Annals of Ulster

The Annales of Ulster are Chronique S of the medieval history Irish. The entries cover the period going of 431 AD with 1540 AD. Those going until year 1489 were compiled at the end of the 15th century by the scribe Ruaidhri Ó Luinín, under the patronage of Cathal Óg Mac Maghnusa, on the island of Beautiful Isle on the lake Lough Erne, in the province of Ulster. The later entries were added by other authors.

Older annals, going up sometimes until the 6th century, were used like sources for the most moved back periods, and the closer events were reported of memory or by oral transmission. T.M. Charles-Edwards affirmed that their primary source for the first millenium was the continuation of the Chroniques of Ireland, continued with Armagh and now lost.

The language used is the Irish Gaélique, and sometimes the Latin . Since the Annales of Ulster recopy word for word of older annals, they are not only useful for the Historien S but also for the linguists which study the evolution of the Irish language.

One century later, Annals of Ulster were going to become an important source for the authors of the Annales of the four Masters.

The library of Trinity College of Dublin has the original Manuscrit, whereas the Bodleian Library of Oxford has a contemporary copy which supplements some gaps of the original. The two principal modern translations are those of Mac Airt and Mac Niocaill (1983), and of MacCarthy (1893).

See too

Yearly of the four Chronic Masters
of Ireland

External bonds

'' The Annals off Ulster '' - translation of English Annals
The Annals off Ulster At Oxford University Bodleian Library (ms. Rawl. B489) - early 16th century.

References

Concise Oxford Companion to Irish Literature , Robert Welsh, 1996. ISBN 0-19-280080-9

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