A hitherto seldom-cited ancillary document to the 1585 Composition of Connacht is reproduced here. The document, a list of ‘the names of all the mackes and oes’ of Thomond and Connacht, can be found among the Carew Manuscripts at the Archiepiscopal Library at Lambeth Palace in London. This document can be profitably used in determining Gaelic social hierarchies in the late sixteenth century. This article first appeared in the North Munster Antiquarian Journal, vol. 51, 2011. We are grateful to Luke McInerney for donating this article.
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   The Composition of Connacht: an ancillary document from Lambeth Palace (PDF)