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The ''Annals of Nenagh'' are a set of
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 ...
composed in
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at the
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convent A convent is a community of monks, nuns, religious brothers or, sisters or priests. Alternatively, ''convent'' means the building used by the community. The word is particularly used in the Catholic Church, Lutheran churches, and the Anglican ...
of
Nenagh Nenagh (, ; or simply ''An tAonach'') meaning “The Fair of Ormond” or simply "The Fair", is the county town and second largest town in County Tipperary in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Nenagh used to be a market town, and the site of the ...
,
County Tipperary County Tipperary ( ga, Contae Thiobraid Árann) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Munster and the Southern Region. The county is named after the town of Tipperary, and was established in the early 13th century, shortly after th ...
, founded c. 1254. Its surviving portions covers the years 1336 to 1528, the majority of the brief entries concerning the 14th century. It is principally concerned with
obituaries An obituary ( obit for short) is an article about a recently deceased person. Newspapers often publish obituaries as news articles. Although obituaries tend to focus on positive aspects of the subject's life, this is not always the case. Ac ...
of members of the Kennedy and O'Brien families.


References

* ''The Annals of Nenagh'', Dermot F. Gleeson, in ''Analecta Hibernica'' 12, January 1943, pp. 157–164 {{DEFAULTSORT:Annals of Nenagh County Tipperary Irish chronicles Texts of medieval Ireland Irish manuscripts 14th-century history books