDEX, 153