Jul 19, 20080

Professional Lay Scholars and Annals of Historical Works

Categories: Ireland

But if original literature is absent, we have still remaining important books compiled during this period. Mostly the work of trained scholars in whose families were continued from generation to generation the traditions of Gaelic culture, they were carefully preserved either by those families of scholars or by the chiefs to whom they were attached. [...]

But if original literature is absent, we have still remaining important books compiled during this period. Mostly the work of trained scholars in whose families were continued from generation to generation the traditions of Gaelic culture, they were carefully preserved either by those families of scholars or by the chiefs to whom they were attached. Unlike the " Books " of earlier times, they are not the productions of monks preserved in the monasteries in which they were compiled, but are the ... Read More

Apr 16, 20080

Historical Irish Literature Works

Categories: Ireland

Above : Book Of Lecan, One Of Liteature Work In This Period

Of the annals compiled at this time, the most important are the ” Annals of Ulster,” the work of Cathal Maguire, Dean of Clogher, and compiled by him in the island of Senaid Mac Manus (now ” Belleisle “) in Lough Erne. The original [...]

Above : Book Of Lecan, One Of Liteature Work In This Period Of the annals compiled at this time, the most important are the " Annals of Ulster," the work of Cathal Maguire, Dean of Clogher, and compiled by him in the island of Senaid Mac Manus (now " Belleisle ") in Lough Erne. The original compiler died in 1498, but the annals were afterwards brought down to the year 1541. In modern print, with translation and notes, they fill three large volumes. ... Read More