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Conall Mageoghegan (Mac Eochagáin), Irish scholar and historian known for producing the Annals of Clonmacnoise, an English translation of Irish annals.

Early Modern English

Annals of Clonmacnoise (lost original)

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The lost, Irish original that underlies the early modern English translation known as Mageoghegan’s book or Annals of Clonmacnoise. To judge from the latter, the annals were updated into the beginning of the 15th century.

Irish language

Annals of Connacht

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Early Modern Irish

Annals of Duiske

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A set of Latin annals associated with Duiske abbey.

Latin language

Annals of Inisfallen

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Annals of Ireland (James Grace)

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Grace (James) [of Kilkenny]Grace (James) ... of Kilkenny

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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.

Latin language

Annals of Ireland (John Clyn)

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John ClynJohn Clyn

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Annals written by John Clyn, a Franciscan friar of Kilkenny, between 1333 and 1349. The work, which runs from the birth of Christ to the author's own times up to 1349, is particularly notable for contemporary records of events in the area of the counties Tipperary and Kilkenny and is well-known for containing an account of the Black Death.

Latin language

Annals of Ireland (John de Pembridge)

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John de PembridgeJohn de Pembridge

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Latin annals for the history of Ireland, 1162–1347 AD, compiled by the Anglo-Irish Dominican friar John de Pembridge (d. in or after 1347) and continued down by anonymous author to 1370 AD.

Latin languageAnnalsIreland and Irish historyBaile Átha Clíath ... Dublin

Annals of Ireland (Thady Dowling)

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Dowling (Thady)

Dowling (Thady)

(fl. c. 1544–1628)

Irish church administrator and scholar, who wrote a short set of annals as well as a grammar.

Collection of Latin annals for the history of Ireland, from the arrival of Partholón up to the year 1600, compiled by Thady Dowling (d. 1628), an ecclesiastic and chancellor of Leighlin.

Latin language

Annals of Loch Cé

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Hiberno-LatinEarly Modern Irish

Annals of Mac Carthaigh’s book

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Early Modern Irish

Annals of Multyfarnham

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Stephen de ExoniaStephen de Exonia

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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.

Latin languageRos Commáin ... Roscommon

Annals of Nenagh

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A set of Latin annals associated with the Franciscan friary of Nenagh (North Co. Tipperary). One of its authors is identified as one Galfridus (Geoffrey) Hogan, a friar minor at Nenagh. The annals begin in the 14th century and were continued into the 16th century.

Latin language

Annals of Roscrea

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Annals of Ross

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Medieval Latin annals covering the period AD 1265-1480 and thought to have been compiled at the friary of New Ross (Ir. Ros Mic Triuin), Co. Wexford.

Latin language

Annals of Saints' Island on Lough Ree

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Magraidhin (Aughuistín)

Magraidhin (Aughuistín)

(fl. c.1349–d. 1405)

Irish chronicler and canon regular at the Augustinian priory of All Saints on Oileán na Naomh (Saints Island) in Lough Ree (Co. Longford).

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Two sets of Irish annals for the years 1392-1398 (beg. after a lacuna) and 1401-1407. The copy extant in Rawl. B 488 is largely in the hand of Aughuistín Magraidhin, an Augustinian canon of Saints’ Island on Lough Ree, who also appears to have been responsible for compiling the annals.

Early Modern Irish

Annals of St Mary's Abbey, Dublin

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Annals of the Cistercian abbey of St Mary, Dublin.

Latin language

Annals of St Mary's, Drogheda

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Latin annals associated with St Mary’s abbey, Drogheda. The original does not survive, but a transcript of entries covering events between 1388 and 1501 was made by James Ware (Rawl. 488).

Latin language

Annals of the Book of Dub Dá Leithe

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A set of Irish annals that was once contained in the Book of Dub Dá Leithe, a manuscript which is thought to have been compiled during the abbacy of Dub Dá Leithe (1049-1064). The annals are cited by the Annals of Ulster s.a. 630, 963, 1004 and 1021.

Annals

Annals of the Four Masters

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Ó Cléirigh (Mícheál)

Ó Cléirigh (Mícheál)

(d. 1643)

Irish scholar, historian and scribe.

See more Ó Maoil Chonaire (Fear Feasa)

Ó Maoil Chonaire (Fear Feasa)

(fl. 17th century)

Irish scribe; one of the scholars known as the Four Masters

See more Ó Cléirigh (Cú Choigcríche)

Ó Cléirigh (Cú Choigcríche)

(d. in or after 1664)

Irish scholar, poet, historian and scribe; one of the so-named ‘Four Masters’.

See more Ó Duibhgeannáin (Cú Choigcríche)

Ó Duibhgeannáin (Cú Choigcríche)

(fl. 17th century)

Irish scribe, known as one of the Four Masters

See more Ó Cléirigh (Conaire)

Ó Cléirigh (Conaire)

(s. xvii)

A brother of Mícheál Ó Cléirigh and one of the occasional assistants of the Four Masters.

See more Ó Maoil Chonaire (Muiris mac Torna)

Ó Maoil Chonaire (Muiris mac Torna)

(d. 1645)

Irish scholar, poet and scribe of the Ó Maoil Chonaire family. He is known to have made a small contribution to the Annals of the Four Masters.

Early Modern Irish

Annals of Tigernach

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