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Look what Martin Fennelly Antiques has put up for sale on-line: <br/><br/> <a href='http://www.fennelly.net/Item.aspx?id=23600'>171 The Great Book of Irish Genealogies - Five volumes. Dublin: De Búrca - 2003-4</a><br/><br/><img src='/images/no_image.jpg' alt='171 The Great Book of Irish Genealogies - Five volumes. Dublin: De Búrca - 2003-4'/><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The Great Book of Irish Genealogies</span></span></span></strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> - Edited, with translation and indices by <strong>Nollaig &Oacute; Mura&iacute;le</strong>. List of  subscribers. Five volumes. Dublin: De B&uacute;rca, 2003/4. Quarto. Full  buckram gilt. Over 3,600 pages. <b>Leabhar na nGenealach</b> (&quot;Book of Genealogies&quot;) is a massive genealogical collection written mainly in the years 1649 to 1650, at the college-house of </span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">St. Nicholas' Collegiate Church</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">, </span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Galway</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">, by </span></span></span><strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Dubhaltach MacFhirbhisigh</span></span></span></strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">.  He continued to add material until at least 1666, five years before he  was murdered in 1671. </span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The work has long been recognised as the most important source for the  study of Irish family history, and it is also of great importance to  historians of pre-17th century Ireland since it details the ancestry of  many significant figures in Irish history. The original 17th century manuscript was  bequeathed to </span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">University College Dublin</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> (UCD), by Dublin solicitor </span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Arthur Cox</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> in 1929.</span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> It was reprinted, and published in a five volume edition in </span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Dublin</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> in 2004 as <b>The Great Book of Irish Genealogies</b>.The condition is very good and the books would appear never used and original slip case. Please note this is a very heavy collection and shipping will be expensive.<br />
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Height </span></span></span></strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">11.75&quot; (29.5cm) <strong>Depth</strong> 9&quot; (23cm) <strong>Width</strong> 15.5&quot; (39.5cm)&nbsp; </span><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">&euro;575</span></strong></span></span></p>