Edward Murphy Irish Manuscripts Collection
Archival collection held at Rare Books and Special Collections, McGill University.
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Summary
Edward Murphy Irish Manuscripts Collection is an archival collection[1]. It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Canada[3]
- Collection: Rare Books and Special Collections[4]
- Inventory number: MSG 88[5]
- Location: McGill University Libraries[6]
- Language of work or name: Irish[7]
- Main subject: Irish literature[8]
- Described at URL: https://archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/edward-murphy-irish-manuscripts-collection[9]
- Collection or exhibition size: 4[10]
- Title: Edward Murphy Irish Manuscripts Collection[11]
- Level of description: collection[12]
- Collection creator: Edward Murphy[13]
- Start of covered period: 1650[14]
- End of covered period: 1812[15]
- Scope and content: The collection consists of four early Irish manuscripts assembled by the Montreal collector Edward Murphy as part of his private library. The manuscripts include a copy of The Midnight Court (Cúirt an mheán oíche) by Brian Merriman, the Life of St. Patrick by John Chambers, Tri Biorghaoithe an Bhais (Three shafts of death) by Geoffrey Keating, and a fragment of an Irish vocabulary (Nuadhfoclóir bogcruaideach).[16]