Return To Dublin
Mac Fhirbhisigh had returned to work for Ware in Dublin by early November. On the 6 November 1666 he commenced a translation, into English, of part of the Annals of Lackan. This work too is lost, and his translation of the years 1443-68 is almost all that survives of a work compiled by members of his own family since before 1397. With the death of Sir James on the 1 December, Dubhaltach's employment and time in Dublin came to an end.
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