The Annals of Inisfallen are a chronicle of the medieval history of Ireland. Generally a chronicle (chronica from Greek (from) is a historical account of facts and events in chronological order Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world There are more than 2,500 entries spanning the years between AD 433 and AD 1450, but it is believed to have been written between the 12th and 15th centuries. For the John Cage composition see 4′33″. Events By Place Western Roman Empire Petronius Maximus becomes Consul It was written by the monks of Innisfallen Abbey, on Innisfallen Island on Lough Leane, near Killarney. MONK is a Monte Carlo software package for simulating nuclear processes particularly for the purpose of determining the neutron multiplication factor or k-effective Innisfallen Island is an Island found in Lough Leane, one of the three Lakes of Killarney in Ireland. The Lakes of Killarney are a renowned scenic attraction located near Killarney, County Kerry, in Ireland. Killarney (Cill Airne meaning "The church of the sloes" is a town in County Kerry, southwestern Ireland.
Kathleen Hughes has conjectured that the Annals are among those derived from the hypothetical Chronicle of Ireland. The Chronicle of Ireland is the modern name for a hypothesized collection of Ecclesiastical Annals recording events in Ireland from 432
As well as the chronological entries, the manuscript contains a short, fragmented narrative of the history of pre-Christian Ireland, known as the pre-Patrician section. A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth This section has many elements in common with Lebor Gabála Érenn. Lebor Gabála Érenn ( The Book of the Taking of Ireland) is the Middle Irish title of a loose collection of Poems and Prose narratives
The annals are now housed in the Bodleian Library in Oxford. The Bodleian Library ( the main Research library of the University of Oxford, is one of the oldest libraries in Europe, and in England Oxford is currently bidding for the 2010 Wikimania Conference Oxford () is a city, and the County town of Oxfordshire, In 2001, Brian O'Leary, a Fianna Fáil councillor in Killarney, called for the annals to be returned to the town. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Fianna Fáil – The Republican Party (Fianna Fáil – An Páirtí Poblachtánach shortened to Fianna Fáil ( is currently the largest Political party in the
See also
External links
- Annals of Inisfallen — Text of the annals (Mac Airt's translation)
- Annals of Inisfallen — Original text (in a mixture of Latin and Irish)
- Annals of Inisfallen — pre-Patrician section
- Call for Annals of Innisfallen to be returned to Killarney — local newspaper article
References
- Hughes, Kathleen, Early Christian Ireland: Introduction to the Sources, (London, 1972), pp. A number of Irish annals were compiled up to and shortly after the end of Gaelic Ireland in the 17th century The Chronicle of Ireland is the modern name for a hypothesized collection of Ecclesiastical Annals recording events in Ireland from 432 Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Irish (ga ''Gaeilge'' is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish. 99-162, esp. 99-116
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