Annals of Tigernach

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The Annals of Tigernach are a medieval Irish chronicle that records historical events in Ireland and surrounding regions from ancient times through the Middle Ages.

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Surface form Occurrences
Irish annals 2
Chronicon Scotorum 1

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Irish annals
medieval Irish chronicle
approximateCompilationCentury 11th century
12th century
associatedPerson Tigernach Ua Bráein NERFINISHED
associatedWith Clonmacnoise NERFINISHED
basedOn earlier Irish annals
chronologyType annalistic
citedAs AT in scholarly literature
contains accounts of battles
entries arranged by year
obituaries of kings and churchmen
records of natural phenomena
countryOfOrigin Ireland
coversPeriod Middle Ages
ancient times
earliestEntriesDateFrom mythological and pre-Christian period
genre chronicle
hasFragmentarySurvival yes
hasScholarlyEdition published in 20th century
historicalValue primary source for early Irish chronology
language Latin
Middle Irish NERFINISHED
Old Irish NERFINISHED
laterEntriesDateTo 12th century
mainSubject history of Ireland
manuscriptLocation Trinity College Dublin NERFINISHED
University of Cambridge NERFINISHED
namedAfter Tigernach Ua Bráein NERFINISHED
recordsEventsIn Britain NERFINISHED
Ireland NERFINISHED
surrounding regions of Ireland
region medieval Ireland
relatedWork Annals of Inisfallen NERFINISHED
Annals of Ulster NERFINISHED
Chronicon Scotorum NERFINISHED
sourceFor Viking activity in Ireland
church history in Ireland
early medieval Irish history
kings of Ireland
tradition Gaelic monastic annalistic tradition
usedBy modern historians of Ireland
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (9)

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Uí Fiachrach associatedWith Annals of Tigernach
Domnall mac Ailpín chronicleMention Annals of Tigernach
High Kingship of Ireland documentedIn Annals of Tigernach
this entity surface form: Chronicon Scotorum
Bridei mac Bili mentionedIn Annals of Tigernach
Causantín mac Fergusa recordedIn Annals of Tigernach
this entity surface form: Irish annals
Annals of Ulster relatedWork Annals of Tigernach
Dál Riata source Annals of Tigernach
Kings of the Picts source Annals of Tigernach
this entity surface form: Irish annals
Óengus I of the Picts sourceMention Annals of Tigernach