Annals of the Four Masters

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Irish chronicle historical annals primary historical source

The Annals of the Four Masters is a 17th-century chronicle of medieval and early modern Irish history, compiled by Franciscan scholars and regarded as one of the most important sources for Ireland’s past.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Irish chronicle ⓘ historical annals ⓘ primary historical source ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ Annála Ríoghachta Éireann NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn	earlier Irish annals ⓘ monastic chronicles ⓘ
compiler	Cú Choigcríche Ó Cléirigh NERFINISHED ⓘ Fearfeasa Ó Maol Chonaire NERFINISHED ⓘ Mícheál Ó Cléirigh NERFINISHED ⓘ Peregrine Ó Duibhgeannáin NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
coversTimePeriod	from biblical times to 1616 ⓘ
coversTimePeriodEnd	year 1616 ⓘ
coversTimePeriodStart	mythological and pre-Christian Ireland ⓘ
describedAs	compilation of earlier Irish historical materials ⓘ
endTime	1636 ⓘ
genre	annals ⓘ chronicle ⓘ
hasEnglishTranslationBy	John O’Donovan NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	chronological entries arranged by year ⓘ
historicalSignificance	key source for reconstructing Gaelic Ireland ⓘ
language	Classical Irish NERFINISHED ⓘ Irish ⓘ
locationOfManuscript	Dublin NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Irish Academy NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfVolumesInO’DonovanEdition	7 ⓘ
patron	Fearghal Ó Gadhra NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfCompilation	County Donegal NERFINISHED ⓘ Donegal NERFINISHED ⓘ
publicationOfEnglishEditionEnd	1851 ⓘ
publicationOfEnglishEditionStart	1848 ⓘ
regardedAs	one of the most important sources for Ireland’s past ⓘ
religiousAffiliationOfCompilers	Roman Catholic ⓘ
religiousOrderOfCompilers	Franciscan NERFINISHED ⓘ
script	Irish minuscule ⓘ
sourceFor	Irish ecclesiastical history ⓘ Irish genealogies ⓘ Irish kingship lists ⓘ Irish political history ⓘ
startTime	1632 ⓘ
subject	Irish history ⓘ early modern Irish history ⓘ medieval Irish history ⓘ
timePeriodWritten	17th century ⓘ
writtenInContextOf	Counter-Reformation Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ decline of Gaelic order in Ireland ⓘ

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Hill of Tara → associatedWithText → Annals of the Four Masters ⓘ

Amlaíb → attestedIn → Annals of the Four Masters ⓘ

Flight of the Earls → describedBySource → Annals of the Four Masters ⓘ

Norman invasion of Ireland → describedBySource → Annals of the Four Masters ⓘ

High Kingship of Ireland → documentedIn → Annals of the Four Masters ⓘ

Annals of Ulster → relatedWork → Annals of the Four Masters ⓘ