Texts

Annals of Ireland (James Grace)

Incoming data

Latin compilation of annals for the history of Ireland, written by, or at least attributed to, one James Grace of Kilkenny. It may be thought of as consisting of an introductory history ending with the foundation of St Mary's Abbey near Dublin; regular annals for the period 1074-1370; and a series of obits for prominent families, the Lacys, Burkes, Butlers and Geraldines.

Manuscript witnesses

Text

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 574

MS

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 574

rubric: Jac. Grace, Kilkenniensis, Annales cum obitibus familiarum Ormondiae et Desmondiae

Sources

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[ed.] [tr] Butler, Richard, Jacobi Grace, Kilkenniensis, Annales Hiberniae, Dublin: Irish Archaeological Society, 1842.

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