''Mac Carthaigh’s Book'' is a collection of
annals
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Scope
The nature of the distinction between ann ...
of the period AD
1114
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Events
By place
Europe
* January 7 – Emperor Henry V marries Matilda (or Maude), 11-year-old daughter of K ...
–
1437
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Events
January–December
* February 20– 21 – James I of Scotland is fatally stabbed at Perth in a f ...
inclusive. It was compiled from earlier material by
Fínghin Mac Carthaigh Mór (c. 1560–1640) an Irish nobleman who was imprisoned for years in London. He was a patron of learning and a scholar in his own right. While in London in 1633 he employed
Diarmaid Ó Súilleabháin Diarmaid Ó Súilleabháin may refer to:
* Diarmaid O' Súilleabháin (bishop) (1924–1994), Roman Catholic Bishop of Kerry
* Diarmaid Ó Súilleabháin (writer) (1932–1985), Irish language writer
* Diarmuid Ó Suilleabháin, Irish sean n ...
who also kept the book in his castle until it was sacked by Radhulbh MacAmlaoibh, then his
clan
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and descent. Even if lineage details are unknown, clans may claim descent from founding member or apical ancestor. Clans, in indigenous societies, tend to be endogamous, mea ...
took control of it, they copied and compiled these annals for him.
The original manuscript is currently preserved in the
National Library of Ireland
The National Library of Ireland (NLI; ga, Leabharlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann) is the Republic of Ireland's national library located in Dublin, in a building designed by Thomas Newenham Deane. The mission of the National Library of Ireland i ...
. The annals were edited and translated by Séamus Ó hInnse and published in 1947 by the
Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies under the title ‘Miscellaneous Irish Annals’.
Mac Carthaigh's Book is important as one of the few native records of events in southern Ireland for the period it covers and it provides information on the effect the Norman Invasion had on Munster. Besides relying on other Irish annals it drew upon some foreign sources, notably
Giraldus Cambrensis
Gerald of Wales ( la, Giraldus Cambrensis; cy, Gerallt Gymro; french: Gerald de Barri; ) was a Cambro-Norman priest and historian. As a royal clerk to the king and two archbishops, he travelled widely and wrote extensively. He studied and taugh ...
' ''Expugnatio Hibernica''.
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 ...
*
The Chronicle of Ireland
References
* ''Miscellaneous Irish Annals'', Séamus Ó hInnse, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1947.
* ''Oxford Concise Companion to Irish Literature'', Robert Welsh, 1996.
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University College Cork
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The university was founded in 1845 as one o ...
's ''Corpus of Electronic Texts'' (CELT)
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