The ''Annals of Tigernach'' (
abbr.
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AT, ga, Annála Tiarnaigh) are
chronicle
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s probably originating in
Clonmacnoise
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,
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. The language is a mixture of
Latin
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and
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and
Middle Irish
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.
Many of the pre-historic entries come from the 12th-century MS,
Rawlinson B 502.
[Hughes, ''Early Christian Ireland: Introduction to the Sources'', pp. 99-162.] However, the real importance of the chronicle is for the period 489–766, 973–1003 and 1018–1178.
These three fragments survive from the 14th-century MS
Rawlinson B 488.
The coverage of the period 766 to 973 is lost, but is thought to survive in abbreviated form in the ''
Chronicon Scottorum'' (abbr. CT).
The latter is defective for the period 718 to 804, but as much of its content is derived from the hypothetical ''
Chronicle of Ireland
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Several surviving annals share events in the same sequence and wording ...
'' (itself partly derived from the ''
Iona Chronicle''), of which the ''
Annals of Ulster
The ''Annals of Ulster'' ( ga, Annála Uladh) are annals of medieval Ireland. The entries span the years from 431 AD to 1540 AD. The entries up to 1489 AD were compiled in the late 15th century by the scribe Ruaidhrí Ó Luinín, ...
'' (abbr. AU) and ''
Annals of Inisfallen'' (abbr. AI) are also derived, we have some idea of what the entries contained.
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postulates that AU and AT diverged from the ''Chronicle of Ireland'' sometime before the year 913.
The chronicle owes its modern name to
Tigernach Ua Braín
Tigernach Ua Braín (died 1088) was abbot of Clonmacnoise and abbot of Roscommon. He was once held to be the author of the ''Annals of Tigernach'', hence its name; this view is no longer sustainable, though the nature and extent of his involvemen ...
(d. 1088),
abbot of Clonmacnoise, but this does not mean that he was also its author. A note added to the entry for 1088, the year of his death, in Rawlinson B 488 states that the text was written by Tigernach up to that point. If he was not merely the scribe of the original text copied by the 14th-century scribe, it may mean that he was one of the
annalists responsible for the work.
[Charles-Edwards, "Ua Braín, Tigernach (''d''. 1088)"]
Notes
See also
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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
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Gilla Críst Ua Máel Eóin
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Banbáin Os Cach
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Chronicon Scotorum
''Chronicon Scotorum'', also known as ''Chronicum Scotorum'', is a medieval Irish chronicle.
Overview
According to Nollaig Ó Muraíle, it is "a collection of annals belonging to the ' Clonmacnoise group', covering the period from prehistoric ti ...
References
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Editions
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*O'Conor, Charles. ''Rerum Hibernicarum scriptores veteres''. 4 vols. Buckingham, 1814-26. Superseded by Stokes' edition
Available from Google Books
Translation
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Mac Niocaill, Gearóid (2010),
The Annals of Tigernach'. Unpublished electronic file edited by Emer Purcell and
Donnchadh Ó Corráin for
University College Cork
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The university was founded in 1845 as one o ...
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Further reading
*Evans, N. (2010) 'The Present and the Past in Medieval Irish Chronicles', Woodbridge & Rochester, Boydell & Brewer
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External links
Digitised images from MS Rawlinson B 488 Early Manuscripts at Oxford University.
Stokes' edition and English translation of the Annals of Tigernach.
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