Examines the life and work of an Irish translator and imitator of James Macpherson, and discusses his role in the reception of Ossian by German writers.
Studies the origin legends, lineage branchings and pedigrees of the Ua Canannáin kings of pre-Norman Tír Conaill. Appendix: transcripts of the twenty-one recensions of Ua Canannáin pedigrees, from the Book of Leinster, NLI G 2, TCD H 2. 7, RIA 23 P 12, etc.