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Franciscan friar of Brantry (Co. Tyrone), who has been identified as the author of a journal describing the first years (1641-1647) of the Irish Confederate Wars.

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An account of the first years (1641-1647) of the Irish Confederate Wars, written by (or at least attributed to) the Franciscian friar Toirdhealbhach Ó Mealláin.

Cinnlae Amhlaoibh Uí Shúileabháin

prose

Ó Súilleabháin (Amhlaoibh)

Ó Súilleabháin (Amhlaoibh)

(1783–1838)

Irish businessman, storyteller and schoolteacher, known for writing a diary, largely in Irish, between 1827 and 1835.

Diary or journal written largely in Irish by Amhlaoibh Ó Súilleabháin of Callan (Co. Kilkenny) between January 1827 and July 1835. Its observations on different aspects of Irish society are considered an invaluable resource for the history of 19th-century Ireland.

Cóic ríg tríchat do Laignib

verse

beg. Cóic ríg tríchat do Laignib

Middle Irish poem which, as the opening quatrain announces, lists 35 kings of Leinster who were high-kings of early Ireland, from Labraid Loingsech to Nad Buidb mac Eirc.

Cóic ríg tríchat triallsat róe

verse

55 st.

beg. Cóic ríg tríchat triallsat róe

Middle Irish poem (55qq) which enumerates early medieval kings of Leinster since the arrival of Christianity. According to M. A. O'Brien, who published an edition of the text, the poem is a composite work consisting of two parts: the first, longer series of stanzas (1-38) listing 35 kings from Crimthann mac Énnai Chennselaig to Fáelán mac Muiredaig (d. 934), together with two additional quatrains of slightly later date (39-40), and a final series (41-55) ending with Donnchadh mac Dúnlaing (d. 1036). The final kings in both parts are represented as being still alive.

Cúiced Lagen na lecht ríg

verse

beg. Cúiced Lagen na lecht ríg

Gilla na Náem Úa DuinnGilla na Náem Úa Duinn

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Poem, including a list of the kings of Leinster.

Foras feasa ar Éirinn

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Keating (Geoffrey)

Keating (Geoffrey)

(c.1580–1644)

Irish priest, historian and poet; author of Foras feasa ar Éirinn

The prose history of Ireland completed by Geoffrey Keating (Seathrún Céitinn) in c. 1634. Comprising an introduction, two books and appendices, it narrates the history of the island from the time of Creation to the Norman conquest in the 12th century. As set out by the vindicatory introduction (an díonbhrollach), the work was written in response to the cultural biases of Anglo-centric writers (e.g. William Camden and Edmund Spenser).

Grammar, dictionary and chronicle in the Irish tongue (Matthew de Renzy)

prose

de Renzy (Matthew)

De Renzy (Matthew)

(1577–1634)

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In the epitaph for Matthew de Renzy (1577–1634) on a plaque in the church of Athlone, it is claimed that he composed, within three years, “a grammar, dictionary, and chronicle in the Irish tongue”. The nature and true authorship of these works are unknown. As for the grammar, Roderic O'Flaherty (1627/30–1716/18) suggested that it was De Renzi's tutor Tadhg Óg Ó hUiginn who wrote the grammar and that De Renzi intended to have it published under his own name until his tutor came up with a prosodic challenge he could not accomplish. This grammar has been equated with the tract known as Graiméar Uí Mhaolchonaire. Little can be said of the other works ascribed to De Renzy.

Prima etas mundi (Irish tract)

prose

An Irish prose tract on the first five ‘ages of the world’ and synchronisms of Irish prehistory with Assyrian, Greek and Roman history.

Secht prímríg for hÉrind áin

verse

5 st.

beg. Secht prímríg for hÉrind áin

Early Irish poem (5qq) on the kings of the Dál Fiatach who were kings of Ireland.