Ireland History – Northern Irish History Belfast Dublin

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. [...]

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 [...]