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A number of Irish annals were compiled up to and shortly after the end of Gaelic Ireland in the 17th century. Manuscript copies of extant annals include the following:



Many of these annals, and much more besides, have been translated and published by either the School of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies

The Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies Dublin, Ireland was established in 1940 by the Taoiseach of the time, ?amon de Valera under the . The Institute consists of 3 schools....
, or the Irish Texts Society. In addition, the text of many are available on the internet at the Corpus of Electronic Texts (CELT Project) hosted by the History Department of University College Cork, National University of Ireland.






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A number of Irish annals were compiled up to and shortly after the end of Gaelic Ireland in the 17th century. Manuscript copies of extant annals include the following:

  • Annals of Boyle
    Annals of Boyle

    The Annals of Boyle, also Cottonian Annals, are a chronicle of Middle Ages Ireland. The entries span the years up to 1253. It is one of those which join the synopsis of the The Chronicle of Ireland, although in summary form compared to others....
  • Annals of Clonmacnoise
    Annals of Clonmacnoise

    The Annals of Clonmacnoise are an early 17th-century Early Modern English translation of a lost Irish chronicle, which covered events in Ireland from pre-history to A.D....
  • Annals of Connacht
    Annals of Connacht

    The Annals of Connacht, covering the years 1224 to 1544, are drawn from a manuscript compiled in the 15th and 16th centuries by at least three scribes, all believed to be members of the Clan ? Duibhgeann?in....
  • Annals of the Four Masters
    Annals of the Four Masters

    The Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland or the Annals of the Four Masters are a chronicle of Middle Ages Ireland history. The entries span from the Deluge , dated as 2,242 Anno Mundi to Anno Domini 1616....
  • Annals of Inisfallen
    Annals of Inisfallen

    The Annals of Inisfallen are a chronicle of the Middle Ages history of Ireland. 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....
  • Annals of Lough Cé
    Annals of Lough Cé

    The Annals of Lough C? cover events, mainly in Connacht and its neighbouring regions, from 1014 to 1590. It takes its name from Lough C? in the kingdom of Moylurg - now north County Roscommon - which was the centre of power of the Clan MacDermot....
  • Annals of Multifarnan
  • Annals of Roscrea
  • Chronicon Scotorum
    Chronicon Scotorum

    Chronicon Scotorum is an Irish chronicle.According to Nollaig O Muraile, it is "a collection of annals belonging to the 'Clonmacnoise group', covering the period from prehistoric times to 1150 but with some gaps, closely related to the 'Annals of Tigernach'....
  • Annals of Tigernach
    Annals of Tigernach

    The Annals of Tigernach is a chronicle probably originating in Clonmacnoise, Ireland. The language is a mixture of Latin language and Old Irish and Middle Irish....
  • Annals of Ulster
    Annals of Ulster

    The Annals of Ulster are a chronicle of Middle Ages Ireland. The entries span the years between Anno Domini 431 and AD 1540. The entries up to AD 1489 were compiled in the late 15th century by the scribe Ruaidhr? ? Luin?n, under his patron Cathal ?g Mac Maghnusa on the island of Belle Isle on Lough Erne in the province of Ulster....
  • Mac Carthaigh's Book
    Mac Carthaigh's Book

    Mac Carthaigh?s Book is a collection of annals of the period AD 1114 in Ireland-1437 in Ireland inclusive. It belonged to F?nghin Mac Carthaigh M?r an Irish nobleman who was imprisoned for years in London....
  • Lebor Gabála Érenn
    Lebor Gabála Érenn

    Lebor Gab?la ?renn is the Irish language title of a loose collection of poems and prose narratives recounting the mythical origins and history of the Irish race from the creation of the world down to the Middle Ages....
  • Fragmentary Annals of Ireland
    Fragmentary Annals of Ireland

    The Fragmentary Annals of Ireland are a Middle Irish language combination of chronicle from various Irish annals and narrative history. They were compiled in the kingdom of Osraige, probably in the lifetime of Donnchad mac Gilla P?traic , king of Osraige and of king of Leinster....
  • Leabhar Bhaile an Mhóta
  • Lebor Glinne Dá Loch
  • Lebor Leacáin
  • Lebor na Cert
  • Lebor na hUidre
    Lebor na hUidre

    Lebor na hUidre, in English The Book of the Dun Cow, or MS 23 E 25, is an Irish vellum manuscript dating to the 12th century....
  • Leabhar Leacáin
  • Leabhar Uí Dhubhagáin
  • The Annals of Ireland (by Friar John Clyn
    John Clyn

    John Clyn of the Friars Minor, Kilkenny was a 14th century Irish monk and chronicler who lived at the time of the Black Death....
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Many of these annals, and much more besides, have been translated and published by either the School of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies

The Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies Dublin, Ireland was established in 1940 by the Taoiseach of the time, ?amon de Valera under the . The Institute consists of 3 schools....
, or the Irish Texts Society. In addition, the text of many are available on the internet at the Corpus of Electronic Texts (CELT Project) hosted by the History Department of University College Cork, National University of Ireland. (See External Links below)

Annals known to have existed but which have been lost include:

  • Annals of the Island of Saints
  • Annals of Maolconary
  • Book of Cuanu
  • Book of the Monks
  • Leabhar Airis Cloinne Fir Bhisigh
  • Leabhar Airisen
  • Leabhar Airisen Ghiolla Iosa Mhec Fhirbhisigh
  • Synchronisms of Flann Mainstreach
  • The Chronicle of Ireland

Modern annals


  • Chronology of Irish History to 1976
    Chronology of Irish History to 1976

    A Chronology of Irish History to 1976 is volume VIII of "A New History of Ireland", a ten-volume series on all aspects of Irish history and culture, published between 1977 and 2006....
  • The Chronicle of Ireland 1992-1996


External links


  • at University College Cork
  • [https://www.cs.tcd.ie/Dan.McCarthy/chronology/synchronisms/annals-chron.htm 'The Chronology of the Irish Annals' by Dan Mc Carthy]