Bibliography
John
O'Donovan b. 1806–d. 1861
Works authored
OʼDonovan, John, Eugene OʼCurry, and Michael OʼFlanagan [ed.], Letters containing information relative to the antiquities of the county of Clare: collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1839, with letters and extracts relative to ancient territories in Thomond, 1841, 3 vols, typescript ed., Bray, Wicklow, 1928.
– Clare County Library: text with introduction by William Nolan (1997): <link>
OʼDonovan, John [ed. and tr.], The topographical poems of John O’Dubhagain and Giolla Na Naomh O’Huidhrin, Dublin: Irish Archaeological and Celtic Society, 1862.
Internet Archive: <link>
OʼDonovan, John [ed. and tr.], Annala rioghachta Eireann: Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland, by the Four Masters, from the earliest period to the year 1616, 7 vols, 2nd ed., Dublin, 1856.
CELT – edition (vol. 1): <link> CELT – edition (vol. 2): <link> CELT – edition (vol. 3): <link> CELT – edition (vol. 4): <link> CELT – edition (vol. 5): <link> CELT – edition (vol. 6): <link> CELT – translation (vol. 1): <link> CELT – translation (vol. 2): <link> CELT – translation (vol. 3): <link> CELT – translation (vol. 4): <link> CELT – translation (vol. 5): <link> CELT – translation (vol.6): <link> Internet Archive – multiple copies: <link>
Contributions to journals
OʼDonovan, John, “The Fomorians and Lochlanns: pedigrees of MacCabe of Ireland and MacLeod of Scotland”, Ulster Journal of Archaeology (first series) 9 (1861–1862): 94–105.
Journal volume: JSTOR: <link>
OʼDonovan, John, “The lost and missing Irish manuscripts”, Ulster Journal of Archaeology (first series) 9 (1861–1862): 16–28.
Journal volume: JSTOR: <link>
OʼDonovan, John, “A letter from Sir Charles O'Carroll to Lord Mountjoy, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland”, Journal of the Kilkenny and South-East of Ireland Archaeological Society 1:2 (1857, 1858): 311–314.
Journal volume: Internet Archive – parts 1 (1856) and 2 (1857): <link>
OʼDonovan, John, “Elegy of Erard Mac Coise, chief chronicler of the Gaels, pronounced over the tomb of Fergal O'Ruairc, chief of Brefny, at Clonmacnoise”, Journal of the Kilkenny and South-East of Ireland Archaeological Society 1:2 (1857, 1858): 341–356.
Edition, with discussion and English translation, of the poem beg. Brónach ollamh déis a rígh (ascr. to Urard mac Coise) from TCD 1419 (H 6. 15)
Internet Archive: <link>
Edition, with discussion and English translation, of the poem beg. Brónach ollamh déis a rígh (ascr. to Urard mac Coise) from TCD 1419 (H 6. 15)
OʼDonovan, John, “The registry of Clonmacnoise”, Journal of the Kilkenny and South-East of Ireland Archaeological Society 1:2 (1857, 1858): 444–460.
Internet Archive: <link>
OʼDonovan, John, “Elegy on the death of Rev. Edmond Kavanagh, by Rev. James O'Lalor”, Journal of the Kilkenny and South-East of Ireland Archaeological Society 1:1 (1856, 1858): 118–143.
Journal volume: Internet Archive – parts 1 (1856) and 2 (1857): <link>
OʼDonovan, John, “Letter of Florence Mac Carthy to the Earl of Thomond, on the ancient history of Ireland”, Journal of the Kilkenny and South-East of Ireland Archaeological Society 1:1 (1856, 1858): 203–229.
Journal volume: Internet Archive – parts 1 (1856) and 2 (1857): <link>
OʼDonovan, John, “Covenant between Mageoghegan and the Fox, with brief historical notices of the two families”, The Miscellany of the Irish Archaeological Society 1 (1846): 179–197.
CELT – Edition, translation and preamble: <link>
OʼDonovan, John, “The Annals of Ireland, from the year 1443 to 1468, translated from the Irish by Dudley Firbisse, or, as he is more usually called, Duald Mac Firbis, for Sir James Ware, in the year 1666”, The Miscellany of the Irish Archaeological Society 1 (1846): 198–302.
Petrie, George, and John OʼDonovan [collaborator], “On the history and antiquities of Tara Hill”, Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy 18 (1839): 25–232.
Internet Archive: <link>
Contributions to edited collections or authored works
T. K. Abbott, John O'Donovan, “1278–1299”, in: T. K. Abbott • E. J. Gwynn, Catalogue of Irish MSS in TCD (1921): 12–81.
T. K. Abbott, John O'Donovan, “1300–1337”, in: T. K. Abbott • E. J. Gwynn, Catalogue of Irish MSS in TCD (1921): 82–158.
OʼDonovan, John, “Supplement to O'Reilly’s Irish-English dictionary”, in: Edward OʼReilly, An Irish-English dictionary, rev. ed., Dublin: James Duffy, 1864. 557–725.
Internet Archive: <link>
OʼDonovan, John, “Appendix: Pedigree of O'Donnell; Pedigree of O'Doherty; Pedigree of O'Neill; The O'Donnellys of Ballydonnelly; Pedigree of O'Donovan; Pedigree of Mac Carthy of Dunmanway; Addenda et corrigenda”, in: John OʼDonovan, Annala rioghachta Eireann: Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland, by the Four Masters, from the earliest period to the year 1616, 7 vols, vol. 5: [1501–1616; Appendix], 2nd ed., Dublin: Hodges, Smith & Co., 1856. 2377–2420; 2421; 2422–2425; 2426–2430; 2430–2483; 2483–2494; 2494–2498.
OʼDonovan, John [ed. & tr.], “Senchas na relec in so”, in: George Petrie, The ecclesiastical architecture of Ireland, anterior to the Anglo-Norman invasion; comprising an essay on the origin and uses of the round towers of Ireland, which obtained the gold medal and prize of the Royal Irish academy, Dublin: Hodges & Smith, 1845. 97–101.
Internet Archive: <link>
OʼDonovan, John, “I. The circuit of Ireland, by Muircheartach mac Neill, prince of Aileach; a poem written in the year DCCCCXLII by Cormacan Eigeas, chief poet of the north of Ireland”, in: Tracts relating to Ireland, 2 vols, vol. 1, Dublin: Irish Archaeological Society, 1841. 1–68 (separately numbered).
Unpublished
About the author
| McDonough, Ciaran, “Investigating Irish antiquarianism: a comparative study between Protestant and Catholic antiquarian cultures, 1830 - 1876”, unpublished PhD thesis, NUI Galway, 2017..
Aran.library.nuigalway.ie – available after 2021-09-12: <link>
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| Swift, Catherine, “John O’Donovan and Thomas le Keu: preliminary comments on processes of anglicisation of Irish surnames”, North Munster Antiquarian Journal 55 (2015): 79–87.. |
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| Ó Muraíle, Nollaig, “O'Donovan, John (1806–1861)”, Oxford dictionary of national biography, Online: Oxford University Press, 2008–.. |
| Ó Cadhla, Stiofán, Civilizing Ireland: Ordnance Survey 1824–1842, ethnography, cartography, translation, Dublin, Portland, Oregon: Irish Academic Press, 2007.. |
| Thompson, John, “William Reeves and the medieval texts and manuscripts at Armagh”, Peritia 10 (1996): 363–380.. |
| Swift, Catherine, “John O’Donovan and the framing of early medieval Ireland in the nineteenth century”, Bullán 1 (Spring, 1994): 91–103.. |
