The Annals of Ulster are a chronicle of medieval Ireland. The entries span the years between AD 431 and AD 1540. The entries up to AD 1489 were compiled in the late 15th century by the scribe Ruaidhri Ó Luinín, under his patron Cathal Óg Mac Maghnusa on the island of Belle Isle on Lough Erne in the province of Ulster. Later entries (up to AD 1540) were added by others. Generally a chronicle (Latin chronica, from Greek Χρόνος) is historical account of facts and events in chronological order. ... The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ... Dionysius Exiguus invented Anno Domini years to date Easter. ... Events March 14 - The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice. ... Cathal Óg Mac Maghnusa, February 1439 - March 1498. ... Location map of Lough Erne. ... This article is about the nine-county Irish province. ...

Previous annals dating as far back as the 6th century were used as a source for the earlier entries, and later entries were based on recollection and oral history. T.M. Charles-Edwards has claimed that the main source for its records of the first millennium AD is a now-lost Armagh continuation of the The Chronicle of Ireland. The entry for the year 432 in the Annals of the Four Masters, one of the works which is descended from the Chronicle of Ireland. ...

The Annals used the Irish language, with some entries in Latin. Because the Annals copied its sources verbatim, the annals are useful not just for historians, but also for linguists studying the evolution of the Irish language. This article is about the modern Goidelic language. ... For other uses, see Latin (disambiguation). ...

A century later, the Annals of Ulster would become an important source for the authors of the Annals of the Four Masters. Signature page from the Annals of the Four Masters Entry for A.D. 432 The Annals of the Four Masters or the Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland by the Four Masters are a chronicle of medieval Irish history. ...

The library of Trinity College Dublin possesses the original manuscript, although the Bodleian Library in Oxford has a contemporary copy which fills some of the gaps in the original. There are two main modern English translations of the annals — Mac Airt and Mac Niocaill (1983) and MacCarthy (1893). The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin or more commonly Trinity College, Dublin (TCD) was founded in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth I, is the only constituent college of the University of Dublin, Irelands oldest university. ... Entrance to the Library, with the coats-of-arms of several Oxford colleges The Bodleian Library, the main research library of the University of Oxford, is one of the oldest libraries in Europe, and in England is second in size only to the British Library. ... Oxford is a city and local government district in Oxfordshire, England, with a population of 134,248 (2001 census). ...

See also

• Irish annals
• Annals of Boyle
• Annals of Clonmacnoise
• Annals of Connacht
• Annals of the Four Masters
• Annals of Inisfallen
• Annals of Lough Cé
• Annals of Tigernach
• The Chronicle of Ireland
• Chronicon Scotorum
• Leabhar Breac
• Leabhar Clainne Suibhne
• Leabhar Cloinne Aodha Buidhe
• Lebor Gabála Érenn
• Mac Carthaigh's Book
• The Chronicle of Ireland
• Fragmentary Annals of Ireland
• The Annals of Ireland (by Friar John Clyn)
• Leabhar Bhaile an Mhóta
• Lebor Glinne Dá Loch
• Lebor Leacáin
• Lebor na Cert
• Lebor na hUidre
• Leabhar Leacáin
• Leabhar Uí Dhubhagáin

An number of Irish annals were compiled up to and shortly after the end of Gaelic Ireland in the 17th century. ... The Annals of Boyle, also Cottonian Annals, are a chronicle of medieval Ireland. ... The Annals of Clonmacnoise chronicle events in Ireland from pre-history to A.D. 1408. ... The Annals of Connacht, covering the years 1224 to 1544, are drawn from a manuscript compiled in the 15th and 16th centuries by at least three scribes, all believed to be members of the Clan Ó Duibhgeannáin. ... Signature page from the Annals of the Four Masters Entry for A.D. 432 The Annals of the Four Masters or the Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland by the Four Masters are a chronicle of medieval Irish history. ... The Annals of Inisfallen are a chronicle of the medieval history of Ireland. ... The Annals of Lough Cé (also Annals of Loch Cé) cover events, mainly in Connacht and its neighbouring regions, from 1014 to 1590. ... The Annals of Tigernach (abbr. ... The entry for the year 432 in the Annals of the Four Masters, one of the works which is descended from the Chronicle of Ireland. ... Chronicon Scotorum is an Irish chronicle. ... Home little village of Mr Basil Dervan which is in the suburbs of tynagh Leabhar Breac (Speckled Book) is the name given to a manuscript compiled by Murchadh Ó Cuindlis of Bally Lough Deacker, at Duniry in eastern Clanricarde (now east Co. ... Leabhar Clainne Suibhne (The Book of Clan Sweeney) is the title of a 16th century Donegal manuscript written in Irish. ... Leabhar Cloinne Aodha Buidhe is the title accorded to a dunaire or poem-book of the Clann Aodha Buidhe Clandeboye (Clann Aodha Buidhe) Ó Neill. ... Lebor Gabála Érenn (The Book of the Taking of Ireland) is the Middle Irish title of a loose collection of poems and prose narratives recounting the mythical origins and history of the Irish race from the creation of the world down to the Middle Ages. ... Mac Carthaigh’s Book is a collection of annals of the period AD 1114-1437 inclusive. ... The entry for the year 432 in the Annals of the Four Masters, one of the works which is descended from the Chronicle of Ireland. ... The Fragmentary Annals of Ireland are a Middle Irish combination of chronicle from various Irish annals and narrative history. ... Brother John Clyn of the Friars Minor, Kilkenny was a 14th century Irish monk and chronicler who lived at the time of the Black Death. ...

External links

• The Annals of Ulster (translated) at University College Cork's CELT - Corpus of Electronic Texts
• The Annals of Ulster at Oxford University Bodleian Library (MS. Rawl. B489) - early 16th century.

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Source

• Oxford Concise Companion to Irish Literature, Robert Welsh, 1996. ISBN 0-19-280080-9
• Charles-Edwards, T.M. (2006). The Chronicle of Ireland. Liverpool University Press. ISBN 0-85323-959-2.