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Annals of the Four Masters
Annals of the Four Masters. Usual English title for Annála Ríoghachta Éireann [Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland], a chronicle history of Ireland compiled 1632–6. Purporting to begin ‘forty days after the Flood’, in the year of the world 2242, the Annals are often only a record of names, dates, and battles, many of them fabulous, with occasional quotations from ancient sources; but they become more of a modern literary history as the timetable approaches the present. The Annals contrast with the narrative history of Geoffrey Keating, compiled about the same time. The principal ‘master’ of the Annals was the Franciscan lay brother Micheál Ó Cléirigh (1575–1643), a native of Co. Donegal. The identity of the other three ‘masters’ is somewhat cloudy, as the introduction cites a total of six compilers, most of them Franciscans. The designation of ‘Four Masters’ was made ex post facto by Seán Mac Colgáin in Louvain about 1645. The industrious Ó Cléirigh, who is most often cited as the ‘master’ of the Annals, also compiled a version of the Lebor Gabála [Book of Invasions]. John O'Donovan produced the most recent edition entitled Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland (7 vols., Dublin, 1849–51). See also the study by Paul Walsh, The Four Masters and Their Work (Dublin, 1944); N. Ó Muraíle, ‘The Autographed Manuscript of the Annals of the Four Masters’, Celtica, 19 (1987), 75–95.
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JAMES MacKILLOP. "Annals of the Four Masters." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES MacKILLOP. "Annals of the Four Masters." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O70-AnnalsoftheFourMasters.html JAMES MacKILLOP. "Annals of the Four Masters." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O70-AnnalsoftheFourMasters.html |
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Annals of the Four Masters
Annals of the Four Masters a 17th century compilation of earlier Irish chronicles, such as the Annals of Connacht and the Annals of Ulster; its Irish name is Annála Ríoghachta Éireann ‘Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland’. It was produced in the 1630s by the Franciscan Michael O'Clery and three collaborators.
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Annals of the Four Masters." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Annals of the Four Masters." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-AnnalsoftheFourMasters.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Annals of the Four Masters." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-AnnalsoftheFourMasters.html |
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Four Masters, Annals of the
Four Masters, Annals of the, the popular name for Annála Ríoghachta Eireann (Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland), a compilation of earlier annals produced during 1632–6 by the Franciscan Michael O'Clery (Micheál Ó Cléirigh) and three collaborators. See literature in irish.
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"Four Masters, Annals of the." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Four Masters, Annals of the." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O245-FourMastersAnnalsofthe.html "Four Masters, Annals of the." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O245-FourMastersAnnalsofthe.html |
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