The Annals of Ulster (Irish: Annála Uladh) are a chronicle of medieval Ireland. Irish (ga ''Gaeilge'' is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish. 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 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 Ruaidhrí Ó Luinín, under his patron Cathal Óg Mac Maghnusa on the island of Belle Isle on Lough Erne in the province of Ulster. Cathal Óg Mac Maghnusa (February 1439 – March 1498 was the principal compiler of the Annals of Ulster. Lough Erne ( one of the ancient Fir Bolg tribes refers to two lakes in Northern Ireland, situated along the River Erne. Ulster ( Ulaidh ˈkwɪɟɪ ˈʌlˠu / ˈʌlˠi is one of the four provinces of Ireland, in addition to Connacht, Munster and Leinster Later entries (up to AD 1540) were added by others.
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 Chronicle of Ireland is the modern name for a hypothesized collection of Ecclesiastical Annals recording events in Ireland from 432
The Annals used the Irish language, with some entries in Latin. Irish (ga ''Gaeilge'' is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish. Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. 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.
A century later, the Annals of Ulster would become an important source for the authors of the Annals of the Four Masters. Annals of the Four Masters AD432 entryjpg|thumb|right|Entry for A
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. The Trinity College Library, the centrally-administered Library of Trinity College, Dublin, is the largest library in Ireland. Trinity College Dublin ( TCD; Irish Coláiste na Tríonóide Baile Átha Cliath; Latin: Collegium Sacrosanctae et Individuae Trinitatis Reginae 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, There are two main modern English translations of the annals — Mac Airt and Mac Niocaill (1983) and MacCarthy (1893).
See also
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. 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 University College Cork ( UCC) is a constituent university of the National University of Ireland, the university is located in Cork.
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. Liverpool University Press, founded in 1899, is the third oldest University press in England (after Oxford University Press and Cambridge ISBN 0-85323-959-2.
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