Seathrún Céitinn, known in English as Geoffrey Keating, was a 17th century Irish clergyman, poet and historian. He was born in County Tipperary, ca. 1569, and died ca. 1644 (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ... Irish can refer to multiple things: The island of Ireland or its culture, see also List of Ireland-related topics. ... Poets are authors of poems. ... Generally speaking, a historian is a person who studies history. ... County Tipperary (Tiobraid Árainn in Irish) is a county in the Republic of Ireland, in the province of Munster. ... Events January 11 - First recorded lottery in England. ... Events February to August - Explorer Abel Tasmans second expedition for the Dutch East India Company maps the north coast of Australia. ...

His major work, Foras Feasa ar Éirinn (literally "Foundation of Knowledge on Ireland", more usually translated "History of Ireland") was written in Irish and completed ca. 1634. It traced the history of Ireland from the creation of the world to the invasion of the Normans in the 12th century, based on the rich native historical and pseudohistorical traditions, historical poetry, annals and ecclesiastical records. Ireland's Anglo-Norman rulers discouraged printing in Irish so the Foras Feasa circulated in manuscript. Note: This page contains phonetic information presented in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) using Unicode. ... Events Moses Amyrauts Traite de la predestination is published Curaçao captured by the Dutch Treaty of Polianovska First meeting of the Académie française The witchcraft affair at Loudun Jean Nicolet lands at Green Bay, Wisconsin Opening of Covent Garden Market in London English establish a settlement... A true colour image of Ireland, captured by a NASA satellite on January 4, 2003. ... This article talks about the Norman people. ... (11th century - 12th century - 13th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 12th century was that century which lasted from 1101 to 1200. ... The Anglo-Normans were the descendents of the Normans who ruled England following the conquest by William of Normandy in 1066. ... Printing is an industrial process for reproducing copies of texts and images, typically with ink on paper using a printing press. ... A manuscript (Latin manu scriptus written by hand), strictly speaking, is any written document that is put down by hand, in contrast to being printed or reproduced some other way. ...

External links

• The History of Ireland (http://celt.ucc.ie/published/T100054/index.html) — English translation of Foras Feasa ar Éirinn