The ''Dublin Annals of Inisfallen'' refer to a mid 18th century (c. 1765) compilation of medieval
Irish annals
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reworked and augmented with material from later traditions in the form of
interpolations, made by John O'Brien,
Bishop of Cloyne
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and the Reverend John Conry. They are to be distinguished from the
Bodleian
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or true ''
Annals of Inisfallen
Annals ( la, annāles, from , "year") are a concise historical record in which events are arranged chronologically, year by year, although the term is also used loosely for any historical record.
Scope
The nature of the distinction between ann ...
''.
A translation into
Latin
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was published in 1825 by
Charles O'Conor Charles O'Conor may refer to:
* Charles O'Conor (historian) (1710–1791), Irish writer, historian, and antiquarian
* Charles O'Conor (priest) (1764–1828), Irish priest and historian, grandson of the above
* Charles O'Conor (American politician) ( ...
, but no complete English translation yet exists. Individual entries have been translated by a variety of scholars.
Contents
The ''Dublin Annals of Inisfallen'' are regarded to be among the least reliable of Irish Gaelic annalistic sources, but in some entries may preserve valuable material otherwise lost. The reworked nature of the compilation makes distinguishing the valuable from the worthless very difficult.
Text and Latin translation
*
Rerum Hibernicarum Scriptores, Volume II'
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Irish chronicles
Irish manuscripts