Mr. O’Donovan explains _Duthaidh_ as a tract of country hereditary in some family; _Duthchas_ as a hereditary estate or patrimonial inheritance; _Duthchasach_ an inheritor or hereditary proprietor.—_Ib_. p. 149. Footnote 184: _Tribes and Customs of Hy Fiachriach_, pp. 149-159. Footnote 185: _Customs of Hy Many_, preface, p. 4. Footnote 186: _Customs of the Hy Many_, Preface, p. 19. Footnote 187: _Chorographical Description of West Connaught_, p. 368. The beekeepers were important functionaries, as honey supplied at that time the place of sugar. Footnote 188: _Ib_. p. 139. Footnote 189: _Cat. Stowe MSS._ vol. i. p. 168. Footnote 190: Reeves, _Arch. of Down and Connor_, pp. 330, 345. Footnote 191: Letter of Sir John Davis, _Coll. de Rebus Hibernicis_, vol. i. pp. 140, 152. Footnote 192: Book of Kells, _Irish Arch. Misc._, vol. i. pp. 139, 143. Footnote 193: _Ancient Laws of Ireland_, vol. iv. p. 349. Footnote 194: There is an elaborate account of the position of the _Ceile_ in the _Ancient Laws_, vol. ii.; but the position of the _Daor Ceile_ is shortly and clearly given in Cormac’s _Glossary_, voce _Aicillne_, p. 13. Footnote 195: _Ancient Laws_, vol. iv. pp. 39, 287. Footnote 196: _Ancient Laws_, vol. iii. p. 11; vol. iv. pp. 39, 43. Footnote 197: _Ib_. vol. iv. p. 321. Footnote 198: _Ancient Laws_, vol. iv. p. 283. The word _Gabail_ has retained its technical meaning here in Scotch Gaelic, where it signifies a farm or lease, and _Gabbailtaiche_ is a tacksman or superior farmer. Footnote 199: _Ancient Laws_, vol. i. p. 261. Footnote 200: _Ibid_. vol. i. p. 275. Footnote 201: _Ancient Laws of Ireland_, vol. iii. pp. 330-35. Footnote 202: _Ibid_. vol. ii. p. 163. Footnote 203: O’Donovan’s Supplement to O’Reilly’s _Irish Dictionary_. Footnote 204: _Ancient Laws of Ireland_, vol. i. p. 183. Footnote 205: _Ib_. p. 259. Footnote 206: _Ib_. p. 273. Footnote 207: _Ancient Laws of Ireland_, vol. iv. p. 43. Footnote 208: _Ibid_. p. 286. Footnote 209: _Ancient Laws of Ireland_, vol. ii. p. 269. Footnote 210: _Ancient Laws of Ireland_, vol. ii. pp. 279, 281. Footnote 211: _Ancient Laws of Ireland_, vol. ii. pp. 209, 211. Footnote 212: _Ib_. pp. 223-5. Footnote 213: _Ancient Laws of Ireland_, vol. iii. p. 309. Footnote 214: _Ancient Laws of Ireland_, vol. iv. pp. 325, 326. Footnote 215: _Ancient Laws of Ireland_, vol. iv. pp. 373, 375. Footnote 216: _Ancient Laws of Ireland_, vol. iii. pp. 495, 497. Footnote 217: The word _Lite_ is translated in the Brehon Laws ‘stirabout,’ but this is a term unknown out of Ireland, and the Scotch correlative ‘porridge’ has been substituted. Footnote 218: _Ancient Laws of Ireland_, vol. ii. pp. 147-193. Footnote 219: Genealach Corca Laidhe, _Miscellany of the Celtic Society_, pp. 31, 49. Footnote 220: