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Annals of Multyfarnham

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A compilation of Latin annals for the period between 45 AD to 1274 AD, which was put together and written in the late 13th century by the Franciscan friar Stephen de Exonia (Dexter). Bernadette Cunningham has argued that it is of Roscommon provenance. From 1261 to 1274, the annals offer a contemporary account of events, with a focus on Roscommon.

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Dublin, Trinity College, MS 347

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[ed.] Williams, Bernadette, The ‘Annals of Multyfarnham’: Roscommon and Connacht provenance, Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2012.