The Annals of
Duiske is an Irish annal, created from 1513.
Outline
Domhnall Riabhach Mac Murchadha Caomhánach, a son of
Gerald mac Murchadha Caomhánach, became
Kings of Leinster
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*Monarchs: The sovereign heads of states and/or nations, with the male being kings
*One of several works known as the "Book of Kings":
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**The ''Shahnameh'' ...
during 1478. In 1475, he had "granted eight pence annually from every plough in his territory to the abbey of Duiske."
One of Domhnall's sons,
Cathal Mac Murchadha Caomhánach (anglicised Charles Kavanagh), became its abbot in 1501 and in 1513 he directed one of his monks to compile the annals of Ireland. This book was known as the "Annals of Duiske" or "The Ancient Book of Graig" but it was lost.
However, surviving fragments were published by
Kenneth Nicholls
Kenneth W. Nicholls, Irish academic and historian, is a widely respected Irish historian.
Nicholls came to national and international prominence as the author of ''Gaelic and Gaelicised Ireland in the Middle Ages'', first published in 1972, ...
in ''
Peritia
''Peritia'' is an annual peer-reviewed academic journal covering Celtic and Insular medieval studies in the context of the European Middle Ages and European medieval studies in general. It is published by the Medieval Academy of Ireland.
History ...
'' in 1983.
See also
*
Irish annals
A number of Irish annals, of which the earliest was the Chronicle of Ireland, were compiled up to and shortly after the end of the 17th century. Annals were originally a means by which monks determined the yearly chronology of feast days. Over t ...
References
External links
*https://www.brepolsonline.net/doi/abs/10.1484/J.Peri.3.33
*http://sources.nli.ie/Record/MS_UR_028543
*https://archive.org/stream/chartersofabbeyo00butl/chartersofabbeyo00butl_djvu.txt
*http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/5236/1/Bridget_M_Lynch_Vol-1_20140718091407.pdf
*https://www.jstor.org/stable/25507910?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
Irish chronicles
16th-century history books
Texts of medieval Ireland
Medieval Ireland
History of County Kilkenny
History of County Wexford
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