Texts
Cinnlae Amhlaoibh Uí Shúileabháin
Incoming data
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.
Manuscript witnesses
Text
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 4 A 35
Transcript.
Text
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 A 48
Diary for the year 1827.
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Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 H 26
Diary for the years 1829-1835.
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Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 L 23
Diary for the year 1828.
Sources
Primary sources Text editions and/or modern translations – in whole or in part – along with publications containing additions and corrections, if known. Diplomatic editions, facsimiles and digital image reproductions of the manuscripts are not always listed here but may be found in entries for the relevant manuscripts. For historical purposes, early editions, transcriptions and translations are not excluded, even if their reliability does not meet modern standards.
[ed.] [tr.] McGrath, Michael [ed.], Cinnlae Amhlaoibh Ui Shúileabháin: The diary of Humphrey O’Sullivan, 4 vols, Irish Texts Society, 30, 31, 32, 33, London: Irish Texts Society, 1936–1937.
[ed.] [tr.] McGrath, Michael [ed.], Cinnlae Amhlaoibh Ui Shúileabháin: The diary of Humphrey O’Sullivan. I. From 1st January, 1827 to the end of August, 1828, 4 vols, vol. 1, Irish Texts Society, 30, London: Irish Texts Society, 1936.
[ed.] [tr.] McGrath, Michael [ed.], Cinnlae Amhlaoibh Ui Shúileabháin: The diary of Humphrey O’Sullivan. II. From 1st September, 1828, to the end of December, 1830, 4 vols, vol. 2, Irish Texts Society, 31, London: Irish Texts Society, 1936.
[ed.] [tr.] McGrath, Michael [ed.], Cinnlae Amhlaoibh Ui Shúileabháin: The diary of Humphrey O’Sullivan. III. From 1st January, 1831, to the end of December, 1833, 4 vols, vol. 3, Irish Texts Society, 32, London: Irish Texts Society, 1937.
[ed.] [tr.] McGrath, Michael [ed.], Cinnlae Amhlaoibh Ui Shúileabháin: The diary of Humphrey O’Sullivan. IV. From 1835-1836 (to July), 4 vols, vol. 4, Irish Texts Society, 33, London: Irish Texts Society, 1937.
Secondary sources (select)
Ó Murchú, Liam P. (ed.), Cinnlae Amhlaoibh Uí Shúileabháin: reassessments, Irish Texts Society, Subsidiary Series, 14, London: Irish Texts Society, 2004.
