Seathrún Céitinn, known in English as Geoffrey Keating, was a 17th century Irish Roman Catholic priest, poet and historian. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States As a means of recording the passage of Time, the 17th Century was that Century which lasted from 1601 - 1700 in the Gregorian calendar Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world A poet is a person who writes Poetry. Etymology From the Ancient greek: ποιέω, poieō: "I make or compose" See also History An historian is an individual who studies and writes about History, and is regarded as an Authority on it He was born in Burgess, Ballylooby, just outside Cahir in County Tipperary c. Ballylooby ( Béal Átha Lúbaigh in Irish) is a Village and Parish located in South County Tipperary, Ireland, on the R668 Cahir (pronounced /keɪr/ Cathair Dhún Iascaigh meaning the stonefort of the fishing often spelled Caher in older accounts is a town in South Tipperary County Tipperary (Contae Thiobraid Árann is a County in Ireland situated in the Province of Munster. 1569, and died c. 1644. He is buried in Tubrid Graveyard in the parish of Ballylooby-Duhill. Tubrid lies between the towns of Cahir and Clogheen in County Tipperary, Ireland.
In November 1603, he was one of forty students who sailed for Bordeaux under the charge of the Rev. ( Gascon: Bordèu) is a port city in southwest France, with one million inhabitants in its metropolitan area at a 2008 estimate Diarmaid MacCarthy to begin their studies at the Irish College which had just been founded in that city by Cardinal François de Sourdis, Archbishop of Bordeaux. François d'Escoubleau de Sourdis (1574-1628 was the Archbishop of Bordeaux and founder of the Irish College there in 1603 On his arrival in France he wrote a poetical "Farewell to Ireland", and upon hearing of the Flight of the Earls wrote "Lament on the Sad State of Ireland. Not to be confused with the Flight of the Wild Geese. The Flight of the Earls (Teitheadh na nIarlaí refers to the departure from Ireland " After obtaining the degree of Doctor of Divinity at the University of Bordeaux he returned about 1610 to Ireland and was appointed to the cure of souls at Uachtar Achaidh in the parish of Knockgraffan, near Cahir, where he put a stop to the then-common practice of delaying Mass until the neighbouring gentry arrived. University of Bordeaux can refer to one or all of the four Universities in Bordeaux each of which covers a different field of study University Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world In some denominations of Christianity, the cure of souls (cura animarum an archaic translation which is better rendered today as "care of souls" is the exercise New Inn (Loch Cheann is a village in County Tipperary, Ireland. Cahir (pronounced /keɪr/ Cathair Dhún Iascaigh meaning the stonefort of the fishing often spelled Caher in older accounts is a town in South Tipperary
His major work, Foras Feasa ar Éirinn (literally "Foundation of Knowledge on Ireland", more usually translated "History of Ireland") was written in Early Modern Irish and completed ca. The history of Irish begins with the arrival of speakers of Celtic languages in Ireland. 1634.
The Foras Feasa 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 (including that of the Milesians), historical poetry, annals and ecclesiastical records. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world The Normans were the people who gave their names to Normandy, a region in northern France. Milesians are a people figuring in Irish mythology. The descendants of Míl Espáine, they were the final inhabitants of Ireland, and were believed to represent Ireland's English rulers suppressed printing in Irish so the Foras Feasa circulated in manuscript. Printing is a process for reproducing text and image typically with ink on Paper using a printing press A manuscript is any Document that is Written by hand as opposed to being printed or reproduced in some other way
Bibliography
- Bernadette Cunningham The World of Geoffrey Keating: history, myth and religion in seventeenth century Ireland (Dublin 2000).
- Geoffrey Keating Foras Feasa ar Éirinn: the history of Ireland D. Comyn and P. S. Dineen (eds. ) 4 vols. Irish Texts Society (London 1902-14).
- Geoffrey Keating Trí bior-ghaoithe an bháis: The three shafts of death ed. Robert Atkinson, LL. D. Royal Irish Academy (Dublin: 1890);
- Geoffrey Keating Stories from Keating's History of Ireland edited, with introduction, notes, and vocabulary by Osborn Bergin. Royal Irish Academy (Dublin: 1981)
- Geoffrey Keating Dánta, Amhráin is Caointe (Poems, Songs and Elegies), ed. Rev. John C. MacErlean, S. J. The Gaelic League (Dublin: 1900)
- Geoffrey Keating Eochairsciath an Aifrinn: An explanatory defence of the mass, ed. Patrick O'Brien (Dublin: 1898)
- Geoffrey Keating "History of Ireland: Foras Feasa ar Eirinn" trans. O'Mahoney. 3 vols. Irish Genealogical Foundation (1980)
References
External links
- The History of Ireland (translation) of Foras Feasa ar Éirinn at University College Cork's CELT- Corpus of Electronic Texts
- The History of Ireland (English Translation) with memoir, notes and genealogies at The Ex-Classics Web Site. University College Cork ( UCC) is a constituent university of the National University of Ireland, the university is located in Cork.
- Catholic Encyclopaedia entry
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